2. In referring to Appendix B‚ the “Excerpt from Taxi Tales”‚ discuss race‚ ethnicity and culture in Singapore. Race‚ ethnicity and culture are independent of one another. Even if ‘race’ is defined to be encoded (i.e. genetic)‚ culture (how one lives and the practices involved) isn’t. The concept of race is rooted in biological classification and more of ‘attributions’. Ethnicity on the other hand emphasis more on culture rather than biology and incorporates the idea of social grouping and their
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ethnicity‚ and african americans‚ were given no rights. Even the “Unalienable Rights” were never given. These pursuits were only for the rich‚ white men of their time. Many documents of this time do contradict the reality of America. For example‚ this excerpt from the “Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America” it states‚ “That all men are created equal;” already‚ the reality of this time‚ even now‚ this is proven wrong. To society‚ White men and African Americans were in no way equal
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In the excerpt from the novel “Moon Tiger” by Penelope Lively‚ a brother and a sister are searching for fossils while their mother waits nearby. The speaker uses an array of literary devices such as imagery and dialogue to dramatize the complex relationship among the three characters in the except. Lively illustrates to the readers that situations are translated differently to different people. The author introduces siblings as they are outside looking for fossils. The conflict is initially presented
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In "I Stand Here Ironing"‚ by Tillie Olsen‚ Olsen uses the symbolism of the iron‚ specific historical allusions‚ and condemning emotional tone to characterize the mother and her doubtful attitude towards her daughter. Olsen uses how and what the mother is Ironing need to symbolize her feelings for her daughter. When someone irons a piece of clothing‚ it is usually to get out the wrinkles and to make it look almost perfect to wear into the world. This idea is similar to what the mother is doing to
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In 2004‚ you’d often see a five-year-old perched on her father’s lap as they rested on a leather couch while they read from a children’s story book called‚ “La Edad De Oro.” The father would read to her the pages in fluent Spanish as she struggled to read along‚ often giving up to simply listen to her father’s soothing voice as she became entranced with the plot. Dark brown eyes glimmering with excitement as she wondered what the mother would say to the daughter that gave away her zapaticos de rosa
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“Nonconformity is the basic pre-condition of art‚ as it is the pre-condition of good thinking and therefore of growth and greatness in a people…conformity is derived from the wholly venal business of catering to a popular market” (The Shape of Content‚ Ben Shahn). This piece of writing speaks of how the general public is in love with works of art‚ yet at the same time loathes the artists that created them‚ merely for being a little different than the norm. If art was about “cookie-cutter”
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Any poem respected by Edgar Allan Poe to the extent that he would include it in his personal explanation of poetry should be exceptional‚ but ’Bridge of Sighs’ by Thomas Hood is with certainty the best poem I have ever read. A reflective work‚ it tells the story of a young woman without a love in the world‚ but suggests there was a passion behind her dramatic suicide. The narrator blames the girl’s self-destruction on her being a fickle woman‚ ’One of Eve’s family’ (l. 27)and implies that her death
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This passage is an extracted from a Chronicle‚ written by Jean de Venette‚ a French religious leader and a chronicler from 1307 to 1370‚ which records events in France from 1340 to 1368. It describes how the Plague (Black Death) spread and people’s reactions. It also described what people at that time thought were the causes of the Plague and the effect of that understanding of the Plague. Jean de Venette was probably an educated and rich person as literacy wasky only starting to become popular
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Boot Camp to Battle By Kana Freeman My boots are covered in mud as I walk with my comrades. Most of them joined to honor this country. I can’t say the same for me. This land is at war with itself. My home is at war with me. Even if I win. If we win. My home will never be the same. My home is the land. When this war started I had no home. No home in particular anyway. I was homeless‚ no food no money. I joined for a job. Not because I want to honor this country. “You men have been recruited to hold
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Talent Code: Carving the Statue of David Review: Coyle‚ Daniel (2009) The Talent Code: Greatness isn’t born‚ it’s Grown. Excerpts from Chapter 1- The Sweet Spot Whether talent is born or acquired is a hotly debated topic‚ not only amongst psychologist but also common people. In daily life we can observe that some people are admirably good at some task while the others are not. Some people are good at singing‚ cooking‚ playing chess or whatsoever‚ whereas‚ there
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