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    10‚ 2012 How It Feels to Be Colored Me‚ by Zora Hurston In the article How It feels to Be Colored Me‚ Zora Hurston describes her experiences being colored. She lived in a prominently colored town in Florida up until she was thirteen and she lived a great life. Everyone knew her; she was “their” Zora. Then‚ her mother passed away and Hurston was shipped off to boarding school. This‚ she said was the first time she became colored. Now‚ when I first read this article I wondered how she could remember

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    pictures with her words‚ and you can actually feel the sentiments expressed in her works. From poems about her exploration of her own sexuality and the deep blue sea‚ this Sapphic woman created groundbreaking literature that still makes a splash today. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” is one that is especially high in the figurative language charts. Insinuation of an abusive relationship is clear‚ while still never stating it outright. In stanza four‚ lines seven and eight “The massive weight of Uncle’s

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    Hey! Everybody seems to be looking at me. How dare you stare at me! Why? Just because I’m a bad girl? A good for nothing girl‚ a problem child? That’s what you call me. I say bad words. I lie. I cheat. I steal and I can even kill if I have to‚ because I’m a bad girl. But where are my parents? You are my parents. My good elder brother and sister in this society where I live. Look what you have done to me. You pampered and spoiled me; neglected me. You entrusted me to yaya whose intelligence is lower

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    IB English A1 HL Tying the Hang-Man’s Knot ’ A study of the authors’ use of the state of marriages to set up plot devices and analyze characters in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende WL Paper 1 Mr. Grant World Literature 35 Oct 6th‚ 2008 1490 words Paper 1 The marriages Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Marquez and The House of The Spirits by Isabel Allende‚ all share the same basic characteristic of being contracted

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    this is happening or why did this happen to me? How about looking back at past events and wondering how your life would be if that didn’t happen? I do it all the time‚ when I look back and see why and where I am today thanks to everything that happened in the past. This belief is very helpful to me because it helps me look at the bright side of thing and it creates a positive attitude for me. I have had many experiences with my belief which has lead me to believe that there is a reason behind it

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    How it Feels to Be Colored Me” is an inciteful look at the sense of self that Zora Hurston feels. Hurstons experiences can be explained by Allport’s in-group theory. Due to the nature of the times that Hurston lived in‚ people normally kept within their own race group. Most neighborhoods at the time were either predominantly black or white. Hurston seems to not be bothered by this but rather‚ is astonished by the fact that people allow this to happen. She goes on to say “Sometimes‚ I feel discriminated

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    2012 French novelist‚ Albert Camus once said‚ “Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” What are friends? What kind of friends do we have? How are friends different? In Marion Winks article “What Are Friends For?” Winik supports the idea that each friendship we obtain has immeasurable value and many differences. “I was thinking about how everybody can’t be everything to each other‚ but some people can be something

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    Greek Architecture in Boston My first discovery of classical architecture was made the moment I stepped outside my apartment‚ as my building has two Doric columns framing the front door. As I meandered over the hill and across the Common I realized exactly how prevalent classical architecture really is. Elements of classical architecture can be found on almost every building in the old residential neighborhoods and many commercial buildings feature columns and arches as well. I saw all three

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    and revealing book. The essay titled‚ “Notes on Literature and Engagement” by Russell Banks is an interesting one. This essay is about the effects of novels on society and how some literary artists who write protest novels ignore the real purpose of a novel. This essay relates to a novel I read titled‚ Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen which‚ according to this chapter is referred to as a protest novel. Firstly‚ the author of the essay‚ Russell Banks‚ greatly opposes the concept of protest

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    It Was You Neil Virgille I. Saldo I never wanted history in my life. It’s full of chronological records of significant of events‚ events that form the subject‚ and evens that are arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation. And also there would be an argument between histories vs. art. But there is someone who pushes me to history and combines it with art. Someone wanted me to watch his play. I arrived at the theater arena. Crowd was murmuring and waiting for the show

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