Area of study 1: Reading and responding Set texts: novels Life of Pi (Yann Martel) Overview Piscine Molitor Patel is the narrator and main character of this unusual story that begins in Pondicherry‚ India. The son of a zoo keeper‚ Pi‚ as he comes to be known‚ has an extensive knowledge of the animals that inhabit his own backyard‚ as well as an interest in stories of all kinds and a fascination with the spiritual. He practices not only his native Hinduism‚ but also Christianity and Islam
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Paul learns the briefness of life in retrospect of all other things. He sees his closest comrades and best friends die beside him‚ leaving him with a feeling of urgency to live a life worth living‚ as it could end at any minute. Simply stated by Paul‚ “Life is short” (139). Paul and his living comrades aspire to‚ “make ourselves as comfortable and sleep‚ and eat as much as we can stuff our bellies‚ and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted” (139). Paul realizes that every minute lived is one
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Macro: Plot: “Pretty soon he... it was Miss Watson’s Jim! I bet I was glad to see him. I says: ‘Hello‚ Jim!’ and skipped out.” (Twain 40) “Who do you reckon ‘t is?” “I hain’t no idea. Who is it?” “It’s Tom Sawyer!” (Twain 203) Point of View: “It didn’t take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn’t no kings nor dukes‚ at all‚ but just low-down humbugs and frauds.” (Twain 115) “Well‚ I couldn’t see no advantage in going where she was going
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I called walter for supper late that evening‚ He spoken back and said “ I’m not hungry.” I was thinking about what he said because he has not ate all day. I called him a repeated time and said “come down to the kitchen “ My husband was already sitting at the table with his meal ahead of him. Walter was walking pretty stiffened looking but i did not mind it. His father ask “ What’s wrong with you‚ boy?” Walter talk back as his common answer “Nothing.” My husband said the same thing just his tone
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Cue cards First slide: greet audience‚ explain what you are doing. Say why the dons shouldn’t be taught in schools Second slide author: Archimede fusillo ar- chi –mi-di fus-il-o publication 2002 themes in book family‚ adolescence‚ loss. Explain summary of book‚ talk about what happens‚ who Paul is and who perspective. Add why perspective is bad‚ because it shows it from Paul’s perspective yet it is in past tense‚ and the only thoughts of Paul’s are in italic‚ making it hard to relate to him as a
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Class Meets: MW‚ Rawls 1011. 7:30-8:45 am (section 1)‚ 9-10:15 am (section 2). Contacts: Professor: Chong Xiang Office: KRAN 405 Hours: Tuesday 3-4 pm & Wednesday 12:30-1:30 pm. Phone: 494-4499 e-mail: cxiang@purdue.edu TA: Hyojung Lee Office: KRAN 515 Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30-11:30 am & Thursday 10:30-11:30 am. Phone: 494-4496 email: lee485@purdue.edu TA: Kan Yue Office: KRAN B024A Office Hours:
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“Stop!” commanded Elisaveta. She slid off the bicycle seat and stood erect‚ looking straight ahead at the curve in the road. “Why?” asked Cédric. Everyone dismounted. She continued staring ahead in silence. Saban hobbled to her side and faced Cédric and Dorian. “She possesses a sixth sense. You must listen to her.” “A machine is approaching‚” Elisaveta whispered. Cédric and Dorian glanced at each other. Then everyone heard a faint engine sound‚ “Get off the road and get down‚ quick!” urged Cédric
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“He heard people singing. Behind him‚ across vast distances of space and time‚ from the place he had left‚ he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.” Jonas woke up in a cozy bed in a clinic‚ wrapped in three blankets‚ and his head accommodated in soft feather pillows. For a moment he forgot everything that had happened. He looked around and noticed Gabe sleeping soundly next to him. Then‚ he remembered the nightmarish event that luckily was over. He also remembered his community
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City of the Beasts Dialectical Journal “In the center‚ the pale light filtering through the window” (8). At first I thought the dad was hurting the mom because she was crying. Then I realized he was holding the razor in‚ there were clumps of hair on the floor‚ and she was bald. I think this is a good example of visual imagery. I also think that this is an intense scene in the chapter. “I don’t know”…and bandaged his hand” (11). I like this because it shows that the father cares for Alex
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Dialectical Journals: 1989 By: George Orwell "War is peace‚ freedom is slavery‚ ignorance is strength" pg. 14 They are the Party slogans‚ and are written in big letters on the white pyramid of the Ministry of Truth. "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." The people controlling the present control everything and can ultimately change the past and‚ therefore; the future. Big brother controls the present. The slogan is an example of the Party’s technique
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