general. Culture can be defined as what you are‚ or like how I like to think about it‚ as your history and events you grew up in. In the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker a quote expressing my idea is‚” Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts!’ she said.’ She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use‚” (Walker 64). This explains a story where an educated daughter separates from her culture to another‚ but still wants history from it. But she’s so far
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cannot be severed. Sometimes‚ however‚ can create a serious conflict between the generations‚ whether the daughters who accept the new culture or the mothers who deeply rooted in the traditional concept can lead the spiritual discordance to their relationship. In the story Everyday Use wrote by Alice Walker‚ the story is lead by “mama” who is a black woman has two daughters Dee and Maggie. Dee had better education‚ yet full of confidence and ambition. In contrast‚ Maggie is described as an unattractive
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announce the change of her name from Dee to Wangero. She collects items that Mama and Maggie uses everyday to take with her‚ and finally tries to take a quilt that has been stitched together by her family for generations. “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker reveals the intracultural class within the Black community as African Americans
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Biaxial stress & strain Poisson’s ratio σx = E1-v2 (εx + vεy) εx = 1E (σx - vσy) Uniaxial: v = - εyεx σy = E1-v2 (εy + vεx) εy = 1E (σy - vσx) Biaxial: v = E2G - 1 εz = - vE (σx + σy) Triaxial stress & strain
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“everyday use” by Alice walker are based on an ordinary African American family heritage. it is about two sisters Maggie and Dee who are raised by a single mother‚ one of them went to school and got an education‚ while the other one stays home‚ where she helps her mother chores around the house. The story begins with mama and Maggie waiting for Dee’s. Mama‚ the narrator of the story‚ describes herself as a "large‚ big-boned woman with rough‚ man-working hands” (Walker 553) She does not paint
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The Impact of Stress on Academic Performance In today’s world stress is something that is unavoidable .It is something that is faced by adults ‚teenagers and kids around the world .Stress is often described as a feeling of being overloaded ‚ wound up tight ‚ tense and worried . Stress can sometimes help to motivate us to get a task finished or perform well . But stress can also be harmful if we become over-stressed and it interferes with our ability to get on our normal life for too long .(A
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CONCEPTS OF HEALTH Introduction This essay will firstly discuss what health is as a broad concept‚ look at the differences of health looking at the negative and positive aspects and how health can be socially constructed. Defining what is meant by holistic health and what effects promoting health can help reduce individuals getting ill by working together in society and looking at changes that need to be made and recognised. Health has a wide range of meanings which all need to be considered
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4/19/2010 Stress is the ‘wear and tear’ our bodies experience as we adjust to our continual changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects on us and it can create negative feelings. As a positive influence‚ stress can help compel us to action; result in a new awareness and an exciting new perspective. As a negative influence stress can result in feeling of distrust‚ rejection anger‚ and depression‚ which in turn can cause health problems such as headaches‚ upset stomach
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whether those conditions be real or perceived‚ positive or negative. Although everyone has stress in their lives‚ people respond to stress in different ways. Some people seem to be severely affected while others seem calm‚ cool‚ and collected all the time. Regardless‚ we all have it. It’s also important to note that there are two types of stress‚ Eustress (good stress) and Distress (not so good stress). Stress in humans results from interactions between persons and their environment that are perceived
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Common type of stress that affecting college students There are many definition we could define from the word of stress itself‚ according to the Oxford Dictionaries Online (http://oxforddictionaries.com)‚ stress could define as “a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstance”. But stress could be best describe as‚ “a physical or psychological response due to an events or circumstances that make the person feel threatened or upset the balance of
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