Save Me‚ Mickey From all of the 27 chapters in the book “Funny in Farsi”‚ my favorite chapter was the fourth chapter‚ Save Me‚ Mickey. The reason why this chapter is my favorite is because when I went any place during my age of five to seven‚ I effortlessly got lost. When I find out my parents weren’t with me‚ I begin to shed tears and wail for them. But according to what Firoozeh had written in her book‚ she seemed much calmer than I was when she was lost. As I read this book‚ I wanted to be like
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Topics for Midterm Test – 1st year 1) A structuralist approach to The Magus. What do the three parts stand for? 2) A symbolical approach to The Magus. Provide and explain at least three examples of relevant symbols/archetypes in the novel 3) The Magus – a post-modern romance. Define these two elements: post-modern and romance in relationship to the novel. 4) The French Lieutenant’s Woman – a feminist approach. How is post-modern feminism reflected in this
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SEMINAR 1 – STUDY GUIDE Adolescence Defined pg8 Depends on the factors considered: Physical and sexual development Family relationships Educational rules Social customs Legal codeS STAGES Early – 11 to 14 years - Middle – 15 to 18 years Late – 19-22 years HISTORY Ancient Greece and Rome Preindustrial Europe 18th Century Europe United States Industrialization 20th Century United States Current Teens GLOBALIZATION
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1. Advantages and Disadvantages of TV. TV has good and bad sides. First of all it keeps people informed‚ we can learn a lot of information watching TV. We can choose programs that appeal to us more‚ because TV provides programs for all interests. Sometimes we can relax‚ entertain ourselves when we are tired. Advertisement on TV gives us information about different products and it makes easier to choose things to buy. When we watch TV we learn about the world‚ famous people and global or recent news
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Frankenstein Socratic Seminar Questions 1. Explain the novel’s popularity. What makes the novel a classic? How is the story appropriate for today and our society? -Frankenstein is important because Shelley wrote this "horrifying" book about a creature made of dead body parts. It opened doors to all kinds of science fiction and horror. It was one of the‚ if not the first of its’ kind. The monster was judged on his appearance. Becoming a symbol to today’s critical view of each other‚ and that in order
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Socratic Seminar Questions 2. The pomegranate tree is a symbol of the different stages of Hassan and Amir’s friendship. "One summer day‚ I used one of Ali’s kitchen knives to carve our names on it: "Amir and Hassan‚ the sultans of Kabul.’ Those words made it formal: the tree was ours" (26). This quote represents Amir and Hassan’s relationship between them during their early childhood. They are extremely close and carving their names on the tree shows that they will be a part of each other’s
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Funny Stories How They Forecast a Cold Winter One day in early September the chief of a Native American tribe was asked by his tribal elders if the winter of 2009/10 was going to be cold or mild. The chief asked his medicine man‚ but he too had lost touch with the reading signs from the natural world around the Great Lakes. In truth‚ neither of them had idea about how to predict the coming winter. However‚ the chief decided to take a modern approach‚ and the chief rang the National
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Socratic seminar questions 3. What does Fitzgerald mean when he says ““The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic conception of himself…so he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen –year-old boy would be likely to invent‚ and to this conception he was faithful to the end”(98)? Gatsby was from new money where he and his parents had to work hard on plantations in order to make a living. Early in his lifetime‚ he created a “platonic [concept] of
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Throughout this play we follow along with a group of people from Roman times. Its the culmination of a bunch of events happening on just one street with three houses shown. the play’s primary objective is that of a comedy‚ therefore to tell the story with true hilarity. Many of the characters in this play had objectives. Pseudolus is a Slave and his main objective was to obtain freedom. Hero has an objective of getting the love of his life‚
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[pic] You know‚ everyone nowadays has a cell phone. It’s like their lives orbit around that rectangular piece of steel...and it’s not even a sphere! I can’t disagree though…I’m one of those people that just can’t part with their phone. Every few minutes I’ll be checking my phone. (Mimes checking phone) Oh look! I have…zero missed calls‚ zero new texts‚ the facebook frontier is quiet… Then I remember I’ve had zero incoming calls‚ zero texts‚ and I have three friends on facebook: mom‚ dad‚ and
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