The texts‚ “Undaunted Courage” and “The Way To Rainy Mountain” depict the land as a spiritual entity that’s worth being worshipped and respected as shown by man’s praise of it. The way man‚ rather than exploit it for profit‚ respects the land through animism shows their gratitude for it. From the detailed descriptions that give the reader an illustration of what man has seen‚ it is clear to say that man had this religious relationship again‚ but was also in tune with the lay of the land. In “Undaunted
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“Europe as a Way of Life” is the last chapter in highly acclaimed book named “Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945” written by Tony Judt‚ a British historian and university professor specialized in European history particular in modern French history. He was a Marxist with Jewish background. He also was the author who wrote over fifteen books and was a frequent contributor to the several journal including the New York Review of Books many other journals in Europe. The article describes a way of life
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The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to The Great War is a riveting tell-all of the hardships twelve immigrants endured on their journey‚ arrival‚ and duration in America during the Great War. Author‚ David Laskin‚ a Harvard graduate with a degree in history and literature‚ expresses his take on the “forgotten” war‚ justly representing the traumatizing immigration over to America‚ the fight to survive upon arrival and the milestone in their journeys‚ with the conversion into a
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Girls Can We Educate We Dads? Diction. “Girls can we educate we dads” is a poem written by James Berry‚ a Jamaican poet in the 1900’s which speaks about a girl who criticizes her dad’s stereotypical views about girls’ behavior and thoughts. The main message or theme that the author is trying to send to the reader is that involving stereotyping‚ generalization‚ and sexism and how these thoughts are present in many men all around the world yet are not true. This poem consists of many factors
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By sharing his experiences in A Long Way Gone‚ Ishmael Beah helps increase awareness of the events that have occurred‚ and continue to occur today. Beah provides an intriguing perspective on the Sierra Leone Civil War. A Long Way Gone depicts the fascinating life story of a real person and is not simply summarizing a series of events. Ishmael Beah’s wrote A Long Way Gone to bring awareness to the many terrors of war‚ and to acknowledge the numerous people who aided him and he accomplished this by
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Shamis: Way to Shaolin Shamis: Way to Shaolin is a traditional dance performed by the Kung Fu Monks of Shaolin. Dance exists in many forms and can fulfil different functions: ritual‚ social or artistic. This particular dance fits into the ritual and artistic function. When performed and practised‚ ritual dance serves a strong function in sustaining the life of people through the culture and its procedures. Artistic dance is performed to be looked at and to entertain onlookers. The work itself can
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SO GREAT Why do we think we are so great? When all we have to do‚ Is stand upon a mountainside‚ Which dwarfs both me and you! Just take the time to really see‚ That cascading waterfall A snow clad range of mountains‚ A flower‚ a bird‚ a tree Take the time to smell the earth When a shower has washed it clean‚ The sweetest scent is new mown hay‚ Or newly cut grass‚ velvet and green Watch the new born lambs at play‚ Or‚ see an eagle rise and soar‚ Hear the whales resounding song‚ Or‚ listen
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I’m not the kind to read sad stories about someones life. I praise Ishmael Beah‚ the author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy solider. He put the unthinkable into words that were carefully crafted in order to make them perfectly flow from the text‚ to my head. The boy who was between the ages of 12 & 16 at the time‚ lost everything he thought would be his forever. His village was attacked by a notorious group‚ his parents were killed and his childhood was stolen from him. At his age‚ he never
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In the article‚ “Nah‚ We Straight” by Vershawn Ashanti Young‚ debates the importance of code-switching especially in today’s society. Young defines code-switching “as the use of more than one language or languages variety concurrently in conversation” (Young 149). Code-switching is changing your language‚ grammar or style‚ to appeal to a certain social group within society. I agree with Young because this is an issue‚ particularly in America because the code-switching can correlate to one’s race
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introduction to Ben Wilson’s article “’We are all Downwinders’: A Catholic Social Tradition Primer‚” he uses an example
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