Cui 1 Richard Cui Ms. Hinch ENG2D1 December 16 2014 Just Go Home Blue Winds Dancing and A Son’s Return explore the theme of going home to comment on the family problems that occur in today’s society. Blue Winds Dancing shows the North American point of view‚ the urban perspective and the more fantazized view on th theme. A Son’s Return exhibits the European point of view‚ the rural picture and a more reasonable view on the theme. Both Blue Winds Dancing and A Son’s Return
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The story‚ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol‚ is a story told in a third person perspective‚ regarding Connie‚ a 15-year-old. She and her mother have not at all gotten along. Her mother consistently compares her with her sister‚ and her father barely ever speaks with his daughters. One night‚ Connie and her best friend go to a shopping plaza. As instantly the adult is out of sight they cross the highway into a drive-in restaurant and stay on the restaurant’s counter. Thereafter
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In this chapter‚ Arnold wears one of his dad’s old polyester suits and takes Penelope to the Winter Formal with only five dollars in his pocket. After the dance‚ a group of boys invite Arnold and Penelope for some foods. At the restaurant‚ Arnold orders lots of food for Penelope and himself‚ he thinks it’s his last meal before execution as he has no money at all to pay all the foods. Later Arnold asks to borrow some cash from Roger and pays for the foods. Penelope later asks Arnold if he is poor‚ and
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Ray Bradbury‚ Guy Montag is the main protagonist who lives within a dystopian world where books are being burned because the government wants everyone to be happy and doing so has ruined the culture of their world. A poem named Dover Beach by Ray Arnold has many themes of which are built off of in the novel Fahrenheit 451. In Dover Beach an unnamed guy compares our live to the ocean‚ and how the sea is constantly doing the same thing over and over which realizing it now is a very sad thing‚ he also
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models so they will to do the same actions. If they drink‚ why I can’t? In the book‚ Arnold’s friend is sharing the same situation as him‚ both has alcoholics fathers. The difference is that each father has a different behavior‚ I mean‚ the father of Arnold demonstrate being depressed but when he is drunk he dance and play saxophone. In the other hand‚ the father of his friend is a violent person who always mistreat his son. Is interesting because both has 14 years old‚ and in no time of the novel is
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"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts‚ events‚ and outcomes. It is a catalyst‚ and it sparks extraordinary results." Wade Boggs. The most significant challenge I have faced in my high school career was the absence of a role model. Growing up‚ I only had my mom to depend on. My mom being a single parent often struggled to provide for me. Often times we couldn’t afford to pay most bills and buy food‚ which led us to move into my grandfather’s house. As I entered high school
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that he could have a career in basketball and try out different things all while being with his tribe and doing things other than what the kids at the reservation do. Arnold says‚ “I’d never guessed I’d be a good basketball player...I mean I’d always been the lowest Indian on the reservation...” (Alexie‚ 179-180). I think that Arnold thought because he was an Indian he did not have the privilege to get a high society level job‚ but by the end of the book‚ he learns that regardless of his race he can
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Who is Peggy Shippen? Peggy Shippen was a spy during the Revolutionary War. Peggy Shippen was born into a wealthy family and married Benedict Arnold and had one child. During the Revolutionary War she was a loyalist‚ a civilian‚ and a spy. Peggy Shippen was an amazing Loyalist‚ although many people who were Patriots thought she was a traitor to the Americans because of her loyalty to the British. Peggy Shippen was not a traitor to her beliefs‚ her family‚ or the Americans‚ but a person who was loyal
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Eco/o&y‚ 88(3)‚ 2007‚ pp. 541-549 © 2007 by the Ecological Society of America DIVERSITY AND HOST RANGE OF FOLIAR FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES: ARE TROPICAL LEAVES BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS? A. ELIZABETH ARNOLD1 AND F. LUTZONI Department of Biology‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ North Carolina 27708 USA Abstract. Fungal endophytes are found in asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of all major lineages of land plants. The ubiquity of these cryptic symbionts is clear‚ but the scale of their diversity‚ host range
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The act of not judging before truly knowing is something that most people struggle not to do. In the novel “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie‚ Arnold Spirit understands this thoroughly. He falls victim to others judging him too quickly but on the other hand he also does the same to his white friends. He makes decisions about them and their homes before he has any idea. If he hadn’t given up these false notions‚ he may have missed out on some quality people. He then
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