The short story “Girl‚” by Jamaica Kincaid seems to be a list of instructions given from a Mother to her daughter. These instructions are relevant to topics such as household chores‚ manners‚ cooking‚ social conduct‚ and relationships. Although they seem demanding to the reader‚ these instructions are a parents attempt to help a girl to grow up properly‚ out of care for the daughter. Throughout the story‚ the mother repeatedly accuses the daughter of being determined to become a “slut.” This suspicion
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“Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” by anthropologist Richard Lee demonstrates many more concepts in sociology. In the article Lee is doing fieldwork in the Kalahari desert observing the hunting and gathering practices among the !Kung (Ju/’hoansi). Lee experiences many times of cultural misunderstandings related to naïve realism‚ cultural shock‚ and also not fully understanding what is culturally and ethically appropriate. He learns a very valuable lesson when‚ in his eyes‚ has a perfect idea for
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A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ took place in London‚ England during Christmas time in the year of 1843. Dickens wrote his novels during the Victorian times. Britain was a harsh place at this time with the upper and lower classes being clearly separated. Dickens himself grew up as part of the lower classes‚ and so he knew what it was like. It was very hard for the poor to survive‚ many of them having no alternative but to go into the workhouses. This seemed to be the worst place to
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL SAC A Christmas Carol shows us that the key to redemption is being able to connect with family and community. Discuss. Charles Dickens’ novella‚ A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 exemplifying to the reader that the vital element to redemption is having the ability to bond with family‚ friends and the community. This classic fable establishes an range of moral lessons that each individual should encompass. Dickens demonstrates this through mainly the protagonist character
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ENGL 1301 – Section 4 Narrative essay June 13‚ 2012 The Making of Christmas Dinner “Caitlyn‚ get downstairs now!” frantically screamed my mother. The sound of her nervous voice made me spring from the bed and quickly scramble down the stairs to the kitchen. As I slid around the corner and headed toward the kitchen‚ I encountered a large‚ foggy cloud of strong smoke. “Mom‚ what’s going on?” I screeched. She was grabbing the bright red
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The Christmas Spirit Characters- Julia Dowling The Visitor ’’Jack’’ Beth Dowling Aunt Rosemary Uncle Bernie Paul Dowling Melissa Rosen Father John Brennan Matthew Harris Auther- Fredrick Stroppel Plot- In the Play ’’The Christmas Spirit’’‚ written by Frederick Stroppel the story starts with the main character Julia in her favorite chair listening to classical music which makes her become very sleepy. Fast asleep the music quickly becomes louder‚ and
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Huong Ly Nguyen It was a cold December day in Vietnam. Since Christmas was only two days away‚ the house was tastefully decorated. In the living room‚ a tall Christmas tree is adorned with the shiny balls‚ and the fabulous star on the top‚ nearly touching the ceiling. Warm light wandered across the walls‚ made the house shined as a thousand stars. My mother and me - Linda had just finished a pleasant dinner together. My father‚ David was not at home yet. As a responsible police man‚ he only comes
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Throughout the short story “Girl‚” Jamaica Kincaid tells a story about a mother giving her daughter advice about growing up through a series of semicolons and run on sentences within a single paragraph. This technique Kincaid uses through the course of her short story is quite an unusual approach to the reader at first. Usually‚ short stories consist of completely structured sentences and multiple paragraphs. Although Kincaid’s structure in “Girl” is constructed in an untraditional manner‚ it plays
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The comparison and contrast of the two poems ‘’Girl’’by Jamaica Kincaid and ‘’If’’ by Rudyard Kipling. The poems is talking about parents who are giving advice to their kids. The topic and the theme are the same in my opinion‚ but the genders of the two kids are different. The topic is the same for both poems. I believe that the topic is parents giving advice to their kids. In the poem ‘’Girl’’ it talks about a mom giving advice to her daughter about life and how to do stuff by herself. In the
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It was chilly Christmas Eve and the snow appeared to be absent that day. My lapdog Cesar and I were scooping out the raggedy trailer park for the ruthless Mexicans that were out to get us. They were armed with full autonomic air soft guns‚ four thousands bb’s. While we were armed with an autonomic air soft gun and pistol. As I was telling Cesar how incompetent he is‚ we were ambushed and forced to retreat into my fathers shed. Thanks to my lapdog Cesar for not looking out when I was giving my
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