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European Champion’s League Match day 8 – Soccer Giants Kicked Out

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It came without warning. Many football analysts and supporters were totally taken by surprise. But by the time the matches were rounded up, some of the big teams in this year’s competition had been kicked out unexpectedly. Real Madrid FC, Barcelona FC and Arsenal FC, clubs that are football giants in Europe had all lost out to teams that they were expected to beat. When the champion’s league knockout stage draw paired Barcelona and Liverpool together, all expected an easy Read More

The Effects of Bureaucracy in the Life of a Clerk in Benito Perez Galdos’ Miau

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The writer probes on the effects of bureaucracy in the life of a clerk, Don Ramon Villaamil, in Benito Perez Galdos’ Miau which was written and published in 1888. It is anchored on the sociological theories of Max Weber’s concept and functions of bureaucracy (Gerth and Mills, 1961) and its disintegrating effect on the main character and its repercussions in the multi-dimensional life of the protagonist. In understanding further the novel, the student writer uses Hippolyte Taine’s three-pronged approach to Read More