For Ernest Hemingway, writing was a ritual which confronted human inadequacy. ... In the presence of death, man can discover his own sense of being- (Baker 153). ... In Hemingway's short story, "The Capitol of the World-, the young waiter Paco dies in a tragic accident with a make-believe bull. ... At one time, he had been very promising, but upon being gored in the abdomen, he lost his courage in the ring. ... In the short story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber-, Hemingway writes of the importance of human and animal confrontation. ...

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Such a dependence upon the acquisition of raw materials from a sole provider naturally raises the cost of production, whereby "many existing firms became non-viable.""14 To show how the aims to make the Palestinians dependent were strategically implemented, "over 90% of West Bank and Gaza imports come from Israel."" 15 Sara Roy claims that "the underlying motive of Israeli economic policy was political, being designed to deny economic independence to the Palestinian territories, especially the Gaza Strip, as an instrument of subjugation."" 16 However it is crucial to note that she later a...

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Before engaging with this debate, however, I will briefly recapitulate Jameson's original thesis and what I still consider to be the importance of his theoretical endeavor. ... On the one hand, one encountered an uncritical celebration of the concept by the postmodernists themselves, and, on the other, the charge of cultural degeneracy was being leveled by more traditional critics and older modernists. ... The significance of the theory of late capitalism, as it was developed by the Ernest Mandel, therefore, cannot be understated in relation to Jameson's overall pro...

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Among the better medieval histories was Bede's Ecclesiastical History, an early model in a branch of historiography that has been of great importance. ... This German school made history writing into a profession and founded the formal academic study of history, though they fell short of their ideal of writing about the past "as it actually happened."" ... It was continued by such men as Ernest Lavisse, Charles Seignobos, and Achille Luchaire, who were among those who turned history into a wide study. 11 In the 19th cent. the history of the nation state became the dominant form of hi...

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