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    fundamental themes in Zoë Wicomb’s collection of short stories, The One that Got Away, and that which this essay focuses on, is identity. Wicomb’s short stories are interwoven with political percepts, history and semiotics linking her two homes, Glasgow and Cape Town, as well as the different stories, together through a extensive network of interconnected identities and settings (Driver 145). By the juxtaposing of settings in a single period of time, Wicomb creates a unique social and domestic backdrop that

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    Lisa-Marie Van Wyk 56438176 Assignment 02 553393 1. Reread what chapter two has to say about the importance of history and context to understanding poetry. Keeping these two aspects in mind, write a paragraph in which you explain what the following quotations from the poem refer to: In order to properly understand certain poems, one needs to know the context in which certain things are said and we need to know about the history about certain things that occur in the poem. In this particular poem

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    With endless entertainment in the town, this is a place of charm and charisma founded on a vibrant, characterful community that remains a stable place of attraction in Cape Town. The Brand Blueprint of the Bo-Kaap brand will be explained in the following paragraph. Big Hairy Audatious Goal: To be an internationally recognized hertiage site Brand Vision: To be a substainabe, resident empowing community Brand Mission:

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    The three most frequent and major responsibilities for a successful Resident Advisor are availability, communication, and awareness. Availability, being there when your residents need it, is important because it presents you as someone that they can rely on and who will always be there when they need it. Communication, creating an environment where both myself and the residents are comfortable sharing questions and concerns, is important because the only way to assist a resident is to know what’s

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    Speaking the Truth to Power Desmond Tutu was born in October 7th, 1931 in Klerksdorp, an impoverished township in South Africa. He is the only son of Zacheriah and Aletta Tutu. His father was an elementary school principal and his mother was a cook at a school for the blind. In 1955, he married Nomalizo Leah Shenxane. They had four children, named Trevor, Theresa, Naomi, and Andrea. Desmond Tutu wanted to be become a doctor, and he was accepted into medical school; unfortunately his family could

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    had the deepest impact on my life as a missionary because I respected so much of what he said. We served together in Umtata with our companions Elder Thompson for me and as I mentioned, Elder Streadbeck for him. Umtata is a small city in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is not a tourist attraction other than it is near where President Mandela was born and reared, his birth city. The culture of the city is predominantly Xhosa as it stands with extremely heavy European influences as Europeans established

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    Each year approximately seven million tourists travel to Delaware’s coast to vacation at the local beaches of Rehoboth, Lewes, Bethany, Cape Henlopen, Fenwick Island, and many more. Due to all the tourists who travel to Southern Delaware’s coast, major work and economical opportunities have opened up to the nearing town’s and residents. what attracts so many people to the beaches of Delaware? The answer is simple, the National Resources Defense (NRD) has tested the coast and as stated by Congressman

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    The shocking and outrageous xenophobia, which is an irrational fear or hatred of foreigners, has hit South Africa. I want to discuss this terrible behaviour with you today because I believe it is important that people should know about the issue of xenophobia and how it leads to violence and racism amongst the people within South Africa, as well as the effects it has on South Africa and its people as a whole. I also believe that if people are more aware of this situation, they can educate others

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    Karen Minster Rebecca Medley ENG-123 June 14, 2015 Cape Cod’s Housing Crisis Cape Cod is plagued by an economic dilemma: young people, especially young families can not afford to live here. From 2000 to 2010, Cape Cod experienced an exodus of 27% of those between the ages of 25 and 44. One of the major factors in this outmigration is the lack of affordable housing. Affordable housing is defined as a specific, measurable ratio of income-to- housing expense. They are homes made available specifically

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    As I look back to when I first started taking this class I began to think about the things that I have learned. It had been quite a long time since I wrote anything other than basic notes or letters before I started taking the EN100 course. In fact, I have never been much of a writer even when writing about subjects I enjoy, so when the Justice was brought up as the main topic of the papers that we would be writing over the semester I was less then pleased. Now that my misgivings as a writer and

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