The Journey of Olaudah Equiano There is much debate today on the real origins of Olaudah Equiano and the validity of his slave narrative. Many believe he was born into slavery in South Carolina and he fabricated his African roots and journey through the Middle Passage in order to sell more copies of his narrative. However‚ what is important is not so much the truthfulness it obtains‚ but the message it leaves his readers. Equiano may or may not have been from Africa‚ but he still had a firsthand
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century period was a time for travel writing and texts describing journeys. It is stated that ’different forms of non-fictional travel writing influenced the development of eighteenth-century literature’ (The Open University‚ 2012‚ ’Forms of travel writing’‚ transcript‚ p. 2). Voltaire’s Candide (2006[1759]) is an example‚ readers enjoy a philosophical journey that follows a series of challenges to Pangloss principle of optimism. The journey of Voltaire’s characters ’poses questions about finding faith
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Foster The Road by Cormac McCarthy Assignment: 1. Read How to Read Literature like a Professor (see below for link to the book)first‚ and complete the following: Take notes that will help you to remember what the main idea of each chapter is. Remember taking notes does not equate copying the author’s words. Your notes will be graded 2. For each chapter‚ other than the interludes and the conclusion‚ make one connection from something in the chapter to any book‚ movie‚ song‚ TV show‚ etc. For
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Field sketching Field sketching is note taking of a landscape in pictorial form. It helps you to identify important features in a landscape and leave out things that are less important. It also allows you to observe a landscape carefully and interpret what you see. You need not worry about your ability to draw. A good field sketch should show how well you understand a landscape‚ rather how artistic you are. In field sketching‚ a sketching frame is useful too (refer to Figure 2.10). A sketching
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graduate of Kent State University has created a web site where college students from various campuses can sell and buy their class notes. A diligent note-taker can earn hundreds of dollars through FlashNotes.com. The new site markets class-specific notes and study guides‚ enabling a student who misses -- for example -- Dr. Smith’s Wednesday anthropology class to buy those notes from a classmate. The average price is nearly $6. Caleb Dumot‚ a senior finance major at KSU‚ recently sold 12 of his comprehensive
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1. Teachers need to use their professional skills‚ attributes and judgment every day – note at least 5 examples of unconventional methods of teaching that Ron Clark uses. • using the same method as how the students treat him: making students understand how bad it feels to be treated in that way • sacrificing himself (drinking milk): makes fun of himself (singing): give the students an impression that teachers can be informal • treat himself like one of the students (playing with the kids): break
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Animal Farm Parallels In the book Animal Farm‚ George Orwell uses animals to symbolically represent humans and man’s creation of government and society. Orwell allegorically uses animals and their social groups to criticize Joseph Stalin’s rise to power‚ the overall nature of mankind‚ and the many difficulties that people must face in life. In the story there are many parallels that symbolically represents situations from the Russian Revolution. Some of the parallels are Trotsky to Snowball‚the different ideology and dislike
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The video‚ “Night Journey” by Martha Graham is is one of the best-choreographed videos I have come to appreciate for its fluid movements‚ dramatic music and tragic storyline. Graham’s modern dance style is beautiful and unique which contemplates her strong interpretation of the Greek myth‚ “Oedipus Rex.” In her 1947 rendition‚ “Night Journey”‚ she develops her own language of movement by expressing passion and dedication throughout the act. The video is in black and white‚ which adds to the overall
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| Tourist Attractions HISTORICAL STONE MARKER OF YOSHITOI’S GRAVE – Located at Poblacion Manolo Fortich‚ Bukidnon. This stone‚ inscribed with Japanese character marks the grave of high-ranking Japanese official killed during the World War II. Roughly elliptical and measuring about 2 feet and 1 foot across‚ the stone bears two sets of inscriptions which when translated‚ means “On this spot died Miyazaki Yoshitoi‚ chief of army and Emperor Chiao. In memory of Kaji Battalion‚ May 8‚ 1942
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values childhood innocence. When he is talking to his sister‚ Phoebe‚ about what he wants to do with his life‚ he says‚ "I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff – I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them" (173). To Caulfield‚ the cliff is symbolic of the border to adulthood. He wants to save children from that border‚ as he is conflicted himself about the entrance to adulthood. Caulfield occasionally attempts
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