Extension 1 English Assessment Task 2 Part 1: Written Report The Poisonwood Bible 1) Write a brief synopsis of the text. Identify the textual form‚ genre and provide the details of publication for your text. Barbara Kingsolver’s‚ The Poisonwood Bible‚ follows the lives of the Prices‚ a missionary family‚ who in 1959 leave their American lives for a small village in the Belgian Congo. Published in 1998‚ America‚ The Poisonwood Bible takes form as a fictitious historical‚ post-colonial text‚ denouncing
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Introduction: Getting Ready Page 1: What is the significance of Lewis Lapham‚ other than the fact that he is the editor of Harper’s? Why was Barbara Ehrenreich so inspired by him and the lunch they shared together? Page 2: Is Ehrenreich wealthy‚ middle-class‚ or poor? If I was in Ehreneich’s shoes and was wealthy‚ I would be very curious to see how other people live. Page 3: The introduction to this book seems kind of ironic to me-while eating at an over-priced restaurant‚ Ehrenreich considers
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America’s Working Poor Tens of millions of men and women in America struggle because they are stressed out about not making enough money even though they are working as hard as possible. In her book Nickel and Dimed‚ journalist‚ Barbara Ehrenreich writes about her research working as a minimum wage employee attempting to get by in Americas tough economy‚ she describes in depth the struggles that the minimum wage workers suffer through and she witnesses them first hand as she goes under cover and
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out of reach and impossible to obtain. I also believe that if you try and work hard enough you can accomplish anything. There will be tough times‚ but you have to go through this in order to get to the point that you want to be at. In the article Barbara Ehrenreich takes on a low wage job‚ something that a lot of people have to
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NICKEL AND DIMED BOOK REPORT Barbara Ehrenreich is a journalist who wrote the book Nickel and Dimed. She goes undercover to see how it feels to work for $6 to $7 an hour. She leaves her regular life to explore the experiences of a minimum wage worker. Ehrenreich travels to Florida‚ Maine‚ and Minnesota‚ looking for jobs and places to live on a minimum wage salary. At one point in time‚ she had to work two jobs to makes ends meet. As she worked all these jobs‚ she discovered many problems in the
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Nommo and the Bible A Comparison and Contrast of the Character Names in The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingslover writes a book entitled‚ The Poisonwood Bible that explore the effects one culture has on another. The four daughters; Rachel‚ Leah‚ Adah‚ and Ruth May‚ at birth are given names suitable and fitting to their personalities‚ as well as new Kikongo names which describe the girls’ attitudes towards the people in the Congo. A principal of the Congolese belief system‚ suggests that the girls
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English 101 20 June 2012 A Cultural Misunderstanding Dr. Barbara Ehrenreich better known as a myth buster is best known for her non-fiction reportage‚ book reviews and social commentary. Her reviews‚ essays‚ op-eds‚ and feature articles have been widely published and have appeared in Harper ’s Magazine‚ The New York Times‚ Time Magazine‚ The Wall Street Journal‚ Life Magazine‚ The New Republic‚ and the New Statesman. Ms. Ehrenreich received her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 1998
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English Review Simile: a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar. Example: “She ’s as fierce as a tiger” is a simile‚ but “She ’s a tiger when she ’s angry” is a metaphor. Metaphor: a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar. Theme: A topic of discourse or discussion. Example: Italy‚ dark mansion‚ etc. Irony: The use
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03/01/13 August Wilson’s Fences is a play set in 1957‚ about a man named Troy Maxon‚ who lives his life through societal expectations. He has a family that he destroys by having an affair and getting his mistress pregnant. In August Wilson’s Fences‚ the character who is most bound by societal expectations is Troy. Troy is most bound by societal expectations because he couldn’t live out his dream of becoming a star baseball player because of his past. He refuses to believe that society has changed
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When the Price family is placed in a life or death situation‚ the daughters are forced to choose and bring their most valuable object with them. The Poisonwood Bible‚ written by Barbara Kingsolver‚ takes place in a small village named Kilanga during 1959. The family is in the Congo for a missionary mission to help the Congolese people and make the Congo a better place. When an ant invasion terrorizes the small village‚ the Price girls must make a quick decision on what to bring with them while the
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