Directions: Each section of The Joy Luck Club begins with an anecdote that symbolizes the main ideas that are to follow in the women’s stories. For each section‚ you will analyze the anecdotes by answering the questions below. You can refer to each section’s lessons/experiences to provide details that support your analysis. Part I: Feathers from a Thousand Li Away: a. In the space below‚ bullet point words/images/lines from the anecdote that stand out to you (it’s okay if you don’t know the
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FIGHT Fight(physically too)- come to blows‚ brawl‚ exchange blows‚ attack/assault each other‚ hit/punch War- skirmish‚ battle‚ wage war‚ go to war‚ make war‚ take up arms‚ bloodshed Quarrel(mostly verbal..like us)- argue/argument‚ row‚ bicker‚ squabble‚ have a row/fight‚ wrangle‚ dispute‚ be at odds‚ disagreement‚ fail to agree‚ differ/difference of opinion‚ be at variance‚ have words‚ bandy words‚ be at each other’s throats‚ be at loggerheads‚ falling-out‚ tangle‚ contretemps‚ altercation
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Stop Dog fights! I. Dogfighting is a contest in which two dogs specifically bred‚ conditioned‚ and trained to fight are placed in a pit to fight each other for the others entertainment and for the purpose of gambling. The average of the fights is one or two house long. The dogs suffer a lot people seem to think that there just animal but there are not just animal they are a living creatures just like the humans. a. The American pit bull terrier-type dogs used in the majority of these fights have
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The human mind is an impenetrable fortress – an inescapable prison. From the moment we are born‚ we cry out in the hopes that someone will hear us. From the second we realize we have limbs‚ we stretch out our hands‚ searching for someone to hold on to. Wrenched away from the safe embrace of the womb‚ we feel exposed‚ defenseless and utterly alone. Throughout our tumultuous lives‚ we crave to be comforted‚ to be told that we are understood‚ to be assured that we are not alone in our experiences. It
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Freak the Mighty Final Different‚ isolated‚ excluded... all of these words describe Max’s room. It’s different from his grandparent’s room because it’s a cellar‚ it’s isolated from their room‚ and excluded from the house. Strangely enough‚ Max feels this way about himself as well. Throughout the entire story Max refers to himself as a “total goon” which tells the reader that he thinks of himself as dumb person and he feels different. He knows he’s not as smart as everyone else and when he’s put
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Loneliness and Isolation in Jane Eyre In Charlotte Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre”‚ the eponymous protagonist suffers throughout the plot from loneliness and isolation‚ and these two themes interweave for the duration. Jane’s loneliness and isolation are repeatedly linked to her “physical inferiority”‚ and this phrase is used by Jane to describe herself very early on in the novel. Jane is small‚ underdeveloped‚ pale and timid‚ which often means she finds herself helpless and different to everybody
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Isolation occasionally drives a person to insanity and causes them to do things they normally wouldn’t. When everything they know and love is stripped from a person‚ their true character is reveal. In The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood‚ Penelope faces this exact scenario when she is left behind in Ithaca as Odysseus leaves to fight in the Trojan war‚ losing the only person she can trust. In the absence of Odysseus‚ Penelope’s complex character is revealed. Atwood effectively uses diction‚ point of
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Flight or Fight Specific Purpose: Inform people about the “Fight or Flight” response and the better understand the way the body responds to certain stress. I. Introduction: Driving your parents home one night you begin to lose control of the car and crash. You’re able to escape the car unharmed‚ but notice one of your parents are stuck inside with the door jammed and the car on fire. Your heart rate begins to rise and you feel this surge of energy flow through your body. You react and rip the
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In the movie The Breakfast Club‚ five students are to spend the entire day together in detention. These five teenagers all come from extremely different backgrounds and social groups within their school. As the movie progresses they learn more about one another. This bond comes about due to the students trying to have fun while in detention. In the beginning ten minutes of the movie one can see the setting of a team form. This means that it was clear that there would be a plan of action made by
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The Joy Luck Club “The elements were from my mother’s own vision of organic chemistry. Each person is made of five elements‚ she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was like my father‚ whom my mother always criticized for his cigarette habit and who always shouted back that she should keep her thoughts to herself. I think he now feels guilty that he didn’t let my mother speak her mind. Too little wood and bent to quickly to listen to other people’s ideas‚ unable to stand
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