congratulates children who attend the camp‚ “Way to be obedient!”‚ and says‚ with no apparent awareness of irony‚ that “the devil goes after the young‚ those who cannot fend for themselves”. Their expressed goal is to raise a new generation of fundamentalist Christians that will outnumber other groups and win the cultural war through population. Stories like this are the best possible evidence for Richard Dawkins’ argument that it should be considered child abuse to indoctrinate children in the religion
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Text Assignment The Odyssey by Homer (Greece) Personal Narrative About Your Own Journeys Create a visual representation of a significant change in your life where you had to journey either from one place to another or from one mental place to another Homeric Simile Analysis In-class analysis of a simile to see what it expresses‚ how the idea is conveyed‚ and what the greater significance is Creating Your Own Homeric Tale Tell a story using a Homeric form to show an epic moment from your own life
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If the bull is controlled or restrained it can bring about positive change or outcomes. Conflict has the ability to strike us deep and then we are hurt and we will often fight back. When one examined “ The Reluctant Fundamentalist” Changez soon realised that he no longer wanted to work for Underwood Samson “ I don’t want to work for Underwood Samson” or Like Erica when she bottled up her feelings and her sickness. “She had been unwell.” Conflict can make your life
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Victorian Certificate of Education 2011 ENGLISH (ESL) Written examination Thursday 3 November 2011 Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours) TASK BOOK Section Number of questions A – Text response (Reading and responding) B – Writing in Context (Creating and presenting) C – nalysis of language use (Using language to A persuade) 20 4 2 Number of questions to be answered 1 1 2 Marks 40 30 30 Total
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“I was never an American. I was immediately a New Yorker.” How is Changez’s sense of identity altered over the course of the novel? In Mohsin Hamid’s 2007 thriller novel ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ we’re told the story of a young scholar‚ Changez‚ and his troubles as a Pakistani during his time before and after the 9/11 terror attacks in America. This turmoil is allegorically simplified by Changez’s own personal relationship with his love interest‚ Erica‚ evident given that her name is a
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Looking to the East Orientalism‚ simply put‚ is the perception the West has of the East. The concept was mapped out by Edward Said in his book Orientalism‚ where he explores the concept‚ its origin‚ and how it functions. Said states that Orientalism is "the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient - dealing with it by making statements about it‚ authorizing views of it‚ describing it‚ by teaching it‚ settling it‚ [and] ruling over it" (3). However‚ Said points out that even if Orientalism
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considerable dispute between traditional beliefs and modernization. After World War 1‚ fundamentalism soared in popularity‚ particularly in the South and Midwest. These fundamentalists believed that the bible should be interpreted literally‚ and saw the Darwin theory of evolution as a threat to Christianity. One way the fundamentalists could affect how people saw the theory of evolution was by attacking the education system in Tennessee. A former teacher‚ John Butler‚ wrote a bill outlawing the teaching
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Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist 1. America is mourning the September 11 attacks‚ this give way to America retaliating towards various insurgent groups located in the Middle East. 2. Changez views Chris as a rival‚ due to Erica’s ongoing attachment to him. 3. Popcorn shrimp refers to the American delicacy which acts as a reminder of something so common in New York. He compares the delicacy to the flowers found in Lahore so indicate he is loyal to his country. 4. His Princeton degree
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as a role model and having children by an acceptable husband‚ she apparently abdicated in the struggles of sexuality‚ rebellion‚ and identification‚ leaving these conflicts unresolved. Her conscious recollection of her parents’ are of a rigid‚ fundamentalist father and a critical mother and these may had affected her as a child‚ a wife‚ and a mother also. Ruth was socially isolated and that her lack of relationship outside the family was enforced by her parents‚ at least in terms of dating. Her
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that reflect this ideological clash are the rise of the KKK‚ who harbored Fundamentalist and nativist beliefs; the Scopes trial‚ which pitted the curriculum of John T. Scopes and evolution against Fundamentalism creationism; the Sacco and Vanzetti trial‚ epitomizing racial bias and prejudice against immigrants; and the Prohibition movement‚ stemming from the World War I German scare and modernist acceptance against Fundamentalist resistance to alcohol. The clash between Fundamentalism and Modernism bitterly
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