Close Reading Assignment ‘Culture is Ordinary’ by Raymond Williams commences with a short‚ yet descriptive account of Williams’ individual cultural chapters and histories in which he experienced whilst living in Wales as a young boy. Through these anecdotes Williams’ directly establishes with the audience the concept of culture and society being formed through mutual meanings and everyday understandings amongst assemblages‚ when he writes – “Every human society has it’s own shape‚ it’s own purposes
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their lands. Conrad also used symbolism‚ imagery‚ and figurative language to bring light to the surface of what lurks inside of the Heart of Darkness in the Congo and the white man’s burden brought along with it. In the novel‚ the idea that noble cause is a
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questions or problems raised by the text These responses are worth 1 mark each‚ adding up to a total of 10% of your final grade. Raymond Williams “Culture is Ordinary” Williams’ main idea that he tried to convey through his essay and our journey through his learned experiences of what makes up a culture was that “culture is ordinary‚” and is made up of two distinct parts: the known meanings and directions‚ which its members are trained to (the experiences we accumulate) the new observations
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There are many parallels that can be found between Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People and Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Both follow respected men who go against authority and majority opinion to save the lives of the people around them. These productions are iconic in their field‚ but it is not because of their story but because of their message: Tyranny of the Majority and Dangers of Ignorance. In An Enemy of the People there is pollution in the water‚ in Jaws‚ Spielberg chooses to poison the water
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Nathan Hale was an ordinary person‚ as ordinary as he can be‚ but he never knew he was going to grow up so fast. Nathan Hale grew up to be a spy. He was someone who loved his country more than his life. He was the first man killed in the U.S.’ Army working as a spy. He had a big family and many friends as well. One of them was a spy‚ as well. After he started his career‚ he accepted a job in the Continental army. Then he became a spy. He reported lots of information to the U.S. government‚ but sadly
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“The End of Remembering” and “The Ordinary Devoted Mother” both focus on the concepts of self creation and the limits of oneself. “The End of Remembering” is a passage written by Joshua Foer regarding how technology has impaired the current generations thought process. Many people still believe that the reasoning for memory loss is because of our age‚ but in reality people tend to become forgetful because of the lack of exercise their brain endures. Foer uses oneself as a reference to how technology
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Ordinary Thinking: Ordinary thinking is associative thinking…the mind is allowed to move anywhere. Contemplation: Thinking becomes contemplation when it moves not through accociation‚ but is directed. You work on a particular problem and you bracket out all associations. For example‚ science is based on contemplation…any logical thinking is contemplation. Contemplation is logical and rational. Concentration: Concentration is staying at one point‚ not allowing your mind to move at all…it
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literature; but in reality‚ the nature of relationships in Western society clearly identifies that society is predominately still patriarchal. In fact‚ women appear to take a subordinate role in many examples of classical literature‚ specifically in Conrad Aiken’s short story "Mr.Arcularis." The protagonist‚ Mr.Arcularis‚ experiences a sea-voyage‚ which evidently represents his journey to death. On his journey to heaven‚ Mr. Arcularis relives parts of
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characteristics in her story “The Summer People”. The story begins with Fran’s father leaving her while she is suffering severe flu like symptoms. During the school week Fran’s a classmate Ophelia begins to take care of her. Little does Ophelia know there are peculiar‚ magical people that Fran takes care of. Kelly Link uses various writing elements that have similarities to fairy tales such as the writings that warns Ophelia or the trinkets that the summer people have created. Some critics have argued
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The Dark Time The Ordinary World One day I decided go outside run around the city to get some air and I found bad guys so I took care them by using my swords because they had guns in there hand. Call to Adventure After taking care of the bank robbery were two wanted criminals joe and mike took people hostage at one guy told me something about mr.light and gave me a package full of information the bad guys was trying to get and when I look up he was gone. Entering the
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