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    Demons; the Portrayal of Society’s Morals Civilizations in the beginning‚ separated by distance and utterly unaware of other inhabitants‚ developed without influence from one another. However‚ despite this fact‚ cultures all around the world bear striking similarities. The word ‘demon’ stems from the original Greek word ‘daimon’ which does not carry the negative connotation of malevolence it does today. The term ‘demon’ first started to be associated with evil and the devil in the Septuagint translation

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    HOLIDAY HOMEWORK FOR THE YEAR (2013 –14) Class VII SUBJECT ENGLISH HOLIDAY HOMEWORK Make a comic strip based on chapters 3‚ 4 ‚ 5 (Supplementary Reader: Russian Folktales). You may choose your favourite portion. Make it creative with original illustrations. Do not exceed four A4 size sheet. Make a Word Dictionary. Add five new words per week. Use A4 size sheets for the same. You may be creative in compiling the new words as per instructions given in the class. Read story books‚ magazines

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    Remember Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach? Or the Japanese folktale about Momotaro‚ the Peach Boy who battles monstrous creatures on a distant island? Who knew that Sendak and Dahl may have plundered Japanese folklore to construct their stories about boys who set sail in search of adventure? We will never know why Dahl changed his title from James and the Giant Cherry and gave James Trotter a "great big beautiful peach" to navigate the waters‚

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    Themes‚ Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Limitations Imposed by Class Because of social snobbery‚ Frank is unfairly denied many opportunities. Although he is an intelligent‚ quick-witted‚ and eager student‚ he is prevented from becoming an altar boy and deprived of chances to further his education‚ because when people see him dressed in rags‚ they shun him. Frank’s natural fighting instincts and the encouragement

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    African American Vernacular Traditions: Integrated Into Modern Culture African American vernacular traditions have been around for many centuries and still cease to exist in their culture. The vernacular traditions of the African Americans started when slaves were existent in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. It is believed that the slaves spoke a mix of Creole and partial English‚ in which they had to create in order to communicate between them discreetly. The vernacular traditions originated

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    beyond trauma in their lives if they are resilient. Children facing trauma within their families and communities can be overwhelmed. Outside help though essential in times of trauma is not sufficient alone. Resilience is an attribute that involves optimism‚ learning from past expereinces‚ and the ability to approach adversity with some problem solving skills. Resiliency allows children to face challenges and bounce back from them effectively‚ a character trait that is important for survival. A childs

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    why do you have such a big eyes?” Little Red Riding Hood asked. “So that I can see you better.” The wolf answered. * “Grandma‚ why do you have such a big mouth?” she asked. “So that I can eat you better…” * We’ve all read this famous French folktale about a young girl dressed in red and the big bad wolf who disguised as the girl’s grandmother so he could eat her. * The story was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1967. * But what do we

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    January 18‚ 2013 British Anthropological Studies of Folklore ENG70N-B6 Reported by: Niña L. Azumbrado Folklore and Anthropology Anthropologists view folklore as a means to understand the views of a culture. So‚ folklore is a key to understand the creative force within small groups of societies. Cultural anthropology is the study of the artifacts of a society. It takes into consideration forms of artwork‚ dance‚ music‚ liturgy and even business techniques to form an accurate picture of

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    Chicago has always shown the tendency to hope for the good even in the worst conditions. Chicago was facing segregation with black people moving to south and whites to north. Dyja portraits the fact of the sufferings of the people of south and all these sufferings and difficulties

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    deployed‚ but have been strength in building upon our nation. A veteran I know personally is Frank Jerez. He joined to serve our country and defend our way of life. In the words of Frank‚ training was hard physically and mentally. His past actions have shown me that trough hard work and dedication we can overcome our past tragedies. Careers such as doctors‚ social workers‚ criminal justice‚ and firefighters are a great help to our country. Doctors are innovating new methods to cure different diseases

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