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    Danielle Brosseau English 181 Professor Kappeler October 7th‚ 2013 Traditional and Intellectual Methods of Digging To break away from a tradition is often a means of upholding it. This is the case in “Digging‚” a poem written by Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney. Through alliteration that subtly alters tone‚ changes in tense that gently signify a change from real time to memory‚ imagery that appeals to all the senses‚ a free form that allows for the manipulation of stanzas‚ and the

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    the past includes the birth of Brod‚ Brod’s tragedy‚ Brod and Kolker and Safran and Zosha’s marriage‚ and the death of Yankel‚ Zosha‚ and Alex’s grandfather. While the story of the future is about the quest of a young boy named Alex guiding Jonathan Safran Foer to find answers from the past and to find if Augustine‚ the woman who saved Jonathan’s grandfather from the Nazis in Trachimbrod‚ is truly still alive. Within the novel‚ the two stories are intermixed between chapters and it becomes an adventure

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    “ | | |Her grandfather was out on the step. He walked down the (2) path with her and out on to the footpath. He said to a neighbour‚ | | |“Our granddaughter goes to school. She lives with (3) us now.” | |5 |“She’s fine‚” the neighbour said. “She’s (4) terrific with her two plaits in her hair”. | | |“And (5) clever‚” the grandfather said. “Writes every day in

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    reminiscence details about her childhood with her beloved grandfather. Graulich describes her grandfather to be an American hero in her mind. After her grandfather passes‚ the author learns that he used to hit her grandmother (Graulich). Her mother told Graulich different scenes of domestic violence that she had to witness while growing up. Her mother described how she felt powerless‚ embarrassed and responsible (Graulich). After learning that her grandfather use abuse her grandmother‚ Graulich had a hard time

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    the relationships you have with the people that are closest to you. We never learn the name of the main character in the story as he is referred to as grandfather throughout the whole story. Shortly after the grandfather gets married to his wife he travels with some friends to a nudist camp on a beach in France. During this experience the grandfather discovers a freedom and sensation he had never

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    A common sensory condition older adults are affected by is hearing loss (pg. 123). The. My grandfather often needed us to repeat things due to being unable to hear us. This caused emotional distress to my grandfather as the loss of hearing has caused people to be angry with him at times‚ either due to an individual needing to repeat themselves a lot or because people think that he is ignoring them or selective

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    Seamus Heaney Diction

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    imagery‚ diction‚ and enjambment to reveal the theme that one pursues a unique work that is best for them‚ but their work ethic is instilled by one’s interactions and through one’s ancestors. Heaney uses imagery to show how hard his father and grandfather worked and their skill in their field. In line 10 and 11 the speaker says‚ “The coarse boot nestled on the lug‚ the shaft Against

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    Chapter Plot summary quote 1:Coin Leah and her mum Joan were on their way to China and they want find out the secret of a half on China Coin which lift by Leah’s father. Leah didn’t like the weather of Guangzhou‚ she felt not belong to China. China is not her home. She was not Chinese‚ not even ABC-Australia born Chinese. P10 No‚ she wasn’t going home. She was just ducking into a strange and probably hostile country to finish what Dad had started.p11 For Joan the coin was the key to a lost

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    the Life of an Ifugao as Depicted in the Text “The God Stealer” A. Introduction of the Issues 1. Ifugao Culture 2. The importance of the Ifugao culture in the lives of the characters (Philip Latak‚ Sam Christie‚ Sadek‚ Grandfather‚ and the natives) 3. Issues • Reciprocity (utang na loob) • Foreigners • Social conformity • Selfish • Unconditional love • Fragmentary Filipino identity

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    widowed mother‚ Captain William Farnsworth Cook‚ her grandfather who was a retired sailor along-with King George‚ his parrot‚ in addition to Silas‚ her orange cat. Lucille wasn’t the best of cooks‚ so she hired an African-American woman named Eliza to prepare the meals. The coffeehouse that the Cook family lived above and owned was manufactured by Matilda’s deceased father in 1783 when Mattie was just four years old. The

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