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    underwater tunnel. Throughout the story‚ the author uses the third person omniscient point of view to describe the boy ’s surroundings and to show us both what he and the other characters are thinking and what is happening around them. By using this point of view‚ the author is able to describe the setting of the story‚ give a detailed description of the characters‚ and make the theme visible. By using the third person omniscient point of view‚ the narrator can give us a detailed and unbiased description

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    Four Points of View Handout A: 1. How do the colonies benefit from British rule? 2. Who is George Grenville and what did he do? 3. Why are the colonists’ complaints about “taxation without representation” unjustified? Handout B: 1. What false claims have the Patriots made about British rule? 2. What does Charles Inglis explain in his testimony and how does he explain it? (What evidence does he provide?) 3. Who is Daniel Leonard and why does he side with the King? Handout C: 1. How did Patriots’

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    Ellen Johnson Mr. Roberts AP English 4 13 Apr 2010 Dee: the Sister Who Lost Her Identity Alice Walker’s "Everyday Use" is a short story about the clash between a mother and daughter. Dee is the child returning home to visit. The visit is not exactly pleasant and ends after a stand-off between her and Mama. Many readers see Mama as finally standing up for her own ideals while also refusing to conform to the rules Dee wishes her to follow. Dee follows different rules of society and religion than

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    The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ is a very intense book to read. By intense‚ I mean it is a book touching very difficult and hard aspects of life of a poor‚ black oppressed woman in the early twentieth century. Walker does social criticism in her novel‚ mostly criticizing the way black women were treated in the early twentieth century. Walker uses the life experiences of Celie to illustrate her social criticism. The Color Purple is not written in the style

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    Essay on The Dramatic Point of View of "Hills Like White Elephants" This story‚ Hills Like White Elephants‚ is taken form the Objective (dramatic) point of view where the author is the narrator. The author doesn’t enter the mind of the characters at any time. He allows us only to see the characters as we would in real life. This is sometimes called the dramatic point of view. The only way we‚ the reader‚ learn anything about them is through what they say about themselves. If the story were

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    Point of view is a very important element of literature. In the book Literature Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing point of view is described as‚ “the vantage point from which events are presented” (Kirszner and Mandell 300). The point of view of a story is simply the view of whoever’s telling it. Kirszner and Mandell inform readers that if the narrator can enter all the characters’ minds and always knows what is going on‚ then he is omniscient (303). Kirszner and Mandell also tell readers that if a narrator

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    Walker undeniably attempts to become religious for no other reason than to protect himself. He fills his prayers with energy‚ in hopes that he may rectify his earlier actions by intensity alone‚ yet Walker does not change his ways. The text states that his actions remain the same and his devotions were of pure desperation. According to the story‚ perhaps his greatest sin is the clamour of his devotions. Walker nearly changes nothing about his life other than violent devotions as well as keeping a

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    Criticism and Reflection of the Color Purple by Alice Walker Criticized as a novel containing graphic violence‚ sexuality‚ sexism‚ and racism‚ The Color Purple was banned in several schools across the United States. Crude language and explicit detail chronicle the life of Celie‚ a young black woman subjected to society’s cruelties. Although immoral‚ the events and issues discussed in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple are prominent in today’s society‚ and must be public and conversed rather

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    Moreover‚ the works of Alice walker and Frederick Douglass did not only explore the theme of gender roles‚ but also the theme of race. In fact‚ slavery and racism are practiced on the basis of one’s own race. As a matter of fact‚ that’s what Alice Walker tries to reflect in her novel. She sheds the light upon this theme in many scenes. For example‚ when the mayor’s wife asks Sofia to work for her as a maid and Sofia rejects this racist and humiliating offer she is slapped for daring to refuse‚ and

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    Semester Take Home Test : Everyday Use Auliya Atika F. Auliya Atika F. Mr. Gindho Rizano M.Hum Prose II May 24‚ 2012 Final Task Examination The Educational and Race Issue in Everyday Use Everyday Use is a part of the short story collection In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Woman (1973) by Alice Walker (Wikipedia). Alice Walker is an African – American blooded who often made issues about African – American itself mostly in her works . Everyday Use is one of her outstanding

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