Essays about: "character building essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words character building essay.

  1. 1. Floating Thresholds – On the Idea of the Portal in Architecture

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Ivan Grelz; [2023]
    Keywords : Portal; Gate; Architecture; Theory; Threshold; Liminal; Nature; Myth; Ritual; Speed; Depth;

    Abstract : This project investigates a specific concept within architecture: the portal. Divided into eight independent chapters, all possible to read as stand-alone parts, the thesis – a hybrid essay consisting of text, images, drawings and models – uses the portal as a springboard, or tool, for approaching existing theories on the invisible forces that shape the world and our built environment. READ MORE

  3. 2. Other People’s Darkness : Difficult empathy and villains in two novels by Graham Greene

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Ulf Randau; [2020]
    Keywords : Adult education; cognitive literary criticism; crime thriller literature; EFL-classroom; empathy; Graham Greene; narratology; scaffolding;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to mesh narrative theory with theory of empathy in a study of two novels by Graham Greene, A Gun for Sale (1936) and Brighton Rock (1938), where the use of narrative building blocks from the crime thriller genre and the empathy that the characters may evoke are analysed. The second aim is to discuss how to implement the rather complex works of Graham Greene in the EFL classroom. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Poetry of Teaching a Forgotten Teaching Material : A Study of Poetry’s Possibilities in the Classroom

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Karin Franzén; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Poetry is teaching material that often is forgotten by teachers of English even though it is listed as core content in the subject syllabus in GY11. Although the word “poetry” only is stated once in the syllabus, it can be interpreted to be indicated wherever “literature in various genres” is mentioned. READ MORE

  5. 4. From wheels to walking : exploring an alternative planning approach in Sub-Saharan countries - the case of the Axis in Nairobi, Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sara Brundin; Lova Mattsson Kjellqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : Nairobi; Kenya; Sub-Saharan Africa; urban planning; walkability; low income countries; landscape architecture; streets; Small Change;

    Abstract : Rapid urbanisation is putting strains on both the landscape and the city dwellers and the pressure on planning for sustainable and equitable cities is crucial. As many cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are expanding, city planning has trouble keeping up to meet the needs of the growing amount of urban dwellers. READ MORE

  6. 5. An examination of the complexity and function of the gothic features in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre

    University essay from Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Therese Gambring; [2014]
    Keywords : Jane Eyre; gothic features;

    Abstract : An important and in fact essential feature throughout Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is the gothic elements. At first sight Jane Eyre may not look like a gothic novel. However, it includes a lot of gothic features that appear throughout the novel such as ghost, dark secrets and supernatural experiences. READ MORE