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    It is said that home is where the heart is. The characters of “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe and “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver are proof of this phrase. While they may face hardships at first‚ they grow to assimilate to their new environments and learn to love it. They learn to make the most of what they have and it shapes who they become as characters. Home can be explained by three different things according to Sonsyrea Tate. Home can be categorized as a dwelling‚ a place

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    story she tells Georgann “When you see them in town‚ you speak. Do you hear by name” (Kingsolver 11). She believes people should be treated equal regardless of what you were or looked like.Rose-Johnny was also respectful to everyone that she ran across. For example when Georgeann comes in feed shop for the first time and asks for the five pound of laying mash. Rose-Johnny replies “Yes ma’am” and smiled at me” (Kingsolver 2).I find it awesome that even thou she been through so much she still able to smile

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    thermoregulation. The angles of basking postures have a major effect of how butterflies produce their heat. Because the wings are such poor conductors for heat‚ only the parts of the wing within a few mm of the thorax can contribute to this‚ according to Kingsolver. The graph during the experiment showed that different postures have significant impact on butterflies on how they produce their heat. It showed that dorsal produce the least amount of heat‚ while lateral and relectance had a different outcome.

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    AnalysisPart II: Analysis of Book Titles Genesis Just like the first book in the Bible‚ the first book of The Poisonwood Bible is named Genesis. As well as the beginning‚ Genesis can also mean rebirth. When characters arrive in the Congo they realize the things they brought with them are changed by Africa and can no longer be as they once were. In this way‚ Genesis symbolizes the process of becoming their new selves. For instance‚ the first chapter in The Poisonwood Bible‚ narrated by Orleanna

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    Ebright Destiny Ebright Mrs. Gilchrist 11th Grade IB English SL 27 July 2013 Analysis of Book Titles 1. Genesis - For this book‚ I believe that Kingsolver chose to name it ‘Genesis’ because it foreshadows what is going to happen in this section of the novel. In Genesis‚ this is where God creates this new world. Essentially‚ this is what the Price family is doing on their expedition in Africa. They’re doing this by bringing all these modern things‚ and opening their eyes to thing that they’ve

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    Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Outside Reading Books (ORBs) & Summer Reading Instructions- 2010-2011 Patrice Norris- Instructor Email: elwyn.norris@mnps.org READ THIS HANDOUT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE QUITE SPECIFIC Part I. All AP Literature students are required to read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. You will refer to this book throughout the year. The book is very entertaining and very informative as an introduction to

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    The Poisonwood Bible Reading Assignment 1 Brooke Birnhak 4/5/2015 1. The novel opens with a Narrative directive presumably‚ to the reader: Imagine a ruin so strange it must have never happened. First‚ picture the forest. I want you to be its conscience‚ the eyes in the tree. What is the effect of this directive on you as a reader? Orleanna Price narrates in the beginning‚ unfolding the story line for us. Towards the beginning of her narrative directive‚ she is explaining the past to us in a third

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    From past essays such as one from Camille Kingsolver‚ “Taking Local on the Road”‚ locally grown food has been the topic of conversation. Kingsolver lived on a farm and was a strong advocate of purchasing locally grown food. Perhaps there was bias due to her parents’ business and had ignored the counter-argument. Stephen Budiansky wrote the essay “Math Lesson for Locavores” in which he interjects a new perspective on the debate of locally grown food. His stance is that locally grown foods are not

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    somewhat of a higher power in the eyes of the Congolese people. Nommo draws the line in the sand between what is considered to be alive and what is considered to be non-living. Nelson describes it as “the force that makes things live as what they are” (Kingsolver 209). By giving someone or something nommo it allows the it or them to pave its own path in life apart from all that may be. Nommo is what separates Leah and Adah‚ allowing each girl to be their own person and pursue their own interest. The Price

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    Kainene and Olanna are twins‚ but nothing alike. The sibling rivalry is palpable. Olanna is beautiful and Kainene resents that everything seems to come easy for her sister. Kainene is slim and angular‚ and all business. Her sister‚ Kainene‚ has no such beauty‚ and is referred to as "the ugly sister".Olanna is one of three narrators in ’Half of a Yellow Sun’.  She is an Igbo sociology teacher.  She comes from a wealthy upper-class family and is well educated‚ which wasn’t very common for women in

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