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    Son Jarocho Son Jarocho is a type of Mexican folk music that originated in southern Veracruz‚ Mexico. The son genre was created in 17th and 18th century with influence from Spanish music styles and instruments. This fusion of the son genre brought upon the Son Jarocho among the coastal state of Veracruz. The Son Jarocho is a combination of Mexican‚ Spanish and West African influence. The West African influence comes from the slaves that were brought to Veracruz by the Spaniards. By the 19th century

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    Cormac McCarthy‚ is a novel about surviving in a world full of brutality and lost hopes. By using a father and a son‚ the author created a world presenting the struggles of surviving in a post- apocalyptic wasteland. Both of the main characters posses certain positive traits that aid and hinder their journey through the south. Specifically through the depiction of the father and son relationship‚ McCarthy illustrates the redemptive power of paternal love and trust. To start with‚ one of the major

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    letter to son In a letter written to his son‚ Lord Chesterfield reminds him of his responsibilities that have been given to him and incites to his son of the ever crucial values that are held at a very high regard on his behalf. Lord Chesterfield hopes to steer his son back on the right path by reinstating what he considers to be the noble thing a gentleman of his son’s age should do. It is quite obvious from the letter that Lord Chesterfield is dissatisfied with the decisions his son has made

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    Through his letter of advice written to his faraway son‚ Lord Chesterfield reveals his own personal values that he attempts to pass on through the use of parallel structure and figurative language in his correspondence. Chesterfield starts off his letter by establishing a position to give his advice. Recognizing that his young son could easily show indifference to his words‚ the author employs anaphora in order to sympathize somewhat with his son and at the same time reveal his expectation that

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    How does the man demonstrate his love for his son in the novel? What does the things he says and does for his son reveal about his philosophy of life and fatherhood? In the Novel “The Road” written by Cormac McCarthy a way the father expresses his love for his son is by constantly reassuring him by saying “We’re carrying the fire”. By this the fathers is implying that they are carrying the Hope or the will to survive‚ an important theme portrayed throughout the novel. I believe that by reassuring

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    Analysis of the Setting in Domby and Son by Charles Dickens Define the atmosphere and the mood of the text. What lexico-semantic groups of words (i.e. words having a common semantic component) help in creating the mood of the text. The general mood of this text is gloomy and dismal. We can see it owning to adjectives and verbs such as cold and grey‚ Shady‚ dark‚ dreadfully genteel‚ blackened‚ frown and the others. What epithets contribute to creating the gloomy atmosphere of the outside of the

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    stair”. Mother to Son‚ written by Langston Hughes is a poem of a mother trying to give her child a heads up on life‚ and how hard it may get at times. Life has been difficult for her and she wants to make sure that her son will have a better life than the one that was given to her. She teaches him to have perseverance and make the right choices. Her words of wisdom are surely of an uneducated woman that has plenty of advice to offer. In this poem‚ the mother is trying to inspire her son to keep going

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    writes a letter to her son‚ John Quincy Adams‚ while he is away on a trip with his father. Adams’ purpose is to warn her son about the temptations he may encounter while he is on this overseas trip with his father. She would also like for him to use this time as a learning experience. Adams’ conveys a condescending tone to impart her authority over her son. In one of the first points of the text‚ Adams’ compares a “ … judicious traveler… ” to a flowing river. She compares her son to the river by implying

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    Dang Thai Son learned the fundamentals of playing the piano in Vietnam and Russia‚ but he credits life in Canada with bringing out his creative side. A gentle man who deplores violence‚ Son‚ 45‚ was born in Hanoi‚ and grew up during the most intense combat of the Vietnam war. As the youngest child in an artistic family whose three other siblings all play the piano (his sister is the director of the Hanoi National Conservatory)‚ Son was anxious to begin lessons with his mother‚ a piano teacher. “The

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    They live together with two servants‚ also father and son. The four of them and their relationship is complex‚ as the book reveals later on. The servant’s boy Hassan and Amir share a profound love besides all their differences – one is wealthy‚ the other poor‚ one is secular‚ the other religious. Baba later on decides to move to America‚ to give his son Amir an opportunity to graduate from college. The challenges for Amir and his seeking for approval continues

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