Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker is an African American writer and civil rights activist. She was born in Eatonton‚ Georgia in 1944. Alice Walker is the eighth and youngest child of her parents‚ Minnie Grant and Willie Walker. Her parents were sharecroppers. After a childhood accident blinded her in one eye she became a shy and withdrawn child. Walker ended up being the valedictorian of her high school. She attended Spelman College‚ in Atlanta‚ a school for black women. Alice transferred to
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Moreover‚ the works of Alice walker and Frederick Douglass did not only explore the theme of gender roles‚ but also the theme of race. In fact‚ slavery and racism are practiced on the basis of one’s own race. As a matter of fact‚ that’s what Alice Walker tries to reflect in her novel. She sheds the light upon this theme in many scenes. For example‚ when the mayor’s wife asks Sofia to work for her as a maid and Sofia rejects this racist and humiliating offer she is slapped for daring to refuse‚ and
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AUDIENCE ANALYSIS For my audience analysis I decided to conduct a survey and research statistics on the topic of recycling for people in my class. The survey I conducted included 13 class members. The results of this survey were as follows: 61.54% of my classmate are male‚ 46.15% of all my classmates do recycle once in a while‚ 75.00% of them believes that recycling preserves our resources and protects wildlife‚ 62.50% of them don’t recycle because they think that it is too hard to do it‚ 5 out
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Eman Mohammed A psychoanalytical reading of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker In everyday use the story is about a black family consists of two daughters and a mother. Its main idea is the attachment between each character to the past and to their family. Each character has different perspective towards the past. In my following essay I intend to look deeply in the characters’ mind by applying the psychoanalytical reading which can present details not only about the text but also
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happy to feed whoever strays my way. • The speaker sees she is like her father (good or bad?) but suggests that has made her life quite random. • Maybe when she does something that he did‚ such as cook she wonders about their relationship. • Walker uses a clear metaphor in the 5th stanza‚ comparing the living of her life to the act of cooking. She specifically talks about "seasoning none of my life the same way twice." She is talking about adding interest and enhancement to her food by adding
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ is a very intense book to read. By intense‚ I mean it is a book touching very difficult and hard aspects of life of a poor‚ black oppressed woman in the early twentieth century. Walker does social criticism in her novel‚ mostly criticizing the way black women were treated in the early twentieth century. Walker uses the life experiences of Celie to illustrate her social criticism. The Color Purple is not written in the style
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Audience Analysis Paper Com 285 April 5‚ 2010 Michael Medoro Audience Analysis Paper When you are addressing certain information it is imperative to be alert and conscious of your listeners. It is very important that you be able to provide the proper context‚ tone‚ and language suitable to the audience you are addressing. It is also significant to know your audience because it will eventually help you determine the issues you have to address. Communicating effectively is a major
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world for the world is a cruel place. In “The Flowers”‚ a short story by Alice Walker‚ a young girl named Myop is a naive and innocent girl who loves flowers but faces a traumatic event that changes her and her view of the world forever. Alice Walker is able to strongly portray Myop’s change of character trait by using various language techniques such as metaphor as well as change of setting. By using language techniques‚Walker is able to develop a powerful character change for Myop by first‚ developing
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"Everyday Use" Alice Walker’s modern classic "Everyday Use" tells the story of a mother and her two daughters conflicting ideas about their identities and ancestry. The mother narrates‚ in first person‚ because Mama can characterize her daughters and herself in an unbiased light that only a mother could love or know. the story takes place of the day the oldest daughter‚ Dee‚ visits from college and clashes with the other daughter‚ Maggie‚ over the possession of heirloom quilts. The story begins
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Audience Analysis COM 285 November 6‚ 2010 Audience Analysis “Audience analysis gives you the tools you need to shape your product and your message” (Locker & Kienzler‚ 2008‚ p. 41). When presenting the company’s quarterly sales information it is important to evaluate the audience so that you can tailor the message to their needs. Considering the characteristics of the audience; the more you know about the audience‚ the more you can focus your presentation on what they need to know. You
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