1. What features make The Awakening a "local color" story? Three main related factors make Chopin’s short novel a local color story: The amount of time she spent describing things‚ the setting‚ and the language used. 2. What customs and beliefs of Edna Pontellier’s society are significant in relation to her psychological development? The flashbacks show Ednas rebellious natrures where there even before the awakening. 3. What attitudes and tendencies in the Creole characters does Edna have trouble
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A Man with Gifted Hands and Giving Hands As Well ―Gifted Hands by Ben Carson Gifted Hands is a kind of autobiography narrating the life of Ben Carson‚ who became a world famous neurosurgeon. He came from a poor black boy with a single mother to his position as the director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital at age 33. The book follows Carson’s miserable situations and his effort to overcome them all. He was able to make it by his strong will‚ unconditional faith in God‚ respect
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economist‚ and a printer. Saying he was one of the most influential figures in history is an understatement. Ben Franklin started his young life as a printer. Although‚ this was not one of his most memorable professions‚ he did spark some interest out of the townsfolk with his ideas very quickly in his life. He was already getting his name out which would ultimately start the legacy of Ben Franklin. His life with science and politics would start around 1748. This is when Franklin would start to get
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Drugs to Death in a Political Cartoon: An Oversimplification? As the more stable counterpart to an inconsistent southern neighbor‚ the United States has always had a suspicious outlook towards Mexico. In recent years‚ the boost in illegal immigration‚ the unstable economies in both countries and the issues resulting from drug use and trade have added tension to the already strained relationship. Blame flows and lands on various subjects: each government‚ drug cartels‚ drug users‚ and
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For Ben Hamper it was inevitable that he would end up working in the General Motors factory in Flint‚ Michigan. He was a third generation “shop-rat” following in the footsteps of his family and extended family. Working on the Rivet Line for General Motors was far from what Hamper wanted to do with his life. Unfortunately for Hamper this was the only job where he was receiving good pay and was able to drink throughout his day. Hamper faced many ups and downs being an American autoworker; the working
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literalists and contextualists. This song is about a growing boy losing his innocence or happiness through ways that are proven in the text. These pieces of proof will be expanded upon later‚ but the loss of an ‘inner child’ is evident when the artist‚ Ben Gibbard‚ uses literary devices like imagery‚ rhyming‚ and symbolism. The artist uses imagery as a transition between happy and sad within the song. From when he was a worriless child to a stressed adult causing a much darker undertone. This
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Ben Carson made things easier in his life by a formula called THINK BIG. Each one of those letters mean something. There was three important letters that stood out to me. The most important letters that stood out to me were H for honesty‚ N for nice‚ and K for knowledge. The first important letter was H. If everybody had honesty‚ then the world would be so much better. Honesty can help achieve goals in many different ways. One way is if you tell people what happened and not lie about it then maybe
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is the comparison between two things or ideas to clarify and explain the problem. In the “House problem” cartoon‚ showing middle class life Vs. Upper class is simple explanation for analogy. It is used successfully comparing middle class life and the upper class’ point of view. Although the rich man has a house and a car‚ he still thinks he is living like middle class. In the “Unions” cartoon‚ Analogy was revealed in comparing the poor family needing jobs and the rich man with his wife. It’s also
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I believe this cartoon is saying that both tax and rebate can’t jumpstart the economy. You either need tax OR rebate. This cartoon is linked to Keynes economic theory because he believed that tax rebates when the economy is poor would help stimulate the economy and taxes when the economy was good would prevent spending and
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The Miner’s Wives by Ben Shahn takes a bitter look at one of the lifestyles of the early 20th century - that of the down-trodden coal miner. In the foreground of the picture‚ we see the miner’s wife referenced in the title. She carries a bleak expression‚ her back turned to an older woman and a child‚ presumably her mother and her offspring. Two men walk away into the distance‚ and one set of clothing hangs above‚ unclaimed by its owner. The woman has just been informed of the mining accident which
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