societies where being a homosexual is denied. “Kenan uses the genre to reveal the archetypal depictions of racial‚ sexual‚ and gendered others a construction useful in the production of patriarchal dominance” (Wester). Kenan is known for his elaborate use of race and sexuality in his stories. He enjoys to write about his own personal experience because he is a homosexual African American man. In the story The Foundations of the Earth by Randall Kenan‚ he decides to give his readers insight on the
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ISU Journal #2 ENG4U Characterization: Arrow (Chapter 1) * 28 years old‚ female sniper * She only shoots enemy soldiers in the hills “There is a difference between Arrow and the snipers in the hill; she shoots only soldiers. They shoot men‚ women and children.” (Pg. 11) * Arrow shoots the soldiers because; “Arrow pulls the trigger and ends the life of one of the soldiers in her sight‚ she’ll do so not because she wants him dead‚ although she can’t deny that she does but because the
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The different uses of colour by an author in their writing can have an incredible effect on the way that a novel is perceived. In the novel The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway‚ the lack of colour sets the tone appropriate for a book about a city under siege‚ this is punctuated by spots of colour‚ which give light to the depressing mood. In the book‚ Sarajevo is a city that has largely been destroyed. Each of the characters in the book is given hope by a cellist who sits on the street each
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of the ‘’different people’’ on the Balkans and their hard time adapting to a life in a rather conservative and war-shaken society made the message known to the international community. ‘’The worst thing in the Balkans is to be homosexual‚’’ says Kenan Dizdar‚ one of the characters in the film ‘’Go West’’. He adds‚ ‘’They will lower their arms‚ but carry on hating homosexuals’’. (Angoso‚ 2006) Masculinity and power it carries as though is seen an underlying symbol of the strength and resistance of
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Rosie Calogero Ms. Lazzara ENG-1D1-08 May 28th‚ 2012 Self Sacrifice One’s humanity is not measured by what they have but what they are willing to do. If an individual shows that they will be overpowered by an opposing threat‚ they have already lost. In Steven Galloway’s novel The Cellist of Sarajevo‚ the attacking Serbians have surrounded Sarajevo and have taken away the safety of the civilians. In order to protect themselves and their fellow civilians‚ one must be willing to sacrifice
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teaching methodology Inadequate funding 5. How do language attitudes affect the effectiveness of revitalization? Pessimistic: without public support‚ no one speaks and uses; parental involvement to teach children 6. Delineate and evaluate Kenan Malik’s argument against language revitalization. What are his main arguments and their underlying assumptions? How convincing do you find his arguments to be? 1. What are the factors taken into account by linguists when designing language maintenance
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Saving Endangered Languages- Saving Our Diversity Oliver Wendell Holmes said “Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” It implies all the languages in this planet play an important role in formation of diversity and cultural identity. Starting with simple grunts and moans‚ for a thousand years‚ the human species has developed a sophisticated language of gestures combined with spoken language. Today‚ along with many advantages that globalization has
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Multiculturalism in the United States The side in opposition to multiculturalism firmly believes that it weakens America by keeping immigrants from adequately assimilating to the core values of America’s Anglo Protestant identity. This side believes that multiculturalism weakens the “social bond” of the United States by denying that immigrants need to assimilate to the language and values of the country’s dominant culture. The rise of non-English speaking communities is seen as a detrimental factor
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terms. “In a novel‚ names are never neutral” Lodge would argue adding that “they always signify‚ if it is only ordinariness.” (Ibid. 37) Rimmon-Kenan‚ attempting to define what she terms “reinforcement by analogy‚” subcategorizes names into four ways by which they (may) parallel character-traits—Visual‚ Acoustic‚ Articulatory‚ and Morphogical (Rimmon-Kenan‚ 70). And as it appears‚ Flaubert’s meticulous rhetoric takes full advantage of such tonal fluctuation. Namely‚ this variation in tone manifest
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about what will his wife and kids would think if they found out that he is dead. “As the door to the apartment closes behind him he presses his back to it and slides to the ground…He doesn’t want to go”. (26). This quotation tells the reader that Kenan is a coward because is not strong enough to face the outside world. If he wasn’t a coward then he would have just closed the door and left already with the six canisters in his hands‚ but instead he just sits on the outside of his door of his apartment
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