Postcolonial Writing: ‘According to Achebe an important role for the writer in a new nation is to show a colonised people ‘’what they have lost’’. How might we read Things Fall Apart as doing this? The novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ is written by popular African writer Chinua Achebe. It was published in 1958‚ around the time Nigeria was approaching independence which it finally gained in 1960. The novel itself is based in Nigeria in a small village called Umuofia. The novel follows the life of the main
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Variations in language therefore cause many social attitudes to arise and be utilised to discriminate others just on the way we speak which is what is occurring in the business world at the moment. Firms tend to hire people who speak in the same expected manner since ‘it is all about hiring ‘people like us’’‚ which further outlines one of the functions of language to separate ‘us’ from ‘them’ COURSE RELEVANCE: #accents #social attitudes to accents #Identity (physical) #constructing identity #attitudes
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Introduction I have chosen the theme “Intonation” because it is one of the most interesting things of the speech and it is very important to acquire the proper intonation. The aim of my speech is to tell what the speech melody is and how is it connected with sentence stress and how they influence each other. Intonation is magic. It can say more than even words. Intonation can tell you about the mood and the character of the person. Each person has his own intonation. That is why already at the first
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My People the Sioux "My People the Sioux" is a good literary work written in 1928. This book leaves an everlasting impression with some because it definitely intensifies the sympathy for the Indians. Luther Standing Bear‚ also known as Plenty Kill‚ portrays the dramatic and traumatic changes about the Sioux throughout their traditional way of life. As a young boy growing up‚ he experienced many of these hardships first hand between his people and the whites. This autobiography is quite valuable
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In the poem "Theme for English B"‚ by Langston Hughes‚ Hughes talks about the African American struggle for equality. This is a common subject for Hughes. In many of his poems he speaks about blacks and the injustices that they face. Another common subject for Hughes is the town‚ Harlem‚ which is also mentioned in "Theme for English B."<br><br>The poem starts off with an instructor giving his students a paper to write‚ the instructor says to the student‚ "let that page come out of you-Then‚ it will
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Indigenous People Indigenous people are those that are native to an area. Throughout the world‚ there are many groups or tribes of people that have been taken over by the Europeans in their early conquests throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ by immigrating groups of individuals‚ and by greedy corporate businesses trying to take their land. The people indigenous to Australia‚ Brazil and South America‚ and Hawaii are currently fighting for their rights as people: the rights to own
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The Aboriginal people were the first Australians and Owners of the land. As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were traditionally gatherers and hunters‚ they had a very strong relationship with the land. They are also deeply spiritual‚ value community life strongly and revere their ancestors. Therefore‚ elders were usually the decision makers. Different tribes used to move around searching for food and water‚ but always respected the land and resources it provided. They have sacred
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meant by a perfect English. The class started off with the right momentum‚ everybody was engaged and involved in the discussion. Interns and facilitators knew that the conclusion to the discussion was to reach a consensus with students that there is no such thing as a perfect English and at the end‚ what mattered was a perfect grammar. Perhaps it was because we were less prepared in determining the scope of the discussion‚ we ended up slightly touching on the subject of “perfect English” and diverted
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than Kino. Kino’s people think that education is impossible and if anyone was to be educated it would be a great fortune. On page 26 of The Pearl it asserts‚ “‘My son will go to school‚’ he said‚ and the neighbors were hushed. Juana caught her breath sharply.” This quote shows that they think education is only for the rich. And the only reason Coyotito will be educated is because Kino found the Pearl. If Kino never found the pearl Coyotito would never go to school. When Kino’s people hear this they
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SEMESTER 01 | ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES – ENN103F | UNIQUE NO. 707714 | | STUDENT NO. 53078136 | 2/27/2013 | SECTION A – SHORT QUESTIONS AND SECTION B ESSAYS | AFFIRMATIVE ACTION A LOOSING BATTLE? Section A : Short questions 1) IS THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY MORALLY DEFENSIBLE? EXPLAIN. In my opinion‚ I believe that the Affirmative Action Policy is not morally defensible as it tends to be more favorable towards a certain group of people. However according to an article
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