PROFESSOR ANDREA DAVIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES Course: AP/HUMA 1300 9.0 Course Webpage: http://moodle.yorku.ca/ Term: Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Prerequisite / Co-requisite: none Course Director Dr. Andrea Davis (416) 736-2100 x 55158 821 Kaneff Tower aadavis@yorku.ca webpage: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/huma/faculty.html Course Consultation hours:
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the first day of Night School. I was the first student to walk into the classroom‚ excited for a fun and interesting semester I was eager to meet my new classmates as well as to make new friends in night school. All was going well that night until Ms. Easton my night school English teacher began to speak to us about the ISU. She began by telling the class to forget about what we previously thought an ISU s for English class was. That was not what I was expecting. Earlier‚ that week in day school where
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Mahfouz’s text Arabian Nights and Days‚ the magical elements within the story reveal Gamasa al- Bulti as a man with strong morals. However‚ he needs guidance to stay on the righteous path. The magic opens Gamasa’s mind. He transforms into a God fearing man with strong morals. The believing genie pushes him to begin on his jihad and to change from a corrupt police officer to a guide for others on their paths. They believe he is a good man and should be able to start his life over. Gamsa was a
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Kyle McCool Summary #1 Section 02 Three Day Road Joeseph Doyden 2005 The Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden starts off in a town called Moose Factory in Canada shortly after WW1. “Auntie” is waiting for the arrival of her nephew‚ Xavier‘s‚ friend Elijah. However‚ she is shocked to find that it is her nephew who returns. She had received a letter that said her nephew had died in the field of battle and that Elijah was wounded‚ and only had one leg. When her nephew steps
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This is a case study analysis on “A Day of Silence‚ a Day of Truth‚ and a Lawsuit” by Bonnie C. Fusarelli and Lucy E. Eaton (2011). This case study explores freedom of speech and freedom of religion in public schools. Simon County High School is the only high school in the rural area dependent on agriculture. The highly conservative population is around 60‚000 people‚ of whom 18% live in poverty. The school’s 600 students are 60% White‚ 30% African American‚ and 11% Hispanic. This case revolves
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Summary of poem “night of the scorpion” The poet ’s mother was stung by a scorpion on that night when it was pouring very heavily‚ thousands of villagers on hearing the news came in ’like swarms of flies ’ trying to do their bit in saving the mother. They came with lanterns‚ candles and crowded round her chanting the name of God ’a thousand times ’‚ they first tried to search for the scorpion for they felt as much as the scorpion moved the poison of the mother would spread but there was no
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Summary: Packed into cattle trains‚ the Jews are tortured in unbearable conditions. There is barley any air for them to breath‚ extreme heat‚ very little food or water‚ and they are all packed. It is almost as if they are in a survival mode. In their desperation‚ they lose their hope in the government and their hope in people. They stop denying what is in front of them and they begin to accept and understand what might actually happen. After days of the brutal conditions‚ the train arrives at
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Summary of “The Ten-Day MBA” By Li Zhang (Madison) The Ten-Day MBA was written by Steven Silbiger who went to MBA and wanted to share the American Top Ten MBA education’s core knowledge with other people. This book mainly contains the essentials of 9 different areas in business and implies the usefulness of MBA for individuals and businesses. The author explained the 9 core disciplines sequential in the book; start with Marketing and end with
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WrittenThe Night Before His Execution is a poem which was written by on september 19‚1586; the night before his execution for treason. The poem was enclosed with a letter to his wife. Chidiock Tichborne was born into a devout Catholic family. His life became increasingly difficult after Elizabeth I made the practice of Catholicism illegal‚ and he and his father‚ who had already spent time in prison‚ found themselves under constant surveillance. The younger Tichborne joined the conspiracy known as
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“More Night than Day; Virginia Woolf’s Love for Mary Datchet” In Virginia Woolf’s “Night and Day”‚ we‚ as the reader‚ can examine various feminist themes throughout the novel. Even though‚ “Night and Day” is one of her more conventional novels‚ many of the issues fly in the face of traditional values and capitalizes on the female oppression that was present in that time era. Even though‚ this was one of her earlier works‚ I believe that her conventional structure was an intentional creation
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