Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad features as one of novella about a voyage that travels to Congo Free State through the Congo River. The author describes the ship’s destination as the heart of Africa. According to the story, the main protagonist, Charles Marlow narrates a story to a group of friends that board the boat. In their narration, Maslow seems obsessed with finding Kurtz, who is an ivory trader that travelled to Africa. His determination to find Kurtz throughout the highly dangerous journey is visible when he finds Kurtz (who is critically ill and finally dies on the boat) and carries him back home using his steam ship. However,…

The features of size are all hole diameters and counter bore diameters, the slot width, the base widths, the base thickness, and the center protrusion width. The default surface profile tolerance in the note provides a tolerance zone around all surfaces of 0.5, centered on the surface. 0.25 tolerance is obtained basing on the dimension at every edge. Then the minimum and maximum allowance are 59.5 and 60.5 respectively. The bottom surface is the feature A of the Datum. This feature correspond with the simulator of the Datum feature. On the side of the feature B, it acts a surface hole. The frame of the datum is mutually perpendicular to…

Blog Article Arora, N. (Jul 2015). “On the Politics of Identity.” Shunya. Retrieved from http://www.shunya.net/Text/Blog/PoliticsIdentity.htm. Arora (2015) starts off by giving a practical definition of what identity politics is all about. He states that identity politics can be defined as the personal perspectives and self-image. It also involves the perspective that one has about another person and groups of people. This realization, the author argues, is generally developed within a group that shares a common identity such as race, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliations, and professionalism. Arora (2015) also explains the nature of identity politics by highlighting that the politics of identity tend to advance certain elements of an identity…

Plan A Before Michelle visits the dealer, she should go over some helpful websites like Edmunds.com or Kelley Blue Book. There, she can find out the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) and the dealer’s cost for any vehicle (CNN, 2017). As a result, she gets to know that the dealer’s price is $27,929. She can also identify customer or dealer rebates, subsidized lease deals, or other special deals that can cut the costs. Michelle should try to negotiate the price of Highlander, remembering the dealer’s cost found earlier. For the Highlander, 2% above the dealer’s invoice price is a reasonably good deal as the car was released in 2013, which…

Introduction The choreographic work Revelations features the performance by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The artwork was produced in 1960 when the U.S. was experiencing social transformation from racism to equality. In this regard, the dance describes the story of African Americans and their struggles from slavery through segregation to freedom. It involves a collection of moves set in blues and spiritual music to describe the narrative. Meanwhile, the presenting company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater comprised of young modern dancers. It was founded in 1958 by Alvin Ailey, an African American choreographer to popularize the art of his community. Therefore, Revelations is a narrative rooted in the history…

Summary of the Two Books The Silence of the Sea by Vercors is set within the context of the occupation of France in 1941, but published later in early 1942. The book tells a tale of an old man and his niece in their home following occupation by Germans. The two characters show resistance against the occupation by refusing to speak to the officer occupying their house (Brown & Stokes, 1991). The book becomes a symbol of mental resistance against occupiers. The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck was published in 1942 and narrates a similar story of military occupation. The book is set in a small town in Northern…

My Boss Makes the Devil Ask, “Why Can’t You Be More Like Him?” 20th September I have just finished watching “Horrible Bosses” for the seventh time. Over the last few months, this has become my go-to movie. It is not my favorite movie, and I firmly believe that Jason Bateman is too good for it. However, in spite of my beliefs, I keep watching it for I feel that the frustrations of the characters and the title echo my own emotions. As in the movie, I too have a boss that Satan would urge his minions to emulate, and from whose grasps, I cannot escape in the foreseeable future. Similar…

Dramatic monologues revolve more around speculation as opposed to offering actual details to the reader. The objective is always to impel the audience to imagine different images regarding the real personalities, time and place or social situation that the characters in the narrative occupy. Joyce Carol Oates in Answers: A Short Story accomplishes this feat with excellent accuracy as she impels the reader to examine various underlying psychological issues troubling the storyteller. The narrative puts significant focus on the subconscious processes having originated in the narrator’s early childhood and their implications on her personality as an adult. In this case, the direct effect is an inherent distrust of men as…

The Circle is a 110-minute 2017 American techno-thriller. The picture shows us how the future could very well look, seeking to portray a world where tech giant firms control the universe. At a time when many influential people are trying their best to keep important data about themselves private, The Circle opposes this. The Circle is a corporation that stores data on anyone who has an account with it and tries to demystify that the idea of having all of ones’ crucial data out there could be dangerous. Instead, it advocates and practices transparency (Berry, 2011). As Bailey, one of the executives in The Circle, explains in the film, “privacy…

The local and the federal governments play a significant role in the process of land allocation. They determine where public developments ought to be established to enhance a balance between private and public facilities. The government has the power to convert private land into public land; however, proper valuation must be done and the owners compensated. Normally, expropriation of land with or without compensation is intended for public interests. Practically, this case explores the process within which private land in the Chavez Ravine was acquired by the government and sold to the highest bidder for the construction of a stadium. The expropriation of land should be undertaken in a manner…