House arrest has taught me a new appreciation for my freedom and the ability to be mobile. At first‚ this assignment sounded easy and a nice way to get all my studying and homework done. It wasn’t until the first time I wanted to leave and get something to eat did I realize it might not be all it’s cracked up to be. I frequently joke with people about being grounded and how I wish I would be sent to my room. I think if all the accessories that I have at home to entertain me‚ and then I realize they
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The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is said to be one of the greatest American novels of the last century‚ not only for it’s tale of hope and disillusion‚ but also for the way it portrayed the spirit of the 1920s. The information from the presentations made me realize that the characters in the story weren’t just any upperclass; they were the social and cultural upperclass of the world. The presentations also made me develop my understanding of the background of their
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Paradise of the Blind‚ by Duong Thu Huong‚ is written about a young woman’s journey and memories from her past and present in both Vietnam and Russia. The different cultures were discussed‚ along with different aspects of the context of the novel in order to help better understand the novel. Vietnam and Russia were both Communist states at the time period‚ both going through political tension. Huong shows these issues through Hang’s journeys in the novel. Vietnam was at a time of intense political
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A Doll House A feminist approach to the play by Henrik Ibsen The Feminist movement is an ongoing reaction against the male definition of woman. In most western civilizations men have dominated politics‚ society and the economy of their worlds. They have suppressed the voices of the women so that they could mold it the way they wanted it. Thus they defined what was feminine as insubstantial‚ subservient and devoid of will. Femininity was further emotion driven‚ illogical‚ naive and ought not be
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Mustafa ***** Mrs ***** English A: Literature 20th of Feb ‚ 2013 Reflective statement for Women At Point Zero To what extent does the student show how his or her understanding of cultural and contextual elements was developed through the interactive oral ? I think time and place are one of the most important settings in the novel since as we know Cairo have a huge amount of unemployment as women at that time didn’t continou their education so having a secondary school certificate didn’t allow
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REFLECTIVE STATEMENT Response to interactive oral on Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart When I first read Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart I found it very interesting how she was able to show us what was going on in Nigeria at that time‚ how he showed us the ways of living of the blacks‚ and whites weren’t the only ones who had a culture‚ but in fact were the ones who destroyed the African culture. Moreover during the interactive oral interesting themes and issues such as Town Unity and Culture
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Maria McWilliams Ms. Janicek Interactive Oral Reflective Statement: Chronicle of a Death Foretold 27 May 2015 In our interactive oral we discussed the cultural and contextual consideration of Garcia Marquez’s novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. In our discussion we covered the culture of women in society and machismo. Before this oral‚ I had no knowledge of the Colombian cultures norms or values. The setting of this novel is in a Latin American country where the idea of pride and honor is of
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Laura Acevedo IB English 11- To Each His Own- Reflective Statement Mr. Mouzon 05 April 2013 During the interactive oral‚ my understanding of the cultural and contextual considerations in To Each His Own have developed. Throughout the interactive oral‚ we began with four questions which were topics of time and place‚ the understanding of social and cultural issues‚ personal connections‚ and the techniques used in this work of literature. In the midst of the conversation‚ it was interesting
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Reflective statement on “Eveline” by James Joyce Before the interactive orals‚ I wasn’t sure or fully convinced about the reasons why Eveline would want to stay in Dublin. Everything seemed right in place for her to begin a new life with a man she supposedly trusted and wanted to be with. The interactive orals gave me a better understanding of how much of an impact the ’Irish Diaspora’‚ ’Roman Catholicism’‚ the ’Role of Women in Ireland’ and ’Ireland in the New World’ contributed to her paralysis
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Odile H Mrs. Lockman English 26 April 2013 The Treatment of Women in A Streetcar Named Desire and A Doll House Although A Streetcar Named Desire (ASND) by Tennessee Williams‚ and A Doll House (ADH) by Henrik Ibsen are written nearly a hundred years apart‚ both authors have men treat women in similar fashion. Both men‚ Mitch from ASND and Torvald from ADH‚ treat women as if women are their possession‚ they get very angry at the women for not following the rules and finally‚ as a consequence
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