Reflective Statement The subject of the interactive oral I will reflect on is elements of Colombian history in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A significant historical event we covered in the discussion is the influx of Arab immigration to Colombia from the 1800s through the present. Arabs often became tradesman and businessman once they arrived in Colombia and were largely resented in Colombian society because of their general success. Before the discussion
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Perfect Wedding It was the eve of her wedding day; Lisa was so nervous she woke up trembling in her sleep. She was so nervous she had sweat dripping down her face. She was excited‚ but yet scared at the same time‚ about what tomorrow would be holding for her and the rest of her life. Lisa knew‚ she was about to make the biggest decision she has ever made in her life‚ and she was scared of that. She has always dreamed of the fairy tale wedding; finding love at first site‚
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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 – A Doll’s House In the play‚ “A Doll’s House” written by Henrik Ibsen‚ there is a strong statement of existentialism throughout. Interestingly enough‚ it seems that each of the three acts in the play correspond to a stage within the concept of existentialism‚ in the order of which they occur. Act I is in correlation with the Aesthetic Stage. This is the stage where one is obsessed with their appearance‚ always changing due to a lack of knowing oneself. We see this evident
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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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Wedding The wedding is the great ceremony were tow people are united under the bond of marriage; it’s an announcement for their new step in the life (marriage) through a celebration with a lot of relatives and friends. The way of celebration vary from person to another‚ and the place does too. In the UAE for example; people mostly hold their weddings indoor‚ but many others prefer to arrange their weddings outdoor‚ specially the males’ party‚ where the groom enjoys celebrating with his
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Toilet Paper and Stick This is a great game for those who don’t mind a little risqué fun! Divide the guests into teams and have the teams appoint captains. Then‚ give each captain a broomstick or pole and ask them to stand against a wall‚ holding the pole between their legs. Give the other team members rolls of toilet paper. The goal of the game is for each team member to cross the room to their team’s pole with the roll of toilet paper between their legs (no hands!). The first team with all four
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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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