Born on February 18‚ 1931‚ in Lorain Ohio‚ Toni Morrison is the first African-American woman to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature and is one of the most celebrated authors of the 20th centaury. Toni Morrison is the voice of consciousness in America; she provokes us to become better‚ to look at the horrors of our past so we strive for a better future. With her subjectivity towards racism‚ Toni Morrison paved the way for an entire generation of African American women. With her two famous books “The
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LESSON PLANNING Farrell‚ Thomas S.C.(2002) Lesson planning in: Methodology in Language Teaching. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. A unit plan is a series of related lesson around a specific theme such as “the family”‚ “money”‚ etc. Planning daily lessons is the end result of a complex planning process that includes the yearly‚ term and unit plans. A daily lesson plan is a written description of how students will move toward attaining specific objectives. It describes the teaching
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4 Jonathan Whidden English 1900B Ian McAdam September 29th‚2012 Symbolism in Janus “The bowl was just a bowl”. (Beattie 455) In the short story “Janus” writer Anne Beattie uses a simple bowl to be the central focus of symbolism in the story. The bowl can be interpreted to mean or symbolize many different things. The bowl belongs to the protagonist of the story Andrea‚ a successful real estate agent who is married to her husband of many years. It has been argued that
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Symbolism in Obasan Throughout the novel Obasan‚ Joy Kogawa uses symbolism to communicate short but important messages to readers conveying the various themes of the novel. One main idea expressed through images and symbols includes the deterioration of conditions for the Japanese Canadians as they are stripped of their human qualities and ostracized because of their different appearances. Another major theme accommodates family structure‚ the significance of family in the novel and shows the
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Comparison of “Ragged Dick” and “ The Lesson.” In both excerpts “ Ragged Dick” by Horatio Alger and “ The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the authors describe the life stories of their main characters and how they were trying to find a better life and achieve a good place in society. Both characters‚ Ragged Dick and Sylvia came from a very low class. They wanted to achieve success and feel confident about themselves. But it’s easy to notice that both characters are not doing anything for it‚ even
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Imagery and Symbolism in “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” Imagery and Symbolism: Imagery and symbolism are two literary conventions used in a variety of genres including poetry. They are both used in similar ways to enhance an author’s message or theme. Imagery is a technique that uses strong sensory words to create a vivid mental picture for the reader‚ so that he or she can see something as the author sees it. It is related to the five Senses‚ sigh ‚ sound ‚smell and touch . Symbolism‚ on the
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took the place of pamphlets‚ poems‚ and novels. Themes such as the quest for freedom‚ the nature of evil‚ and the powerful verses the powerless became the themes of African- American literature. In a book called Fiction and Folklore: the novels of Toni Morrision author Trudier Harris explains that "Early folk beliefs were so powerful a force in the lives of slaves that their masters sought to co-opt that power. Slave masters used such beliefs in an attempt to control the behavior of their slaves"(Harris
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“The Lesson” is told by a character named Sylvia. She lives in Harlem‚ New York and it seems to be around the 1960’s to the 1970’s. Sylvia is a spunky outspoken kid‚ and as time passes by throughout the story she becomes a more reserved child. Sylvia learns a lesson and by her leaning this lesson it changes her attitude and outlook on life. We learn from Sylvia’s speech the type of environment that she lives in and what her outlook on life is. The story seems to take place around summer time. Therefore
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3 Life Lessons Although there are many reasons that our souls come to earth‚ one of the main reasons I believe we come here is to learn a valuable lesson. If we did not learn this lesson through out a life time‚ our souls would come back to repeat the process. I believe I have learned a few lessons from my time here on earth. One lesson I have learned is to never take things or people for granted. At some point in our lives‚ we realize that we take things for granted‚ we take each other for
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In the play Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare uses his characters‚ symbolism‚ metaphors‚ and various themes in order to tell an interesting story which has been recited over and over throughout history. The play focuses in on a man whom was so overcome with his desire to become King that he paved the road for his own assassination. The story deals with other themes such as one’s power of freewill versus fate and the supernatural. Not only does the play paint an image of what life of the time period
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