Name: CHURCHIL OBIERO Instruction: Task: Date: MEMOIR QUESTION 1 The whys and wherefores for writing a memoir are diverse and vast. Some aim at leaving legacy to their successors while others do it to share wisdom. One’s awareness of the purpose for writing a particular memoir presents an emotional power for doing the job. Since everyone wants to leave a good legacy‚ it is extraordinarily difficult to tell the dark side of the story. As a result‚ not all things presented by the authors are
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Funny Boy is a novel written by Shyam Selvadurai that has many themes such as gender/sexuality‚ identity‚ marriage‚ beliefs and more. One of the main themes that was very evident throughout the novel was society’s beliefs and standards versus the desires of an individual. For example‚ in the novel‚ the protagonist Arjie is caught between the way he looks and responds to life and the way society looks and responds to life. At many times during the book‚ Arjie feels hopeless because his orientation
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friendship was at its end. At this very day‚ I am still wondering as to what happened to our perfect friendship. I may never know the reason‚ however‚ I can bring some clarity into my understanding of this discontinued friendship. Throughout this memoir‚ I will describe my friendship with Anthony‚ analyze it through many perspectives‚ and compare how I felt three years ago to my current feelings. About eleven odd years ago‚ a special friend came into my life by the name of Anthony. I met him when
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Funny Boy‚ a novel by Shyam Selvadurai‚ tells us a story through the eyes of a growing Tamil homosexual boy‚ Arjie. By using a first person narrator‚ Selvadurai vividly describes Arjie¡¯s struggle to negotiate life in Sinhala-dominated Colombo. Besides‚ the horrible ethnic violence between Tamil and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka was also highlighted throughout the novel. Selvadurai developed the theme of ethnic violence by telling various incidents and facts through the narrator of Arjie‚ beginning with
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Funny in Farsi A Memior of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas is all about her life growing up in California after her dad is moved there but is company form Iran. Being born in Iran she had not learned much English so when she moved to the United State she slowly learned and was the translator for her mother a lot of the time. In her younger years she moved around about every two years and eventually she settled in America after her dad retired from the oil refinery in Iran. Since
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In the short story “funny boy” Adrian and ___ are discriminated against for different reasons in their culture. Adrian‚ while being homosexual‚ and ___ for being black and taking care of Adrian. In this time period‚ it was still universially accepted and common for people to be against gays and blacks. In many instances‚ they are both discriminated against. In Adrian’s case‚ he was discriminated against for being gay and having AIDS‚which was generally associated with homosexuals. He lived in
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Mr. Rowe Junior Honors English 26 January 2014 How funny is that? James Thurber is an American author who has a very unique sense of humor‚ using events and references from his childhood. On December 8‚ 1894‚ self-described “night of the wild portent”‚ Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Mary Thurber gave birth to their second child‚ James Grover Thurber‚ in Columbus Ohio. He came into the world with one older brother named William. He later had a younger brother named Robert. No one knew at that time
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Kylie Schoen Ms. Zamierowski LENG111 10/7/13 Out of the corner of my eye‚ I saw the pyramid start to fall‚ and with it‚ my heart dropped. I could not believe after all this time and all the challenges we faced‚ a simple pyramid would be our downfall. My mind went in reverse and I reminisced about everything we had been through together to get to this point. It was finally the year we all looked forward to ever since we were freshmen: Senior Year! My group of best friends had been close all
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My expectations for “Funny In Farsi” were set very high. I predicted that it would be a deep‚ profound book that was enlightening and revealed a lot about persian culture. I was surprised to find a witty‚ light hearted book instead‚ that focused a lot more on the transition into the american culture‚ rather than the Iranian culture itself. However‚ I’m still really liking the book;it’s delicately written‚ with great hints of sarcasm and humor‚ to the point where it had me actually laughing out loud
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1. The first day and the first love Putting on the yellow jersey‚ the black shorts that were too long and the matching canary yellow socks with my new cleats. The shinguards I have just bought were sitting in my bag waiting to be put on til we arrived at the fields. My mom called for me to get in the car‚ and make sure to grab my water bottle. I flew from the kitchen table‚ out the door to the garage and into the car. My mom entered the car shortly after and we began our descent to the Noblesville
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