In Sherman Alexie ’s "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven"‚ the past is never really past. The aftershocks of 500 years of Native American persecution‚ oppression‚ and neglect continue to haunt the world of the reservation‚ in the form of alcoholism‚ poverty‚ and familial dysfunction. In spite of all this-or perhaps because of it-ancient tribal tradition/ritual lives on‚ if in a modified‚ more contemporary version. Throughout the story‚ the old ways-whether they be storytelling or vision
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crocodiles in it. And then Sheikh Albert announced to everyone‚ “anyone of you who can swim successfully across the swimming pool from one end to the other will get what they want from me. They can have the hand of my daughter in marriage‚ have my house‚ have my ranch‚ have all my money and...” The rich man wasn’t even finished talking when they heard a loud splash coming from the swimming pool. So when they looked they saw this young man swimming for his life‚ swimming as fast as he could to get to the
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In this story‚ Oates writes about Connie who is a fifteen-year-old girl who‚ like most‚ notices her good looks in the mirror. Her mother has never approved of her and her actions and compares her to Connie’s older sister‚ June‚ who is twenty-four. June lives at home and works at Connie’s high school as a secretary (Oates‚ 1). Connie and her friends enjoy going to the movies‚ at least that is what she tells her father. They really go to a restaurant across the street to meet boys. Connie met a guy
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a comfortable‚ safe life. These aspects compose the American Dream‚ the idea of a successful life full of opportunity in America. However‚ many immigrants find that this idea is not so easy to achieve. Dinaw Mengestu’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears depicts the obstacles that stand against immigrants in achieving the American Dream through the story of Sepha‚ an Ethiopian immigrant who struggles to make a living in America. These hardships are partly due to a lack of assimilation and work
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STEP BY WICKED STEP – ANNE FINE Based on the novels that you have read‚ make a comparison between two prominent characters and highlight the differences. Support your answer with evidence from the text. Based on the novel Step by Wicked Step by Anne Fine‚ the two prominent characters that I would like to compare is Colin and Richard Clayton Harwick. The first difference that I would like to highlight is Colin loves his stepfather‚ Jack whom he calls dad as Colin himself never knew
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the main theme to talk about in shorts stories‚ and in the story of “Hell-Heaven” by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ that is not the exception. However‚ it is an unusual and very enjoyable story where readers can identify themselves with it because the main characters are common people who have the same problems as many of us. If I have to summarize the story in one sentence‚ I can say that it describes the experiences of people who come from other cultures to the USA‚ and it is nuanced with an impossible love to make
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Can One Belong to Two Cultures? Sherman Alexie’s‚ The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a combination of short stories that highlight the many struggles that Native Americans faced within their culture as well as trying to fit in with the “American” culture. Throughout the story‚ we see Alexie help the reader understand the challenges that were being faced by all the American Indian characters in the book through ideas or thoughts that infuses the everyday culture of white society and
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his fellow comrades. However‚ from a 21st century perspective‚ it is evident that communism bought about problems in China and the director‚ Chen Kaige wanted to subtly address these issues using the lyrics sung by the character‚ Cuiqiao. Cuiqiao is the perfect embodiment of how the Communist Party wanted to introduce communism – alluring‚ melodic‚ and welcoming. However‚ China suffered from internal struggles because the party’s ideality of communism was different from the reality of communism. Due
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becoming dehydrated and the ocean churns with dreadful creatures .However the ship is separate from the natural world‚ it sails without wind and its inhabitants are spirits. Death and life-in-death are figures that become frighteningly real for the sailors‚ especially when the Ancient Mariner‚ whose soul is won‚ “the game is done! I’ve won! I’ve won!” which is telling the reader that the souls has been won/taken from the Mariner which is representing Hell. This is also dooming him to a fate worse than death
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In “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon” from The Times of London‚ the main purpose is to inform people about the moon landing in 1969. It appeals to use both logos and ethos by providing information about the moon landings. Since the newspaper has such a high reputation ethos is made right away. They will assume that the paper is trustworthy because of where they are getting the information from. The audience will believe that all the facts are reliable and correct. They are reaching a large audience
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