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    her. The beginning of the story is told from the white people ’s perspectives as they see an old black woman come to their church and go inside. Inside the church‚ the point of view switches to the usher who tells the old black lady to leave. The point of view then switches back to the white women inside the church‚ who take it as a personal insult and feel the most threatened about the old black lady being at their church. They rouse their husbands to throw the old lady out. The perspective then

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    Analysis of “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker Pamela Crawford Eng 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Andrea Pfaff September 24‚ 2012 Alice Walker who wrote “The Welcome Table” had issues of race and gender that was the center of her literary work and her social activism. She participated in civil rights demonstrations. (Clugston 2010). This short story has a theme of life and death. It shows the plot of the story‚ the point of view and has symbolism used to show the death

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    “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker‚ the theme being race / ethnicity. I want to explore the differences in how each of the black women portrayed their selves and how the narrator made me feel when reading each of the stories. Both stories are told in the third-person omniscient point of view‚ you can tell because the narrator lets you know how all of the characters feel in the story. For example‚ in “The Welcome Table”: The old woman stood with eyes uplifted

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    Alice Walker’s The Welcome Table is a short story that gives a historical and cultural look at how segregation in the south influenced people’s lives. The story portrays an old black woman as the main character. It has plot‚ setting‚ characters‚ symbolism‚ theme‚ tone and imagery that the author skillfully narrated in the third person omniscient point of view to create the story. The reader experiences an insight into behavior that was caused by segregation in the State of Georgia in the south.

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    Characters – The Story of Tom Brennan Using the information about the other characters given to you by the other groups fill in the boxes below‚ include: * Adjectives to describe their personal (how they act‚ what they’re like) and physical characteristics (what they look like) * How they deal with the crash & do they blame themselves for the crash? How? (Include a quote from the novel to illustrate this and explain why this quote is appropriate) * Outline how they have grown or changed

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    The Welcome Table Nadine Robinson Eng 125 – Introduction to Literature Instructor Mirranda Saake May 2‚ 2011 Electing the short story “The Welcome Story”‚ by Alice Walker (1970) for me was an easy choice for me to write a critiqued essay about. I am using a reader response approach in my critical essay. I like this approach because of the initial dedication to her sister Clara Ward‚ “I’m going to sit at the welcome table‚ shout my troubles over‚ walk and talk with Jesus‚ tell God how you

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    3/6/2013 Being different is all about how you handle it. I choose to compare the poem “What it’s like to be black girl.” And the short story The Welcome Table. These to stories are told from different point of views‚ although they both made me feel sorry for the person the story was about. In the story the welcome table very few people felt sorry for the old black lady. Mostly they felt like she had step on their toes for having the audacity to come in there all white church. She didn’t fit their

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    EFFECT OF TURMERIC PASTE‚ LACTOSE AND NEEM PASTE IN THE CANCEROUS CELL IN MOUSE(STARTED 11/11/2011) (By DAY group—DEEPESH‚Anup and Yogesh MATERIALS * Turmeric paste * Lactose of milk * Neem paste REQUIREMENT * Three rats two cancerous one normal 2011/11/11 * ONIONS WERE KEPT IN WATER IN COUPLING JAR TO SEE IF OUR CHEMICALS AFFECTS THE CELL DIVISION OR NOT……. * ….E.coli was also inoculated but not used later * Neem leaf paste was prepaed in the mixture and kept

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