For centuries‚ people have been trying to fit everything in our world into categories. By creating a hierarchy with these categories‚ people can put their favorite things into higher categories to prove that they are better than other work in that field. Literature‚ with a definition that is different for everyone‚ is normally kept in the category of well-done written work. This means that your grocery list or books that fall short of the standard of greatness necessary are not considered to be in
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Bilal Ahmed explains in his article of “Third Culture Kids” how he feels as a “third culture kid” relating his life experience. He explains his way of thinking in the identity recognition of the TCK’s‚ and on the benefits‚ He also explains that TCK are adaptable and develop non-conformist ideas because they have seen many cultures since they were young. there are much more complicated and different points of view around the subject. Third culture kids can be defined as people who at an early age
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Literature has been defined in our society since the beginning of time. It provides us with knowledge beyond our years and entertainment for all ages. American Literature lets us put into perspective the history behind many eras through poems‚ short stories‚ and novels. These works of literature acknowledges all the good and the bad that era represents. The Great Depression‚ for example‚ opened with a stock market crash on October 29‚ 1929‚ which troubled the U.S. economy. It was so impactful in
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Throughout many literary works‚ cultures have collided in a manner which overshadows the other. A great example of cultures colliding is Born a Crime by Trevor Noah‚ his memoir visits what it was like growing up as a mixed‚ half white and half black; child during Apartheid in South Africa. The works of photography done by Alice Mann also shows how cultures collide in South Africa through pictures which depict the difference in luxury between people in South Africa. Born a Crime and the photography
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2 Why does Ong claim that orality is ’dynamic’ in a way that is opposed to the static nature of literacy? Orality is ‘dynamic’ in a way that all sound and especially oral utterance come from inside living organisms. Deeply typographic folk forget to think of words as primarily oral‚ as events‚ and hence as necessarily powered: for them‚ words tend rather to be assimilated to things‚ ‘out there’ on a flat surface. Such things are not so readily associated with majic‚ for they are not actions‚ but
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Society’s ability to remain culturally distinct lies in the expectations placed on those who make up society. Each value society upholds shapes their society and differentiates them from ‘barbarians’ and ‘foreigners’. These values are self- designated and give society a sense of identity and community. Henceforth members of society begin to view outsiders as bizarre as they do not meet the criteria of their civilization. In St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries a sharp division is established between
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For millions of people around the world sport appears to provide an escape from the toil of everyday life. In fact‚ sport has become so globalized and commercialized that it is often exempt from critique or thoughtful reflection. Therefore‚ I will analyze contemporary sport through the lenses of two contradictory yet profound theoretical approaches: Marxism and Interactionism. Marxism is a philosophy that critiques class struggles under a capitalistic society. At the heart of this theory rests the
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What does it really mean to be a dancer? Anna Pavlova‚ Misty Copeland and Mikhail Fokin are just prominent examples of real dancers. For decades the only way to become a professional dancer was to be a ballerina and stand in a corps de ballet. Also taking the alternate route to do the impossible and be a principal dancer‚ which is better known as a prima ballerina. However in today’s society more jobs have been recently presented for dancers such as being a commercial dancer. The dance world is opening
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In the article “The Power Ballad and the Power of Sentimentality‚” Metzer discusses how the power ballad‚ sentimentality‚ and uplift are connected. A ballad‚ as stated in the article‚ is a type of song that narrates a story in short stanzas but also has musical characteristics within it. What separates a ballad from a power ballad is emotional intensity. Ballads conjure up emotions in people‚ but power ballads conjure up more profound emotions. Metzer’s article clarifies the differences between ballads
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2019 will mark the 70th anniversary of Jack Schaefer’s canonical American Western novel Shane. Several years before his death in 1991‚ Schaefer commented that “all responsible writers of fiction‚ whatever form their work tales‚ are reformers at heart‚” who are “dissatisfied with the world as it is and write about it as they believe it should be.” Jerry Xie‚ an English and Critical Theory professor at Lanzhou Jiaotong University in northwestern China‚ believes that the need to examine how and why
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