Greetings‚ thank you all for being here today. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Faidah Manishimwe‚ but you can call me Faidah. The purpose of my talk today is about Koro (pai’s grandfather‚ the village chief). This oral presentation will discuss the cultural issues which Koro had with his community as he was a chief who faced many issues and I will compare them to my own situation. Issue 1 As Koro was getting older he became worried about his community and the fact it might collapse
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A film that also shares the same theme as Beyond a Boundary is the film‚ “Lagaan.” Lagaan’s overall theme also revolves around the game of cricket. In the film‚ a small village set in the Victorian period of British rule and colonization‚ and they are burdened with a drought and high taxes to pay. The villagers find themselves with an opportunity to relieve themselves of this tax if they play the unfamiliar game of cricket
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of all sorts of herbs‚ such as thyme and rosemary… I wondered if she had been living on her own‚ and if she did… would she know about the empty village. ‘’Yes‚ I’m talking to you dearie‚ cat got your tongue?’’ ‘’No sorry. My name is Alexa Amelia Brown‚ and I really do not know where I am right now. All I know is that this village is called Alsascay Village’’ ‘’Well‚ you seem to know quite little‚ and we best get you in before you catch a cold’’ She smiled but for all I knew it was the most sincere
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pages of the book all the townspeople’s freedom were stripped away by the new occupiers. The village is transported from a state of freedom and prosperity to a war zone and an occupied territory. The Moon is Down is a beautiful example of freedom taken from innocents‚ and their struggle to get it back. Steinbeck captures all the anger‚ all the fear‚ all the uncertainty‚ all the determination of a village pushed to the brink by a foreign force. Mr. Steinbeck does an excellent job showing a reader
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Have you ever heard Pangkor island before? If popular global destinations are generally what you look for in an overseas trip‚ chances are Pangkor Island in Malaysia won’t make it in your itinerary list .However‚ there are many beautiful islands within Malaysia.Today ‚ I would like to talk about pangkor island. Pangkor‚ with its charming mix of fishing settlements and resorts‚ is a fascinating and convenient holiday destination. It presents the visitor with a rare chance to live near fishermen and
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work‚ Shirley Jackson communicates to the reader the theme of scapegoatism along with its implications concerning traditions. In the village where this lottery takes place‚ we find many familiar elements: a post office‚ a grocery store‚ schools and a coal mine. In this village‚ Mr. Summers owns the coal mine‚ so his business has made him the wealthiest man in the village. Mr. Summers also controls the annual lottery. He is somewhat uncomfortable with his authority but has chosen to carry on with the
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his earlier preconception on rain clouds and realize that rain provides water which is a necessity in the Botswana desert. It is required to grow the crops‚ vegetation‚ and quench the cattle’s thirst‚ who provide the only source of income in the village. Moreover‚ the rain clouds symbolize the villagers of Golema Mmidi getting together once they realize through Makhaya and Gilbert that by co-operating they can achieve much more then they could individually. They join forces against Matenge because
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Chinua Achebe’s short story "The sacrificial Egg" illustrates the life of a young African native Julius Obi‚ and the arising conflicts between two cultures. This short story takes place in a very small village in Africa‚ called Umuru in the mid 1900’s. This young African Native‚ although no native of Umuru finds himself trapped between his own culture‚ beliefs and the westernized culture. Although Julius has embraced the western culture‚ after certain events he eventually finds himself coming back
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A mysterious stranger wanders into the small mountain village of Viscos with eleven gold bars in his possession. He buries the first ten in a particular spot in the surrounding forest‚ and places the eleventh in a different location‚ all of this unbeknownst to the villagers. He then brings Miss Chantal Prym‚ a Viscos villager longing for the big city‚ into the forest with him and shows her the location of the gold bars. He then proposes a deal: if she can convince the townspeople to kill any nonspecific
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Despite the poverty in her tiny rural village‚ Mariatu’s first few years are happy ones‚ filled with friends‚ games and chores. Mariatu’s father has two wives‚ neither of whom seems very pleasant. Mariatu is given to an auntie to raise‚ which likely would have been a great idea had the village not been attacked by rebels. At the age of 12‚ Mariatu had her hands amputated by boy-rebel soldiers. She had been previously raped and impregnated by an older man in the village who wanted to marry her. Despite
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