the book Under The Persimmon Tree main characters‚ Najmah and Nusrat have connections with stars on the surface‚ because their families have taught them. (BS-2)The author‚ Staples communicates distance from the character’s families when the stars are weak and unfamiliar. (BS-3)On the other hand‚ there were clear connections between the stars and characters‚ portraying they are heading in the correct direction for family. (TS) Evidently‚ in Staples’ Under The Persimmon Tree uses symbolism of the stars
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Related Text Rationale Title of text The Red Tree Composer/Director Shaun Tan Text Type Picture Book Brief Synopsis of Plot The Red Tree by Shaun Tan is a picture book following the day of a young girl who finds herself walking through a vast variety of scenes and landscapes Main thematic concerns and big ideas in the text The story line follows a young girl going through scenes‚ with scarce amounts of wording on each page. Each picture has a visual representation and meaning behind it‚ creating
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the “Pomegranate tree” which stands for the vitality and growing lifelessness of Amir and Hassan’s friendship through their childhood and adulthood lives. In the novel‚ the author shows us how the Pomegranate tree is meet with twists and turns of Amir and Hassan‚ which could be a representation of their friendship. Amir and Hassan’s childhood and adult lives are symbolized in a strongly and a bonded lifelessness way by the pomegranate tree. “Blood is good for the tree.” (94) Blood for
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The Persimmon Tree‚ nonfiction usage of American Involvement leaves main characters with traumatic memories and anxiety. (BS-2) These symptoms become the root of internal character conflict and change. (BS-3) Since the characters were forced to deal with their conflicts‚ they were able to learn and grow from their experiences.(TS) It is clear that the author uses non fiction topics to create an environment of danger‚ which shapes character change. (MIP-1) In Under The Persimmon Tree the use of American
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provide Jesus’s family tree‚ however comparing the fragments one can notice a difference between the two given family trees. First‚ the first family tree appears (the first fragment) at the beginning of the first gospel. St. Matthew explains that Jesus is a descendent of David and Abraham‚ which may indicate Jesus’s Jewish and royal blood. In addition‚ St. Matthew’s use of the word “begat‚” which means “to procreate‚” can indicate a strong natural biological bond within the family tree (OED web). One may
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The Lemon Tree provides viewers with an excellent portrayal of life’s struggles as a Palestinian woman being oppressed due to an ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The main character‚ Salma Zidane struggles from tough economic hardships ever since she has become widowed for ten years and her two daughters are married and her son moved to the United States. While she is alone Salma earns her only small form of salary from a lemon grove that her family has occupied for fifty years. However‚ one
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An ethical dilemma is a situation in which a decision must be made between two choices that may produce conflicting results. Ethical dilemmas require compromising ethical principles regardless of which option is selected. As such‚ the decision made is never classified as being perfect (Allen‚ 2012). One such dilemma arose from Onchocerciasis‚ also known as river blindness. River blindness is a disease that affects one’s skin and eyes causing skin infections and permanent blindness. This disease
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Everyone possess different kinds of virtues In the novel a tree grows in Brooklyn‚ the protagonist‚ |Francie Nolan displays three virtues‚ courage‚ honesty and acceptance. Courage comes in many shapes‚ sizes and forms; it can be saving an old lady from a burning building or small encounters of courage‚ like asking out a secret admirer. Francies display’s courage when the doctor makes several comments about poor people being filthy‚ Francie feels hurt immediately. When the needle went into her‚ “…
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Cold Sassy Tree is a historical novel by Olive Ann Burns located in the small town of Cold Sassy‚ Georgia‚ in the year 1906. It is narrated by the main character‚ Will Tweedy‚ who is twenty-two but is fourteen when the events in the story take place. Will’s grandfather‚ Rucker Blakeslee‚ has gotten married to a woman‚ Miss Love Simpson‚ who is much younger than him. Will is basically caught in the middle of the marriage as it is opposed by almost everyone in the town of Cold Sassy‚ and Will is the
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Speak: Melinda and Tree “When the roots are deep‚ there is no reason to fear the wind.” This is a famous proverb of Africa. There might be a lot of similarities between human and tree. Therefore‚ people make comparisons between tree and human easily by their appearances due to their shape——bark is like their skin‚ a trunk with branches‚ just like human bodies and arms. In addition‚ people can also compare the way trees grow and die to the human life. Thus‚ trees are often used to symbolize of human’s
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