individual becomes really challenging since the short stories do not seem to have a clear connection between them. We can certainly see that the stories are related to the topic discussed in the previous response paper‚ being black. Most of the stories resemble the experiences of being black. I don’t really understand
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Xiangsheng is one of the most popular and influential types of quyi. It can be said that nobody in China does not know and like it. it is humorous and highly satirical by nature. Though similar performance had been popular for centuries‚ it was only in the reign of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty (1851 -1861 ) that XiangSheng became established as an independent art form. The first XiangShap artists were Zhang Sanlu and Zhu Shaowen‚ the latter’s stage name being Qiong Bupa. He used to perform
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This extract is taken from ‘The Souls of Black Folk’ (1903) by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois‚ an American sociologist‚ historian and civil rights activist. Du Bois was the first African American to ever receive a PHD from Harvard‚ and is considered one of the most profound scholars of his generation for his active protest against Black discrimination in the US. The Souls of Black Folk explores the effect of being ‘identified as a problem’ by American society for the African American people who
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Can someone be entirely evil or be purely good? In the autobiography An Ordinary Man Paul Rusesabagina‚ Paul tells his story of being an ordinary man who becomes a hero during by the Rwandan genocide and how he just did his job and saved countless lives. Within the story‚ Paul explains how human nature truly is. He tells how even the evilest people have a soft‚ compassionate side. Man is neither inherently good nor evil but‚ rather a combination of both. People are not purely good or evil‚ human
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up in London.” Instead of directly stating the thesis of his speech‚ Bales draws the audience’s attention by telling when his “interest in contemporary forms of slavery started.” Meanwhile‚ WuDunn starts off with “The global challenge that I want to talk to you about today rarely makes the front pages.” She continues by showing her family group photo in front of Tiananmen and connects it with an example that happened in China. As an audience‚ I immediately know “slavery” will be the main topic throughout
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A Piece of Black Coral Imagine a world where we are all equal‚ where we are all the same and where we don’t have a segregation of classes. Jacques Cousteau and Pablo Picasso are friends but will never be equal. In the short story “When Jacques Cousteau gave Pablo Picasso a piece of Black Coral” written by Pasha Malla‚ the author shifts from happy warm greetings to a segregation of social classes using literary elements such as descriptive details‚ old fashioned diction‚ and vivid imagery to show
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use a new language is a challenge that many have experienced throughout their life‚ whether in education or in their private lives. How often have you been convinced to learn a language because of a lecture‚ discussion‚ or favorable advice? In a TED talk by professor John McWhorter he attempts to influence and encourage a physical and digital rhetoric audience of the benefits received after developing a new tongue. Through his use of overpowering credibility‚ intriguing demonstrations‚ and proper medium
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win. When I earned my first battle from my parents in middle school—through an argument about the latest bedtime—I‚ for the first time‚ felt the strength of words as weapons and got excited for it. So when I started to read Richard Wright’s memoir Black Boy and reached the part where he describes his experience of being baptized‚ I was excited again; Wright
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Responses to the Black Plaque Gabriele d’Mussis initially explains the causes of the plaque to be “as though arrows were raining down from heaven to strike down and crush the Tartars’ arrogance”. Gabrielle’s understanding of the causes of the plaque changes as he traces its movements from East to West. He explained how when they would throw the decease along the sea it would eventually poison the water supply. When one person becomes ill‚ it was only a matter of time the next person. Everyone
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After a more in depth reading of Me Talk Pretty One Day‚ I found that the goal of the author was still similar to my initial reading but I was still able to find some slight differences. The author’s goal still appears to be his desire to share his experiences while living in Paris and learning the language but he is sharing this particular story from his life to show that everyone is human and it doesn’t matter how old you are or what country you originate from‚ everyone still has something to
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