“The first thing you have to learn‚” the old women told me‚ “is how to be quiet. (pg. 23).” This is what Maxine Hong Kingston is told as a young girl. Throughout the book young Maxine is told stories where the absence of voice is a factor. Whether it’s affecting her family or her (Maxine) personally‚ the theme of having or not having a voice is an impact in her life. The story starts “You must not tell anyone. (pg. 3).” Her mother is telling her the story of her “forgotten‚ disregarded aunt.” Her
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Dirty Little Secret: Jodi Arias Travis Alexander lived in Mesa‚ Arizona and was known as a smart‚ successful individual whom always cared and did for others. Travis was really dedicated to the Mormon Church his grandmother introduced him too as a young child. Prepaid Legal services in which the company Travis worked for had a service conference in Las Vegas in where he met this girl by the name of Jodi Ann Arias. It was known that Arias became part of the Mormon faith religion and was soon enough
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Karim‚ saad THE TONGUE THE TONGUE is one of the important parts of your body THE TONGUE is a muscle; the tongue is really made up of many groups of muscles. (They’re the strongest muscles in your body) These muscles run in different directions. The most flexible part in the tongue is the front part and working a lot‚ working with the teeth to create different types of words. This part also helps you eat by helping to move food around your mouth while you chew. Your tongue pushes the food
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1. Who is the high-profile person you selected for the ’Google Gotcha!’ Activity? Jodi Arias‚ most famously known for her televised court trial in the murder of Travis Alexander. I chose this person because at the time of her court trial‚ I was watching the livestream as well as the youtube clips of her and found many interesting details surrounding her case. Things like the way she acted during her court case‚ buzz about her psychological state‚ and also the amount of popularity this court trial
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Background of the crime: Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander had an on-again and off-again relationship with each other from February 2007 to June 2007‚ but they had known each other since 2006 and only had a sexual relationship. Travis and Jodi had broken up and remained “close” friends with each other; he informed Jodi that he was taking another woman on vacation with him. Her anger got the best of her on June 4‚ 2008 when she arrived at his house in Mesa‚ Arizona to surprise him and they agreed
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living as multicultural people in a world that tends to shame diversity. These stories are extremely important to Cofer and Stone; questioning them would violate all they believe in. However‚ there is another side to this subject. Maxine Hong Kingston reveals to the reader a different side to family stories. A side that is not of love and acceptance‚ but more of hate‚ betrayal‚ and rejection. In some cultures family circles cannot always be of love and protection. In her case she reveals to
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"Aria" Questions on Rhetoric and Style Answer the following questions as they pertain to Rodriguez’s “Aria”. This is a lengthy piece – I expect your responses to match the significance of the text. 1. How do the first four paragraphs appeal to ethos? 2. Rodriguez’s essay is both memoir and argument. What is the author’s argument? 3. Much of Rodriguez’s essay is spent comparing the Spanish his parents spoke at home to the English they spoke outside it‚ “the language of their Mexican
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As a son of Mexican American immigrants‚ Richard Rodriguez recounts the story of his childhood and his struggle to assimilate into American culture. In Aria: A memoir of a Bilingual Childhood‚ Rodriguez always felt like an outcast whenever he set foot outside of his house. As a young child‚ he exclusively spoke Spanish to members of his household and tried his best to learn and speak English in the real world. He “regarded Spanish as a private language. It was a ghetto language that deepened and
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When Rodriguez says "you can’t use family language in the classroom" (London) he seems to be explaining that it is the family’s role to teach the offspring about their culture. On the other hand it is the dominant cultures institution‚ school in this case‚ which has to teach about its culture. He seems to think nobody agrees on how assimilation works and so there are assumptions about cultures from other cultures and this causes confusion. When Rodriguez says “they may be fighting in gangs right
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In Richard Rodriguez’s "Aria: A Memoir of Bilingual Childhood" he discusses his views on bilingual education by sharing his own childhood experience. Simply put‚ the story is about how out of place Richard Rodriguez felt in school‚ not knowing the language of his peers. To make this transition easier on children some believe teaching in the native language of the child is the solution. Richard Rodriguez strongly disagrees with this method of education; he has seen first hand how much easier it is
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