EIGHTY-ONE YEARS after it first appeared on the eve of World War I and with over ten million copies sold‚ Louis Hémon Maria Chapdelaine is among the all-time French-language best-sellers. 1 A grim tale of life and death in the rugged Lake Saint John country‚ the novel initially met with a mixed recep- tion in Quebec and‚ over the years‚ has given rise to much controversy. 2 it can- not be gainsaid‚ however‚ that Hémon‚ a Frenchman who worked for a year as a farm hand at Péribonka shortly
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the musical shows the rivalry between two teenage street gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. The Jets are a white working class group while the Sharks are from Puerto Rico. The lead male‚ Tony is a Jet and he falls in love with Maria‚ the sister of Bernardo who is the leader of the Sharks. The story follows the obstacles that they must face in order to be together‚ and also how the two different cultures of the time clashed. While watching the "Prologue" and the "Jet Song" I
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philosophers in the history of education is Italian born Dr. Maria Montessori. Her innovative classroom conception and specialized‚ natural flowing educational design were unique for her time period. Maria Montessori’s background assisted in shaping her personal philosophy of education‚ which is still widely applicable in schools today. Maria Montessori was born in the town of Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870 (“A Biography of Dr. Maria Montessori”). Her father was Alessandro Montessori‚ an accountant;
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Maria Martinez: Native American Pottery Maker of San Ildelfonso I really enjoyed watching the Maria Martinez short film. Prior to this movie‚ I never really thought about what the Natives and people back in history used to make pottery. After watching this film‚ I learned how creative the Native Americans actually were. I found the method that Maria used to make pottery very interesting. It was very cool to see her gather her own clay from nature and mix it with red and white sand. She then poured
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How does the newspaper review help us to understand the singing qualities of an operatic diva such as Callas? Maria Callas was probably the most famous opera star of the mid-twentieth century and from reading the review I get the impression that the writer was a fan of Maria Callas. The writing is very complimentary not only to her vocal abilities but also to her stage presence. But the writer also picks up very quickly on the weaknesses of her voice as it has a “tendency to wobble slightly in
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Marshall 1 English 106 31 January 2013 Ava Maria “Ava Maria” is a very popular song. It has been covered for generations. Most know this to be a song sung on Christmas‚ or sung at the church. But there is another song called “Ava Maria” which the difference is very apparent. Both these song are considered to be discourse. Keith Grant-Davie describes discourses as an activity an event‚ or a situation shaped by language or communication. These discourse are written by rhetors
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communion in the sense of the sharing of thoughts and feelings is not always necessarily spiritual in nature‚ but also mental exchanges as well. Pat Mora uses this sharing of the intimate thoughts and feelings or communion in her poems. In the poem “Elena” the speaker is describing feeling alienated from her family in the time of their communion as they sit at the kitchen table for dinner‚ due to her inability to speak English. This can be seen in the lines “At night they sit around the kitchen table
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Maria Stewart Rhetorical Analysis African Americans‚ whether enslaved or free‚ were always bound to a life of “drudgery and toil”‚ oppressed by society from ever progressing higher than their current social status. Maria W. Stewart‚ an African American educator‚ delivers a lecture (1832) to the women of her race‚ emphasizing this issue. She utilizesvarious rhetorical strategies to enlighten them on the current inequality and injustice within their society. Stewart opens her lecture with a tone
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United States Marine Corps Professional Reading Program Written by: LCpl Rodriguez‚ Jazmin Submitted: 13 Feb 2013 1. Title: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 2. Author: ERICH MARIA REMARQUE 3. Published: 1929 4. SUBJECT: This book is written by a German veteran of World War I‚ who describes the German soldiers’ extreme physical and mental stress during the war‚ and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the frontlines.
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Ave Maria Prayer : The Latin text of the Ave Maria prayer set to the music by Franz Schubert Ave Maria Gratia plena Maria Gratia plena Maria Gratia plena Ave‚ ave dominus Dominus tecum Benedicta tu in mulieribus Et benedictus Et benedictus fructus ventris Ventris tui Jesus Ave Maria Ave Maria Mater dei Ora pro nobis pecatoribus Ora‚ ora pro nobis Ora ora pro nobis pecatoribus Nunc et in hora mortis In hora mortis‚ mortis nostrae In hora mortis nostrae Ave Maria! Ave
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