Katherine Zoepf’s nonfiction work “Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World” published by Penguin Books tells different stories of women throughout the Arab world. Zoepf takes readers on a journey beginning in Syria and ending in Egypt. Zoepf compares and contrasts the cultures‚ challenges and changes in women’s lives across five Arab countries. Zoepf’s interest in the Arab world began soon after the terror attacks in New York City on September 11
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‘It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength’ (Patterson‚ 1995‚ p.141.) Bridge to Terabithia (1977)‚ by Katherine Paterson is a coming-of-age‚ heart-wrenching but exciting book about Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke who rule an imaginative land called Terabithia to escape the pressures of school‚ bullies and family. In the novel‚ Leslie’s friendship acts as a guide for Jesse as he faces these challenges and difficulties of adolescence
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In Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” the “story of an ordinary man who gets drawn into a senseless murder” is told. Taking place in Algeria this man‚ Meursault‚ is constantly in a climate of extreme warmth‚ as are all the inhabitants therein. The sun‚ the source of light and the cause of this warmth‚ is thus a vital and normal part of his life. It brings warmth and comfort yet it can also cause pain and sickness. Throughout most of his life Meursault has lived with the
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Culturally and socially we base our actions and reaction to situations from what’s acceptable. The Stranger By: Albert Camus takes place in French Algeria in the 1940’s. At this point in time‚ they were recovering from the war which left the government broken and corrupted‚ not that it was all that good before the war. People like Meursault and Raymond don’t have to worry about authority figures because they see themselves as equals and above the law. This plays towards the idea of corruption‚ mainly
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Strangers From The Pacific Shore There are lots of immigrants coming to the United States from all over the world between 1815 and 1920. United States becomes the land of emerging economy. The Italian‚ Greeks and Chinese saw the opportunity of a better life‚ planning to make enough money and return home and buy some land. But many immigrants like Irish and Jewish immigrants had no intention of returning to their homelands. The Jews of Eastern Europe were often escaping persecution and did not
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The aftermath of a destructive obsession What happens when the burdens of addiction confront a household; what dilemmas arise inside of a family? The novel Tweaked by Katherine Holubitsky; explores the life of an ordinary teenager‚ Gordie; and his internal struggles with his Brother Chase’s tyrannical addiction to crystal meth. Furthermore‚ Chase’s self-harm tragically cripples his family‚ which composes of Gordie‚ his mother‚ and father. Although it impacts their personal lives it also damages
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The Witch of Blackbird The story of The Witch of Blackbird Pond has many different parts to it. It takes place in the Connecticut Colony in the year 1687‚ is about a girl trying to fit into the new Connecticut lifestyle‚ and she goes through changes in her personality and characteristics as she learns to live in humility. The author of this book uses many details‚ creating a more vivid picture in the readers mind. It is also written in Katherine’s perspective‚ which allows the reader to get to know
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In his car‚ traversing through his hometown of Westlake‚ Louisiana‚ Mayor Hardey has implemented all of the policies that a Republican could ask for: he has invested immense amounts of money towards foreign oil companies like Sasol‚ he did not implement heavy taxes‚ he has worked towards deregulation of these oil companies‚ and as a result‚ he was worked towards the expansion of industry‚ in hopes for a promise that their town and their State as whole‚ will become prosperous and wealthy. Despite
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Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson is an African-American mathematician and physicist who is known for calculating the trajectories for many NASA missions. She was born on the 26th of August‚ 1918 in the town of White Sulphur Springs‚ West Virginia. Katherine was a very brilliant child and by the age of 13 she was attending the black West Virginia State College’s high school. At 18‚ she enrolled in the actual college graduating in 1937 with the most advanced honors. In 1939‚ Katherine was handpicked
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In Life‚ we are always faced with hard decisions. We are sometimes forced to choose between decisions that support you or your family. Lyddie is faced with just that. In 1991 Katherine Paterson wrote the novel “Lyddie.” The main character Lyddie lived with her family but then is separated from them when a bear invades her house and is mistaken for the end of the world. Lyddie’s father sells the farm so she has to work at a mill in Lowell that pays little and the working conditions are very poor.She
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