have pointed out as the essential attitude in writing history: being self-reflexive and letting the reader participate in the process of writing. It can therefore be stated that Scott provides an example of how writing history should look like. In chapter 4.2 it is elaborated how literature can occupy an important role in rethinking how the past should be processed. It is also mentioned that for some marginal groups‚ e.g. Aboriginal Australians‚ literature is the only way to tell their version of (his)story
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Civil War about an African American young man who escapes from the south to the north. The story drew an emotional connection as well the basic facts about African Americans escaping and what life was when they reached the north. At the beginning of Chapter Four: Leg Irons‚ there is a newspaper that talks about how the Union soldiers should seize slaves that were escaping from the north. They were label as “contraband of war” and that the government encouraged it. After the newspaper‚ the story begins
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Book of Luke Chapter 3 starts with describing John the Baptist‚ and his interactions with preaching the Gospel to those who pass by. He then rebukes Herod and is then locked up in prison. Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist‚ whom is his cousin. At the end of the chapter there is a specific list of the genealogy of Jesus starting from Joseph all the way back to Adam and God in the beginning of creation. Breakdown The Book of Luke within the Hebrew Bible goes over at the end of Luke chapter 3 it traces
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As we were introduced to the beginning of hominids in Chapter 1‚ Chapter 2 continues to introduce us to world civilization starting with the areas of southwest Asian and the Indo-European regions. It was said that the first complex societies developed in southwest Asia (Mesopotamia). The existence of politics and social order can only be explained by how‚ through the adaptation of an organization‚ the government came to be. Mesopotamia‚ known as “the land between the rivers” (Tigris and Euphrates)
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Chapter 22 Exile in Dapitan‚ 1892-96 Rizal lived in exile in faraway Dapitan‚ a remote town in Mindanao which was under the missionary jurisdiction of the Jesuits‚ from 1892 to 1896. This four – year interregnum in his life was tediously unexciting‚ but was abundantly fruitful with varied achievements. Beginning of Exile in Dapitan Steamer Cebu – brought Rizal to Dapitan carried a letter from Father Pablo Pastells‚ Superior of the Jesuits Society in the Philippines‚ to Father Antonio Obach
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like the front side and the back side‚ a certain nation experiencing daylight time‚ probably the front side‚ it is necessary that the other side‚ the back side‚ of the world of that certain place also experiencing a night time and vice versa. The chapter one is entitled “While I was sleeping” which laterally means that while he (Mr. Friedman) was sleeping in one side of the world‚ it is night time‚ other places from the other side of the world were widely awake for it is daytime. How could anyone
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While chapters one and 2 serve to characterize Meursault as generally emotionless (ie: his Mother’s funeral and affair with Marie) Chapter 3 works to establish Meursault as a “friend” to different people. Just the same as his relationships with his mother and girlfriend‚ Meursault’s relationships with his friends are what one can deem as unconventional. In doing so the author reveals some truths about Meursault and the nature of free will and judgement. The first set of interactions involves both
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Summary: Chapter 6 Fleeing from the goblins‚ Bilbo looks back and realizes that he has made it to the other side of the Misty Mountains. Walking along‚ he stumbles upon Gandalf and the dwarves‚ who have just been wondering whether they should leave without him. The hobbit slips off the ring and surprises them and then explains how he made his way out of the mountain. However‚ he refrains from mentioning his discovery of the magic ring and the role it played in his escape from Gollum and the goblins
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Dr. Rios’s purpose in writing this chapter is to convince the reader that Tyrell and Jose‚ as well as many other gang members‚ had been trapped into joining the gangs or committing criminal activity such as selling drugs to provide for themselves‚ since the police could not provide them with what they needed. Tyrell is the first focus of the chapter and Rios goes into detail on the Ville‚ which is “a low income housing project on 66th Avenue and International‚” (45) known by many to be one of the
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In Chapters 13 and 14‚ Rivoli follows the T-shirt to its “final” stage of life. Surprisingly‚ it is at this final stage that it is the most real and globalized market. Huge multinational corporations do not dominate this part of the T-shirt’s life‚ but it is the personal relationships that come with small family businesses‚ which thrive in the industry of transporting America’s unwanted clothing to the poorer countries of the world. Rivoli talks about the snowflake effect‚ which emerges as each item
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