valuable than others? That is something that is pretty universal as far a something being desired or valuable whether it be pleasure or jewels or cars etc. Is it better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied? Yes‚ in that the fool only knows his side where as by comparison Socrates knows both sides. Is the utilitarian perspective of a “strictly impartial” benevolent spectator a proper one for Morality? Not really by being strictly impartial or benevolent would not make for
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In the work of literature titled “For My Indian Daughter” by an inspiring author named Lewis (Johnson) Sawaquat‚ the idea of the reluctance towards acceptance is greatly expressed throughout the text. In a paragraph Sawaquat summarized a time when he joined the army‚ and expressed the reluctance the other
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My Daughter Smokes" is a short story written by Alice Walker. Walker tells us about her experiences and knowledge with cigarettes‚ the effects it had on her father‚ sister and self‚ and relating them to her daughter’s problem with smoking. Furthermore Walker touches on history‚ describing her father’s terrible death due to cigarettes and also a brief description of the history of tobacco. In reference to her past experience with smoking and in an attempt to prevent a reoccurrence of these bygone
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Without My Daughter and The Pianist use their protagonists to explore a response to violent social change? A response to violent social change is explored within the two texts‚ Not Without My Daughter written by Betty Mahmoody‚ with William Hoffer and the film The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski. In these texts the authors use their protagonist to explore the idea and impact of the violent social change that these characters must survive. Protagonists‚ Betty in Not Without My Daughter and Wladyslaw
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In the book “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” by Kim Edwards a doctor and his wife have twins and the first child is a healthy boy but then the second child that comes out is a little girl with the signs of down syndrome and he asks his Nurse to take the baby away to an institution while he tells his wife the baby girl died. Through out the entire book it is a struggle for Dr. Henry’s wife Norah to have closure with the fact that her baby girl is said to be dead and she never saw her‚ held her‚ or cared
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as her brother Malcolm suggested become a nurse‚ none of these options are acceptable to her. Joe Pervin is thirty three‚ the oldest of the brothers. He expects to get a job with the steward of a neighboring estate after he marries the steward’s daughter. Fred Henry Pervin is the second oldest brother and Malcolm the youngest. Another character in this story is Jack Ferguson‚ he is the antagonist in this story‚ he is a doctor‚ he enters in the story and he and the brothers talk about his cold and
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On Mother-daughter relationship in The Woman Warrior 1 Brief introduction of Chinese-American literature in United States(the special focus on mother-daughter relationship in the Chinese-American women writings) From the nineteenth century‚ Chinese-American literature has been discriminated by the American literature canon. Most early Chinese American works tended to cater for the taste of the white readership. The situation changed till the later half of the twentieth century when
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life that trigger change the responder is challenged to accept that knowledge is gained through change‚ and that change helps the development of a persons identity. The texts ‘’Looking for Alibrandi’’ by Melina Marchette and ‘’The Memory Keepers Daughter’’ by Kim Edwards both challenge the responder to enhance their understanding of change. Both Marchette and Edwards’s use several narrative techniques to convey change and effectively show the life challenges faced that develop a persons identity
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“THE COLDEST WINTER EVER” Reader Response by: Prayogo Algi Utomo 1014025025 Sister Souljah’s style is like no other that I have read‚ her style is so real and honest. I can quickly understand about the novel (The coldest winter ever) I do not have to think twice about this novel like I do in the other novel that have different language from mine. As I read this book I feel like I am in the Winter’s world. Sister Souljah grew up in the underclass urban areas in New York and knows how Winter feels
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