1. urchin‚ 193- a mischievous boy‚ rascal The street urchin ran about in the streets careless and happy and free of worries. 2. bourgeois‚ 195- peasants‚ middle classed citizen The 18-century French population consists of mostly peasants and bourgeois. 3. marquisates‚ 195- a rank of a marquis The marquises can be identified when they wear their marquisates. 4. chagrin‚ 201- feeling of being vexed‚ humiliated or disappointed Marius did not feel chagrin when he was told he was going to meet
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(The light fades down onto all of Maple Street. Mr. Goodman is sitting in a chair reading a book. A lamp is turned on by Mrs. Goodman as she walks into the living room and takes a seat on the sofa.) Narrator: Maple Street had never been the same since the day the aliens had disturbed peaceful lives with technology that terminated power at will.With the aliens ruling the entire country‚ the world had one thing to fear; an alien takeover. (Mrs. Goodman now stands up and heads to look at the grandfather
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The theme of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is accusing others without evidence will just lead to worse situations.The theme begins to appear in the story when the power goes off then out of nowhere‚ Les Goodmans car starts up and everyone starts accusing him of being a monster because Steves car wouldn’t start and goodmans car started by itself.In the text it says‚ “‘You know really...this is for laughs. You know what I’m guilty of? I’m guilty of insomnia. Now what’s the penalty for insomnia
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to school anymore‚ and they think they’re really “cool” because they skip school and ignore all their responsibilities as young people. This poem is also written seemingly in “street kid” vernacular to emulate a certain group of people. According to an article by Tom Brady on Soapboxie‚ the author puts “Emphasis on street credibility and savvy in many Black communities have given rise to the thug culture. This culture stresses the negative aspects of masculinity which is often contentious towards
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marked shift in the political and public consciousness regarding racial inequality in the country. BLM protesters have demonstrated on the streets of
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My idea for a theme for Monsters Due On Maple Street is that fear can change a persons judgement/opinion. In the beginning of the story there was a big flash or boom and then everyone’s power simultaneously turned off. Everyone started questioning what was the problem but it led them nowhere seeing that their guesses really meant nothing based around their surroundings. Then Tommy tells Steve to not go which basically starts the whole situation involving fear because Tommy took a guess that it was
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.“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”‚ by Rod Serling‚ the prompt is how are the character’s actions important to the plot and the reason why it’s important is because that without their actions the plot would change. One day on Maple Street everyone heard a noise coming from outside and everyone walked out there to see what it was. Steve thought it was a Meteor but they didn’t feel a boom or heard a boom. As quoted in the selection‚ Steve asked Don‚”What was that? A Meteor?” Don said‚”That’s what
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Jordan Allen Fall 2014 SOCG 1013 Ms. Collins Code of the Streets Code of the Streets is a book set in an inner city neighborhood in Philadelphia written by Elijah Anderson. The “code of the streets” combined with respect‚ loyalty‚ and honor is a system used to regulate social interactions within the city. The people within the inner city are pressured into living by the code of the street as a survival mechanism. The book describes the issues that are present within the city like teen pregnancy
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In “Just Off Main Street” author Elmaz Abinader depicts the physical and social barrier between Americans and hyphenated Americans such as Arab-Americans who live in dual sensitivity facing identity crisis‚ racism and other various problems living in America. In the first part of the story “Crossing The Threshold” we learn of young Abinader‚ her family‚ their customs and how they are separated from the rest of the families in their town. In the second part of the story “Making A Writer“Abinader explains
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1. Jamaal L. Shields 2. Reading #11: “The Code of the Street” by Elijah Anderson 3. The argument Elijah Anderson is trying to make is that the behavior of the children today is greatly influenced by the street culture. In this street culture‚ he describes it as being violent when they’re faced with impersonal attacks and any type of disrespect shown. 4. I think this course reading fits with two course concepts from the lectures in class and the textbook. The first concept would be ethnography
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