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    Homeless Man Sobbing Headline: When a Homeless Man Starts Sobbing in Burger King‚ He Never Expected a Stranger to Put a Photo of Him on Facebook. Summary: Katy Hurst was just trying to get lunch from a Burger King in Missouri. Suddenly‚ something caught her eye. She saw an elderly man in the window with his head on his hands. It took a moment for her to realize that he was crying. Introduction: While she normally tried to pack a healthy lunch‚ she had overslept that morning. Starving‚ Katy

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    Chinua Achebe’s “Marriage Is a Private Affair” is based on three main artistic ideas; setting‚ character‚ and point of view. Achebe’s “Marriage Is a Private Affair” tells the story of young Nnaemeka breaking tradition to marry the girl he loves. Nnaemeka is from the Ibo tribe‚ whereas Nene comes from Ibibio tribe. The two tribes believe it is best to never coexist‚ especially in marriage. Nnaemeka’s father‚ Okeke‚ is a really religious person that would never approve of the marriage. While looking

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    Apart By Chinua Achebe has a lot of hidden stories and explanations to certain things.  The allegory‚ The Tortoise and the Feast in the Sky helps decipher the direct meaning‚ the cultural meaning and the readers meaning.  All three of these help relate to the novel’s meaning itself.   Direct meaning can also mean the representation of the characters.  When Okonkwo kills the white man‚ his tribe doesn’t do anything to help or back him up.  An example is‚ “Okonkwo stood looking at the dead man. He knew

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    OLD MAN AND THE SEA Summary Ernest Hemingway writes about an old fisherman and a young boy setting out to catch a big fish in The Old Man and the Sea. The old man‚ Santiago‚ has been fishing in the Gulf Stream with a young boy named Manolin. Manolin began fishing with Santiago when he was about 5 years old and feels that Santiago is a second father to him. He taught Manolin everything he knows about fishing and Manolin is very loyal to this old man. Santiago has been on an 84 day fishing slump and

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    Homeless Man Sobbing – MB2 Headline: When a Homeless Man Is Seen Crying in a Burger King‚ a Kind Stranger Turns His Entire Life Around. Summary: Roxy Nanna was just trying to get breakfast at a local Burger King. When she noticed a homeless man crying in the window‚ she knew that she needed to do something about it. - Insert a picture of Pops at the table. Introduction: Roxy had seen the homeless man in the neighborhood before‚ but he had never looked so broken. She was just trying

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    There is a huge struggle between tradition and change. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe we see this struggle happen with the main character‚ Okonkwo. He is a man who has gained respect with his people by hard work throughout his life without having a role model father who eventually died while in debt. Okonkwo’s identity is challenged by the cultural collision because it endangered his role within his people‚ changed his people’s ways and views toward him‚ and caused his family to break apart

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    Chinua Achebe in his fiction novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ highlights the importance of kinship and respect as he details Ibo festivities. To highlight these important factors that hold the Ibo people together‚ Achebe provides details and proverbs that are communication through the main character‚ Okonkwo. As Okonkwo holds a feast and invites his fellow kinsmen to celebrate with him‚ Achebe explains the reason why kinship is necessary. When Okonkwo states that “[He] cannot continue to live on the bank

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    In Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart‚ Okonkwo plays the role of father to his son‚ Nwoye‚ and his daughter‚ Ezinma. Okonkwo ’s fear of looking weak like his father‚ which can be interpreted as his tragic flaw‚ causes him to expect more from both of his children and to act rashly‚ similar to the behavior of my father. Although both relationships—the relationship between Okonkwo and his son and the relationship between my father and I—involve disagreements between father and son‚ I constantly aim to

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    In “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua AchebeAchebe demonstrates how family brings the Ibo culture together and how it causes it to fall apart. Achebe uses point of view to develop and support how family can bring Ibo culture together but just as easily tear it apart. The purpose of this novel was to show the impact family has in Ibo culture in order to demonstrate the effects to western cultures. Things Fall Apart Is a novel about a man Okonkwo and his village. From a very young age Okonkwo was known

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    person’s pride is commonly used as an excuse for actions. Many people fear that relying on others makes them appear weak. Whereas a person’s pride can help them to achieve greater things‚ excessive pride leads to downfall and tragedy‚ since it can cloud their judgment. Chinua Achebe highlights this idea in his novel Things Fall Apart as he describes the death of two crucial characters caused by the pride of a single man. Achebe uses the death of Ikemefuna to illustrate how Okonkwo’s pride clouds

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