words are called vocabulary words. Reading helps people improve their word range. Readers tend to search for the meaning of an unfamiliar word which improves their vocabulary. Readers are also able to widen their vocabulary when they use context clues. Readers have different vocabulary range. Most of the people have the impression that a bookworm have a wide range of vocabulary. But‚ in reality‚ not all ardent readers have a wide range of vocabulary. So‚ this study aims to know why these situations
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In the novel The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan‚ there are two general contrasting settings: China and America. Not only to these two places differ geographically‚ but they also differ in customs and heritage. Both settings also contain different meanings for those who call it home. The contrast of these two settings help the book show that its theme of "You must know your past in order to know where you’re going" is universal. Both places are seeped in tradition and culture. Tan shows China
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cuts off the man’s arm for allowing his young daughter to remain in the business of prostitution. Julian and his crew go to Choi’s kiosk to confront him about his part in Billy’s murder but spares his life. Julian’s mother‚ Crystal‚ arrives in Bangkok to identify Billy’s corpse. Crystal demands Julian find and kill the men who killed Billy‚ but he refuses—believing that Choi had some justification for seeking retribution for the killing of his daughter—infuriating her. One night‚ Julian brings a
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very confusing way. The reader has to be actively reading the story or you will miss something which I did the first time reading through it. I was lost until I got to the end and understood the way the author structured the story. I was challenged as a reader at times because the story was written out of order on purpose. Being written the way it was‚ the story gets a more interesting edge and pulls the reader in‚ it intrigued me a lot. After reading it a second time the reader can see that certain
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After my third wish had been granted‚ my wife‚ Mrs. White has not been the same. Our home became more quiet than it already has been and more lonely than ever. At nights I wouldn’t be able to sleep with the crying my wife made‚ I made her believe I never heard her at night‚ I think it makes her feel better crying behind my back than on my shoulder. She became more quiet‚ never ate enough‚ and always got herself looking pictures of Herbert. On the day of our son’s birthday‚ I couldn’t think of anything
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As Shizuko acts out her tragedy in the first scene‚ many of the important symbols of the following story are introduced. First‚ there is nature‚ which serves as a backdrop and an influence for the characters and their emotions. Dreamily‚ Shizuko thinks of "white cherry blossom petals that were blowing about in the wind." She remembers the "rainy morning" of her mother-in-law’s death‚ while the smell of gas "reminded her of the tiny yellow flowering weeds that had grown near her parents’ house." In
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recognition of women’s value in society‚ which can lead to the moral and social improvement of all humanity. Secret daughter introduces a weak female character Kavita‚ who is prohibited from keeping her child in a distorted society. The handmaid’s Tale reveals a new career called handmaid in the future society‚ whose mission is to have children for senior officials. Both Secret daughter and The handmaid’s tale describe an oppressive patriarchal theocratic society. Female characters have to struggle
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Linda Pastan’s poem‚ “To a Daughter Leaving Home‚” begins as if a mother was telling a story from long‚ long ago‚ which adds a nostalgic tone. She uses a simple metaphor of a mother teaching her daughter to ride a bike that is very identifiable and relatable. Just as most people have been taught to ride a bike‚ they have also followed someone down the path of life in order to find their way. The reader is transported back to a time when they have either experienced being the child or the parent in
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In the poem “Erin’s Daughter” written by Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney there can be seem a since of Proto-Romanticism. “Erin’s Daughter” is about a young woman who returns home just after the disastrous potato famine in the mid- 1840’s in Ireland‚ where she discovers that her whole family has died because of the famine. This can be seen by her use of emotions‚ and divine spirit in nature. The emotions the beginnings of the poem are quite sad she is homesick for her family and homeland. “Poor
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Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel is a novel that discusses the life of Galileo Galilei and his scientific work. Sobel goes into detail about Galileo’s revolutionary ideas regarding gravity‚ space‚ and philosophy. Due to the novel taking place during the 16th and 17th century in Italy and him playing a huge role in the Scientific Revolution‚ he received harsh criticism and condemnation over this. However‚ his eldest daughter‚ Suor Maria Celeste‚ remained by his side and her letters praised her father’s
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