11-22-10 Global Literature Quiz As we read “Half the Sky” we were able to get a taste of how difficult the lives were for the women that were a part of these terrible doings to women. Coming from a family in which the majority is women‚ I cannot bare to see any women put in the situations that these women were put in; the daunting thing about the whole situation is that these heinous acts still exist today. As for the question‚ why is the desperate state of women in impoverished cultures also
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the lesson of a story and is the central meaning. In two short texts‚ “Half and Half” by Lensey Namoika and “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan‚ they share a similar theme about their character. However‚ the two writers use various techniques to reveal the theme. In the stories‚ the theme “Be proud of who he/she is” is revealed by the author in different ways. In the first short story Half and Half‚ the author Lensey Namoika‚ reveals the theme through internal conflicts. Fiona who is the main protagonist wants
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How the Other Half Lives In How the Other Half Lives‚ Riis startles readers with the following statement “Long ago it was said that ‘one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.’ That was true then. It did not know because it did not care. The half that was on top cared little for the struggles‚ and less for the fate of those who were underneath‚ so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat”(Riis‚ 5). This book definitely changes history in a material way
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Half of a Yellow Sun is Ngozi Adichie’s second novel set before and during the Biafran war in Nigeria. Eight years before Adichie was born‚ her two grandfathers died in Biafra as refugees after fleeing hometowns that had fallen to federal troops during the war. Adichie grew up hearing stories of the war. She composed this novel because she wanted to write about love and war. Moreover the author wanted to engage with her history in order to make sense of her present and bring honor to her parents
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This particular class session started with Nicholas Kristoff’s Half the Sky documentary on FGM. It is difficult not to get too emotional in this course because the film showed how Ms. Edna Adan‚ an FGM victim herself‚ stood up against it and later on established an organization that works towards its elimination. Ms. Adan is a truly inspiring person. She worked at the United Nations (one of which was being the WHO representative of Djibouti) and used all her lifelong earnings and retirement benefits
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Dinah Craik’s The Half-Caste appears to focus mainly on the role women play in Victorian society; however‚ beneath the surface‚ the novella is really about colonialism and the indifferent attitude this society had of it at the time. Through Zillah’s physical transformation‚ the importance of female beauty can be observed. When we are first introduced to Zillah‚ she is described as having a “dull‚ heavy face [with] the stupidity of an ultra-stupid child” (13)‚ and is called an “ugly little devil”
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The author‚ Amy Tan is a second generation Chinese immigrant. Her parents are both Chinese immigrants. Her father and one of her brothers passed away during her early teens. At that period‚ she found out that her mother had been married before in China. She left her divorced ex-husband and three daughters in China. In 1987‚ after her mother recovered from a serious illness‚ they took a trip to China where Tan reunited with her half-sisters. The trip offered Tan a new perspective on her mother and
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The Half-Life of a Radioisotope: 10-22-14 Abstract: The half-life of a radioisotope is the time required for half the atoms in a given sample to undergo radioactive‚ or nuclear decay. The amount of radioactive isotope remaining can be calculated using the equation‚ t1/2 = .693/K. A sample data set was provided due to safety concerns. Using the data set‚ a half-life of 14.27days -1 was calculated using graphical linear regression analysis. Introduction: The purpose of this experiment is to
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books. In his society‚ it is illegal to own and read a book‚ ask questions and drive slow on the highway. Montag is dealing with a conflict within himself and his destructive society. He needs to decide whether or not he should remain a conformist to his societies ways‚ thus continuing his lifestyle of unhappiness or he can go against his society. The choice Montag made was to break the “conformist routine” and become the individual he wants to be‚ even if it means going against his wife and occupation
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This article by Jacob A. Riis‚ has many defying parts that one might not notice at first glance. He really put things into prospective by going into great detail on what he was trying to address. With all the intriguing details that he put into writing it seems as though he was trying to get the attention of any health leaders such as the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and/or the WHO (World Health Organization) to help improve tenements of the deplorable living conditions in
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