of the crew: “misfortune follows in our wake like sharks.” It also describes the ways in which captured Africans committed suicide to avoid enslavement: “some try to starve themselves[some] leaped with crazy laughter to the waiting sharks‚ sang as they went under.” The sailor’s voice
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Rivers: A Reflection of History Deep Rivers can be seen as an allegory for historical conflicts in South America. The novel can be seen as a symbolic narrative of not only the problems that Indians faced in Peruvian society‚ but also Jose Argueda’s childhood and his struggle to find his identity. Deep Rivers is beneficial to the reader because it is a first hand account of the problems that Indians faced in Peru‚ thus allowing the reader to make a deeper connection to the novel and understand
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Pass/Fail is a poem written by Linda Pastan that is about the nightmare of test taking. There is always anxiety that accompanies a big exam‚ and sometimes it will affect our sleeping habits‚ self-confidence‚ plague our thoughts and haunt our dreams. Pastan explores this unpleasant experience in her short poem and uses several techniques to convey her speakers thought process. The role of the speaker verses the author is necessary to understand in any poem‚ along with the way it sounds and reads
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The reading passage argues that the ’’quackers’’ sounds heard by the crew of the submarines patrolling in the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean had three possible reasons and provides details to advocate these reasons. However‚ the professor found this argument by the passage unconvincing and repudiates all three reasons. At first‚ the reading passage posits that ’’quackers’’ sounds’ the main source is orca whales who inhabit that area in the ocean. Conversely‚ the professor claims that this theory
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undoubtedly capable youths are to create positive change by modeling initiative actions especially with such readily available tools and information at our fingertips. Furthermore‚ I’ve been actively involved in my school’s Link Crew program with a notable enthusiasm for 2 years. Link Crew is a club devoted to aiding grade 9 students to efficient‚ safe and prosperous transition into high school. As leaders‚ it’s our responsibility to build a
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What would Linda Parson say about Pippi Long Stocking? (Feb 21 2010) Parson states that “in our mass-media culture we are surrounded by the vestiges of fairy tales from marketing of Disney products to the perpetuation of romance ideology‚ the binary positioning women and men‚ and women’s and girls’ obsession to manifest socially defined beauty.” Pippi Longstocking challenges this idea since she is not obsessed with her looks; she is a freckled faced red hair nine year old girl who lives on the edge
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decade of 1950. This kind of issue was defined by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896 with the “separate-but-equal” doctrine which recognized that separate but equal facilities do not violate the constitution (Essex‚ 2016). Linda Brown was an African American girl who tried to attend a less-crowded white school close to her home in Topeka‚ Kansas but‚ because of her race‚ she had to travel away of town in order to attend an African American school. In 1951‚ Linda’s father challenge
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16. Linda Hogan utilizes a whimsical‚ yet humble tone when she observes the creature blossoming under the soil. She “wonders how a cut blade of grass knows how to turn sharp again at the end” conveying her curiosity similar to a child’s. To wonder is to observe and and question‚ just like a child. By confessing that she is “not aware yet of what [she] will become” reveals the uncertainty of the future‚ and compares herself to the unexposed‚ “blind” creature in the ground. Hogan is no better than
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Linda McCall‚ a senior in the DMIN program‚ an associate pastor who wears many hats at Hickory Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Ramer‚ Alabama‚ the establisher of Women at Well Ministry‚ and Co-CEO of Feeding the Multitude Ministry of 17 years. The career path started when God instructed to resign from the eight years‚ and a half job as a Medical Lab Technician and then the journey began. The resignation was the beginning that impacted the faith and change of the way God appeared in my life as
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voices. Kathryn speaks particularly for the African-American maids‚ the idea of women telling the truth without any fear as a path to greater social enlightenment is considered the backbone of "Feminism". (Napikoski‚ The Help and 1960s feminism) Linda Napikoski‚ women’s history expert‚ said in the same article that the novel touches on many issues that were relevant to 1960s feminism‚ its female inspiring characters resist against the traditional gender roles and stereotypes. "For Skeeter‚ the young
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