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    Seeing the Sacred Nature of Midwifery Chris J. Hampton (March 2007) Every birth is Holy. I think that a midwife must be religious‚ because the energy she is dealing with is Holy. She needs to know that other people’s energy is sacred.[1] A midwife is simply defined by one author as “nothing more nor less than a skilled specialist in normal birth.”[2] Other names include sage-femme or “wise woman” (French)‚ jordmother or “earth mother” (Danish)‚ whereas midwife comes from Middle

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    In the article “Seeing and Making Culture” by Bell Hooks‚ Bell argues that society has a wrong outlook of the poor community. Her goal is to try and change everyone’s image of these people. She successfully supports her claim by using authority (ethos) and values (pathos) to explain her claim and why she feels so strongly about this situation. According to the census‚ “Between 2015 and 2016‚ the poverty rate for children under age 18 declined from 19.7 to 18.0 percent. The poverty rate for adults

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    This material may be prOb0~ !x copyright law. (Title 17‚ US Code) JAMAICA KINCAID JAMAICA KINCAID 365 On Seeing England for the First Time of the most sinister sides of imperialism is the way it pfomotes the ruling nation S culture and rejects the colony ‘s. The effect of this on an impressionable young person is vividly a2xribed in Jamaica Kincaid’s sensitive and angry autobiographical essay about growing up in Antigua with the dark shadow of England continually looming over her

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    2 (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts one-third of the total essay section score.) The passage below (on this page and on the following page) is from the opening of an essay‚ "On Seeing England for the First Time‚" by Jamaica Kincaid. Kincaid grew up on the Caribbean island of Antigua before it became independent from England in 1981. Read the entire passage carefully. Then write an essay analyzing the rhetorical strategies Kincaid employs to convey her attitude toward England.

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    us. John Berger argues in the first chapter of his work written in 1972 entitled “Ways of Seeing”‚ that art “embodies a [different and unique] way of seeing” and an artist’s perspective of the truth may not necessarily correlate with what actually occurred. Whilst viewers may assume that what they are seeing within an artwork is historically and culturally accurate‚ the reality is that they are merely seeing the artist’s personal perception of events‚ which may differ from what another person sees

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    Seeing Through Blind Eyes: In a critical essay written by Diane Andrews Henningfeld‚ Henningfeld says that the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly before Carver made it the title of his collection that bears the same name. The story has become one of the most frequently taught short stories of Carver’s body of work (Henningfeld). In the story‚ the closed-minded narrator meets his wife’s good friend‚ Robert‚ who happens to be blind. As the story progresses

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    bell hooks: “Seeing and Making Culture” Summary In the essay “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor”‚ hooks proposes a different perspective on issues regarding people of higher class compared to those of lower class. In doing so‚ she clarifies and illustrates assumptions made about the poor‚ how they are viewed in popular culture‚ and in the media. To further validate her points‚ she utilizes ideas that stem from her own personal experiences with poverty‚ as well as examples from pop

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    the idea of seeing and not seeing. This idea of seeing plays out in many ways in this book. Some characters are able to see what is about to come. Other characters hid that they can see‚ they cover it up with ignoring to actions required of the problem. Then the main characters are unable to see what will play out and instead of fixing the obvious problem that is right in front of them. What is the reason for F. Scott Fitzgerald to show certain characteristics of being blind or non-seeing? How does

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    “The Harder they Come” “The Harder They Come‚” a famous film produced by Perry Henzell‚ a local Jamaican from the white ruling class‚ highlighted realities that are not often portrayed or depicted in most local films. Produced in 1973‚ ten years after Jamaican gained Independence from the British State‚ “The Harder They Come” portrays life Post-Colonialism and how Jamaicans dealt with remaining true to their culture and the adaptation of foreign culture‚ such veracities are illustrated through

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