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    because of the prophecy that is followed by Sundiata. Nare Maghan was shocked about the prophecy of Sundiata and thought‚” Could it be that the stiff jointed son of Sogolon was the one the hunter soothsayer had foretold?” (Niane‚ 3) Sundiata was a boy who never walked and when a soothsayer told Sundiata’s father Nare Maghan that his son would become the right hand of the King‚ he was shocked. He didn’t believe that a son who never walked would become a King. Nare Maghan visited a blind old blacksmith

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    Boy at the Window

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    It is interesting when we are young and what are our thoughts. We see things differently when we are young. We can get away with being naïve to the world. Reading “Boy at the Window” there is a sense of being young and not knowing about the world. It is difficult to understand how people think if you do not know about their lifestyle. This story explains how someone feels about another person. Reading poetry is something to truly experience. Authors write poems with strong feelings. “Saying that

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    This book was a really interesting it was all about politics. I tell you a story about Louis Riel. The man who harangued the crowd was the same man has urged them‚ the Sunday before to make this trip across the river. His name was Louis Riel. Once in Quebec‚ had wanted to be a priest‚ but the excitement of the North- West had called him back. Now he was one of the most vocal of the Métis leaders. Will we stand for this? Riel demanded. Will we stand here and let someone else tell us what to do‚ someone

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    The book Real Boys by William Pollack explores the lives of boys. He states that boys hide they feelings. So it may seem on the outside that a boy is tough‚ cheerful‚ and confident‚ but really they are sad lonely and confused. He looks at the "mask" boys have been put on. Also explains how to get behind that mask. He goes over the boy code and explains it. Also he goes over the truths behind the myths. He goes over many other things also. I will try to outline the book as well as possible. He

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    One of my favorite pieces of art that we have studied so far is the statue Kritios Boy. I am very intrigued by the background history of this statue. It is believed to have been created by the sculptor Kritios hence the name of the statue. The Kritios Boy is one of the first statues to focus on how a person actually stands. The term for this is contrapposto. According to Google‚ Contrapposto is an Italian word meaning counterpose. It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure with most

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    moved and think about the implication of that book.” That’s why I chose. I think a shape of love is written in it. The main characters are only two who are a boy and a female apple tree‚ and they can communicate verbally. Please don’t think that a tree can’t speak with her words because of a story. Anyway‚ I will introduce about its plot. A boy had been to the place a female apple tree was many times and they enjoyed playing with each other when he was a child. The more he grew up‚ the less frequently

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    Ambiguous Adventure is more about the conflict of culture and faith in Africa. Samba Diallo is happy at school where he is instructed how to pray and serve God‚ just like any good Muslim boy should. Indeed their education is quite difficult and his teacher beat him up

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    L 55)‚ referring to the situation earlier in the text. It is indeed a bad decision to tempt fate twice‚ as this time he draws the attention of one of the thugs. “Hey! Bright boy! Did I hear you talk?” (2‚ L 56) the criminal yells at him‚ but a verbal warning simply is not enough since Anders recognises the use of “Bright Boy” from a Hemingway short story‚ and instead Anders digs his own grave a notch more by continuing speaking. Therefore the robber is forced to put himself in respect by poking his

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    The Lost Boys

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    Approximately 26‚000 boys‚ during the late 1980’s‚ fled the southern part of Sudan in an effort to escape the violence that had consumed their country. With such an enormous amount of refugees fleeing Sudan‚ it was described as an “exodus of biblical proportions”(Corbett‚ 2001). These refugees were dubbed “The Lost Boy” due to the many similarities they had with the Peter Pan’s followers in the story Neverland. Like the fictional characters in the story‚ most of these boys‚ whose ages were all below

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    to interpret things happened in the pictured first before reading the whole chapter so that I get a clear picture of it . My eyes were glued to the dog that was about to bite the Black boy’s ribs as if its going to kill the him. I assumed that the boy is David as he the one who got attacked and the officer who held the dog is the Goliath. Later‚ I read the story with a critical and deep understanding on how the Black were oppressed by the White in the eras of where they were treated so

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