THINGS FALL APART Vocabulary CHAPTER 1 WILY - (of a person) clever‚ having a very good understanding of situations‚ possibilities and people‚ and often willing to use tricks to achieve an aim a wily politician POUNCE - to jump or move quickly in order to catch or take hold of something The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below. The police were waiting to pounce when he arrived at the airport. STAMMER - to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated
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Washington Irving and the flaws of marriage In “ The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ by Washington Irving marriage is ridiculed by Irving using satire. Satire is used in the story to attempt and ridicule marriage to cause awareness or change. Irving makes fun of marriage by including statements that show how bad Tom and his wife’s arguments get‚ how Tom will do anything to not please his wife and how he uses the loss of his wife for comfort. One of the first marriage flaws Irving used was that Tom
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in their editorial “Making college ‘free’ will only make it worse‚” warns readers of how much tuition free college would cost. Jacoby’s purpose is to convince readers that free college is not a good idea and will worsen the economy. They adopt a bitter tone in order to invoke a similar emotion from voters reading the article. Jacoby starts their article by stressing that free college doesn’t truly exist. They use their words carefully in a poetic way‚ stating that “like Santa Claus and time
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From its role as a healthy food‚ both parents and nutritionists strongly suggest and often force children to eat plenty of bitter gourd. Bitter gourd is commonly known to Filipinos as ampalaya. It has been a well-known cuisine for both Asian and Caribbean countries varying from one cooking style to another. Ampalaya as it cultivates‚ ripens to be even rougher and bitter. Scientifically proven‚ ampalaya is said to decline high blood glucose levels because of insulin properties found on plants-ampalaya
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from the cold bitter springs" The child is herself and she’s saying that when she was born she was innocent‚ because her hands were held out to fire which is a symbol of purity. " less contrained? " She uses a rhetorical question there and it says that even though she was a new born baby she was already interwined in the complex patterns’ of the heritage of herself and others. Lines 19 and 20 show that she saw that life was not always joyful because they talk about the cold and bitter springs and
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Commentary on Soliloquy 1 – Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”‚ the first soliloquy spoken by the protagonist reflects the feelings of unrest plaguing this character and successfully sets up the religious framework for the remainder of the play. A soliloquy is spoken by a character that is alone on stage‚ and reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings towards particular events. The effect of the soliloquy is that the audience is given insight into these thoughts‚ which in turn aid
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transportation‚ and activities. The setting takes place in a small town called “Starkfield”. Starkfield is a town that is just like its name‚ it is boring‚ barren‚ severe‚ and harsh. Starkfield is known for its many harsh winters that leave the inhabitants bitter and in harsh condition. Starkfield is a village that lays “under a sheet of snow perpetually renewed from the pale skies” (pg.10).By the time the snow is gone and things are well it snows again. Not only is the snow harsh but it acts as a barrier
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changed. Troy father was controlling and bitter so he feels as though he must act the same way towards Cory. Troy tries to escape his responsibility of taking care of home‚ his wife and son by having an affair with Alberta and getting her pregnant. Troy keeps most of his emotions bottled up inside‚ building imaginary fences between friends‚ family and even himself.
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8.0 Fizzes………………………………………………………………………11 9.0 Cobblers………………………………………………………………………12 10.0 Daiquiris…………………………………………………………………13 Introduction Cocktail is an alcoholic drink which was originally a mixture of spirits‚ sugar‚ water and bitters. Now‚ it is simply a mixture of drinks which contains three or more ingredients with at least one‚ must be a spirit. There are as many stories behind the origin of the name cocktail as there are behind the creation of the first Margarita or the Martini
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