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    glass of cold water." "Mama‚ please‚ try to get it on your own." "Please child‚ try to get me a glass of cold water!" At the party‚ I danced and danced the whole night. You see‚ I can’t leave the party at once. I have to dance with everybody who proposed to me. At last‚ the party is over. I’m very tired. Very‚ very tired. So‚ I went home to tell mama what happened. "Mama‚ I’m home! It’s very quiet. "Mama‚ I’m home!" Nobody answers. Where is she? I look for her in the sala‚ but she’s not there.

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    “Can Oral History be Trusted” ? The 21st Century‚ a time we live in where nearly everything is documented. Whether it be written and put into archives or posted on Facebook. Things were much different in the early stage of man up until now. The cave people documented things by writing on walls‚ but can this be trusted? Even documents that have been written down cannot be trusted so can stories or myths have been written by people in their own diaries or in letters so loved ones be trusted? Essentially

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    cultural values of the past. However‚ for T.S. Eliot‚ modernity had ruptured its connection to a more vital past and was as a result impoverished. History is instead characterized by regression and ruptures. In his essay‚ “Tradition and the Individual Talent‚” his idea of tradition shows retrogression instead of progression. Eliot argues that “the whole literature of Europe from Homer” (49) is an archive of works affecting authors in the present moment and is in turn influenced by those authors in the

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    information from this week’s readings. Respond to each question in 100 to 200 words. 1. Briefly explain the seven elements of the speech communication process. How do these elements determine a speech’s success or failure? The seven elements of the speech communication process are: Speaker‚ Message‚ Channel‚ Listener‚ Feedback‚ Interference‚ and Situation. Speaker: The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener. Message: Whatever a speaker communicated to someone else. Channel: The means

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    When coming from a place that a person has developed growing up to its traditions and culture‚ then going to a new environment and seeing a different perspective of the world and its tradition can change a person’s personality and their views. Peter the 9 year old little kid entering the wild with no knowledge about anything to a shift of responsibility and matureness‚ seeing new things that can never be forgotten or learning new knowledge or abilities can change a little boy. Formally‚ having to

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    Obviously‚ cultures can be passed through music‚ art‚ folklore stories‚ and games. But some of the best ways that culture and tradition are passed on are often overlooked. For example‚ South Korea is one country which over the years‚ through wars and independence‚ has retained a strong sense of culture. The country has easily maintained its culture through language‚ religion‚ and holidays. Language is one of the most unsurpassed ways to continue and spread culture. In most foreign language

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    In the story "Dead Men ’s Path" Chinua Achebe describe the controversy between tradition and modernization in the school of Ndume. Michael Obi is the main character of this story. He is confronted with the villagers and their resistance to change. All the characters go through different changes according to their belief. The theme between the main character and the rest of the characters is controversial. Because Michael is aims with intellectual arrogance‚ and the villagers with resistance to change

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    about her own personal heartwarming life story and how her family tradition on holidays of acts of altruism have impacted her life and career. Each piece was based off of act of altruism but the intense logics between the two authors are slightly different than one another. By logic‚ Altruism Behavior written by Desmond Morris‚ a scholar of anthropology held a more accountable and reliable foundation and analysis. This piece written by Morris is extremely credible and acceptable. He confidently affirms

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    Oral History Paper

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    least one game a year. She is one of three children‚ being the middle child. She has a younger sister and an older sister which she is very close to both of them. Both of her parents have passed away leaving her and her siblings the only ones left. She isn’t one much on saving for the future‚ she believes that you have only one life and you should do whatever you want in life and enjoy it to the fullest. When I asked her what brought her life satisfaction‚ she said it was being able to stay active

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    The Origin and the navigational techniques used by islanders to travel over large Open Ocean has given question to academic writers‚ on how the islanders are able to travel and settle in this remote part of the earth. Pacific Islanders used traditional navigational knowledge to travel against storms and current on Pacific Ocean over past centauries‚ by using canoes. This essay will discuss the two theory of migration with archaeological evidence of origin‚ the traditional techniques of navigation

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