How can the word ‘explain’ exactly means? According to Cambridge dictionary the word ‘explain’ is used to mean ‘make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it. It is possible to have various interpretations of the same world ‚in everyday language the term "explain" can mean many things‚ and is generally applied to prove something or make it more comprehensible‚ but in the more complex level it could mean many things depending on the subject it denotes. However
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In Mary Sherry’s essay “In Praise of the “F” Word”‚ she talked about the argument that teachers just pass students based on the students overall demeanor and not if they are achieving the grade to pass onto the next level of education. Sherry is stating that high school graduates and high school drop outs do not acquire the necessary basic skills to be productive in work place for employers. When asking her students in the class to write about an unpleasant experience they had in school. Sherry has
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articulated "I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions." Covey’s inspiration for saying this profound statement is a question that numerous people often ask themselves: Is a person‚ a product of who they are at the beginning of life‚ or who they develop into throughout life? In the gothic novel‚ Frankenstein‚ this question reflects in the form of nature versus nurture. This narrative sees through the eyes of three different individuals‚ Robert Walton‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ and Frankenstein’s
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Strength Strength is more then just a physical word. It is a word of high stature. Strength can be used in three ways; physical‚ mental‚ and spiritual. Strength is the quality of being physically strong‚ capacity to sustain the application of force without yielding or breaking‚ effectiveness‚ and concentration. Strength is a word that is a greatly misinterpreted from time to time. To some‚ strength is only in physical form‚ but for others strength comes with emotions and spirituality. Physical
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o 1938- (Born James Thiong’o Ngugi; also transliterated as Ngũgĩ) Kenyan novelist‚ playwright‚ essayist‚ short story writer‚ children’s writer‚ and critic. The following entry presents an overview of Ngugi’s career through 2002. See also Ngugi wa Thiong’o Criticism. As a spokesman for his people and a chronicler of Kenya’s modern history‚ Ngugi is widely regarded as one of the most significant writers of East Africa. His first novel‚ Weep Not‚ Child (1964)‚ was the first English-language
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Explain the statement‚ “Meanings are in people‚ not in words” This statement means that phrases and sentences are open for interpretations. A person could interpret a statement in his/her own way while another person can interpret the same exact statement in an entirely different way. How can meaning be influenced by the context in which it is sent? The Contextual factors such as the physical surrounding environment and the framework of related facts and events within which a communication takes
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This photo was taken while I was on a dog sledding trip in the forests of North Bay. The dog in the photo Moose‚ paid no attention to me. This was very challenging‚ because my original idea for the photo was a close up of him so I could remember his cute face. As soon as I took the photo‚ I immediately thought of Alice and Rose’s troubled relationship. Rose is usually the one trying to reach out and connect with her mother‚ but unfortunately her mother doesn’t reciprocate. The in-between space from
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As humans‚ people often times create their own ideas and perceptions over certain individuals or a place. In Goodbye‚ Columbus‚ by Philip Roth‚ the story’s main character‚ Neil falls into that trap when he meets a girl‚ Brenda‚ and his entire life is turned upsides down. “and though we did not want to go‚ the little boy and I‚ the boat was moving and there was nothing we could do about it” (Roth 74). When Philip Roth decided to add Neil’s dream of him and the little boy visiting an island and then
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Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and a scene called ‘This Land is Mine’ from ‘One Night The Moon’ by Carmody and Kelly. They both emphasise the way white people tend to belong to and the indigenous tend to belong with. In ‘We Are Going’ the difference is shown as the white people use the land for their own needs while the indigenous people connect with the land and is seen as a way forming together. The white people are silenced in this poem showing that the author thinks very little of the white
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February 19‚ 2000 Analyzing a Poem Variation on the Word Sleep by Margret Atwood This is a poem about going into a dream. The speaker wants to sleep with a loved one and go into their dream and protect them from the subconscious fears. The speaker also wants to bring the loved one back from the dream safely and shelter that person. The speaker wants to be very important in the other person’s life. The poem’s idea is clear in but the poem has a lot of words that help readers understand her
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