Multi-Cultural Exam One In the short story “In the Hour of the Wolf” (1949)‚ Betty Louise Bell asserts that Native Americans have to be assimilated into the mainstream white culture which causes them to have serious identity crisis issues. When the Indian’s leave their tribe‚ it puts a major strain on how they perceive their old traditions which molds them to be all alike white people. This short story supports the claims of how inferior Indian’s feel to white people because of the emphasized comments
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Ameer Bachu Miss Kersting Ap Lit 13 May 2024 Persistence is a strong feature in many determined people. It is a feature that allows those who possess it to stay determined in arduous environments. In the excerpt from The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrick‚ two children by the name’s of Mary and Karl encounter components of their environment that test their persistence. It is these elements of their environment that test their persistence‚ which showcases their determination. The persistence that both children
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Have you ever wondered how a poem’s structure can contribute to it’s meaning and effect? Well if so‚ you have come to the right place because today I will be discussing how the poem “Train Tune” written by Louise Hogan’s form and structure contributes to it’s meaning and effect. There are several different elements in a poem that can contribute to it’s meaning; those elements are rhyme‚ rhythm‚ meter‚ punctuation‚ capitalization‚ and many others. All of these elements contribute to how you read a
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experiences that can ever happened to everyone‚ it does not only destroy a lot of things‚ but also affects the people who take part in it. It is said that when a man returns home from war he is forever changed. The short story ’The Red Convertible’ by Louise Erdrich depicts the story of two Native American brothers‚ Lyman and his older brother Henry narrated by Lyman‚ it starts with Lyman has received a large insurance check after a tornado destroyed his restaurant‚ two brother used that money to purchase
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“Tracks” is an amazing novel written by Louise Erdrich. It is a powerful and dark story that is about a native American tribe called the Chippewas who are struggling to protect their land and traditional heritage. The story takes place in the early 1900s where it appears as though the migration of the white settlers and native American Indians have a feud over sacred land. In the story Nanapush and Pauline take turns narrating each chapter in the story. Both have different views and relationships
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Erika English 110 1-21-2014 Arts of the Contact Zone Questions for a Second Reading: 1. In my opinion‚ the introductory story Pratt is telling about her sons and their baseball cards not only gets the reader interested in what is to come‚ but also gets them thinking a little about how worthy their education system. It sparked my interest to learn that her sons were learning their phonics not in school‚ but by reading the names and statistics of players on baseball cards. Later on‚ Pratt
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An hour‚” by Kate Chopin‚ is a short story about a woman who thinks she loses her husband in a railroad accident‚ but loses her freedom instead. Louise Mallard suffers from heart troubles‚ and has to be monitored every day. When her sister Josephine‚ and a family friend Richards‚ tell her the news about her husband she has to be careful not startle Louise too much‚ as it could hurt her heart. Chopin uses setting‚ point of view‚ and language devices to enhance the central idea of confinement. The
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In the poem titled “The School Children” by Louise Gluck‚ the author utilizes an industrious tone and the symbol of the apple to establish the understanding that it is hard to maintain individuality in a society where one is expected to conform to the masses. Continuing to conform can only lead to a loss of one’s sense of self. In the first line of the poem‚ the speaker states‚ “The children go forward with their little satchels” (Gluck). The term “satchels” is used in this line and is a small bag
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media‚ movies‚ and film stars like Louise Brooks (Szabo). <br><br>Louise Brooks was a big part of the Jazz Age and had a lot of influence on the women of the 1920’s. Being a film star with a great‚ original personality she is known for being one of the most extraordinary women to set forth the Flapper era. Her sleek and smooth looks with her signature bob helped define the flapper look (pandorasbox/flapper).<br><br>On November 14‚ 1906‚ in Cherryvale‚ Kansas‚ Mary Louise Brooks was born. She had two brothers
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Memories of Scout The narrator Jean Louise Finch‚ nicknamed Scout‚ in Lee ’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is a complex‚ innocent character. She possesses a wide range of traits‚ which undergo a transformation‚ as she matures. My interest in Scout stems from three main qualities of her personality with which I can personally identify. She displays curiosity‚ courage‚ and a love of reading throughout the novel. Scout ’s curiosity is revealed through questions she asks her father to understand what
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