This paper examines the use of second person narration in the short story ”A King Listens” by Italo Calvino. The main goal is to highlight and answer the following questions: (1) How does the second person narration work in this case? (2) Why would a writer choose this particular type of narration? (3) Who is the narrator in Calvino’s short story? Narratology is utilized as a toolbox for this anal

En analys av skrivprocessen kring mitt bokprojekt novellsamlingen "Sagor från ett järnvägshus".

This essay is going to bring up the terms of adaptation, mainly from book to film and the genre of vampire movies. With the book Låt den rätte komma in and the movie with the same name, I have made an analyzes based on founding out why Tomas Alfredson, the director of the movie cut out some important details from the book while making the movies script together with John Ajvide Lindquist, the auth

Today Cape Verde is considered a good example and at the forefront in prosperity development compared to other Sub-Saharan African countries, and since Cape Verde recently made stricter legislation in gender based violence, the aim of this study has been to analyze why reports of domestic violence against women in Cape Verde have increased. I have done research in three key areas: local environmen

The tourism industry is growing each year and according to the United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) there will be one billion international trips during 2012. A sustainable tourism destination is a place that focus on all the different levels, a collaboration for sustainability include all stakeholders. Sustainability is shown through three aspects: socio/ cultural, economic and enviro

"Sex and the City" var en nyskapande TV-serie som väckte stor uppståndelse när den kom. Seriens enorma popularitet har sammanlänkats med uppvisningen av det samtida modet samt att den var trendig, rolig och utmanade förutfattade meningar om kvinnors framgång, sexualitet och singelliv. Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka hur väsentlig mise-en-scène var för serien och på vilket sätt

a metaperspectiv on a very personal basis from a structural view of writing a novel buildt on structure

Scientific summary: Ground settlement due to groundwater drainage during construction is important to be considered since ground settlement may cause severe building damages. The calculation of ground settlement contained several parameters with different magnitude of uncertainties. Thus a risk evaluation of ground settlement is necessary. The aim of this thesis was first to build a soil strata mo

Open and tolerant societies have plenty of advantages over intolerant ones. This applies to everything from the population’s level of happiness to the society’s creativity and the economic growth. If employers discriminate against and hire people for other characteristics than strictly a person’s productivity, the company and the society will suffer from a productivity loss. Moreover, wage discrim

Pregnant teenagers and teens having children belong to a group that is marginalized by society in western countries today. The aim of this study was to research how teen mothers experience motherhood and the effects it has brought with it as well as research how teen mothers cope with the stigmatization that surround them due to their choice of having a child at a young age. Also to explore the im

The aim of this essay is to find out how the people behind the alcohol abuser (relatives of alcoholics) are able to manage their living situation. We chose to interview six relatives to get answers to our questions. We also chose to interview a drug and alcohol therapist, to get a professional perspective. The questions we asked is were: “Can strategies based on the Coping Theory explain how the r

This research emerges from an ongoing debate about the plans of building a new Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. In 2009 the proposal Lambda won the architectural competition issued by Oslo Municipality, and since then a conflict has accumulated regarding the architectural design, if the building fulfills the normative functions of an art museum, and what role the art museum plays as a knowledge-based

Den sociala omgivningens påverkan på vår mentala hälsa är viktig att försöka förstå. Mycket forskning har ägnats åt att undersöka hur omgivningen påverkar antalet personer som insjuknar med olika typer av psykiatriska diagnoser. Få har dock undersökt hur omgivningen påverkar symptombilden inom psykiatriska tillstånd som till exempel psykotiska sjukdomar. Psykos är ett tillstånd som kan innefatta t

The first part of the thesis aims to investigate the applicability of JGrafchart and its associated Model of Computation(MoC) for describing sequential control in aircraft primary power distribution systems. The motivation behind this is the need for better modeling tools and in particular support for separation between nominal control and fault handling. Also, as system complexity increases, bett

Environmental concepts are nowdays used so often that their meanings can be questioned. It seems as if everyone claims to act in a sustainable way. But what does sustainability really mean? If actors do not share the same understanding of environmental concepts it will be impossible to address the problem in question. Theories exist stating that it is through policy that society defines a problem

Hemodialysis is today the main treatment used for patients with renal impairment, a serious medical condition. Hemodialysis treatment handles a very delicate system which is why it is of the utmost importance that the dialysis machine has got a reliable safety monitoring system that can detect severe complications during treatment. A new such system is currently under development at Gambro, Lund,

Syftet med föreliggande studie var dels att beskriva den grupp som spelar massiva onlinespel (MMO), dels att undersöka vilka faktorer som har betydelse för ett eventuellt problematiskt datorspelande. Analysen baserades på 429 svar från deltagare som fyllt i en webbenkät bestående av flervalsfrågor fördelade på skalorna prestation, social interaktion, självreaktiv förväntan, flow, bristfällig självThe aim of this study was to provide a description of the Swedish massively multiplayer online (MMO) community, and to investigate factors pertinent to problematic gaming. The analysis was based on 429 answers from a multiple-choice web-based survey with questions spread across the following scales: achievement, social interaction, self-reactive outcome expectations, flow, deficient self-regulatio