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    Clarke‚ Arthur C. The nine billion names of God. 1953. Henning‚ Martha L. Friendly Persuasion: Classical Rhetoric. August 1998. Print Oates‚ Joyce Carol. “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” The Ontario. Review‚ Inc.‚ pp. 1-6. 1991. SilkoLeslie Marmon. The man to send rainclouds. Stockwood‚ David‚ and David E. Spiro. Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos: The Best of the Advocates ’ Society Journal 1982-2004. Toronto‚ ON: Irwin Law‚ 2005. Print. Stanton‚ Cady Elizabeth. Declaration of

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    From the west.” In her short story “The Man to Send Rainclouds” Leslie Silko writes about the burial of a dead native elder‚ stating that “he sat down to rest in the shade and never got up again” (Silko 1). Silko uses obscurity and symbolism to display her attitude towards culture. She was very open to different religions and ways of life because she was of a mixed descent. Obscurity is a recurring motif in the story. Silko uses it to show how blurred the lines of culture can really become

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    “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” Leslie Mormon Silko wrote “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” in 1969. The story details the death of an old Indian named Teofilo. During one point of the story Leon prepares Teofilo’s body for burial. Leon proceeds to paint Teofilo’s face yellow. In the Native American Culture the color yellow stands for mourning or death. Teofilo may be dead‚ but Silko presents him as a transitional character going through the three stage process. Silko uses the three stage process to

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    been added to the basic cultural belief. In Leslie Silko’s short story‚ "The Man to send Rain Clouds"‚ this predicament arises. Although a constant influence of Catholic beliefs are apparent in the Pueblo people’s society‚ Leon and his family still display their Native American identity through their actions present throughout the story. Silko explains that her people "were well informed about [culture]‚" and that "old traditions were dying out" (Silko‚ "Language" 772). The local Catholic Church’s

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    Anastasia English II 3-16-15 Lullaby I’m doing this literature paper on the story Lullaby by Leslie Marmon. In the first paragraph I will talk about Ayah’s children. Secondly‚ I will talk about how Ayah lost her kids. Thirdly‚ I will talk about Ayah the character and then I will talk about Chato. My thesis is to tell you how sad this story is. First‚ Ayah has a sad memory of the time her two young children‚ Danny and Ella‚ were taken away from her. White doctors came to her house‚ they were trying

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    another ‘white’ man. In contrast to Morrison’s Song of Solomon‚ Silko’s The Ceremony‚ Tayo’s people have been forced to evolve due to the invasion of ‘whites’ on their ancestral lands and infiltration into their culture. Consequently‚ Morrison and Silko reveal through their protagonist that change occurs most conveniently when it has been beneficial to the ‘whites’.

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    Modernism Although generally called a movement‚ it is more valid to see modernism as an international body of literature characterized by a new self-consciousness about modernity and by radical formal experimentation. Several literary movements and styles‚ notably Imagism and Vorticism‚ were fostered within modernism‚ which flourished from around 1890 until 1940. There was also a period of so-called "high modernism‚" 1920-5. Generally‚ modernists were driven by the belief that the assurances

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    The Man to Send Rain Clouds Readers Reaction This was quite an interesting story. There were three sections to the story which broke the story in three different times in one day. The characters were all very nonchalant except for the priest who showed some emotion when he found out that old Teofilo died. The story kept our interest‚ however‚ it did not lead a very clear trail to the end‚ and there was no real climax where we felt there was a good peak. The story needs to be read more than once to

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    American Literature Summer Reading List Summer 2014 Belmont High School English Department The following list was complied from the recommendations of the Belmont High School English department and contains some of the best-known works of American literature. Each book addresses the American Dream and/or American identities. All entering 11th graders must read at least one book from the list below over the summer. Students entering English 11 Honors must read at least one contemporary AND one classic

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    John. "Louise Erdrich." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation‚ 2010. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. McNally‚ Amy‚ and Piyali Dalal. "Louise Erdrich." : Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota. College of Liberal Arts‚ 27 May 1996. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. Silko‚ Lislie M. "Louise Erdrich." : Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota. University of Minnesota‚ 2009. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. Wong‚ Hertha‚ ed. Louise Erdrich ’s "Love Medicine": A Casebook. N.p.: Oxford UP‚ 1999. Print.

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