My Favorite Short Story My favorite short story in the anthropology by Dr. Lynn Fauth is “Blue Winds Dancing.” The author‚ Tom Whitecloud uses versatile formal-informal storytelling‚ descriptive language to immerse the reader in the moment‚ and resolution of self-identity conflict. These elements exemplify Whitecloud’s mastery of fiction writing. The role of an informal storytelling told from a first point of view is effective in describing the disparity between the
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Riley Childers Professor Krueger American Literature February 17‚ 2015 Blue Winds Dancing What is race and how does it make who and how we are in society? Do we classify what we by our complexion‚ ethnicity‚ gender or all the above? Race‚ according to freedictioanry‚ is ”a group of people as distinct from others because of supposed physical or genetic traits shared by the group.” In the short narrative "Blue Winds Dancing‚" by Thomas Whitecloud II‚ race is a major part of the story. Whitecloud asked
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“Ode to the West Wind” The eighteenth century was a time of revolution in Europe; the French Revolution. It introduced a new era of enlightenment and individual freedom. This revolution led the poets to explore freedom‚ independent ideas and limitless imaginations on poems. This movement was called Romanticism and it was characterized by stressing new ideas of nature and change. Percy Bysshe Shelley took up these revolutionary ideas in his poems. In “Ode to the West Wind”‚ Shelley presented
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The Accuracy of Inherit the Wind The movie Inherit the Wind gave an ample‚ in depth view as to what the Scopes Trial was all about. The film uses information about the trial and the law it was about‚ but most times misconstrues that information. The film does give a great perspective as to what the actual trial was all about‚ but it is not very factual. The movie portrays some in a positive way and others in a negative way‚ but overall the movie Inherit the Wind get its point across about the Scopes
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Evolutionists in Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ written in 1955‚ is an exceptional play that depicts the events of the Scopes Trial in 1925. The Scopes Trial or “Monkey Trial” was held in Dayton‚ Tennessee. Previous to the trial‚ the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee to ban the teaching of evolution. In an attempt to test the law‚ high school teacher John Scopes taught the theory of evolution to his class. After violating the act‚ Scopes was taken to
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The Divine Wind ‘The Divine Wind shows how difficult it is for communities to accept cultural difference.’ Discuss. The community of Broome before the advent of World War II in The Divine Wind at first appears to be an idyllic town in which Malays‚ Koepangers‚ Japanese‚ Manilamen and Australians all work in relative harmony in search of the elusive pearl. Hartley Penrose‚ the central narrator of the novel‚ seems to enjoy describing the tropical existence of Broome and its harmony: “mangoes and
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“God Save Us from People Who Mean Well” Is it really the thought that counts? In some instances‚ this may be true. However‚ throughout the novel A High Wind in Jamaica‚ several situations prove that it is not enough to simply think about doing the right thing and hope for the best results; a greater effort must be made to ensure actions speak louder than words. One tone-setting instance of good intentions gone wrong is the Bas-Thornton’s decision to send their children away from Jamaica to live
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Personal Reflection and Change A sense of personal identity is hard to find as there is no text book directions‚ but change usually accompanies the journey to finding one’s self‚ yet what enables people to change? In Haruki Murakami’s novel‚ The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle‚ Toru is on a quest to find his wife and better understand her as well as their marriage after she leaves him. During this time‚ Toru meets his neighbor‚ a teenage girl‚ named May‚ who he shares many conversations with. Later‚ she moves
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In any story‚ the repetition of a word‚ theme‚ or symbol typically marks that thing as important to the author and reader. It reflects the message of the piece as a whole. In Tom Whitecloud’s Blue Winds Dancing‚ the word in particular is “home.” It represents more than where he grew up; more than just a birthplace. “Home” means family. It means friends‚ love‚ comfort‚ and protection. “Home is where the heart is” so the saying goes‚ and for Whitecloud‚ this couldn’t be any truer. Home is the most
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In the short story Ashes for the Wind‚ the protagonist Juan martinez is faced with conflict both external and internal. The story takes place in a village in Colombia that is going through political injustice and change. Juan and his family are told that they are being evicted from their house‚ and need to leave immediately. The first conflict was presented when Simon Arevalo’s son explained to Juan that he needs to clear out of his house. Although Arevalo and his parents had been friends with Juan
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