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    In the essay of “Biographies of Hegemony”‚ Karen Ho‚ an American Anthropologist describes the fact that undergraduate students get jobs on Wall Street to satisfy their own ambition of becoming successful investment bankers. Ho’s further research at Harvard business school made her wonder about the situation of the undergraduate “who once aspired to become‚ say writer or teacher‚ “realize” by the time they graduate that they always wanted to go to Wall Street” (170). This realization by most of the

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    Langstrand 1 Russel Langstrand Professor Sayle English 101-157 9-27-11 The Grim Reaper Floats The story Floating by Karen Brennan is about a woman who can miraculously float. She floats around the house day after day seeming to never leave. Her husband‚ however‚ seems completely unimpressed by her ability and sees her as a burden. A burden that he must feed and take care of. It is not long into the story before she finds a baby and brings it into her house. While this is happening another

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    Havisham A poem in which the speaker’s personality is gradually revealed is "Havisham" by Carol Ann Duffy. The poem is delivered in the persona of Miss Havisham‚ a character from Charles Dickens’ novel‚ "Great Expectations". In the poem‚ Miss Havisham was cruelly stood-up on her wedding day by her fraudster fiancé‚ and as a result she stopped all the clocks‚ stayed in her wedding dress and left the wedding banquet out for decades. Miss Havisham’s bitter and violent personality is revealed

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    Ann Mcclintock Propaganda

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    22/101 Soto‚ Rigoberto McClintock‚ “Propaganda Techniques” In the article “Propaganda techniques in today’s advertising”‚ Ann McClintock tells us that advertisement is a form of brainwashing that is willingly absorbed by its “victims”. The author begins by stating that propaganda’s goal is to persuade the audience in order to convince it of a certain message regardless of its credibility. In the second part of the article‚ McClintock describes the different types of propaganda

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    Carol Ann Duffy

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    Analysis by theme – Carol Ann Duffy CHILDHOOD Notes from “Originally” Repeatedly returns to the metaphor of childhood as a “country” – echoes of L.P. Hartley’s “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. Notion of past being intimately associated with place‚ and that adulthood is a journey away from it. “All childhood is an emigration.”/ “I want our own country”. Fear of being in an alien place as a child reflected in the alienation of adult life. “I lost a river

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    Ann Petry: The Street

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    Deanna Graves AP Literature Period 3 Ms. Guy October 4‚ 2010 The Street In the novel The Street by Ann Petry‚ there is an antagonist relationship between the main character‚ Ludie Johnson‚ and the wind that is terrorizing the city. Petry establishes the wind as an antagonist in the novel to show how the environment is affecting the daily lives of the residents of 116th Street by use of literary devices. The conflict with the wind is a daily occurrence in which every resident of 116th Street

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    Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages‚ Inc. (TESOL) What the "Good Language Learner" Can Teach Us Author(s): Joan Rubin Reviewed work(s): Source: TESOL Quarterly‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1975)‚ pp. 41-51 Published by: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages‚ Inc. (TESOL) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3586011 . Accessed: 06/02/2012 03:41 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms

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    Vietnam War of 1954-1975 prolonged to a conflict that potholed the communist in the North Vietnam’s government and the southern allies; that was called the Viet Cong‚ versus the South Vietnam’s government and its chief ally‚ the US. This war was known as the “American War” in Vietnam (War against the Americans to save their Nation). This war was as well divisor of a larger local controversy‚ and this might have led to the cold war that existed between the United States and their respective allies

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    Karen Rosenberg‚ the author of “Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources” is speaking to students who may have trouble reading and comprehending academic readings. Before Rosenberg gets deep into her article‚ she makes it clear that her article isn’t intended for the students who can read and comprehend an article well. On the contrary‚ Rosenberg’s article is full of tips that would help any student who has trouble reading scholarly article. For instance‚ Rosenberg suggests focusing

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    handle the personal criticism and deal with it. However‚ the fact that she decided to take some time off and do other things might show she was not dealing with the stress and pressure well. • Analytic Intelligence: Although not as important in this case‚ her track record for high levels of success and performance indicates she likely has a high degree of general mental ability. Practical Intelligence: Also known as “street smarts‚” has been important in her new job. She has used her knowledge of

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