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    Chapter Seven: The Second Company is sent somewhere to reorganize their group. Himmelstoss apologizes to the men for being such a mean person because he feels bad‚ as he has now been on the front. Paul‚ Leer‚ and Kropp go for a swim and meet three women. The men swim across the canal during the night and carry their boots and some food. Paul gets to go home for leave‚ but it isn’t the same as he thought it would be. His mom is sick with cancer and he doesn’t feel “at home”. One day‚ when Paul is

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    of a mother for her child‚ which in itself is a conspicuous feature of Indianness. Analysis of the poem – Apparently the theme of the poem is an experience of a scorpion bite that was inflicted on the poet’s mother. The poem is a first person narrative of the agony that a son had to undergo watching his mother suffer due to a scorpion sting. But subtly the theme of the poem is a stringent satire on the lack of medical and scientific knowledge that plagues the lives of so many people in India. The

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    Esperanza is jealous of Lois‚ Sire’s girlfriend as portrayed in many lines in House on Mango Street. “Sometimes I hear them laughing late‚ beer cans and cats and the trees talking to themselves: wait‚ wait‚ wait.” Esperanza is always watching Sire and his girlfriend‚ “Sometimes I hear them laughing‚” and this shows Esperanza is jealous

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    Crook”‚ it seems as Jimmy‚ the protagonist changes. Also in the fable‚ “The Scorpion and Turtle” no change occurs as the scorpion breaks his promise and stings the turtle. In both the play and fable‚ the main idea is not to trust a person a person too quickly because people can lie and might trick you. Progress is impossible without change‚ and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. In the fable‚ the scorpion doesn’t change and is not able to cross the river since he killed the turtle

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    NIGHT OF SCORPION - THE CRITICAL APPRECIATION --------------------------------------- Night of the scorpion written by Nissim Ezkiel is an interesting poem and the poet brings about a very appealing contrast between good and evil in it; altogether giving the poem an essence of equality. The poet makes it a trouble-free task for the readers to visualize the scenes with the appropriate use of various imageries. He has also done a marvelous work of adding various different senses into the

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    Ezekiel uses alliteration to describe the moment of the sting: ’Parting with his poison’. He alludes to evil in the phrase ’diabolic tail’‚ comparing the scorpion to the devil. The poem is written in free verse with different line lengths and no rhyme…The theme of the poem is presented through an incident in which the poet’s mother is bitten by a scorpion on rainy night. The villagers on hearing of this unfortunate event‚ come to see her‚ praying to god and giving all kinds of justifications for her suffering

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    NIGHT OF THE SCORPION lesson plan Learning objectives: • To be able to comment on the punctuation used by a poet and how this punctuation helps us to understand the poem’s ideas • To be able to identify and rhythm and the pace of a poem and explain the impact of these on the reader’s understanding KEY WORDS THIS LESSON: punctuation rhythm pace repetition STARTER: (10 minutes) Remind the students of what being a successful group discussion member actually means‚ using the first

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    Henry Ford and Fordism- (Page 486) Fordism is the system of standardized mass production attributed to Henry Ford‚ principles based on assembly-line techniques‚ scientific management‚ mass consumption based on higher wages‚ and sophisticated advertising techniques McNary-Haugen Bill- (Page 489) it sought to keep agricultural prices high by having the government buy surpluses to sell abroad‚ vetoed twice by Coolidge. In his 1927 veto he warned against the tyranny of bureaucratic regulation and control

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    Chapter 20 A setting called airplane mode lowers the output power of the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas allowing these networks to function‚ but at a reduced range? False Which type of device is most likely to have a slot for an SD card? Android Smart Phone Which component on a smart phone requires pairing with another device? Bluetooth What can you do if you want to obtain administrator privileges to an Android device? Root the device You usually install an OS on a mobile device using a USB device

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    Chapter 23 Summary • Amir is in hospital after his beating • Rahim Khan has left to die in peace and there is no sign of the adoptive parents he promised for Sohrab • Amir decides to take Sohrab with him to Islamabad while he considers what to do with him. Dreams/blurred images One dream that represents Amir’s troubled mind "Assef was standing in the doorway of my hospital room‚ brass ball still in his eye socket.’We’re the same‚ you and I‚’ he was saying. ’You nursed with him

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