Arnold Spirit “Junior” is the protagonist of our story. Funny‚ smart‚ emotional‚ poor‚ brave‚ persevering‚ all of these are traits that describe Junior. Born at the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington‚ Junior was expected to die during the surgery‚ but miraculously lived. However his brain suffered major brain damage during the surgery‚ which gave him 10 more teeth than usual‚ and seizures. His head was much larger than the usual‚ and his feet were that of a clown; and as you may
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//------------------------------// // Cheerilee’s Garden// Story: Cheerilee’s Garden// by Benjamin Evans//------------------------------// Some words in advance It all began as a joke in a chatroom. Someone said “We should totally write this!” and so I did. I realise that’s not much of an excuse for letting this loose on the world‚ but perhaps it’ll make you judge me a bit more kindly when you get to the end of the story‚ look back and wonder who would ever think of something like this. At least
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Arnold Schoenberg was born September 13‚1874 in Vienna. He used the spelling Schonberg until he moved to the United States in 1934. He began violin lessons when he was eight and almost immediately started composing. He had no formal training until he was in his late teens‚ when Zemlinsky became his teacher and friend. Arnold later befriended and married Zemlinsky’s sister in 1910. This Austrian and later American composer fell into the expressionist movement in German poetry and art. He was known
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Thomas C. Foster‚ the author elucidates that several interpretations can be drawn regarding the meaning of a story. For example‚ in chapter 27 entitled “The Test Case”‚ Foster explores this very claim by providing the interpretations linked to “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield. In his novel he states that these interpretations range from the disparities between social classes‚ to a representation of hell and the journey Persephone‚ the captive of Hades‚ goes on. Foster’s novel presents the
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The Garden Party is written by Katherine Mansfield‚ a New Zealand prominent modernist writer of short fiction. Set in colonial New Zealand‚ "The Garden Party" falls into two clearly differentiated parts. For the major characters‚ Laura Sheridan‚ Mrs. Sheridan‚ Meg Sheridan‚ Jose Sheridan and Laurie Sheridan are considered by because they appeared in the story quite often. And for the minor characters‚ they are mostly the workers and helpers in the party‚ except for Mr. Sheridan and Mr
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I’m not the Indian you had in mind; a video that was written and directed by Thomas King challenges the stereotypical image that America has towards Native Americans. King is also the author of a short novel “A seat in the Garden”. This short story also challenges the established perspective that American society has towards the Native Americans. There are various stereotypes and perspectives that a majority of the public has toward a particular group. For example some of the common stereo types
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“The Secret Garden” written by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a fantastic children’s Literature book. There are several critics on what is the real metaphoric meaning behind the novel. There are several themes that exists amongst which is the theme of “Utopia”‚ which can be defined as a perfect society‚ a place of perfection and happiness‚ and the opposite to that happiness‚ “Dystopia”. As a reader who has read the book I couldn’t agree less on the ideal idea of the secret garden in the novel that is
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My claim asserts that Arnold has experienced overwhelming positive changes. Junior’s journey had lots of ups and downs that made him realize a lot of things about life because of the conflicts he faced. Junior has become more mature throughout the story. At first‚ Junior feared white people and disliked them because of the way they treat the Indians differently. For an example‚ on page 2 says “ I had to have all ten extra teeth pulled out in one day..our white dentist think that Indians only felt
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Are zoological gardens the best way of preventing the extinction of endangered species? In order for one to understand the positives and negatives of zoological gardens and their potential to prevent the extinction of endangered animals‚ they must firstly understand the key terms‚ ‘zoological gardens’ and ‘preventing the extinction of endangered species‚’ so that they are able to construct a coherent and structured response‚ which builds upon arguments that are placed forward by academic sources
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Two Gardens‚ Two Choices There is a definitive difference between the two garden scenes in the bible; The Garden of Eden and The Garden of Gethsemane. In the Garden of Eden‚ Adam’s choice to commit sin had the potential of bringing trouble to all. Of course‚ Adam never would have eaten the fruit had he known the consequences to himself and to his race. However‚ at this point‚ he did not know what the results of his actions would be. All he had was God’s Word and its warning. That’s all we have
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