Michael” and “Blue ang Kobre Kama ni Jake” are works of writer‚ Jimmy Alcantara. To be honest‚ I have never heard of him‚ or his works before the class discussion of his “Red ang Luha ni Michael” story. But I must admit that the story-and it’s sequel as well-are very much different from the usual comedies and tragedies written by any other published or unpublished writer. His first story and its prequel are undeniable tragedies of an unusual love affair. However‚ both had made different appeals to
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In the shadow of his father When reflecting upon Telemachus standing up to the suitors and slowly taking back what rightfully belonged to his family‚ you see him mature with confidence and courage like his father. He is able to boss around his mother with such confidence it reminds her of her great husband Odysseus. Also with Athena’s help Telemachus is able to achieve what everyone thought was impossible for a young man like him. Her wise influence helps him figure out his role at the palace.
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years for his part in activities to bring about equal rights. How does the writer present his thoughts and feelings about the struggle for identity? How far is the extract similar to and different from your wider reading in the literature of the struggle for identity? You should consider the writers’ choices of form‚ structure and language. Mandela’s determination to fight for the rights of his people is reflected in the way Elesin feels about completing his duty and representing his village.
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Man The Maker of his Destiny Man The Maker Of His Destiny - We are responsible for what we are‚ and whatever we wish ourselves to be‚ we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions‚ it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; SO WE HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO ACT. Man is man‚ so long as he is struggling to rise above nature‚ and this nature is both internal and external... And if we read the history
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Amir’s relationship with his father It obvious from the beginning that Amir and his father‚ Baba‚ have not had a close but instead a problematic father and son relationship. Amir loves and admires his father to no end‚ yet Baba seems to have little time for his son and it almost looks as if Baba prefers Hassan as his own son. Amir seems to believe that Baba blames him for the death of “his beloved wife‚ his beautiful princess”‚ as she had died giving birth to Amir. Although we don’t fully know
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Johnny Got His Gun Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun tells the story of a young man‚ Joe Bonham‚ who has been left limbless‚ deaf‚ mute‚ and blind after suffering an injury in World War I. Throughout the novel‚ which covers four years of Joe’s life in the hospital bed‚ he reminisces about his childhood and everything else leading up to the time of his injury. Even though he made the decision to serve in the army‚ he now denounces the war and the government’s reasons for fighting. Left to do
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In the story “Four Stations in His Circle”‚ Austin Clarke reveals the negative influences that immigration can have on people through characterization of the main character‚ symbols such as the house that Jefferson dreams to buy and the time and place where the story takes place. The author demonstrates how immigration can transform someone to the point that they abandon their old culture‚ family and friends and remain only with their loneliness and selfishness. The first literary device that
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Analyzes: “To His Coy Mistress” By Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell’s poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress‚” represents a speaker that is trying to successfully convince a woman to be his “significant other.” To add meaning and power within the poem‚ Marvell uses key rhetorical strategies such as imagery‚ metaphors‚ and paradoxes‚ which are used throughout the poem in order to create the ideal “atmosphere” for the mistress whom the speaker is referring to and readers. Within the work‚ the speaker provides
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The Prominence of Vishnu and his Avatars Between the Vedic and Epic periods‚ the divinity known as Vishnu underwent a cosmic change. In the Vedas‚ Vishnu was a minor solar god who was closely associated with Indra‚ in which he was rarely mentioned and was submissive to the king of the gods. By the time of the epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana‚ Vishnu had greatly risen in importance and power in the world of the gods. Vishnu is now known as "The Preserver" among the three books of the
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Despite his father’s disapproval and mothers health condition ‚ Asher learns to pursue his talent and dreams. Asher is effected as an artist and individual as his mother traveled literally and metaphorically. The melodramatic tone and understanding of Asher’s suffering mother displayed how she traveled metaphorically. After her brother died‚ Asher’s mother‚ Rivkeh‚ went through a phase of depression. Asher’s father‚ Aryeh‚ had to quit his former job to support her in Brooklyn. During this time
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