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    COMPARISON BETWEEN HALF-CASTE AND LIMBO: Half-Caste’ is a poem that talks about the attitude of intolerant people that he must have found‚ who consider people of mixed races to be inferior to themselves. The poem is written in a non-standard English way‚ this means that it is written in an English from a non-English speaker; this is why the words in the poem are spelled exactly as they sound. Limbo is a poem tells the story of slavery in a rhyming‚ rhythmic dance. These two poems‚ in a way

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    “Whenever I get a chance to observe the moon now‚ I still see those same images I saw when I was six and it pleases me to know that that part of my childhood is still embedded in me” (17). The book begins with introducing Ishmael Beah’s young life such as his interest in rap music and dance‚ his close relationships with family and friends‚ as well as expressing his innocence through these childhood memories. He would remember depicting different images of the moon by using his imagination‚ which

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    Sun Still Rises in the Sky.” Holt Literature & Language Arts). The emphasis on oral literature is that the culture is transferred from generation to generation by the Native Americans. In the text‚ Bruchac stated: “First of all‚ Native American cultures use stories to teach moral lessons

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    Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel is an amazingly emotional‚ and completely original book. It is a books with a unique plot‚ complex characters‚ and a variety of themes and ideas. This books stands apart from others the second you open it. Told from the point of view of the son of two scientists‚ Ben’s totally unhappy to find his parents are bringing a chimp home. He never asked for it‚ and isn’t welcoming towards Zan‚ the chimp. But‚ slowly‚ Ben bonds with Zan. He

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    A Helping Hand “The other side of the sky”‚ written by Farah Ahmedi and Tanim Ansary is a memoir describing the Afghan war with the soviet union and how Ahmedi‚ and her mother were trying to get into Pakistan to be safe from the war but they could not cross the border because of the guards‚ However‚ A man named Ghulam Ali decided to lend a helping hand to Farah and her mother even though they did not know each other‚ because of this kind and selfless act‚ Farah and her mother were able to go into

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    How the Other Half Lives

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    Danielle Mariella November 17‚ 2005 Book Report #2 How the Other Half Lives Introduction The book How the Other Half lives‚ is one of those books that definitely affects you as soon as you read it. Jacob Riis the author of the book‚ wrote it exactly for the purpose‚ to affect people and get them to realize how bad the conditions were back then in New York City. He goes into full depth‚ of what the living conditions were like‚ who lived in them‚ and how they were affected by them. Mostly

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    "Sky High" Hannah Roberts

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    The text "Sky high" contains six stanzas two of an adult and four of a child. In the first stanza H. Robert is reminiscing about her old back yard. "Silver skeletal arms throwing long‚ summer afternoon shadows on the lawn." The reader is drawn into the text by the technique of personification‚ bringing the text to life. The idea of feeling of sense of mystery is shown through the alliteration of the letter "s".. "..Struggling sapling‚ surround...spectators..." "Like colored flags in secret code."

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    1. Red Sky at Morning 2. Richard Bradford‚ 1968 3. United States of America 4. Characters: 1. Joshua Arnold: Josh is growing and sarcastic. He is maturing‚ although some of the things he does are still child-like and rude. By the end of the book Josh has grown a great deal and is becoming a mini version of his father. 2. Ann Arnold: Ann is unhappy and confused. She doesn’t know what to do with herself with her husband in the war and she drinks her way out of her troubles. 3. Frank Arnold:

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    An Analysis of How The Other Half Lives The massive overcrowding in New York was epitomized by the tenements‚ which by 1880 housed over 600‚000 people within 24‚000. This awful statistic was one of many declared by Jacob Riis in his How The Other Half Lives. His work‚ influenced by other tenement reform advocates‚ synthesized the cause for reform together into this journal to convince those who were blind to the problem to want to also help. This essay will evaluate the methods and effectiveness

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    Crossing a line in the sky

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    In the realist film “Sortie des Usines Lumiere a Lyon” by Auguste and Louis Lumiere in France also known as “Workers leaving Lumiere Factory in Lyon”‚ the scene of workers mainly women leaving the building is shown by the background music in a jaunty rhythm. It is a black and white film in 46 seconds shown in 1895 often referred as second movie ever made‚ filmed by Auguste and Louis Lumiere whom are famous for producing realist films. As in other Louis Lumiere films‚ realist films tend to represent

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