"Dare To Be Different" | If you want to get what everyone is getting‚ do what everyone is doing. Mr. Toastmaster‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ my speech tonight is not simply about me‚ but also about being different. I have chosen this topic because it is something that is very dear to me and something I have made a personal philosophy and which I endeavor to live by. I think it all started when I was 18 years old and in my first year at campus. That was about the time that I started to observe
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a) [N]o living word relates to its object in a singular way….The word‚ directed towards its object‚ enters a dialogically agitated and tension-filled environment of alien words‚ value-judgments and accents‚ weaves in and out of complex interrelationships‚ merges with some‚ recoils from others‚ intersects with yet a third group: and all this may crucially shape discourse‚ may leave a trace in all its semantic layers‚ may complicate its expression and influence its entire stylistic profile.
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In the reading‚ one learns that there are many different cultures in the world. Some of them share the same characteristics‚ whereas some are the complete opposite of one another. For example‚ the Sumerians‚ Akkadians‚ Babylonians‚ and the Assyrians all share common religious beliefs‚ literature‚ and architectural styles. Each detail about these cultures truly describe how unique they really are. Religion has been known to cause issues between cultures because they believe so differently. However
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A Different History By Sujata Bhatt In the poem ’A Different History’ Sujata Bhatt expresses her emotions in many different ways on the sensitive topic on how India became a British colonie. Bhatt starts with talking of the peaceful life as a god living in India with the example of saying "Great Pan is not dead;he simply emigrated to India.Here‚ the gods roam freely‚ " In this phrase Bhatt indirectly states that India is more peaceful for a god of nature (Pan) than it is in Greece which could
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A Different History * By Sujata Bhatt She explores values and believes She gives the universal theme of “acceptance of all cultures”. Lines run in religious and relevant tome but the poet immediately shifts to bitterness and wonder. She uses free verse‚ repeated words and questions to make the poem stronger. There are both types of word used. Formal and informal. Formal: Dead‚ sacred‚ emigrated Informal : shove‚ small‚ toss. The poem is a free verse si it relates to how the Indian
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Dead Man Walking (interpretation) When Sister Helen meets Poncelet for the first time‚ she is shocked that in front of her sits a man who has an appearance and behavior of a monster. His body is covered with horrible motives‚ his manors and behaviors are of unspeakable nature. Prejean starts entering in his mind and asking herself why he has become person like that. One of the main reasons is that Poncelet had a rough childhood. He grew up in a surrounding marked by poverty. His Father was
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Hong Shen Chen DOC 3 B07 Jacquie Paper1 A Different America Society tends to silence the dark park of the history‚ and this is no different to what happened in the 50’s‚ post-Korean War. Many people were guided to believe that post war was a good time due to the phony improvement done by the government - GI Bill and the first integrated army. Moreover‚ televisions were censored to broadcast happy stories only. Yet‚ in reality‚ the power of white supremacy and patriarchy continued to expand
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In James Baldwin’s essay he conveys a deep sadness and eye opening interpretation of how Freedom does not mean you’re free. The sadness that I felt from this essay was immense‚ the fact that people were segregated‚ degraded and oppressed in our country. Baldwin describes a life in which black mothers fear for their children’s life on a daily basis. Conditions in which we could not imagine of living in‚ houses with three families and only one restroom. Most white people were and some still are under
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“Fight Club” Shadow Interpretation In the movie “Fight Club” is about the narrator‚ Jack’s‚ fantasy of an alternate reality‚ his personal shadow. Tyler Durden represents Jack’s unconscious collective shadow. Jack‚ the protagonist‚ has a meaningless‚ boring and empty life‚ and suffers from insomnia. Jack tries to lend color to his insignificant life by purchasing new commodities like his furniture which are the fetish items of the narrator and they provide him with more meaningful existence. Jack
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Being different‚ How and why are people different? If you stop and think you will begin to realize that being different is everyday life for all of us. Being excluded from an activity or being looked upon different due to ones personal bias and beliefs. Being judged on your appearance and social class‚ these actions are ordinary in today’s society. Against the beliefs of many who say humans should be judged by what’s on the inside rather than on the outside. From race and religion to what kind of
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