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    Biblical References in "Song of Solomon" Under the recorded names were other names‚ just as ‘Macon Dead‚’ recorded for all time in some dusty file‚ hid from view the real names of people‚ places‚ and things. Names that had meaning. No wonder Pilate put hers in her ear. When you know your name‚ you should hang on to it‚ for unless it is noted down and remembered‚ it will die when you do. - Song of Solomon Hagar- Sarah’s Egyptian maid. God had promised Sarah and Abraham many children‚ however

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    Tughlaq is not about historical character alone. The so-called ‘mad’ Tughlaq comes fully alive on the stage with all his plus and minus points‚ with his ideals and shortcomings and his dreams and day dreams. However‚ it has been regarded as a political allegory or a contemporary play about a contemporary situation. Though Karnad himself had not intended‚ it was struck by the parallelism between reign of Tughlaq and contemporary Indian history. Karnad himself said: “What struck

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    By ZarghoonaMalik Spaces of silence in women‘s language Silence can mean many things because it is so ambiguous. It can replace speech to show feelings. It can express many different emotions ranging from joy‚ happiness‚ grief‚ embarrassment to anger‚ denial‚ fear‚ withdrawal of acceptance or love. Traditionally silence means the absence of voice‚ but the word silence is metaphorically used for women in the field of Feminist linguistics. This does not literary mean that women are unable to speak

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    English 101 1BC 11 June 2012 Allen Ginsberg to be honored on Postage Stamp Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born 3 June 1929‚ in Newark‚ New Jersey‚ the younger son of Louis Ginsberg‚ a high school English teacher and poet‚ and Naomi Levy Ginsberg. He was from a family of Jewish Russian immigrants (Morgan 4)‚ his family had ties to the radical labor movement‚ his mother was insane‚ and he was a homosexual: four prescriptions in the conventional1940’s and 1950’s for a sense of deep alienation. Allen Ginsberg

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    Megumi Naomi Nakane‚ an innocent Child Essay In Joy Kogawa’s Obasan‚ Naomi is an innocent child who suffers a great deal throughout the novel. The adults of the Nakane family go through a lot of trouble to protect Naomi’s innocence just so Naomi could have a childhood like any other child. However much the adults tried‚ Naomi still sees the dark side of the world at an early age. Naomi does not understand some things that take place in her life and therefore‚ she finds toys and stories as

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    basics as part of her FBI training. Just as she successfully gained access to the server‚ her entire screen went white. Misora was momentarily alarmed‚ but then she noticed a giant calligraphic L floating in the center of the screen‚ and relaxed. “Naomi Misora‚” came a voice from the laptop speakers‚ after a brief pause. It was obviously a synthetic voice. But this was the voice recognized as L’s by every investigative department in the world. Misora had heard it several times before—but this was

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    descent through Naomi Nakane‚ a thirty-six year old schoolteacher‚ and her family. The novel chronicles the life of Naomi‚ providing many perspectives from different parts of her life‚ beginning with her life as a youth and her first-hand experience with the Japanese internment camps. The Japanese internment camps disrupted the transfer of values between the three generations‚ the Issei‚ Nisei‚ and Sansei‚ by separating families. This separation occurs specifically in “Obasan‚” through Naomi and Stephen

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    Although Naomi is thirty-six in the present day of Joy Kogawa’s novel Obasan‚ she still has unanswered questions about her childhood. Naomi‚ who grew up in Canada during World War II‚ suffers from not knowing about the loss of her mother. When Naomi finds the letters Aunt Emily wrote to her mother‚ she starts to see how the events of World War II differed from how she viewed them as a child. Aunt Emily‚ in her letters‚ combines the events in Canada with her emotions. When Naomi reads the letters

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    session with Naomi‚ she revealed that her child had been abused by a neighbor boy recently. Naomi told the counselor after she got home from work she found her little girl crying and upset because the boy touched her. Naomi asked Sofia what happen‚ Sofia said that Nathan touched her private parts and told her not to tell anyone because they will get into major trouble. The counselor asked Naomi how old is Sofia and Nathan? Naomi told the counselor that Sofia is seven and Nathan is ten. Naomi tells

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    Obasan and Itsuka

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    ¡®Itsuka¡¯ by Joy Kogawa‚ the main protagonist Naomi and her family go through the mistreatment and racial discrimination‚ which occurred to all Japanese Canadians during World War II. Obasan‚ which focuses on the past‚ and Itsuka‚ which focuses on the present‚ are novels that are similarly based around Naomi¡¯s experiences during the war. These painful experiences leave Naomi with tormenting memories‚ which she will never forget or fully recover from. However‚ Naomi¡¯s strong beliefs help her to eventually

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