The influence of Vonnegut’s didactic purpose of writing on the treatment of theme and structure in Slaughterhouse-Five is investigated in this study. The following elements of structure are studied: point of view, the treatment of time, charac­ terization, the use of other sources, and imagery. These are constantly related to the novel’s themes, such as war, cruelty, death, time, innocence, sur...

the widely shocking attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon on september 11 was interpreted differently by various institutions worldwide, ranging from america's legitimate motive to begin a 'war on terror' to defend her 'very freedom', to a pretext for bush administration to pursue g. h. w. bush's temptation for 'a new world order'. various institutions, therefore, made use of their...

Post-Jungians tend to identify Jung's dream theory with the concept of compensation; they tend to believe that Jung's radically open stand constitutes his dream theory in its entirety. However, Jung's theory regarding dreams was a product of an evolving process throughout his whole intellectual and professional life. Unfortunately, the theory has not been understood in such a developmental ligh...

in the age of atom, electricity and computer, there are many people who give their hearts to their leaders! those can be mr. reagan, lady nehro, brezhnev or king of borneo! this is what our history and other nation’s is abundant in. there is no difference between that fisherman from deilam who went to somebody claiming to be “ an astrologer and dream reader” to interpreter his dream and brezhne...

the analysis position of gender in of two plays, , dream in an empty cup and the mug written by naghme saminifarindokhte zahedi rafiq nosrati azar najibi abstracttheater has played a role of much greater importance in society than merely amusing the audience. the playwrights represent the culture, lifestyle and customs of the society, interpret the culture, and criticize it. according to aristo...

This article examines how Chinua Achebe’s memoir There Was a Country and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of Yellow Sun, respectively, narrates re-historicizes the Biafran War (1967-1970). More specifically, this highlights different ways in which each author questions Nigerian Federal Government’s countenancing or active supports ethnic rivalry marginalization relation to Eastern part cou...

  Background: Quality of life evaluates the general well-being of individuals and it can be considered as one of the important aspects in programming and giving service to disabled people. Blindness is one of the most important kinds of physical disability that has a direct effect on quality of life, so t his study aimed to explore how war blindness influences the quality of life .   Methods: I...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the oldest documented infectious disease. Fragments of the spinal column from Egyptian mummies from 2400 B.C. shows definite pathological signs of tubercular decay. The term phthisis (consumption) appears first in Greek literature. Hypocrates identified phthisis as the most widespread disease of the times around 460 B.C. Exact pathological and anatomical descriptions of the...

ayatollah khamenei was one of imam khomeini's most intimate and reliable friends who has had different important and key posts from the very early days of the islamic revolution. there is no doubt that during the imposed war, he has been the source of many positive evolutions being in many management and supervisory posts. this essay has discussed his function in the first year of the war