Socratic Seminar Make-Up Samantha Walker She is a human rights activist with numerous awards for her writing including the title “One of the most Important Writers of the 20th Century” by Reader’s Digest. She has written 13 books and won the National Book Prize of South Africa‚ American Library Association Award‚ and is an author on Oprah’s book list. Who is this marvelous writer? Her name is Barbara Kingsolver. In her first book‚ The Bean Trees‚ her life and political views are greatly
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that is inherited‚ a special possession‚ or traditions‚ beliefs that are part of a family’s history. In addition‚ to its diverse definitions people as well have different concepts of what heritage means to them. In the short story‚ “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker the diverse concepts of heritage has induced a disagreement. The reoccurring drama over the different perspectives of heritage ends this with an unsettling ending. Dee has not seen her family since her departure for an education. Her awaited
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My interview essay on Techelle the amazing James. The person I interviewed was Techelle Evans. Techelle James is a sixteen year old junior and was born on January 30th 1996. She is the eldest of three girls‚ her mother is from here St.Thomas USVI and her father is from Africa and has two pet dogs. I realized that Techelle plays shy in class but in reality she is actually noisy‚ full of life and fun to be around. She acts shy by sitting over there in that dry dusty area were she pretends to be
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Anderson Cooper was born in 1967 to writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt‚ of the Cornelius Vanderbilt line. He was raised in New York City and was enrolled in the prestigious Dalton School during his teenage years. Though privileged‚ his early was marked by tragedy‚ with his father dying when Cooper was only 10 years old and his only brother committing suicide. These events‚ however‚ are what pushed him toward a career in journalism. He would go on to attend Yale University‚ graduating
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In The Color Purple‚ Celie reaches self-actualization. Initially‚ Celie is a submissive wife to Mr. _______‚ doing everything she is told to do without hesitation while facing physical‚ and emotional abuse. Once Shug Avery‚ Mr. _______’s mistress‚ comes to live with them‚ Celie nurses the Shug Avery back to health while simultaneously becoming close friends. Shug Avery teaches Celie that no matter what life brings‚ Celie will always have to two people who love her—Nettie and Shug Avery. This new
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Aardman Animations Aardman animations are very popular known for creating animations made from clay. Some examples of their work are ‘Chicken Run’ which was released in June 2000 and was their first whole length film. Chicken Run is about a middle aged couple who own a farm full of chickens‚ the wife then reads this magazine which shows an invention which could increase profits and this was the chicken pie machine. Ginger‚ the main girl chicken witnesses this and tries to warn her other chicken friends
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An Almost Real Life “A real life” is a short story; and part of a collection of stories called‚ “Open Secrets‚” written by Alice Munro. This story introduces a woman named Dorrie‚ a woman who lives in the countryside of Canada. For years since her brother’s death‚ Dorrie has remained stagnant in her home; collecting berries and muskrat furs to survive‚ as she and her brother have always done. Suddenly‚ and unexpectedly an Australian suitor named‚ Wilkinson Speirs‚ is introduced to Dorrie over dinner
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What is a scar? A scar is something that can be covered but never erased. Scars can change a person’s self-esteem and self- worth‚ relationship with people‚ and your perception of yourself. A scar can help you find beauty deep down inside just like Alice Walker did. Scars cannot tear you down you are the only one can‚ its either you live a lie or just accept the true you‚ which one would you choose? Walker also had problems with self-esteem in her life when her brother shot her in the eye with
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artificial story‚ or an absolute dishonest story. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are not novels about fairies or are completely false stories‚ but they do contain imaginable artificial plots in which a young girl named Alice travels to different worlds in her dreams. Through the creative adventure of these dream stories‚ one could vaguely qualify them as a fairy tale. Tolkien’s perspective opposes the label of fairy tales to Alice stories by which he states that dream stories may
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logicians. There appears to be something in Alice for everyone‚ and there are almost as many explanations of the work as there are commentators. It may be perhaps Carroll’s fantastical style of writing that entertains the reader‚ rather than teaching them a lesson as was customary in his time. Heavy literary symbolism is difficult to trace through his works because of the fact he wrote mainly for entertainment. In fact‚ Carroll’s stories‚ including Alice‚ are usually described as being direct parallels
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