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Understanding the Severity of Xenophobia in Singapore In 2016, it was reported that foreigners make up 40% of the Singapore’s population and is projected to increase to 50% by 2030. The influx of foreigners has caused Singaporeans to fear or hate foreigners even more. In other words, Singaporeans are becoming increasingly xenophobic. This is evident in the increase of xenophobic acts or events like the Hong Lim Park protest and Philippine Independence Day. Undeniably, xenophobia is a contemporary

“After his wife’s death sat all day in his empty office close by a window that was covered with cobwebs. He never opened the window. Once on a hot day in August he tried but found it stuck fast and after that he forgot all about it,” (Anderson 35). - Dr. Reefy was happy when he married his wife, but after his wife died he was a lonely. He was unable to communicate with others. He was trapped, and isolated from the world. He is imprisoned in his room. This shows the theme of loneliness. The story

province, China. This village has small population which has 278 people live in 56 houses, and the houses distribute with a half moon pattern. The village is surrounded by mountains on three side, a medium size lake in front of the village, and a small road is the only way for the village to connect with the outside world. We have plenty, continuous of solar resources and wind resources because of the mountains . I will make best use of these resources and develop my village according to the main concept

mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think"(24), she exclaims. "The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree"(14), so when the classy, charming Joe Starks offers her a marriage and a better life, Janie sets off down the road with him, in another cycle of springtime bloom. The pear tree is reborn and she believes that "from now until death she was going to have flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything. A bee for her bloom" (32). Though she initially finds the

Hurston’s description of Janie’s vision under the pear tree conveys the ideals of love and intimacy. As shown by the follow description: “She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp

The book frames Janie’s awareness of her growth from a young girl to a mature, adult woman: "She thought about herself. Years ago, she had told her girl self to wait for her in the looking glass. It had been a long time since she remembered. Perhaps she'd better look" (83). Her taking that “look”[ing], the act of reflection upon, guides her to take a “careful stock of herself” (83), with her “girl-self” by her side. Janie’s spiritual journey serves as a mental stocktaking in which she realizes the

Across the novel love was an issue Janie struggled to find. When Tea Cake came into the picture, Janie had stronger feelings for him then her past husbands presented in the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The pear tree, overalls, as well as the horizon display the strong bond between Janie and Tea Cake. Throughout the book the pear tree symbolizes Janies ideal relationship. Tea Cake was Janies first love. When she meet Tea Cake she felt that her dream came true. It was as

Ultimately, Janie found herself contempt with the experience from her adventure. Janie at a young age knew nothing of love, but as she grew up love took hold of her. Janie searched for love to the point of looking for it blindfolded. After the first two attempts of love, she was able to find some of her ideals of love in Tea Cake, but after losing him, she was able to see her capability. She developed to the point of taking action for herself as “She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled

As the winter went on the grasshopper got hungrier and hungrier. He tried to find the ant to ask for some food. He dug to try to find something to eat. He didn’t have much energy left, so he went and laid down in the snow. Hungry as a horse, he was getting very weak. As he was falling asleep he heard something coming. It was the ant. The ant had seen him digging for food and decided to come and help him. Ant helped him back to his den and gave Grasshopper some of his food. After they had eaten they

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie uses imagery to describe herself through the book. Nature is her main way of expressing her feelings, her states of being, or just a way of describing her situation. Janie compares herself and people around her with nature. Through the first four chapters, Janie mentions trees and leaves. Janie occasionally compares her life as a tree. She generalizes her life situation and gives it a meaning according to nature. "Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf