Karen Plemel English 242 D Leisl Sackschewsky 5/18/14 Reading Response #4 A theme is the string that ties to entire story together. It is constant throughout the entire plot and connects the concepts to a bigger idea. However‚ the theme can do more than just that. Themes have the power to make a statement about a greater idea. It allows the story to be applied to some type of real world scenario. In “Mrs. Sen’s” by Jhumpa Lahiri the theme is able to be applied to a larger scenario regarding
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Reading Log – The Kite Runner In the first two chapters of the book‚ “The Kite Runner”‚ the author introduces four persons. Amir is the main – person in the book. He names his father “Baba”. His father is well – to – do and he has much money. Amir´s father has many friends. One of the best friends of “Baba” is Rahim Khan. On the other side of the good family relationships stands Hassan‚ a childhood friend of Amir‚ and his father Ali. Hassan´s father works for Amir´s and he isn´t rich. It´s interesting
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Reading Reflection Barbara Morales ENG125 – Introduction to Literature Professor Sarah Ross December 5‚ 2011 What peaked my interest in this story is the title “The Welcome Table”. In essence it should be titled “The Unwelcome Table” because of its profound examples of racism‚ poverty‚ and unfair judgment and treatment; in short‚ man’s inhumanity to man. This short story is a prime example of hypocrisy‚ intolerance‚ and unchristian like behavior while in God’s house. An old‚ black woman
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Home Reading Report ( Third Grading ) Prepared By: Rissa Mae V. Cerezo III-5 Title: The Last Leaf Theme: Hope‚ Faith and Friendship Characters: Main Characters: Sudie “Sue” – Protagonist Joanna “Johnsy” – Protagonist Mr. Behrman – Protagonist “Mr. Pneumonia” – Antagonist Supporting Characters: The Doctor Setting: In a little district west of Washington Square Plot: Conflict: Sue’s roommate‚ Johnsy‚ was sick in the
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Reading Reflection ENG 125 7/5/2011 Reading Reflection The literary work that we discussed this week was interesting to me in so many ways. The chapters talked about different types of literature such as poems‚ short stories‚ and also novels. Throughout the reading I experience literature in a way I have never understood before. Literature restores the past‚ stimulates the imagination‚ glorifies the commonplace‚ evokes emotions and links feeling to thinking‚ upholds a vision of the
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HO CHI MINH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES (USSH) FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE (EF) AN INVESTIGATION INTO INTENSIVE READING AND EXTENSIVE READING FOR LEARNING VOCABULARY OF THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH FACULTY‚ USSH A research submitted to The Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature By LE THI XUAN VU Supervised by PHAN THI MAI TRANG‚ M.A HO CHI MINH CITY‚ November 2012 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background
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Close Reading Chapter 13 Pg.264 Briefly explain the context of the passage: The narrator is on a walk after an attempt to get out of the house to clear his mind. He bumps a woman on his way out and she calls the narrator an inappropriate name causing the narrator to speed up. Well thinking about places he could go the narrator reaches a vendor who is selling yams instantly reminding him of the south. The interaction with the vendor causes a sense of homesickness within the narrator. Passage
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Reading: Read the following text‚ and write a brief heading for each paragraph. Products and Brands 1………………………………………………………………… Marketing theorists tend to give the word product a very broad meaning‚ using it to refer to anything capable of satisfying a need or want. Thus services‚ activities‚ people (politicians‚ athletes‚ film stars)‚ places (holiday resorts)‚ organizations (hospitals‚ colleges‚ political parties)‚ and ideas‚ as well as physical objects offered for sale by retailers
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Far off in the dim moonlit country‚ over a viaduct and down a valley‚ a train rushed along whistling like a lost metal thing‚ nameless and running. Tom went to bed shivering‚ beside his brother‚ listening to that train whistle‚ and thinking of a cousin who lived way out in the country where that train ran now; a cousin who died of pneumonia late at night years and years ago— He smelled the sweat of Doug beside him. It was magic. Tom stopped trembling. “Only two things I know for sure
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The importance of reading Reading has at all times and in all ages been a source of knowledge‚ of happiness‚ of pleasure and even moral courage. In today’s world with so much more to know and to learn and also the need for a conscious effort to conquer the divisive forces‚ the importance of reading has increased. In the olden days if reading was not cultivated or encouraged‚ there was a substitute for it in the religious sermon and in the oral tradition. The practice of telling stories at bed
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