Reader Response 1: Mother Tongue by Amy Tan Discusses the way she and her mother use English to communicate. Give specific examples from the reading to explain their interactions in English. The main purpose of this paper is to focus on the linguistic differences and the challenges of cultural translation as a barrier‚ on the other hand the power of storytelling as a bridge. Amy Tan wants to let the reader know that languages influence our lives. Tan discuses in the story the difference between the
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‘Inform your readers of a charity that they should donate to‚ and explain the type of work they do’ The Canal and river trust The Canal and River Trust is a charitable trust that was set up to look after the waterways of England and Wales. Firstly‚ The Canal and River Trust was founded in 1989‚ by William Sheffield‚ a British/Welsh citizen. Moreover there are over 3000 volunteers and 2000 employers who dedicated to keeping people‚ nature and history united. We also support and provide services for
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sometime in their life it would make more sense. For instance when in West Side Story Maria and Tony were taking a very long time saying goodbye‚ approximately five minutes which was a bit drug out; Mr. Dalton said‚ “When you’re in love you’ll understand how hard it is to say goodbye.” In Romeo and Juliet the same scene‚ which was the original balcony scene‚ occurred and they spent about the same time saying goodbye. Also in Princess Bride when Westly and Buttercup were saying goodbye it was the same feeling
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emotional and physical baggage of wartime are brought to light. The most obvious and prominent feature of O’Brien’s writing is a repetition of detail. O’brien also passively analyzes the effects of wartime on the underdeveloped psyche by giving the reader close up insight into common tribulations of war‚ but not in a necessarily expositorial sense.. He takes us into the minds of mere kids as they cope with the unbelievable and under-talked-about effects or rationalizing death‚ discomfort and loneliness
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Criticism VS Reader-Response Criticism What is more accurate‚ new criticism or reader response criticism? The answer is neither‚ seeing as both styles of critic views and analyzes the topic at hand and gives feedback. Though both styles offer feedback‚ they are different forms of feedback entirely. New criticism involves focusing on the material at hand‚ and not what it was meant to be perceived as‚ to judge the topic by every measurable feature possible. Reader response criticism is when a reader or a
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sixteen year-old student on trial for felony murder‚ navigate his way through one of the most challenging‚ nerve-wrecking experiences of his life. The novel focuses on time spent at Steve’s trials as well as moments in jail‚ while it also takes the reader back to moments of his childhood. Written in the point of view of Steve himself‚ the book is written as a journal and not only focuses on the events which are taking place in Steve’s life‚ but the role it is playing on him emotionally. As one studies
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Wanex 5-2 The Benefit of Identifying with Literary Characters Vladimir Nabokov’s article “Good Readers and Good Writers” is an intriguing read that concentrates on his interpretation of what proper reading and great authors entail. He specifically articulates that one should read to comprehend minute details before summarizing the big picture of the text; if they try to create generalizations from the beginning‚ they will not be able to grasp the true meaning of the piece. He then explains that
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especially after the quarantine – when she wasn’t allowed to see her family on Sundays‚ therefore cutting her off from her religion – since she starts to drift away from her family and barely relates with them anymore on her Sundays off. I found it strange how Catholics are described as more free and liberal than Protestants‚ since many people describe Protestants as being much more liberal in ideology than Catholics. However‚ it makes sense that Griet’s Protestant family would describe the Vermeers as practicing
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The readings in the Reader by Judith Van Allen and Janheinz Jahn show what life was like for women and their roles in society. Jahn tells the life of a girl named Ewumi and describes what her duties were like as a woman. From a young age‚ Ewumi experienced what the gender roles were and how she was expected to live as she got older. When she became of age‚ she was able to pick a suitor. This surprised me because I thought that the women did not have a say in who they married. Women were expected
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How effective are the opening chapters of Great Expectations? Discuss the methods Dickens uses to ensure the readers’ continuing interest. Charles Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’ was published in 1860 as monthly stories in magazines and newspapers. Dickens’ wrote novels and stories that were seen as social documents which meant that they portrayed what his society was like at the time. The industrial revolution was a time of mass poverty in Britain. There was homelessness‚ unemployment and massive
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