The article by Elizabeth Wardle entitled “Identity‚ Authority‚ and Learning to Write in New Workplaces” addresses English teachers. Wardle claims English teacher must direct their focus beyond a student’s knowledge of academic writing‚ to the influences identity and authority may have on one’s writing. The author describes socio-historic theories regarding identity and authority to understand how new workers learn to write in the workplace. The author further discusses identity by explaining Wenger’s
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------------------------------------------------- PRECIS The text under analysis “The Lumber-room” written by Hector Munro is the problem psychological story which revolves around a little orphan Nicholas and his tyrannical and dull-witted aunt‚ who because of the cruel methods of education couldn’t not only find approach to children‚ but also understand their soul. The conflict between the aunt and the nephew as if the conflict between prose and poetry. But softness‚ purity and tenderness of soul of the boy could
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beyond his years which understandably frustrates him. War effects everyone which leads Trevor to lash out‚ protesting "with the fury of the child he had never been"(373). Trevor does not know how to deal or control his anger so he takes it out in a cruel joke on Mr. Thomas. The whole plan of demolishing Mr. Thomas`s house because it reminded him of his past as an upper middle class citizen shows Trevor’s
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One of the main connections that I can make is that to the Hunger Games. More the idea of kids killing other kids. The only real difference between them is that in the Hunger Games‚ the kids kill each other not because they want too or because they enjoy it. They do it to survive. In the Lord of the Flies though‚ it’s quite the contrary. They kill because they can and enjoy doing it. Not out of mere survival. Another connection that I made had to do with the theme of the book‚ the evil inside everyone
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millionaire. Instead‚ you got stoned to death. In her contemporary short story‚ “The Lottery‚” the author‚ Shirley Jackson uses the external conflict of blindly following rituals to demonstrate the danger of the following tradition blindly and the cruel nature of the characters. To exemplify the first point‚ I say that the lottery serves as the symbol of conservatism. In the story‚ the tradition of the lottery is passed down from generation to generation‚ accepted and faithfully obeyed‚ regardless
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United States Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for those who had committed their crimes at under 18 years of age was cruel and unusual punishment and hence barred by the Constitution. Which in many cases may be debatable. For example‚ The United States Supreme Court believes that if a teenager or juvenile was charged with first degree murder that it would be to cruel to sentence the death penalty on the individual just because their under eighteen. In my opinion I believe that this
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Life is complicated and each of us have unique experiences; existence becomes messy the more we allow others into our lives. Life was always lacking‚ causing hurt to both my mental and physical being. Experiences filled with pain and suffering have shown me the harsh lessons about the nature of the world and the importance of resilience. Through it all‚ I have found what justice means to me and its importance to the world. Pain physically is easy to overcome‚ mental is harder‚ however‚ like the
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recent events have shaken her nerves”. The effect of the harsh environment sustained by the drover’s wife is clearly seen through Lawson’s description of her physical appearance‚ “The gaunt sun-browned bush women”. This is then reinforced by the cruel and provoking imagery used to portray her children “ragged‚ dried up look”. Powerful imagery of the physical toll on this “once young city woman” is applicable in establishing a strong impression of the woman battling against isolation of the bush
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up for his beliefs with the aboriginals and he also cleaned the graffiti (BOONGS PISS OFF) off the shed at the jetty. Gary’s town is small and his community has lots of views and values about the aboriginal population. They are very critical and cruel when it comes to racism. The only relation the town has with the aboriginals of the Point is football‚ though the racial prejudice is still obvious. The town and the aborigines have a combined football team‚ as alone the people of the Port do not have
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“sneering yellow faces…” and “evil spirited beasts”. One of the forms of racism displayed in “Indian Education” is internalized racism. The native aboriginal boys that bullied the author disrespected their own culture by turning a custom into a cruel joke when they called Sherman Alexie names such as “Bloody Nose” and “Junior Falls
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