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    The main character of Heaven Cent is Prince Dolph with the ability to shapeshift which makes him be able to change into any animal in the real world or the Gourd he chooses. He is the son of King Dor and Queen Irene and the little brother of of Princess Ivy. The book begins with Dolph‚ a 12 year old boy going on a Quest with Marrow Bones to find the great magician Humfrey‚ who had been missing. Dolph and Marrow go to Good Magician Humfrey’s castle (like in all the books) to see if there’s anything

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    While reading the story “A clean‚ well-lighted place” by Ernest Hemingway‚ the reader is given the perspectives of three characters: the old man‚ the younger waiter‚ and the old waiter. Hemingway uses an impartial omniscient narrator‚ who sees inside the minds of the characters‚ but the narrator doesn’t judge on their actions or thoughts. The narrator begins the story with the old man‚ and then moves the focus over to the younger waiter‚ and then ends the story with the old waiter. The reader gains

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    “It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it was all nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada…” (qtd. in Daley 225). The apparent dark theme of the story uses “a clean‚ well-lighted place‚” which is a café‚ as a metaphor for temporary comfort to people who experience existential depression. The nothingness they feel engulfs them

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    present amongst both articles‚ The Crossing‚ and The Story of My Body. Within The Story of My Body‚ Ortiz Cofer writes about her experiences being a Puerto Rican immigrant living in the U.S.‚ while in The Crossing‚ Ruben Martinez writes about being the son of two immigrants and searching for an undocumented alien‚ UDA‚ in order to question and gain information‚ for he is a journalist. When Cofer begins describing her residence in the U.S. she presents the fact that she is born of two Puerto Rican

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    part of the story (see attachment) in analyzing the character of the old man. Table 1. Material Process Actor Process Goal He continued the conversation with himself (beneficiary) He lived in it He knew it was all nada y pues nada y pues nada. He stood before a bar (circumstance of place) The barman poured it for him (beneficiary) The bar man looked at him He would go home to his room (circumstance of place) He would go to sleep. (Nor) You Can (you)

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    the essay‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: Just Met a Girl Named Maria; Judith Ortiz Cofer describes three experiences about racist stereotypes‚ towards Hispanic and Latin women‚ happened in her daily life. In fact‚ stereotypes are common to see throughout the history of human development. When asked about how can we solve this problem indeed‚ people are always silent and lack of ideas. As an educated one‚ Cofer can at least have a voice for defending herself and the group of Latinas. For myself

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    and help the people in his home country. In the meantime‚ he was missing his dear friend like Bechir and Nada.Nada was karim’s girlfriend in Lebanon. He lost her because there was a Civil war in Lebanon. One day in bomb explosion‚ he lost Nada He was missing Nada a lot ‚ he helped Nada’s siblings Maha and Jad.When he lost Maha in a war then‚ Karim took Jad with him to Canada to make a better future for him Prezi Transcript The road to ChlIfa BY:ShuaiburRahman Safi Lebanon culture The religion

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    only indirectly. Later in the story‚ the diction also shows a clear feeling of apathy‚ when one of the waiters‚ on his way out‚ monotonously recites the Lord’s Prayer with the word nada replacing any word with meaning. He begins by saying‚ "Our nada who art in nadanada be thy name"(Hemmingway 291). The use of the word nada‚ which

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    affliction is “a nothing.” The older waiter repeats “nothing” over and over again‚ emphasizing the idea. Then when the old waiter substitutes the Spanish word nada (nothing) into the prayer‚ he indicates that religion is also just nothingness. Instead of saying the actual words‚ “Our Father who art in heaven‚” the older waiter says‚ “Our nada who art in nada”—effectively wiping out both God and the idea of heaven in one breath. The old man and the old waiter struggles with finding a way to deal with despair

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    Hemingway’s oft-utilized concept of nada‚ or nothingness. It’s evident that the man is lonely and

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