“Araby‚” a short story from James Joyce’s Dubliners‚ recounts an unnamed boy’s transition from childhood into adulthood‚ from a life filled with fantasy to all the harsh realities of life in Ireland under British rule. The narrator of the story is the older version of the protagonist‚ and as a result the prose seems far from what a child would write—a preadolescent would not display such self-awareness and understanding. Further examination of the text shows that the narrator is actually embarrassed
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AREA OF STUDY DISCOVERY RELATED MATERIAL PORTFOLIO MICHAEL KWONG 1. TITLE AND COMPOSER OF TEXT Short story - And the Water was Dark and It Went Forever Down Written by Tim Winton 2. source date published First published 1997 by Addison Wesley Longman Australia Pty Ltd. Taken from MAKING CONNECTIONS a compilation of short stories put together by Brian Keyte 3. A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE TEXT(150w) The narrative focuses on a fourteen year old girl who’es mother is mentally and
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exemplify qualities and ideas. The author of The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ has been referred to as the father of the symbolic novel. In The Scarlet Letter symbols play an Immense role in the plot of the book. During the duration of this essay my intentions are too deeply analyze the many symbols that the scarlet letter presents. As the novel begins‚ The prison is the first symbol presented. “The prison of the town symbolizes the darkest aspects of Puritan society and its hypocrisy (Warfel)
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Two eras in time were the 1930’s and 1960’s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960’s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved
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39 percent of the local work force was black‚ Kaiser had hired only 4.7 percent blacks. In 1970‚ a federal review of Kaiser employment practices at the Gramercy plant found that of 50 professional employees‚ none were black; of 132 supervisors‚ only 1 was black; and of 246 skilled craftworkers‚ none were black. A 1973 federal review found that although Kaiser had allowed several whites with no prior craft experience to transfer into the skilled craft positions‚ blacks were not transferred unless they
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In suspenseful stories there are several twists‚ turns‚ and surprises. Often to catch a reader’s attention. “August Heat” by W.F. Harvey creates suspense in many ways throughout his entire short story. He leaves people wanting more and to continue reading it. As well as leaving a bit of a mystery. Although mystery and suspense is different in suspenseful story the protagonist gradually becomes aware of the dangers‚ which the readers already know. Meanwhile in a mystery‚ a major event such as
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Aromas‚ sweet and wispy‚ excited my senses with a combination of ecstatic flavors. I looked at merchandise with a surprised expression on my face; an expression that would have made the average bystander wonder‚ “ who are these people?”. The colorful array of shops is still vivid in my mind‚ but it no longer holds the perplexing image it once did. The awe I felt at discovering things I had never heard of before‚ was one that I would most likely never experience again in my life. Massive synagogues‚ churches
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this time to share my story about my transition back in the civilian world. In 1990‚ I was honorable discharge from United States Army this was during peace time in which I had to leave the military due to family hardship. At this time I received changes of duty station to return back to Korea which was my second tour of duty. I just had my fourth child and she was only 10 months old. My only option was to leave fourth children with my mother. I felt that was just to much for my mother at that time
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SUMMARY—ENTRY NO. 2 PAGE/SCREEN 15 TO PAGE/SCREEN 20 (“Araby”) The narrator lives on North Richmond Street‚ which is a quiet part of town. When the Christian Brothers’ School lets out for the day‚ though‚ the street wakes up. One house sits alone‚ with no family inside. The other houses on the street cluster together‚ full of lives. A priest was the former tenant of the narrator’s house. The priest died in the house’s drawing room‚ and there were old papers throughout the house. The house smelt
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To summarize Kolb is based on learning by doing things (simplypsychology [published 2010‚ updated 2013]) Figure 1: Kolb’s reflective cycle The Gibbs cycle is based on six stages. It starts with describing what happened‚ then asking what do you feel and thinking about this experience‚ then the third stage is evaluation (was the experience good or bad?)‚ next it analyses what can you make from this situation or event then last but not least drawing a conclusion-what could you done differently
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