ASEAN CULTURE IS FOR EVERYONE Good morning Mr. Chairman‚ ladies and gentlemen. My name is Immanuel L. Maglasang from Boonwattana School. Today‚ I would like to affirm to you that ASEAN CULTURE is for everyone. First‚ I would like to define what culture is. Most of us think that culture is just about Folk Dances‚ Festivals and Traditions. But culture is more than that. Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits
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Commentary on “Originally” by Carol Ann Duffy Outgrowing childhood is leaving many cherished people‚ memories and treasures behind. Emigrating in childhood is leaving a culture‚ a language and a home behind. Carol Ann Duffy moved from Glasgow‚ Scotland to Stafford‚ England when she was six years old‚ in the 1960s‚ thus later writing this poem “Originally”. Through laying out childhood memories and ending on the note that she hesitates when asked of her origin‚ Carol Ann Duffy expresses regret that
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Shooting Star – Carol Ann Duffy The poem ’Shooting Stars’ by Carol Ann Duffy tells a shocking story of a female prisoner held by Nazis in a concentration camp around the time of the Holocaust. The poem is set in 1940‚ Hitler and his Nazi party had taken control of most of Europe and had vowed to exterminate the entire Jewish race. Duffy’s haunting use of imagery and word choice make this poem so memorable and its very strong opening prepares the reader for the rest of the poem. The
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quote by Charles Dickens‚ a timeless author who wrote memorable stories. Dickens had a life full of travel and had a few different homes. He made many contributions to literature with his classic books. One book was the beloved story‚ A Christmas Carol‚ where Dickens used character development to change a character’s view on Christmas. Charles Dickens was‚ and still is‚ one of the best authors of all time. Charles Dickens had a pretty eventful life. He lived in a few different places during his
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“War Photographer” A poem which encourages the reader to feel sympathy is “War Photographer” by Carol Ann Duffy. The persona you are encouraged to feel sympathy towards is the war photographer. The poem features a war photographer who tries to deliver the message that suffering is wrong and should be stopped but is made to realise that the people “do not care” and his job is futile. The poet makes use of word choice‚ imagery and structure to show that the war photographer feels isolated and
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A book called “Mindset” by Carol S. Dweck talks about how there are two types of mindsets a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. She explains that ‘“a fixed mindset places undue importance on appearances — looking talented or “smart” at all costs and with very little apparent effort
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Charles Dickens book A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite books that I always read around Christmas. The main character of this book is Ebenezer Scrooge. He is a very mean old man who doesn’t like Christmas. On Christmas Eve‚ Mr. Scrooge is visited by a ghost named Jacob Marley who happens to be his old partner. Because Jacob Marley was also very mean when he died his spirit was left to wonder the earth weighted down by heavy chains. Marley wants to save Scrooge from ending up like him so Marley
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“Golden Gloves” Joyce Carol Oates’ story “Golden Gloves”‚ is about a premature seven month old baby who born with deformed feet‚ the tiny arches twisted‚ and his toe turned inward like fleshy claws. When he was three years old he learned to walk because he could not work. His face is misshape and look like an adult. His parents feel embarrass because he was handicapped. Height years later after he was born he had a surgery on his feet. When his father took him to a boxing match he felt in love with
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Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy The poem Medusa explores the theme of jealousy and anger; the poet illustrates this using the extended metaphor of a Greek mythological creature Medusa‚ whose story describes her as a beautiful maiden that is turned into a hideous creature after being raped by Poseidon. The poet furthermore links this metaphor to the theme of feminism when she describes the women in the poem overpowering the man that hurt her. The language in this poem is quite harsh‚ emphasising the
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The book‚ "We Were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is the story of an "all American family" that falls apart after their daughter is raped. The father‚ who once had a successful roofing company‚ lets his business slide and devotes his life to alcohol and law suits‚ and the three brothers either abandon the family or try to find a method of gaining vengeance for their sister. This particular excerpt describes a scene by the brook‚ where the youngest Mulvaney (Judd) is contemplating life and the
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