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    “[If] you make me the Princess’s governess, I’ll see what I can do…” (177) the little girl asks the hopeless King. In “The Cockatoucan, or Great-Aunt Willoughby” by E. Nesbit, compiled in Neil Gaiman’s Unnatural Creatures, the narrator draws attention to gender and age inequality. Overcoming various obstacles, the protagonist demonstrates her maturity throughout the journey, where she chooses to make decisions for the sake of the kingdom of Green Land. Saving the kingdom from the unnatural creature

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    Jiro Dreams Of Sushi

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    Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a documentary directed by David Gelb that explores the life of the famous sushi chef, Jiro Ono and his ten seat restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro. The film showcased at the Provincetown International Film festival in 2011 and is now streaming on Netflix; it is a film for those interested in sushi, Japanese culture and a good moral lesson. Jiro Dreams of Sushi on the surface appears to be just a biography about Japan’s most well-known sushi chef, yet beneath the story, lies a message

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    Wendy Ji, a resident at the Emerald City Condominiums in Taranto, Canada has filed a $30-million class-action lawsuit against the Toronto developer, Elad Canada, for failing to deliver what she claims they promised to. On Emerald City’s website they state the condominium would include “easy underground access to the Don Mills subway.” When Wendy first moved into the apartment she discover something shocking, the underground tunnel connecting the condominium to the subway did not exist. The condo

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    When I wake up, my head is screaming. There is a shrieking, a noise beyond loud, coming from somewhere nearby, but that’s not the worst part. My head itself is pounding. The searing pain is so bad that spots of black dance in my vision. I can make out the sound of my name, being called out over and over again. Tessa, Tessa, Tessa. Where am I? The ground seems to be shaking. I’m lying on the cold, hard, cement. I open my eyes, the pounding is letting up, at least a little. The shrieking is coming

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    The railway children (by Edith Nesbit) Name: Nely dey Group: Turquoise The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit. Basically, the author wrote in that book for the three children’s and their good manner. In this story the three children’s are, Roberta, Phyllis, and Peter, whom live with their wonderful parents and the maid. They have a lovely mother who is very proactive women and always spend her time with three children in playing games or reading stories books (chapter 1) and they

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    Connectivity Of Nagpur

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    the country whereas NH 53 which runs from also passes through Nagpur providing east-west connectivity. The roads within the city are also well developed as part of the governments Integrated Road Development Project [x]. 2. Railways: Nagpur railway station is an important railway station with rail links to almost all major cities of the country. Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) is also establishing a rail terminal near MIHAN on 66 Acres of land which will further boost the case of Nagpur as

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    We always hear about communication and language as a theme but we do not think about how the lack of communication can affect characterization and connections. In the novel, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer displays just that. He also shows how communication is important in everyday life. In the novel, many relationships are made and damaged due to how people communicate and how they decide to deal with their obstacles. All the major characters, along with few minor characters

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    What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting What is suspense? Percy D’Aco says, “Suspense is the uncertainty or anxiety you feel about what will happen next.” It can be built up by several ways; foreshadowing, withholding information, having the main character choose between two dangerous decisions in order to have action, and a reversal in the characters situation. For instance, something convenient could happen and then it goes south or vise versa. But how does suspense tie in with W.F. Harvey’s August

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    The Cockatoucan Theme

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    “[If] you make me the Princess’s governess, I’ll see what I can do…” (177) the little girl asks the hopeless King. In “The Cockatoucan” by E. Nesbit, compiled in Neil Gaiman’s Unnatural Creatures, the narrator draws attention to gender and age inequality. Overcoming various obstacles, the protagonist demonstrates her maturity throughout the journey, where she chooses to make decisions for the sake of the kingdom of Green Land. Saving the kingdom from the unnatural creature, the girl’s actions and

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    oddities and abhorrence generated from within and outside, the railways has steamed ahead ceremoniously since its inception in 1853. It has completed a glorious 162 years, enjoyed the best and worst times during its long history starting with the British Colonoial Raj to the present. Through history, the railways have been deemed a ‘calamity’ and a ‘boon’. Romesh Chandra Dutta, critic of the British Raj in Indian, described the railways as ‘wasteful expenditure’ and a ‘hazardous and dangerous venture’

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