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    Jamaica Trip

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    A Trip to Jamaica! I walked up to the house after I checked the mailbox with some letters and bills in my hands. As I was going through the mail‚ I noticed that I had received a letter from the Jet-Around-The-World Sweepstakes. When I got inside I showed my mom and she watched as I carefully opened the envelope with a letter inside. We would like to inform you that you are our lucky winner for the Grand Prize in the Jet-Around-The-World Sweepstakes. You and a plus one have the use of an airplane

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    Jamaica Kincaid's Girl

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    The story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid allows readers to view the commanding and strict relationship in which parents and their children had in the past. With the way Kincaid constructed "Girl‚" the audience can catch a glimpse of the demanding theme that she intended her story to be. This theme is represented through the relationship between the mother and the daughter‚ which is full of control and intimidation. Kincaid’s story "Girl" shows readers the difference between relationships of families in

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    Cook Kincaid Summary

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    socially constructed. In Kincaid’s Girl‚ it shows the weight of tradition being a heavy component in the construction of gender identity. "Cook pumpkin fritter in very hot sweet oil‚" "Soak salt fish overnight before you cook it‚ " (Kincaid) and so on‚ are all traditions relating to a Caribbean upbringing. The tone of her narrative emphasizes the imperativeness of cooking being that of part of a woman’s expectations. I am not sure how gender plays into one’s character traits and abilities

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    that my mother is from Martinique‚ a French colony: Jamaica is an English colony. We don’t get many visitors at Coulibri Estate‚ our home‚ since my father passed away. When I asked my mother why‚ she simply blamed it on the so called “terrible road” from Spanish Town. What she doesn’t know‚ however‚ is that I’m aware of the real reason: Her. My mother’s only friend is Mr. Luttrell‚ our neighbor. THey chat about the recent emancipation of Jamaica quite frequently and the fear of an ex-slave uprising

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    on a map‚ seemed like a jewel to Jamaica Kincaid. By using rhetorical strategies and figurative language throughout her essay‚ she explains why and how she is overcome by England’s greatness. With Kincaid’s choice of details‚ figurative language‚ and creation of tone‚ she conveys an attitude of awe toward England. Kincaid uses repetition in many instances throughout her essay. In particular‚ lines 38-73 demonstrate a perfect example of the rhetorical strategy. She sets up the idea of her eating

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    because of the English colonist‚ not the 20th century tourist; while Byerman’s article “Anger in A Small Place: Jamaica Kincaid’s Cultural Critique of Antigua” states the blame for the change is due to both the tourists and English colonists.

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    Analysis of Rhetorical Strategies in “The Company Man” In “The Company Man” by Ellen Goodman‚ throughout the passage Goodman illustrates her feelings of distaste and anger toward Phil‚ as he in her mind represents Corporate America: routine‚ indifferent‚ almost robotic. Goodman uses numerous rhetorical strategies to convey her attitude toward Phil‚ including tone‚ repetition‚ the use of statistics‚ sarcasm‚ anecdotes‚ differing syntax‚ and irony. From the beginning‚ Goodman creates

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    Jamaica Kincaid's Girl

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    In the story‚ “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ the idea and tone come from a mother‚ who raises her child on her own past experiences and control of being a woman in her time and tradition‚ she is a guide to her own daughter in this changed world‚ to discipline her daughters new ways and views on society and their culture on how it used to be. The author shows in the story how she thinks the women should dress‚ behave and the jobs they should do. When it comes to the tradition times like when her mother

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    still battles with the issues brought on by the Civil War. The American Civil War tore the nation in two‚ leaving behind a detached set of people who needed a leader in order to regain their nation’s unified greatness. In this speech‚ he uses rhetorical strategies to reassure the audience‚ the entirety of the United States of America‚ that he is that great leader who will work to the best of his ability to unite the North and South once again. He does this by trying to establish credibility with the

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    In the novel‚ “The Grapes of Wrath‚” John Steinbeck shows a variety of rhetorical strategies and devices in the first fourteen chapters‚ such as‚ symbolism‚ diction and personification to help the reader be more intrigued. Through out the entire novel symbolism allowed Steinbeck to continue to tell the narrative of Tom Joad on the surface‚ while underlying‚ more depth social ideas about the time period. In chapter four‚ when Tom Joad was walking toward his childhood home to look for his family

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