The renowned Nigerian novelist‚ Chimamanda Adichie is the author of the widely critically acclaimed and praised novel‚ Purple Hibiscus. According to an interview conducted by CNN‚ she is said to be “bold‚ fearless and completely unapologetic” which is evidently reflected in her writing. The Enugu born author‚ grew up the fifth of six children in an Igbo family in the university town of Nsukka‚ with her family’s ancestral village being in Abba‚ Anambra. Adichie’s upbringing and lifestyle in terms
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Pain to Resilient The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker depicts racial tension during the 1930s and uses the colors purple and red to symbolize Celie and Sofia’s hardships as African American women during this time period. Alice Walker married a civil rights attorney‚ Melvyn Leventhal‚ in 1967‚ making them the first interracially married couple in Jackson‚ Mississippi. Even though slaves were no longer present in that time period‚ African Americans were still discriminated against‚ and Walker
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Background History and Context of ‘The Color Purple’ “The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife‚ -- this longing to attain self-conscious manhood‚ to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost... He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American...” (W.E.B. Du Bois) The African-Americans or the ‘Black Americans’ are members of those ethnic groups in the United States that
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The four color theorem is a mathematical theorem that states that‚ given a map‚ no more than four colors are required to color the regions of the map‚ so that no 2 regions that are touching (share a common boundary) have the same color. This theorem was proven by Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken in 1976‚ and is unique because it was the first major theorem to be proven using a computer. This proof was first proposed in 1852 by Francis Guthrie when he was coloring the counties of England and realized
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If I Was a Teacher for a Day If I was a teacher for a day I would buy pizza for everybody‚ eat most of it myself‚ and let you do what ever you liked. That would probably mean the teachers having a day of from work‚ so I guess you all know where you would all be. Sitting on the lounge flicking the T.V remote. Now doesn’t everybody want a teacher like that? But no. Life isnt like that. If you wish to become a teacher one day you have to work hard to achieve that goal. It is the same with everything
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Symbolism in The Color Purple In The Color Purple many characters seem to protect others from harm and when doing so they tend to make clothes for them. Clothes are one of many symbols‚ and this particular means protection. Making clothes in the color purple seems to be one of the many acts of support. As a norm‚ sewing in The Color Purple symbolizes the strength women can pick up from being simply being creative. After Sofia and Celie bicker about the bad advice Celie has given Harpo‚ Sofia signals
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and run the simulation until the purple planet (body 2) has made one complete orbit (one year). 3. After the first orbit (year)‚ turn off the traces (show traces box) and watch another orbit (year) of the purple planet (body 2). Question One: Is blue moon (body 3) circling the yellow sun (body 1) or the purple planet (body 2)? Explain your answer. The blue moon is circling both the puple plane and the yellow sun. It is circling the purple planet‚ while the purple planet is circling around the sun
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Awareness Ribbon Color Meanings Awareness ribbons are short pieces of ribbon folded into a loop‚ or representations of such‚ which are used in the United States‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ UK and other parts of the world as a way for wearers of the ribbon(s) to make a statement of support for a cause or social issue. The use of ribbons is designed to draw awareness to health issues and other issues. Many groups have adopted Awareness Ribbon Color Meanings as symbols of support or awareness‚ and as a result
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Colour Story Title of story: Maple Colour names: Sakula‚ Warm Weather‚ Dancing Orange‚ Spicy tomato‚ Blood kiss‚ Wood‚ Dark Chocolate (From the bottom to the top) It’s getting colder for the season‚ and winter is almost coming. If people go out and walk on the street‚ they can see the differences between colours in summer/spring and colours in fall/winter. In the beginning of fall‚ nature starts to turn from green to orange even to red or brown. Also‚ in the end of fall‚ almost all leaves from
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The use of colour in the Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses colour throughout the novel to create ideas and personify events with an emotion or idea. A good example of this is the colour green. Green represents envy and greed‚ and Gatsby frequently looks towards the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. This represents his longing for Daisy. The green light represents the American dream and achieving your goals‚ which in itself is greed. Gatsby looks longingly at the green light – ‘he stretched out
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