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    Change in Things Fall Apart and “The Runaways”. A Transformation of Culture‚ Customs‚ and Identity Are colonization and forced assimilation the “destroyers” of cultures and communities? The poem “Indian Boarding School: The Runaways” by Louise Erdrich and the novel Things Fall Apart by Achebe are illustrators of the downfall of two different tribes because of colonization. The “intruders” impose their beliefs and life style; they settle in their land and change it. However‚ the people are those

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    603 101 MQ Instructor: Christina Oltmann‚ Ph.D. Oral Group Presentations and Peer Evaluations The groups will on the day and in the order indicated below. Please consult the document to identify which groups you will peer evaluate! You will be provided with evaluation forms for the individual group members and the group as a whole that you evaluate! Please read the poems on which the groups present that you evaluate! WEDNESDAY‚ DECEMBER 3RD Presentation Group 3: Emily Dickinson‚ “Because I Could

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    In addition‚ Erdrich’s story from the article‚ “Two Languages in Mind‚ but Just One in Heart”‚ let me change a new way to see boundaries. Erdrich was interested in another language‚ Ojibwe. Although she did not communicate well in that language‚ she tried to learn it and even fell in love with that culture. Also‚ she enriched many ways of expressing her feelings in writing by using Ojibwe words

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    very strong one‚ because of the years‚ the good times‚ and bad times you share with that person‚ also the ways you find to overcome what has happen in your sibling relationship. This can be understood in both James Baldwin’s "Sonny’s Blues" and Louise Erdrich "The Red Convertible." In the stories both brothers showed how things can be overcame ‚and how they can move on from it. Both "The Red Convertible” ‚and "Sonny’s Blues" revolve round brotherly love or an connection. Both hold an intense bond

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    Efrain Rincon Jr Professor Yuhas English - 6 6 May‚ 2013 ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ and ‘The Red Convertible’ ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ by Ambrose Bierce and ‘The Red Convertible’ by Louise Erdrich both recount sorrowful tales of men during times of war. The stories differ in that ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ is a story written in reverse‚ where the readers do not truly know the plot until the end- whereas ‘The Red Convertible’ is just a man recounting the story of his

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    Elizabeth Juarez Mr. Sullivan English 1B 17 March 2015 “Love Medicine” The story “Love Medicine”‚ by Louise Erdrich‚ takes place in the 1920s in North Dakota. Lipsha Morrissey‚ who is the primary character‚ narrates in first person. From the beginning‚ Lipsha was taken in from his grandma and grandpa Kashpaw and by the looks of it‚ Lipsha is passionately loyal to his grandparents‚ especially to his grandma. His grandparents live in a town at a senior citizen home. His grandma is more of a determined

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    monsters must see to it that in the process he himself does not become a monster.” Friedrich Nietzsche raises a crucial point: in a search for justice‚ how can one assure that one will not be consumed by one’s cause? The novel The Round House by Louise Erdrich focuses on Joe Coutts’s quest for justice and on how narrowly he avoids Nietzsche’s prophesied fate. Since the tribe Joe belongs to has no authority to prosecute Linden‚ the man who rapes his mother‚ he takes matters into his own hands‚ investigating

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    “Dear John Wayne” by Louise Erdrich is about the stereotype of the Native American‚ being a savage race on film and how the Native Americans watching the film react to those stereotypes. The Characters in the play are the movie goers who happen to be Native American and John Wayne in the movie. The movie was written for a different audience than the one watching. Let’s start at the very beginning… the name of the poem is “Dear John Wayne”‚ it occurred to me that a lot of these authors put a great

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    We are a blend of family‚ friends‚ lovers‚ and lack their affection. The narrator in Louise Erdrich’s “I’m a Mad Dog Biting Myself for Sympathy” agrees. “Who I am is just the habit of what I always was‚ and who I’ll be is the result” (127). We truly are a creation of our environment. Some of us are just luckier than others. The narrator is doubtful‚ and brave. He’s lived a hard‚ neglectful life and now he is deeply scarred emotionally. In brief moments of revealing his sensitivity‚ the narrator

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    almighty‚ carrying with it anything that crosses its path and stopping only to none. Rivers define boundaries‚ and create obstacles for people when they encounter one another. In "On the Rainy River" by Tim O’Brien and "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich‚ rivers continuously flow through these novels‚ symbolizing very similar yet very different meanings. Before even cracking the book open‚ the reader automatically understands that there is an importance about the river in "On the Rainy River

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