In Legends on the nets‚ Jan Fernback explains how oral culture has developed from past to nowadays‚especially the unique type of oral folklore-urban legends. In addition‚ the author shows what functions oral culture and literate culture have and what the differences among primary orality‚ residual orality and secondary orality. Finally‚ he describes some main characteristics of oral culture. According to the article‚ urban legends are the most important symbols in the historical development of
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A Family Supper "A Family Supper‚" by Kazuo Ishiguro‚ is a story of uncertainty‚ nervousness‚ emotions‚ and loss of love in the family. The narrator‚ Ishiguro‚ is a Protagonist‚ was born in the Tokyo‚ Japan. He is returning home from California some two years after the death of his mother. After the WWII‚ Watanabe’s despondency of the loss of the company leads him to take his life and his family members. The Protagonist’s mother‚ who is believed by her husband to have lost hope in her life‚ commits
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It was a difficult move for Daisy as she could hardly walk and was in a tremendous amount of pain. She was of course given vet care and pain killers. The staff at PDT were very concerned and it was discussed whether she would perhaps have been better off being put to sleep. She had not been eating‚ Luckily Tina and Mikka (staff and volunteer) realised that Miss Daisy had very few teeth and so she was given a special soft diet‚ which helped her begin to gain stregnth. However‚ after five days Miss
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One sunny day at school there was a girl named Adrianna. She had a best friend named Miracle. In class Miracle overheard a girl named Daniella and Aliya talking about her best friend Adrianna. Later that day‚ Miracle thought that the best thing to do was to tell Adrianna. When Adrianna heard what the girls said about her she immediately got hurt and started to cry. She was so filled with rage she had very cruel thoughts about the girls‚ but instead of acting on her thoughts she did what she thought
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Compare and Contrast of Vicky and Rodger This essay compares and contrasts two short stories of "The Quickening" by Lisa Interollo and "Thank You‚ Ma`m" by Langston Hughes. Vicky and Rodger is both teenager who are thieves‚ because it explores how both stories illustrate that Vicky and Rodger have a negative impacts by their family. They both have a caring person but Vicky is more likely to change for the better than Rodger is. Firstly‚ in the stories of "The Quickening" Vicky and
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1- what were the reasons for laura ashley intial success? The strategy they are employing was good one and credits two factors for its success in bucking the downward trend amongst retailers: a focus on furniture and a move towards e-commerce. he key success factors of Laura Ashley up to 1985 are identified as high quality production‚ innovative designs‚ good brand management (the ‘Laura Ashley’ name was and is strong)‚ well placing of stores‚ creation of good atmospheres in stores‚ general design
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Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to fame in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic/acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company‚ and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups‚ The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Her first ever large scale public performance was at the Monterey Pop Festival; this led her to becoming very popular and one of the major attractions at the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour
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including Ghent Altarpiece‚ however‚ The Last Supper was not stolen it was protected. There are
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The Huger Games The Hunger Games is a game‚ that occurs annually and it is set up by the ruling Capitol to show the other 12 districts of Panem that the Capitol owns them and that they are in-charge and it also serves as a merciless reminder to the price of rebellion against the Capitol. The hunger games consist of twenty-four teenagers‚ a male and a female from each twelve districts and they range in ages of twelve to eighteen. They are put in an arena‚ that differs every year and they have to
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Normally children will read because the children’s parents want them to‚ but in reading children’s books people can learn all kinds of lessons and core life values. Both of my groups books were written by the same two authors; Stan and Jan Berenstain they have written all of the books in the series The Berenstain Bears. They are a series of books about a bear family that encounters everyday problems‚ and solves them. The first book was The Berenstain Bears Pick Up and Put Away. It is time for bedtime
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