The World Factbook Essays

The World Factbook allows not only Central Intelligence Agency to access information about a particular country but worldwide to know the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities (“The World Factbook,” n.d.). During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945 (“East & Southeast

increases income inequality because educated workers who can use technology get the high paid jobs, increasing the income differences creating more difference between the rich and the poor. This inequality relation is common in most parts of the world however, the case in Pakistan is worse because it is a poor country and there is income and education inequality even within the districts of Pakistan. Income inequality in Pakistan We can see this rise in income inequality with the help of Gini Coefficient

‘Red Peter’s Little Lady’ by Ceridwen Dovey and ‘A Report to an Academy’, by Franz Kafka, are literary works that use a variety of techniques to represent the concepts and themes of the ‘Animals, Monsters and Machines’. Over the years, animals have climbed their way into our literature and because of authors’ mastery, readers are able to think about and understand, philosophical concepts and social issues without the offense that is often expressed by audiences when writing about humans. ‘Red Peter’s

Courageous Character Courage means when you are able to do something or stand up for someone or something, despite when people say that you shouldn't do it, or when you know there will be consequences for doing the right thing. Throughout the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor uses the young Cassie Logan as an example of a young girl with courage, strength, and stands up for her beliefs and her family no matter what gets in her way. Cassie proved she was courageous and brave

INTRODUCTION A symbol is a rock dropped into a pool: it sends out ripples in all directions, and the ripples are in mot ------ John Ciardi, in Kennedy and Gioia (2007:238). Ciardi’s standpoint above not only encapsulates what a literary symbol denotes but also its multiple functions in literature. The metaphor ‘rock’ delineates the conspicuous disposition of symbol, as well as its inherent literary power. The ‘ripples’ or avalanche of significations are the direct result of its presence within

During the tenth century, life for men and women was short and infant mortality rates were extremely high. Life for the Anglo-Saxons was exceptionally unsafe, as they could die at any moment as a result of disease, starvation, a small feud, a war, or capital punishment. Entire kingdoms would collapse, buildings were burned to the ground, and rulers were assassinated as a result of power struggles between neighboring groups. Humans observed the strong presence of death and destruction surrounding

Authors write stories sometimes based on their beliefs, despite conflicting influences like society or normalities of time. Because of this, their themes can be quite straightforward and based on the time period. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and Susan Glaspell's “A Jury of Her Peers,” the female protagonists have the craving for freedom from their state of living; this passion of freedom shapes their environment and influences on the

Dandelions are plants that are viewed as malevolent to society and people make it a constant struggle to eliminate them from yards. This idea of the dandelion is contradicted in the poem “Dandelion” by Julie Lechevsky. The speaker of the poem addresses the stereotype of the monstrous plant at the beginning of the poem, but by the end of the poem, the dandelion is seen as a symbol of strength and order. Bold poetic devices are applied in this poem to reveal the speaker’s views on dandelions and also

This essay aims to explore the relationship between trade within the goblin market and the sexuality that is heavily implied within the text of the poem. The poem “Goblin Market” is written by Christina Rossetti in 1859, right in the middle of the Victorian era. During this time, unmarried women were discretely searching for husbands. They could not speak to a man without a married women or other suitable chaperon present. During the 1800s the medical community taught that females were only considered

deforestation. Deforestation is the process of chopping and removing trees. Deforestation occurs in rainforest every day. Rainforest once covered 16% of the entire Earth’s land surface and it now covers less than 6%. Deforestation takes place all over the world. There are many reasons and factors that support the progress of deforestation. Poverty and the need for farmland, and logging are just a few of the major causes of deforestation.

stated, “‘Must be nice to be able to make pictures that look like something,’ said the orderly. The painter’s face curdled with scorn. ‘You think I’m proud of this drab? You think this is my idea of what life really looks like?’” This supports how the world the characters are living is far from paradise when the painter paints the mural of a beautiful garden. Then, the

The Rape of Proserpina from Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid recounts the myth of Pluto, god of the Underworld, who abducts Proserpina, daughter of Ceres, and brings her to the Underworld to live with him. Through this story, the speaking voice that narrates the poem explains that change is a painful but necessary and natural aspect of life by illustrating that stillness is by contrast impossible and unnatural. The speaking voice then illustrates the inevitability of change by comparing it to rape throughout

In a family there are many different roles; there's the role of the mother, the father, the child, the grandparents, then there’s the brothers and sisters. Every single one of those roles has different responsibilities. The father, according to most of society, is supposed to be the breadwinner for the family. However, nowadays the mother is actually quite capable of being the breadwinner just as much of as the father. As they work to show their children what it is to be an adult they are teaching

united individuals. It shows my parents standing by either one of my siblings or myself, and they are at the center of my mandala because they are who I cherish the most. They are one of my core values because my admiration for them is out of this world. This may sound a little generic but it is because I have so much respect for them. Instead of focusing on themselves, my parents focus all their attention on my siblings and I to make sure that we have a better life. Above all, they support my decisions

The high school experience. Something that almost everyone has to go through. The five years that completely changed my life. High school could be the best five years of your life or the most disconsolate. What you do during these five years could ultimately shape the rest of your life. My high school experience was very different compared to some of my peers. This wasn’t because we had different classes or were taught by different teachers, but rather because we had different friends and participated

and lonely. In each case, Rapunzel is forced to live in a tower in solitary, isolated from a life of normality. In Grimm Brothers version, at the age of twelve, the child is confined and locked in a tower by the enchantress. This is to prevent the world from being able to wonder at Rapunzel’s beauty. She is also placed in the tower as it is the start of Rapunzel’s sexual maturity; she starts to grow into a young woman. Therefore, the enchantress refuses to allow Rapunzel to engage in any contact with

known as Horsham. Attentive and whimsical, he would spend his time entertaining his sisters with spooky ghost stories and preparing games to play with them. However, the bucolic life he cherished in the Field Place did not equip him for the orderly world of Syon House Academy which he enrolled in 1802. Here Shelley would soon be ridiculed and tormented by the boys from school. Despite this, Shelley took a wild interest in astronomy, chemistry, and the

Hollywood has set some unrealistic expectations about boxing and in the majority of their movies that portray the sport. Movies like “Million Dollar Baby”, and “The Fighter” all glorify the boxing element, and make the audience want to pick up a pair of gloves and start fighting. Boxing is showcased to be a violent sport with lots of passion, and strong victories, but Hollywood is less able to show the emotional side of the sport. However Joyce Carol Oates’ “Golden Gloves” succeeds at creating a

left me without reason after all that I have done for her and that is an unforgivable crime that I can never forgive nor forget. She is just like the rest: keeping people that may be of use and leaving them when they are not of use anymore. This world is full of people like her. And after she left me, I realised that not even the nicest of people can be trusted. Manipulation is a skill every human uses. I made a good choice to work alone. Killing people that have done wrong is my mission and I will

In the course of history, human beings have created wonderful and effective things that have improved certain areas of society. Over time, the innovations of technology reached the corners of the earth to become part welcomed by many cultures. Previously, man did not need a computer, or any technological device. If humans in today society didn’t have their cell phones in an emergency they wouldn’t know whom to call. If you lost your cellphone and all of your contacts, it’s very possible you’d have