The focus of the short story “Dancer” by Vickie Sears is the positive progression of the main character‚ Clarissa‚ a foster child who gains a sense of her cultural identity as a Native. In the beginning of the story‚ she is introduced as a child with next to nothing and is portrayed to have psychopathic traits. Towards the end of the story‚ there are positive changes in her character. The main factor that led to Clarissa’s progression was her developing a strong interest in the powwow that led
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In The Harlem Dancer by Claude McKay‚ the brief passage that unlocks the poem for me is "The light gauze hanging loose about her form." The metaphor of light gauze suggests that the female dancer had wounds from her past nevertheless she is still beautiful‚ and her heart is pure and chaste. This implies McKay felt sympathy and admiration for the dancer. These meanings connect to the rest of the poem in these ways: First‚ McKay describes her voice as “sound of blended flutes blown by black players
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three chapters‚ undermines the notion of emancipation Hawthorne had developed throughout the story. Loving argues that Hawthorne withheld in this way a significant piece of information which would have enlightened the reader about Hawthorne’s true self: "The author’s last minute retreat from the primordial sense of himself in The Scarlet Letter may have preserved his sanity to some extent (...) but it also cost him (and us) the true ending of the novel". (Loving‚ p. 23) Loving considers the novel
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What is beauty? There are two ways you can judge beauty‚ by appearance (external) and inner (internal) qualities. The noticeable beauty is what is visible on the surface; it does not have as much value as the beauty that is unseen which comes from within and glows outward. Therefore‚ judging people by looking at their appearance is irrelevant because beauty is more than what we look like. Our experiences in life‚ our self-confidence and our character traits define who we really are as individuals
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from pawnshops‚ the Salvation Army‚ and other cheap stores. It rubbed off on Alexie‚ who would start “reading” the books that his father claimed. In spite the fact that he experiences‚ childhood with a Spokane Indian reservation and is compelled to ignore school and learning‚ regardless he endeavors to succeed‚ to save his own life. Many of his fellow classmates flunk out and try to force him to do likewise‚ yet didn’t‚ he saw education
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Self-Reflections and Implications for Managing Others According to Deborah Ancona1‚ different people have different characteristics / preferences in their daily activities & work‚ that is‚ meeting with others‚ generating information‚ making decisions‚ and choosing priorities. In today’s business world‚ I think meeting with others (i.e. comunication) is one of the most important most skills of managing others. There’re two main behaviors which reflect how people to meet with others – introvert
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When you deserve each other “In vain have I struggled? It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” Hearing Mr. Darcy’s strong admiration‚ Elizabeth’s astonishment was beyond expression. In spite of her deeply-rooted dislike‚ she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man’s affection. But why Elizabeth refused him so tough‚ with so little endeavor at civility? Was this refusal merely because Mr. Darcy’s disagreeable
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often times used to compare different or similar literary works‚ making a comparison is when you simply associate two or more literary works and show similarities‚ Contrasting is when you emphasize the differences between two or more literary works. For example‚ The Autobiography of Olaudah Equiano and The Slave Dancer contain plenty of similarities and differences throughout the plot of the stories. The Slave Dancer is about a young boy Jessie‚ who lives in poor area of New Orleans with his widowed
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Alyssa Purcell Art 175 Ms. Scotti December 2‚ 2014 The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum‚ a reflection Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is very well known throughout the world of archaeology. For over thirty years‚ he has been a leading expert in the social and cultural history of Rome and has written countless journals and books on his studies. Today‚ he works with the Herculaneum Conservation Project‚ a project that aims to protect and conserve the site and artifacts of Herculaneum‚
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Philosophy Mr. Rulli “American Beauty” Summary and Analysis The movie “American Beauty” is littered with instances of self-surveillance‚ self-transparency and the un-fulfillment associated with it. It also alludes to how the paradox of maximum happiness can be lethal. These utilitarian views and themes are displayed ingenuously by the director through various characters within the film. It is also conveyed how the characters think ‘of’‚ ‘for’ and ‘as’ others. These three traits of utility describe
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