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    Author Begin the entry with the author’s last name‚ followed by a comma and the rest of the name‚ as presented in the work. End this element with a period. Said‚ Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. Knopf‚ 1994. Title of source The title of the source should follow the author’s name. Depending upon the type of source‚ it should be listed in italics or quotation marks. A book should be in italics: Henley‚ Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray‚ 1999. A website should be in italics: Lundman

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    Jamaica Kincaid once said “I think life is difficult and that’s that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in the pursuit of positivity. I am interested in pursuing a truth‚ and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite.” People are often living their lives in the big cities seeking for truth and happiness‚ but as Kincaid said‚ you cannot have both. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ a young man named Chris McCandless

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    Audience Purpose and Tone Three possible entry points into assessing an essay—and important considerations for writers as well—are the identification of the essay’s audience‚ purpose and tone. “Audience” refers to the readership the writer is writing for—as best we can tell from reading it ourselves. An essay’s intended audience could be the entire world‚ or the entire English-reading population‚ or everyone in the United States‚ or readers of the Washington Post newspaper. It could be

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    Essay Assignment 2 Professor Susan Lago Introduction: For this unit‚ we read and discussed works that explored issues of race‚ gender‚ and class. We asked the question: “Can literature pose an argument?” and examined the texts by applying a variety of critical lenses‚ such as Historical‚ Gender Focus‚ and Psychological. Assignment: Option 1: Choose one of the works we read and apply two different critical approaches. You must show how your understanding of the work’s theme changed

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    Writing in English. Ed. Victor J. Ramraj. Peterborough: Broadview‚ 1995. 115-120 Dumont‚ Marilyn. “Squaw Poems.” An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English. Eds. Daniel David Moses and Terry Goldie. Don Mills: Oxford UP‚ 2005. 421-22. KincaidJamaica. “ On Seeing England for the First Time.” Concert of Voices: An Anthology of World Writing in English. Ed. Victor J. Ramraj. Peterborough: Broadview‚ 1995. 209-213 Thrasher‚ Anthony Apakark. “ Playing With Girls is a Sin” An Anthology of Canadian

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    Girl At Banquo's Wedding

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    In Banquo’s wedding‚ the guest that would not be able to attend would be Annabelle‚ the daughter from “Girl‚” by Jamaica Kincaid. In the original story‚ the story of a young girl with a domineering mother that controls every aspect of her life is exhibited. The oppressive trait depicted by her mother is the focus of the story through demeaning remarks such as "try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming." These comments silence the girl and demonize her leaving her with

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    characters. However‚ throughout the story‚ we are able to hint out for ourselves‚ for 

example‚ I puzzled it out by the details supplied in reference to “benna” and “dasteem”. Also 

noticed by things like the food‚ and having to do the laundry by hand. Kincaid uses the technique of 

allowing the reader to use their

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    Throughout the novel Annie John‚ by Jamaica Kincaid the main protagonist constantly engages in volatile loyalties. Beginning in Antigua‚ Annie John grows up in this city‚ building a strong and powerful relationship based on trust with her mother during her childhood years. As time passes‚ Annie begins to feel the tensions between her mother and herself‚ noticing that the maternal love she used to receiving was slowly fading away. As Annie starts school‚ she turns to the creation of strong‚ yet interchangeable

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    Modern Day Discrimination Gender inequality is the most important issue society faces today. This is the unfair difference in the way people are treated based on their gender. There are many places where this injustice occurs. The most detrimental is where people spend a large portion of their time‚ which is the workplace. The workplace must not be viewed as only a traditional job‚ but also things such as being a wife or a mother. Society must improve gender equality in the workplace in order for

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    Annie John‚ Written by Jamaica Kincaid is a coming of age novel focusing on the interaction and relationships between an adolescent‚ her mother and reality. In the book Annie John‚ the main character Annie‚ goes through many experiences as she matures. We first learn about Annie when she is only 10 years old. Annie lives with her mother and father in a Caribbean Island called Antigua. The family spends their summer close by to a cemetery which later fascinates Annie. She is later intrigued by the

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