In the classic E.L. Doctorow novel‚ Ragtime‚ we see the juxtaposition of many motifs to represent Doctorow’s view of the early century. By combining history and fiction Doctorow allows himself to write a semi-accurate interpretation of the early 1900’s while also being able to strongly express his own biases and opinions of the era. The biggest‚ and perhaps most important theme Doctorow applies in the novel is social tension‚ or the battle of the rich versus the poor. Other important themes include
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Born in East L.A. We watched Born in East L.A. for our in class movie. I enjoyed it a lot. I’ve never seen this movie‚ which is surprising because I’ve seen most movies with Cheech in it. Although the movie was humorous‚ there were a lot of political issues embedded within and some of the issues are even present today‚ even though the movie was made in 1987. I thought the situation when Rudy gets deported is kind of shocking actually. I know it’s meant to be funny‚ but things like this happen
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Red Butterfly by A.L. Sonnichsen‚ told in a lyrical‚ moving verse‚ spins the tale of a young orphaned girl with a deformed hand living in China. Kara was abandoned as an infant and taken in by and elderly American woman illegally taking up residence in the city of Tianjin. For eleven years‚ she lives with the woman‚ her ‘mother‚’ who hides her face in public to avoid imprisonment. willing to be released from insolation. All of a sudden‚ Kara finds the authorities sending her to an orphanage after
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The name of my book is Curtains by R.L. Stine. This book is about a girl named Rena. She is into plays like Broadway. So in the beginning she is in a play and does good acting in her play. In the play she acts like she has to kill her friend chip. Chip jokes with her about it and a person named Bax comes up to them. Bax is the director of the plays. Bax informs Rena that she will be taking the star role. Rena was excited
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by expressing how he feels when he’s is around the person he loves‚ he is always going to be by their side and be like a best friend. The author expresses his emotion into words describing his feelings. Poem #2 is called This Is All I Know by David L. Yearwood‚ the theme of this poem is what love makes you feel. The poet demonstrates his love by telling the reader what he feels from the inside when he sees the person he loves and how she makes
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A REPORT ON INTERNSHIP TRAINING SAGAR LOGISTICS LIMITED Submitted in the partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree of MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS By SIDHARTH THOMAS REG NO: 11MIB111 2011-2013 SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Dr.G.R.DAMODARAN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (Autonomous) Affiliated to Bharathiar University and Re accredited with ‘A’ grade by NAAC‚ An ISO 9001:2000 Certified Institution Civil Aerodrome Post‚ Avinashi
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James Pitman Level 4 PTLLS Unit 009 Oct/Nov 2012 Analyse learning and teaching strategies used in own specialism Strategy | Strengths | Weaknesses | Group discussion | A good way of exploring a topic in depthUseful to assess a learners knowledge and understanding of the topicAll learners can be encouraged to be involvedDiverse characteristics and backgrounds of learners will ensure a well rounded view | Some learners may not feel confident contributing – good ice-breaker required Other
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The story begins a few days before Christmas in Los Angeles‚ Jean and her L.A. District Attorney husband Rick are carjacked by a couple of African American guys. Soon after in another part of L.A.‚ a racist cop Ryan and his partner Hanson pull over an African American TV director Cameron and his wife Christine‚ for no cause. Officer Ryan sexually molested attractive Christine in front of her helpless husband. Officer Ryan has an explanation like "searching” for hidden weapons inside a woman’s cloth"
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Why is Zero running away from camp and Stanley’s chase after him the key moment in ‘Holes’? * This scene shows a development in Stanley and Zero’s relationship. Stanley now understands Zero and why he doesn’t answer the Warden’s questions. “Zero just didn’t like answering questions.” * Stanley now trusts Zero – “he’d learned not to doubt him when it came to math.” * Zero finally stands up to Mr. Pendanski‚ before running away through either fear‚ frustration or both. Mr. Pendanski had
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The Nostalgia of East Germans in Good bye Lenin Main points: 1) Why were the East Germans so nostalgic about joining with W. Germnany : -They lose not only their national identitity but a definition of who a they are as individuals. They were socialist who unlike the W. Germas were not materialistic. They thouh about the welfare of their community even more than theirs. ( An example can be seen when Christiane Kenner help) people to write letters ‚ teaches children and through the various awards
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