Notions by Yanti Nura

A society is a large social grouping that shares a geographical or social territory and is typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Adian notes that multiculturalism underlines the need of acknowledging that each culture is a community of values with its own way of thinking and being. Political and societal sustainability, the key objective of multiculturalism, cannot be easily achieved as some commitments to values are so fundamental that they curtail the probability of consensus (2011). Although society typically has almost the same cultures, it does not rule out the possibility that many people in one society have different cultures. Living in a multicultural society is sometimes confounding. To give a view, for example, it might be difficult for a child who was taught and raised by a family from Sundanese ethnicity to learn Javanese when the family meets another family from Javanese ethnicity in one society. Nevertheless, a child also ca...

World Englishes is the different forms and varieties of English language that is used in various sociolinguistic contexts in different parts of the world. “The term ‘Englishes’ represents variation in form and function, use in linguistically and culturally distinct contexts, and a range of variety in literary creativity,” (Kachru, 1996). English itself, as we know, is an international language and spoken language in many countries. Because it is spoken in many countries, there are varieties in world Englishes. At first glance, the concept of "varieties" in this context seems sensible and seamless, as "variety" in the singular is typically defined as a neutral term for many different types of language usage. According to Bauer (2002), “the term “variety” is an academic term to cover a language, a dialect, an idiolect, or an accent.” The term variety covers all of these kinds of language production. Thus, the varieties in world Englishes are such as dialect, idiolect,...

This book is quite boring. (I'm sorry, languages). I should have read the reviews of this book first before purchasing. STORYLINE It's just so simple. Rufus and Mateo meets by an app called Last Friend, then they spend the 24hours together towards their death day. It is just it is! Really, that  should have been  just that simple. This book reminds me of one of Nicola Zoon's novel titled, 'The Sun is Also a Star' because it's told in many different point of views and the story's occurs within just a day which is the same as Nicola's book. And about two soulmates meeting which ended split up because of an incident. Is it an accidental or...? I was so excited with the title They Both Die at the End. Death always sounds intriguing to me. I thought this book would tell me about death itself but apparently this one didn't work for me. The story begins with how Death-Cast call Mateo and Rufus. It is pretty neat at the beginning of how Adam Silvera used 2 v...

Title : The Metamorphosis Author : Franz Kafka Year of Publication, : 1972 Publisher : Bantam Classics Number of pages : 201 pages Theme : The burden of responsibility, isolation and alienation, and sacrifice Plot Summary : Exposition Gregor turns into a giant vermin and his family is shocked One morning, Gregor Samsa, a diligent traveling salesman, wakes up from anxious dreams. He finds himself unable to move like usual. He turns out that he has been transformed into a horrible big vermin.  He looks around his small room, where everything seems to be normal. He tries to walk but he cannot. Gregor realizes he has overslept when his mother is calling him to wake up because it is Gregor’s time to work (a quarter to seven). Becomes panicked, Gregor rocks his body off the bed and tumbles to the floor. Gregor’s father seems to be angry, and begins to call to Gregor to wake up from a different door. Gregor’s sister also knocks the door. However, after ...