Tanner Sack Mrs.Willett English I‚ Period 5 3 December 2012 Keeping Your Head in It Doris Lessing’s short story‚ “Through the Tunnel” teaches the reader that if you put your mind to something‚ you can achieve anything. The universal theme is revealed through the dynamic struggle of the protagonist and the vivid imagery of the setting. In the beginning of the story‚ Jerry meets the native boys‚ who show him the tunnel. The native boys see one of the older boys swim
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Research in Human Ecology A Value-Belief-Norm Theory of Support for Social Movements: The Case of Environmentalism Paul C. Stern National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue‚ NW Washington‚ DC 02418 USA Thomas Dietz‚ Troy Abel‚ Gregory A. Guagnano and Linda Kalof1 Department of Sociology & Anthropology George Mason University Fairfax‚ VA 22030 USA Abstract We present a theory of the basis of support for a social movement. Three types of support (citizenship actions‚ policy support and acceptance
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Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing Conflicts can arise in many ways. In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ an eleven year old boy named Jerry is vacationing at the shore in France. Feeling lonely and bored he wanders off to a rocky beach to join a group of French boys‚ older than he‚ who are diving and swimming there. As a foreigner he finds himself ignored by them‚ but discovers they are swimming through a long underwater tunnel and he is determined that he will do the same someday
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Max Lerner once said “The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.” Doris Lessing illustrates this point in her short story‚ “Through the Tunnel.” In the short story‚ Jerry‚ a young‚ English boy‚ finds himself by overcoming the obstacles of adolescence. As the story opens‚ readers learn that Jerry‚ who is on vacation with his mother‚ is eleven years old--a time during which many boys begin to distance themselves from their
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Description I was put in groups for a week to work through a set of tasks. There was a mixture of males and females with a wide range of ages. There were some people that played a part in the group activities and there were some that did not‚ this was what contributed to the breakdown in communication in my group. The first day we got into groups‚ we had to do a learning styles questionnaire. In this questionnaire there were four types of learning styles‚ which where activists‚ reflectors‚ theorists
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Title: A Soldier’s Play Professor: Wallace Bridges I really enjoyed this play as it kept me wondering what will happen next and taught me some life lessons on how people react or make decisions. As I read on this play goes into the man Sergeant Vernon C. Waters personality and who he really was. We learn that Sergeant Waters hates being black and anyone who may exhibit black characteristics or stereotypes for example. For example in Act Two we learn that Sergeant Waters does not really
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Ideas 12 February 2012 Morality Plays: The Necessity of Elaborate Theatre After reading about medieval morality plays for the last couple of weeks–by reading I mean painstakingly combing over the small print of several different books I discovered in the library–I came to a realization. All of these books said the same basic thing just in a large variety of ways. Stage production and theatrics were an important contributing factor to performing the morality plays‚ but one above all others was invested
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Hamlet Essay The act of revenge never fails to accomplish Shakespeare’s goal of keeping the audience in their seats. Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare’s most well written play carries the theme of revenge or redemption throughout the play. Redemption is defined to be as the desire to undo an injury or a wrongdoing. Many characters felt that they needed to redeem themselves however in doing so‚ they ended up facing death. For some characters‚ revenge had sprouted from their urges to redeem themselves
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stages of play Children discover and learn about their world through play. Play develops imagination and creativity‚ and gives children practice in the social skills they need in our world. Children do not play for reward or because someone told them to‚ they play because they like it. Children learn the skills of socializing with one another in social play. By playing with one another children will learn social rules such as waiting‚ taking turns‚ cooperation‚ and sharing. Children go through stages
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on social play. Erik Erikson’s play theory is similar to Vygotsky because Erikson viewed play as a necessary factor for social development. My extra credit paper is over the modern theorists. During the class lecture‚ I learned that Erik Erikson researched how the ego is the child’s personality and is responsible for a unified sense of self. Cognition and play was Piaget’s focus; Vygotsky researched a child’s ZPD development. Bruner researched his idea on problem solving. However‚ play is more way
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