Dill‚ Jem and I snuck out of the house to follow Atticus to the town center. Eventually‚ we saw Atticus sitting in front of the jail. Jem said we should go home‚ but just as he said that four cars drove up by Atticus and a bunch of men stepped out. They told him to step away from the jail. Just then‚ I ran toward Atticus‚ Jem and Dill came out after me. I heard one of the men tell Atticus he had fifteen seconds to get the kids out of here. Then I looked up and noticed Mr. Walter Cunningham in the
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Public Law 2010 The Human Rights Act and anti-terrorism in the UK: one great leap forward by Parliament‚ but are the courts able to slow the steady retreat that has followed? David McKeever Subject: Human rights. Other related subjects: Administrative law. Criminal law Keywords: Administrative law; Freedom of expression; Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Terrorism; Torture Legislation: Human Rights Act 1998 Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 Terrorism Act 2006 Anti-terrorism‚ Crime and Security
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Throughout Wordsworth poems‚ “my heart leaps for joy and” I wandered as lonely as a cloud” he displays a very deep‚ spiritual and emotional connection with nature. The poems are focused on the natural beauty of the ‘rainbow’ and ‘daffodils’. In both poems he reveals a personal affinity with nature. This is evident through the interplay of poetic techniques throughout both poems. Living most of his life in rural England‚ Wordsworth was very much against the Industrialisation and the French Revolution
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References: 1) Sylvia Plath. The Restored Edition‚ Ariel‚ A Facsimile of Plath’s Manuscript‚ Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement.(2004).New York. HarperCollinsPublishers 2) Louise Ho. NEW ENDS OLD BEGINNINGS. (2000). Hong Kong. Asia 2000 Limited Hong Kong 3) Susan R. Van. Dyne. Revising Life. Sylvia Plath’s Ariel Poems (1993) .Chapel Hill & London. The University of North Carolina Press 4) Barbara- Sue White. HONG KONG Somewhere
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BENEATH MY HOUSE By Louise Erdrich It was as if the house itself had given birth. One day the floor cried where I stepped on it‚ and I jumped back. I was near a heating vent‚ and when I bent and pried the cover off and thrust my hand in‚ I briefly grabbed a ball of fur that hissed and spat. I heard the kitten scrambling away‚ the tin resounding like small thunder along the length of its flight. I went down to the basement‚ looking for it with a flashlight‚ but‚ of course‚ at my step the untamed
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Convertible” she presented valid arguments that Louise Erdrich‚ the author of the story “The Red Convertible”‚ is a nationalist of the Native American culture despite her frequent use of symbols of the western civilization in the text of the story. Pratima claimed that the tragedy of Henry was in his inability to resist the influence of the western civilization‚ though she failed to address contradictory evidence in the story “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich‚ that makes Pratima’s claims less convincing
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of understanding of the importance of symbolism in Native American culture‚ story telling and‚ literature; their Anglo-American counterparts a largely devoid of metaphorical and symbolic elements. This is a clear indication‚ though her name‚ Louise Erdrich leads one to believe she is Anglo-American‚ is actually a Native American and of the Ojibwe People. In fact‚ Harold Flett reinforces this deduction in Aboriginal Symbols and Practices: "There are many symbols‚ practices and customs‚ some of which
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the stories we hear and read influenced by those who is telling the stories pasts? And in that case‚ all stories should be seen as a cultural representations or depictions. The author David Treuer argues whether or not Native American authors like Louise Erdrich’s work should be viewed for its Literary content rather than its representation of Native culture. When successfully analyzing and forming an opinion on this we must break it down to these questions‚ are those of native decent better suited
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Native American Humor: Powerful Medicine in Louise Erdrich ’s Tracks by Jordan Higgins An old adage claims that laughter is the best medicine to cure human ailments. Although this treatment might sound somewhat unorthodox‚ its value as a remedy can be traced back to ancient times when Hypocrites‚ in his medical treatise‚ stressed the importance of “a gay and cheerful mood on the part of the physician and patient fighting disease” (Bakhtin 67). Aristotle viewed laughter as man’s quintessential
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Instead‚ they give hints and clues to trigger the reader to pull out the topic from the story. One of the main ways authors do this is through the title they give their story. Louise Erdrich named her story "The Red Convertible" for a good reason‚ to make the readers see how important a red convertible can be. Louise Erdrich uses the red convertible to symbolize Lyman and Henry’s brotherhood from their tight bond to their falling out. The purchasing of the red convertible is the puzzle piece that
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