“Girl” by Jamaican Kincaid‚ written 1983‚ is a short story that consists of one single sentence said by one character to another. The sequence of imperative sentences is interrupted twice by the second character to defend themselves and to ask a question‚ otherwise‚ the first character expresses advice and scolding in the sentences. The speaker lists instructions on how to behave properly‚ how to act around others and how to do household chores such as cooking‚ setting the table‚ sweeping and ironing
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person who witnessed the aftermath of the earthquake‚ glanced over the ravaged ‘imperial city’ of San Francisco using photographs‚ along with its renowned citizens‚ who were distraught about their personal belongings being burned. In his article‚ “The Story Of An Eyewitness”‚ London argues that despite the tragic event that occurred‚ the citizens turned heroic due to maintaining their serenity‚ as well as working with one another to survive‚ regardless of their social status or ethnicity‚ and turning
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Old Man and the sea: Epilogue The old man awoke to the boy staring at him. His vision was still blurry. As he wiped his tired eyes‚ he noticed the dry blood and cuts on his hand. He frowned‚ but then looked up at the boy and smiled. “I brought you some soup.” the boy said anxiously. “I’m not hungry. You should eat it.” “No‚ I couldn’t.” The boy stared at the old man curiously and asked‚ “How do you feel?” “I’ve been defeated. I feel very tired.” “You know you’re great fish was 18 feet long
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Success by Chance? In Gladwell’s opening chapter of Outliers‚ he begins to tell us about where success comes from. Right away he makes clear that people do not come from nothing‚ to be successful‚ all on their own. He does this because you often here sports broadcasters say‚ “John Doe‚ came from absolutely nothing‚ to become this sports All-Start.” Gladwell uses the analogy of the tallest tree in the forest. He says that that tree does not get to be the tallest on its own. Gladwell reminds us that
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A bulky‚ middle-aged man stared at the roughly cut and oddly shaped stone in his hands‚ his brows furrowed deeply in anger. His eyes then shifted from the trashy stone onto the youth standing next to him. The youth appeared to be no older than fifteen and had ragged features of an adult‚ contrasting the slender and almost underfed body. The boy had black eyes and hair and was currently puffing his bony chest out in pride. “Trash!!” the middle-aged man exclaimed suddenly as he threw the stone against
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segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa‚ involving political‚ legal‚ and economic discrimination against nonwhites. Through the music of Jamaican artist such as Peter Tosh‚ Burning Spear and Bob Marley‚ Young South Africans who were anti-apartheid found inspiration‚ motivation and influence. They used the Jamaican musical genre as a voice to their cause or theme songs to their fight. For example in 1977 Reggae Star Peter Tosh produced the song Fight Apartheid. Now I would
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that success is not merely dependent on individual’s hard work‚ Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin insists that success is solely based on that. In many of the events that are described in the autobiography‚ Franklin‚ presents the story he believes have shaped him while subtly mentioning the qualities he possessed. To Franklin‚ all of his success was based on himself and one quality that he implicitly states that he had possessed was his open mind. Whenever an opportunity was given
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In the second chapter of his book‚ Outliers‚ Malcom Gladwell writes to his readers about the importance of repetitions. In this chapter‚ Gladwell expresses and gives examples of the importance of repetitions. In order for one to become an expert or excel in something‚ one must repeat this action for at least 10‚000 hours. Gladwell’s first example of the 10‚000-hour rule is Bill Joy‚ a sixteen-year-old boy. He was interested in computer programming‚ which was a hard thing to learn about in 1970’s
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Byrd‚ A.‚ & Tharps‚ L. (2014). Hair story: Untangling the roots of black hair in America. In the early west african societies many of these cultures use hair as a symbol of aestheticism ‚pride and Tradition. They would use things such as bead and elaborate braiding styles to show glorification as to who they are as people. Hair was used as a language system that could display if someone is married ‚ age‚ religion‚ ethnic identity ‚ and rank within the community . Each tribe and group of people
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of what life they were born into‚ can ascend to their interpretation of success through diligent work and resiliency. This universal acceptance to the American Dream can be distinguished throughout Outliers‚ by Malcom Gladwell‚ and throughout the numerous of today’s successful people. The book Outliers‚ talks about how many of us have this potential to reach heights that successful people are situated in. This is the critical point that the book tries to expose to its readers. Rationally‚ what most
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