1. Explain why they are “silent and subdued”. 2. How are white men represented? Why? 3. What is a bora ring and explain why it is so central to this poem. 4. Explain their reaction in line 8. 5. Lines 9-17 begin a ‘litany’. What is the effect produced? 6. Comment on the significance of metaphors used in the poem. 7. Comment on the structure and form of this poem. 8. Why does Thunder have a capital letter? 9. Comment on the mood and atmosphere created here. 10. Combine comments
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ethical values‚ morals). The town was visited by tourists for a very short period of time‚ who come to live for a while and can be said that they disturb with their own outside culture. The main character Sammy is nineteen‚ works or was working as we can say after the story‚ as a checker or observer at the local A&P store. (Alexadrov and Petrooshki Tea Company) The life of Sammy changes suddenly as one day three scantily clad young women enter the grocery store to buy some eateries. The women were
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there was no way that they were related to any Asians. As he walked into the kitchen door‚ his dad gave him a look that made him stop. “And where do you think you’re going? Rex‚ we have somewhere to go to tomorrow‚ early morning‚ and I don’t want you to end up coming home four in the morning again.” his dad said. Rex smiled and said‚ “Oh come on dad. That was just one night‚ and everyone was having fun. Besides‚ I won’t take long ‘cuz me and my friends will be going to this carnival or fair
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CCC8001 Logic and Critical Thinking Topic 1 Introduction: What is Critical Thinking? • Class participation 30% ‐ Attendance‚ participation in class discussions‚ in‐class exercises (Please note that attendance is obligatory for this course) ) • In‐term assignments 30% ‐ Essay writing and short tests • Final exam 40% (30 multiple‐choice and 5 short questions) What are we going to learn in this course? What are we going to learn in this course? We are going to study what reasoning is—
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Pocho is a novel written by Jose Antonio Villarreal‚ a Mexican author. The story focuses on the development of an American-Mexican child and the imposition of a specific culture and religion upon him. The main character of this novel is Richard Rubio who was the son of Mexican parents. His parents migrated to America from Mexico during the depression-era. The Author described the experiences of a child who called himself a “Pocho”‚ a term Pocho used to describe children who were born during the
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Are We in Anthropodenial? Through studies and observations by de Waal‚ the two terms anthromorphism and anthropodenial are said to be opposite from each other. Anthromorphism is the understanding and acceptance to inner life in other animals that are related to human characteristics. Anthropodenial is the denial or acceptance to the understanding of animal inner life that admits to other animals having any human characteristics. What de Waal means by these two terms is that back from when the ancients
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Oedipus Rex as a Great Tragedy In approximately 330 B.C.‚ Aristotle wrote the Poetics‚ which became a guideline for identifying the properties of a great tragedy. He believed that a good tragedy should be serious‚ complete‚ and have a degree of magnitude. He also held that a good tragedy should evoke feelings of pity and fear in the reader and have a sense of universality. The ancient tragedy Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ is recognized as a great piece of writing because it exemplifies these qualities
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this same purpose in Sophocles’ classic tragedy‚ Oedipus Rex. In this piece‚ blindness manifests itself in three ways: intellectual blindness‚ which is the refusal or inability to accept knowledge; physical blindness‚ which is being without the physical sense of sight; and metaphorical blindness‚ which is what blindness symbolizes or means for each character affected by it. In all aspects blindness is destructive. We feel that in Oedipus Rex‚ blindness separates the knowledgeable‚ those who see the
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Women in Literature Rex Walls Due to his negligence and occasional endangerment of his children‚ many people dislike Rex Walls. They think he’s an awful‚ unfit parent. However‚ Rex was a loving‚ caring father who teaches his kids important values‚ with many positive parenting traits who just messes up from time to time. The reader can see how much Rex cares when he gives his kids stars for Christmas because he doesn’t have money for toys. Rex says‚ “Years from now‚ when all the junk [the other
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Caught in a Wake of Illusions To remain‚ or not to remain: that is the question. In The Awakening‚ a novella by Kate Chopin‚ the main character‚ Edna‚ explores the depth of this question as she awakens from her blind submission to society’s demands. Realizing for the first time in her life that she is trapped in a box culturally deemed appropriate for women‚ she struggles to break free and pursue individuality. In the processes of trying to find herself‚ she sacrifices society’s approval‚ her husband’s
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