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    Seeing is not believing Yirong Wang This is an essay that introduces a new perspective to us to decode ancient visual arts. The author reminds us that there are other ways of decoding visual figures alongside the “Beazley method” so we need to undermine stereotypes in our minds in appreciating ancient Greek vases. Let’s first talk about “Beazley’s method”. The basic principles of this approach are that we can distinguish the artists through their stylistic skills on the vases. The author thinks

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    The making of the writer‚ Richard Wright In Richard Wright´s autobiography Black Boy Wright describes his life from a very young boy to his early twenties. He gives us a good perspective on what it is like to be a black person in the 1920´s. But not only that‚ he gives us a very good perspective on what it is like to be an individual. How did Wright become a writer? What events in this book described why Wright became a writer? Wright discovers the power of words at a young age and is a rebellious

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    Black Boy Thematic Essay According to the great philosopher Aristotle‚ “Hubris is the great sin of unrestrained will and the tragic fall in…character”. As with any great hero‚ the flaw of hubris is a weakness which causes them much struggle and conflict and frequently leads to their downfall. In the novel Black Boy by Richard Wright‚ the main character Richard is a young black boy growing up in the South who lives in hunger‚ poverty‚ and fear. One of his biggest faults is his excessive pride; it

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    of fiction‚ some of which were tales of dragons and wizards. I reluctantly picked one up‚ intimidated by the words on the pages‚ and began to read. At the time‚ I didn’t realize just how important those books would be. Recently‚ I read Richard Wright’s Black Boy in English class. Wright writes about his troubled upbringing

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    Rodriguez characterizes Mexico as a country with a culture of tragedy and America as a country with a culture of comedy. However‚ America is comedic in the Greek sense-in the sense that America is not comedic at all. Rodriguez feels that Mexico‚ in being the place of tragedy‚ is better off. America‚ on the other hand‚ has to face the burden of optimism‚ and the subsequent let-downs. Thus‚ in a sense‚ he characterizes them in ways that oppose what he truly thinks of them. Mexico is described as

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    An extract from Black Boy by Richard Wright                                     As I was reading the story I felt disgusted by the way the white people severely abused the  black people. I felt awful after reading what happened to them during the 1930’s and 1940’s. I felt even worse knowing the fact that racism still exist today in some place. People are still judging people by the way they appear. I sometimes still hear rappers using the “N” word in their music. People do not

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    recurrent idea of prejudice. Mostly towards the Jewish the book is set in world war 2 it adds an exciting feeling of danger during the novel. The idea of prejudice‚ in this book can also be linked to the fat boy story where the blame is spread to prejudice stereo types such as the Jewish or the fat boy being blamed for the short comings of others during the texts. I feel that the idea of prejudice is linked well to this especially in this story where the Jewish are being hunted for their so called crimes

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    Black Boy by Richard Wright is a novel and autobiography all in one. Black boy takes us thought the young life of Richard Wright‚ who is both the author and the main character. Richard goes though many hardships growing up. The book is set in the early 1900’s in the American south. Richards mother raises Richard in the harsh environment after Richard’s father abandons them. Richards’s main goal is to make it to the north. In the book we relive different experiences in Richards’ life. When Richard

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    the books they wanted to read. That is exactly how Richard‚ the narrator‚ grew up. Black Boy‚ an autobiography written by Richard Wright shows the readers the time of life where not a spec of technology existed. He did not fully complete his early school years because he was a luckless fellow‚ possibly cursed. He could turn anyone into his enemies with his stubbornness‚ and his family was one of his victims. Still‚ how did such a child‚ like Richard‚ who had grown up in poverty‚ write such an autobiography

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    Text response essay The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas D’arcy McGregor 9b The boy in the striped pyjamas is a profanation. This fictional novel by author John Boyne is set in the early 1940’s and tells the tale of a German boy’s friendship with a Jewish boy imprisoned within a concentration camp. Whilst the novel is moving‚ clever and seemingly informative‚ it is actually an inaccurate account of the Holocaust and as such‚ may misinform readers who have no other knowledge of this time in history

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