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    After reading the end of Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart‚ I had sympathy for the main character of the story; Okonkwo‚ who represents the vulnerability of a tribe by the coming of the Europeans and their Christianity rules‚ and the abuse of power and violence that the officials in the jail used to dehumanize the leaders of Umofia in the last chapters on the novel. An unexpected ending of the novel took me by surprise‚ I believe Okonkwo is a victim from his own destiny and the circumstances

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    learn and improve knowledge easier than previous generations‚ opening many state and private school training people with knowledge and ethics leads the country to an advanced civilization‚ catches up advances over the world. It is painful that emotionless and unethical images of a small number of young generations have been being reflected on news by journalists or seen by ourselves. For example‚ scrimmaging then putting off and rending victims’ clothes of girl students can become “movement”‚ or

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    Analysis of “But What Do You Mean?” Deborah Tannen has written several books and many articles on the importance of communications in social and business relationships. In the essay “But What Do You Mean” Deborah focuses on many of the communication rituals found in the work environment and how they’re viewed differently between men and women. Deborah’s views tend to unfairly paint men as the aggressor and women the innocent victims in the workplace. It begs the question‚ are men just mean and

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    disobeying or disrespecting him. One example is when Okonkwo brandishes his gun and tries to shoot Ekwefi when she comments on his poor gunmanship‚ missing in the process. However‚ despite seeming like a man with a heart of stone‚ Okonkwo isn’t as emotionless as he tries to show people to be. He tries to protect Ikemefuna in his last days‚ by lying about his fate. He develops some protective instincts towards Ikemefuna and tries to keep him at ease until the execution. But when Ikemefuna runs to him

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    Cyber-bullying among classmates and against teachers and administrators occurs on and off campus and has the attention of law enforcement and school officials. However‚ it remains a gray area of the law that will eventually be addressed. Since the first incidents of cyber-bullying were addressed in the late 1990s‚ state and federal courts have been split regarding student free speech on the Internet versus the right of schools to maintain a safe and hostile-free environment. The ultimate question

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    After reading the novel‚ “Great Expectations”‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ I discovered a wide variety of themes that amused me such as abuse‚ desire‚ guilt‚ ambition‚ and good and bad. Abuse‚ being one of the major themes‚ manages to shape and change people from one thing to another. Pip‚ being the protagonist of the novel‚ suffers much abuse. At the beginning of the novel‚ Pips mother‚ father‚ and five siblings are killed in a tragic accident and he is adopted by his sister Mrs.Gargery. She usually

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    But also‚ as never before‚ I was alone.” (P.80) We are given an intriguing backdrop into internal battle the lost Grendel attempts to find a purpose in any part or role in life‚ even that Grendel is the monster. Grendel is merely portrayed as an emotionless‚ unintelligent furious monster incapable of anything beside hate and murder. “Tedium is the worst pain.” (P.138) Grendel life is filled with violence and hate‚ Grendel’s boredom torments him more. Being lived for a long time and invulnerable to

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    how she imagines visiting Heidi in Vancouver‚ and begins having very detailed thoughts. Yet from analyzing these thoughts‚ they start to seem more like feelings within her that she did not know how to express. Although Dina seems to be tough and emotionless‚ deep on the inside were emotions and a soft spot towards Heidi that Dina didn’t possess towards others. We become more aware with the use of metaphors‚ such as when Dina calls Heidi a dolphin rather than a whale‚ knowing that dolphins are more

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    The separation of a couple may lead to people behaving in uncharacteristic ways. This behavior occurs in “Popular Mechanics” when the man and woman escalate their actions to an inappropriate extreme. “Popular Mechanics‚” written by Raymond Carver‚ is a concise story in which a man and woman go through a separation. The process of their separation brings out their incessantly blatant resentment toward each other. The result of the couple’s tensions is selfish behavior. To develop the theme of selfishness

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    “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth (p. 533) Part A. Define the following literary terms. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. rhythm (p. 530) meter (p. 530) iamb (p. 531) foot (p. 531) scanning (p. 531) tetrameter: a poetic line that contains four feet Part B. Pre-reading: Read “William Wordsworth” on page 534. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1. What did Wordsworth believe was the best teacher? 2. What did Wordsworth and his friend Coleridge use as subjects for their poetry

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