Crossing The short story “Crossing”‚ written by Mark Slouka‚ begins as a straightforward account of a man who takes his son to a remote area where he remembers similar experiences with his own father. He carries their packs across a shallow but fast moving river‚ and then goes back and carries his son across. They spend one night exploring the area‚ but the next day when he recrosses the river‚ he knows that the current is a bit stronger than the day before. When he takes the boy back across‚ he
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Crossing Nothing is stronger than a bond between a child and a parent. In all cultures the parent educates the child with skills and values and these remain with the child all his or her life. The reason why a parent has such impact on its child is because of trust. A relationship build on trust is the strongest and every parent wants to have such a relationship. This is the kind of relationship the main character in the short story Crossing (2009) by Mark Slouka is trying to build with his son.
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The Crossing In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Crossing‚ there is a dramatic sequence described by the narrator. The author uses many different techniques to convey the impact of the experience on the narrator. Some of these such techniques are: repetition‚ diction‚ and simile. Of the aforementioned techniques‚ the most obvious is repetition. The author uses the word “and” a total of thirty-three times. However‚ the simple usage
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Level D Level D Juan Sadut (Lazy Juan) Narrated by Nicolas Zafra‚ an Ilocano from San Fernando‚ La Union. The story is very popular among the country people about San Fernando‚ he reports. (1) Many years ago there lived a certain old couple who had an only son. Juan‚ for that was the boy’s name‚ was known throughout the village as an idler‚ and for this reason he was called Juan Sadut. He had no liking for any kind of work; in fact‚ his contempt for all work was so great‚ that he never even
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2. "Intelligence is not a single thing‚ but relies on a ‘toolkit’ of different complex cognitive abilities (e.g. Emery & Clayton‚ 2004)". Discuss the validity of this statement Definition Seeing intelligence not just as a single thing but a tool kit that combine a number of abilities is a very important aspect in the generalization of intelligence in relation to human beings and other animals as well. Charles Spearman studied students’ grades in various subjects. The statistical method Spearman
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The Crossing In this passage from the novel The Crossing‚ Cormac McCarthy uses imagery and word choice to describe the dramatic religious experience of his main character who becomes conscious of the spiritual unity of every soul in the natural world‚ because of the death of a she-wolf he had formed a connection with. McCarthy conveys to the reader that the main character is going through an intense‚ and somewhat frightening‚ spiritual experience through his religious imagery and dramatic word
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Question 2 – The Crossing As one encounters dramatic experiences‚ the impacts those create may significantly alter that way in which that person views his surroundings. In Cormac McCarthy’s passage from his novel The Crossing‚ the main character is challenged with major obstacles that come to change his opinion of nature and its doubtful peacefulness. By employing techniques such as selection of detail‚ religious symbolism and sublime imagery‚ McCarthy paints the tragedy which has impacted the
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historians failed to mention was all of the patriots who were involved‚ leading up to the Alamo and those who fought after. One of these patriots was Juan Sequin‚ who ended up paying for his patriotism with banishment‚ and being marked a traitor. It would be many years after his death before the full story of what this man‚ and others‚ actually achieved. Juan Sequin was born in what is now known as San Antonio Texas‚ his family can be credited with settling this area. At the time our present day San Antonio
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Lord Byron’s Don Juan is a satirical poem that offers a seemingly comical and serious outlook of sexuality. In three different sexual relations in three different places‚ the events that surround Don Juan are both laughable and questionable. From an early affair with Donna Julia‚ to an innocently‚ beautiful engagement with Haidee and finally an unfulfilled and avoided relation with the Sultana Gulbeyaz‚ Don Juan escapes through the clutches of love with shattered innocence‚ a broken heart and near
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Juan Osong Once upon a time there was a couple which was at first childless. The father was very anxious to have a son to inherit his property: so he went to the church daily‚ and prayed God to give him a child‚ but in vain. One day‚ in his great disappointment‚ the man exclaimed without thinking‚ “O great God! Let me have a son‚ even if it is in the form of a monkey!” and only a few days later his wife gave birth to a monkey. The father was so much mortified that he wanted to kill his son; but finally
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