The book Guests of the Sheik is undoubtedly a great read. I must confess from the cover I was thinking this book would be mind-numbing. This book can certainly get someone to thinking about what life was like for women in the 1950s‚ not just in Iraq but all over the world. The majority of people after reading this book when asked the question “are the women during this time repressed?” would more than likely answer “yes”. Everyone of course‚ will have their own opinion and arguments to why they think
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The speaker loves blackberry picking. It’s evident in the first stanza where he describes his blackberry picking adventure. Even though something was there to ruin it‚ the speaker wanted to go back next year. The author‚ Seamus Heaney‚ uses diction‚ imagery‚ and analogies to convey a deeper meaning of blackberry picking. In the first stanza‚ the speaker is describing the blackberries. The “glossy purple clot; it’s flesh sweet like thickened wine”‚ was motivation for the speaker to go blackberry picking
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In the story “The Guest” by Albert Camus‚ the author explores the subject of humanity when one is presented an anomalous situation. In the beginning‚ an old gendarme brought a prisoner‚ an Arab‚ to Daru and ordered him to bring him to prison because he was accused of murdering his cousin. Even though the Arab was a criminal‚ Daru treated him like a guest and the prisoner was very surprised why he acted so humane; by the time it was night Daru made a bed for the prisoner in same room as he was sleeping
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In this chapter “Argumentation‚ Speaker‚ and Audience”‚ Perelman discusses argumentation‚ correct demonstration‚ audience‚ and the three kinds of rhetorical speeches. First‚ he explains the difference between argumentation and demonstration. Demonstration deals with truths while argumentation deals with ambiguities. The speaker uses argumentation to change the audience’s minds‚ conform them‚ and arouse them to take action. Perelman also mentions that there are some topics that we should not question
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for the Third Speakers in framing their rebuttals and for the Summary Speakers to frame their Reply speeches. The Second Speakers are also in a good position to add new dimensions to the debate by developing their argumentation further. This allows the team to broaden the scope of the debate and demonstrate that its approach to the motion does not rest on a single line of argumentation or logic. For instance‚ if the debate has focused mainly on economic issues‚ the Second Speakers can switch to
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Family cooperation is one of the most important things that keep the family running smooth and keeping the family happy. In the novel Ordinary People written by Judith Guest‚ she showed that a family cannot function properly without communications and caring of each other. Lack of these things would usually results in family separation. In the novel’s case‚ it didn’t turn out to be a disaster but it turn out to be another happy thing for this family. At some point of the novel‚ the relationship
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president Kennedy to the lunar landing in 1969 was ham packed with events that shaped American history. Although America was engaged in the Vietnam War‚ there was plenty of development at home to run the idea that a new era has arrived. With influential speakers such as MLK and JFK‚ it was obvious that change was coming to the then segregated America and would leave America not only less racist but willing to help other minorities. The lunar landing in the late 60s showed Americans what the human potential
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MOTION: This house condemns the buying and selling of authentic cultural artifacts BENCH: Affirmative POSITION: 3rd Speaker Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen .Our topic is about the condemning of the buying and selling of Philippine artifacts. As our first speaker had said‚ it is wrong to buy and sell Philippine artifacts because if we sell our artifacts‚ the next generations would not be able to see the only evidences of our ancestors’ life. She also talked about the “National
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Comments on "The Guest" Albert Camus’ The Guest is about a schoolteacher named Daru that lives by himself in a schoolhouse out on a plateau somewhere in France. Daru is given the responsibility of transporting an Arab prisoner to a nearby city to face judgment. Daru was to have none of it. He wanted to lead his simple‚ uninterrupted life and be left out of the war that was evidently looming. Unfortunately for Daru‚ this was not an option for him and the man named Balducci left the prisoner at
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Helping the Nonnative English Speakers with Reading Filipinos are nonnative speakers of English. There are people who speak English from the time they’re able to utter a word. Others use the language only when communicating with foreigners. In our situation‚ whether we like to learn English or not‚ we are forced to do so because it is included in the school curriculum. We could not escape from using it because not all the subjects are taught in Filipino. However‚ there’s a need
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