Lorna Goodison states in her poem “Guinea Woman”‚ “Great Grandmother was a guinea woman”(Goodison). This statement can be interpreted in many ways as guinea has multiple connotations. For example‚ Guinea is a country in West Africa‚ but it is also an ancient coin and name for a witch or wise-woman. Creolization‚ as a term‚ also has multiple meanings. These meanings are based on different aspects of the mixing of cultures. This can be a mixing or change in religion‚ music‚ food‚ and skin color. The
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Summer is coming soon. School will be out. I probably will ride my bike‚ plant flowers and go swimming at Ava’s house. We will have a great time. We will probably have my sprinkler out. I will be getting wet a lot. I am sure we would have a picnic and play in our clubhouse. We will swing on the swing set and go to McCurdy Park one day. Summer will be a lot of fun. I know I will get burnt a lot. But‚ I still think I will have fun. My mom might babysit for people. I will play Barbie’s with them if
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After reading Flannery O’Connor’s "A Good Man is Hard to Find" for the first time‚ I was left with one question that perplexed me‚ why did the Grandmother call the Misfit one of her own children? It’s a question that many believe they have the answer to‚ they research and analyze coming up with theories and ideas. Like many others I will now be putting my theory on the Grandmother’s final words‚ what they meant and why she said them. Opinions on her final word vary‚ with authors like Brandy saying
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The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic story of ¨star-crossed lovers”. The play might be a tragic‚ but the character are remarkable. The three most memorable character in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare are Romeo‚ Juliet‚ and Friar Lawrence. The first memorable character in the play is Romeo. Romeo is an unfading character‚ because he is like the crazy lover. Romeo is a crazy character‚ because he goes to the enemy’s party unsolicited. Romeo went to the enemy’s
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Speaking in “broken English” the grandmother is keen to narrate the events surrounding her daughter Natalie‚ her granddaughter‚ Sophie‚ and her son-in-law John who is also Irish. She does not agree with the American way of raising kids and wishes she could discipline Sophie the way a proper Chinese girl should be raised. The main focus is on how a woman’s granddaughter is growing up differently than how she raised her daughter‚ which brings conflict between the grandmother and her daughter‚ Sophie’s mother
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Poetry Essay Question: In your view‚ how does Kenneth Slessor’s poetry create the concept of memorable ideas through poetic techniques? A memorable idea is a concept that is thought about or remembered by a person because of the meaning that it may create. Slessor’s poems “Out of time” and “Beach Burial” convey the concept of memorable ideas. This is done through the thematic concerns of the poems‚ along with the use of poetic techniques. “Out of time” portrays memorable ideas to the audience
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Essay – Holiday vacation It was last summer‚ where I and my family spend our time in Kosovo. It was last summer‚ when my family and I spent our time in Kosovo. It was a long time since we’ve there last‚ so we were all excited. We were happy to see our family and they welcomed us with open arms. We had planned to stay in my uncle’s house during our vacation. Because we hadn’t seen each other for a long time‚ so we had a lot of things to talk about. I was starting to learn the other kids from
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movie‚ “Home for the Holidays”. This movie is about the main character‚ Claudia Larson‚ losing her job then ending up making out with her soon to be former boss and lastly finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend. Then ultimately ends up spending the holidays with her family. Claudia Larson is a single mother‚ with two
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Cooper Wallace Mrs.stewart 1306 November/2/2014 A Slaves Holiday American slaves experienced the Christmas holidays in many different ways. Joy‚ hope‚ and celebration were naturally a part of the season for many. For other slaves‚ these holidays stirred up visions of freedom. The relaxed work schedules associated with Christmas often enabled slaves to interact in ways that they could not during the rest of the year‚ like receiving gifts ‚ ability to marry and opportunities to escape. slaves
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My ideal summer holiday After my hard and busy school year my summer holidays began. I felt happy and began to plan a lot of wonderful things to do during my summer vocation. There are many ways to spend our holidays. I like travelling very much. In the old days people had to travel several days‚ weeks and months to get to the place they needed. They either went on foot‚ by coaches driven by horses or on horseback or by boats and ships. Then trains‚ trams‚ cars‚ buses‚ airplanes‚ underground
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