Rape is a difficult subject to explain to others because it is traumatic experience that people not involved will be unable to deal with the situation. Laurie Anderson’s novel Speak focuses on this very issue. The protagonist‚ Melinda Sordino‚ must face the challenges of high school‚ family issues‚ and the inability to express herself. Mr. Freeman‚ David Petrakis‚ and sports are the things Melinda relies on to overcome the past that haunts her. Mr. Freeman is a factor that motivates Melinda Sordino
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focus is a confession of love‚ criticism of love‚ tale of love‚ or simply a tale about what love is‚ such literary pieces force readers to question the true meaning and value of love. Raymond Carver accomplishes this in his short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” As the unadorned setting and the personality of each character unfold‚ the reader realizes that Carver is making a grave comment on the existence of love. Carver utilizes strong contrast‚ imagery‚ and diction to ultimately
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When Apathy Strikes‚ We All Lose During a recent interview held at the NAIA Terminal II‚ a Japanese reporter from TV Tokyo boldly asked President Rodrigo Duterte‚ “Which country do you favor more – China or Japan?” In response‚ the president proudly answered “Between China and Japan‚ I love the Philippines more!” The simple yet notably patriotic statement of the president earned the applause of the participants at the conference‚ in which hopefully the Filipinos appreciated it - regardless of their
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Imagine yourself walking into a classroom where everyone fluently speaks Spanish. As one walks into the room‚ one might feel intimidated‚ lost‚ confused‚ or worried. Walking into a room full of one’s classmates‚ not speaking the language everyone was taught in English class can be frightening. In my opinion‚ English should be the national language because all can learn the same language if one is committed to practicing‚ one is fully educated properly‚ and one is fully discipline. What does it mean
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Spanish Cuisine The earliest settlers of Spain include the Iberians‚ the Celts‚ and the Basques groups. Then the Phoenicians came‚ who were later followed by the Greeks‚ who ruled Spain until they were defeated by the Romans. The last of the settlers to arrive were armies of Arabs and Berbers‚ whom were called Moors. Fascinated with water‚ they developed irrigation systems and planted citrus and almond trees in eastern and southern Spain. The Phoenicians arrived from the Mediterranean and brought
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PRE-SPANISH LITERATURE Long before the Spaniards came to the Philippines‚ the Filipinos already had their own culture. It was similar in some aspects to that of the Malays but was enriched through their contact with other Asians like the Chinese and the Japanese and with the people India and some Arab countries. According to the early missionaries‚ the Filipinos had their own alphabet. The early Filipinos wrote on clay‚ barks of trees‚ bamboo tubes or palm leaves – materials that were easily
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Roller Coaster of Horror As we analyze Stephen King’s essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” we come across his essential reasons as to what gives us the ambition and motivation to insist watching horror movies. In a way Stephen King is correct; one way or another we all are mentally ill to a point. No one is perfect‚ and we all do strange things. Some people are perfectionists when it comes to how they do things; some have a habit of talking to themselves‚ and others just do strange things like
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off chance that I asked "Why do we have to wash up?" the answer would most likely be something about keeping great real cleanliness. Indeed‚ the response to "Why do we have to ruminate?" would be fundamentally the same as in nature. Basically‚ ruminating helps one keep great mental and otherworldly cleanliness. It’s disapproved of in our general public to go out into open reaking of bacterial smells. Why? Mostly in light of the fact that its truly difficult to center when the individual beside you
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Nooo! In Speak by Laurie Anderson. Speak is about a young woman Melinda who just started high school and everybody hates her because she was rapped at a party before school started and she called the cops. When Melinda is given a project in art to make a tree come alive the projects she made showed how melinda changd after being rapped ecause‚ She iked to hid in a closet her tukey sculpture‚ her dead tree face‚ and her cubist tree phase. Melinda likes to hide just like her turkey sculpture
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When I moved to California eight years ago‚ I always ask myself “why people think that because we speak Spanish we are from the same country and we are classify as Latinos?” at the beginning it was so offensive that people will ask me “Are you Latina from Mexico or EL Salvador?” and used to get so upset and tell them “No! I am from Ecuador and I am Hispanic”. Despite‚ the fact that Latinos and Hispanics speaks Spanish as their primer language of communication‚ this does not mean that we are all from
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