Richard Prices’ Rainforest Warriors is an ethnography that is incredibly interesting; its contents discuss the history‚ politics‚ and overall well being of the Saramaccan people of the South American nation of Suriname. Suriname‚ being first colonized by English and Dutch settlers‚ was a nation used for the establishment of sugar and timber plantations for direct export to Europe. The first three chapters are fascinating to say the least‚ as they detail the history of runaway African slaves who made
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Turning points are challenging sometimes. This idea is made by the memoir Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals‚ the autobiography I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson‚ and the article The Father of Chinese Aviation by Rebecca Maksel who is writing about Feng Ru.Melba Patillo Beals‚ Jackie Robinson and Feng Ru all had courage‚ and were risk-takers and in doing so they changed their country. Melba Pattillo Beals went to an all white school and in doing so helped her country. She wanted to
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Document Based Question The Mongols were very successful during their time and their success happened really quickly because of their military‚ leaders‚ and the roles of the people. The Mongol army went into battle with a brutal well planned tactic with the intent of causing maximum damage‚ “I’ll trick them and make them come out in the open. I’ll pretend to retreat and when they come out I’ll attack them‚” this contributed greatly to the success of the Mongols (Doc: 1). Marco Polo’s biased description
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In the novel The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston the struggle of not being able to move on is evident when it comes to Maxine’s mother Brave Orchid. Brave Orchid born in raised in a China has moved from her little village to the city of Stockton‚ California. The difference in culture is massive and Brave Orchid doesn’t conform to the “new” ways. This ultimately affects those around her. The subject matter of this novel is the identity crisis of the author which is caused mainly by her own
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In Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior‚ Hong Kingston shares a tragic story involving one of her aunts. Originally the story was told to Hong Kingston by her mother‚ but a lot of the information was withheld so Hong Kingston includes a lot of what she thinks could have happened. Regardless of what is true and what is not‚ this piece of writing was extremely engaging and interesting. Hong Kingston dives into the norms held in Chinese culture and how they affect different people. This chapter
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The Destined Kitchen Warrior: An Interview with Mr. Redentor Ylagan Agustin Redentor Ylagan Agustin‚ 43 years old‚ is one of the greatest and successful chefs. He was supposed to be taking up an Architectural course but suddenly he felt a bit short on passing the entrance examination about it and accidentally intended to try and take up Hotel and Restaurant Management course in the University of Santo Tomas because the next building next to it is HRM beside the architecture course building of UST
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ESSAY This essay will describe a problem faced by a character in two short stories‚ Lucky Lips by Paul Jennings and It Used To Be Green Once by Patricia Grace. In Lucky Lips Marcus’s problem is the fact that he has never been kissed by a girl. In It Used To Be Green Once the problem is the car. This essay will describe the problem‚ how they (the characters) tried to solve their problem and the outcome or consequences of their actions. The first story Lucky Lips addresses the problem of Marcus‚
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Folly Kouevidjin Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” has a message of having paranoia take over your mind. The man and the wife in the story are so overtaken by fear and worry‚ that they try turning their once pleasant home into a second version of Fort Knox. This all culminates in the family suffering in the end when their child gets severely wounded in their overly fortified residence. The tale of paranoia and panic is heightened by the narrative devices used within it. Irony‚ syntax and humor
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"Once Upon a Time" was first published in 1989. Nadine Gordimer was born in 1923 near Johannesburg‚ South Africa. She graduated from the University of Witwatersrand. A prolific writer‚ Gordimer has published more than twenty books of fiction. When Nadine Gordimer was asked to write a children’s story she replied with a short story called "Once Upon a Time". Although Gordimer’s title is typical of a fairy tale‚ the story she weaves is anything but typical. Instead of dealing with characteristics synonymous
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generations have grown up with‚ beginning with the Disney princesses including Red Riding Hood. Nadine Gordimer’s short story “Once Upon a Time” started out happy and ended abrupt and depressing. The majority of fairytales have a happy ending and overall teaches a lesson. In most fairy tales‚ the story begins with the problem and ends in happiness. Irony begins in “ Once Upon A Time” when it starts out with happiness and with the characters being content‚ and then it switches to the problem at the
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