A SELECTION OF HIGH-VALUE WORDS Very often‚ you will be required to describe people‚ places‚ events or an experience that you have had. This can be in an examination situation or in a social situation when you are just talking to people. In order to describe anything effectively‚ you must have a wide vocabulary. You must be especially able to use verbs‚ adverbs‚ adjectives and imagery aptly and with confidence. This section contains many examples of good descriptive sentences. It is hoped that you
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Title Significance: The title of A Thousand Splendid Suns is taken from a poem composed by Saeb-e-Tabrizi. In the poem‚ he compares Afghanistan’s beauty to “a thousand splendid suns.” It is somewhat ironic that this book had the title of A Thousand Splendid Suns when it was about the destruction of Afghanistan. Genre: A Thousand Splendid Suns is a historical fiction novel. Date of Original Publication: 2007 Author: Khaled Hosseini Setting: Herat‚ Afghanistan‚ Gul Daman‚ Murree‚ Pakistan
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Eos is the Greek goddess of the dawn‚ and is known for bringing forth hope of a new day and for her many love affairs. She awakened in the morning and opened the gates of heaven with her rosy fingers‚ and her brother Helios‚ or god of the sun‚ rode across the sky in his chariot to enlighten it. Eos was also notorious for the vast amount of lovers she had‚ after Aphrodite cursed her to have a desire for men that could never be fulfilled. The goddess of the dawn is not only seen in Greek mythology
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The term “respect” is completely redefined in A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. This is a heart wrenching tale of two courageous Afghan women‚ both entering adulthood already accustomed to the neglect and degrading treatment practiced in their society. The two share an immensely difficult relationship with an older man‚ and receive scar after wretched scar‚ all piling on to one long and agonizing life. The older woman‚ Mariam‚ is who we meet first in the book. Readers accompany her through
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Hemingway and the Crisis of Meaning Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises perfectly encapsulates the meaningless mentality of the post World War I or “lost” generation. Aimlessly drifting about their lives after the damaging effects of the war‚ the characters in this novel struggle through each of their existential crisis’s in their own ways. Hemingway illustrates this crisis of meaning through each character’s aimless view on life and the struggle the male characters have with their masculinity
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The black aesthetic is a term that was used describe the artistic works of black people which reflects the unique characteristics of the black experience. Hansberry popular play A Raisin in the Sun did just that. The play portrays the life of the typical 1950’s black family in Chicago‚ Illinois. Yes‚ there were many things that made the younger family unique. But many of the trials and tribulations they faced in the play were the same struggles many blacks faced during this time. I believe that
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A Raisin in the Sun Life Then and Life Now The lifestyle in “A Raisin in the Sun” by Hansberry (1966) set in the 1950’s on the South Side of Chicago has improved for many. There is still much needed improvement. Crime rates are skyrocketing‚ the number of shootings per day have jumped‚ and the number of deaths per month are on a rapid incline. Communities are being devastated daily. Police have increased patrolling‚ community groups are trying to reach out to stop the violence that is erupting their
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effect created when a writer sets up contrasts between readers’ or characters’ expectation and reality. In this essay i will compare and contrast how the authors of “Like the sun” and “The open window” present the concepts of truth and deception. Then i will also state what rolls paradox and irony play. In the book “Like the Sun” Narayan uses paradox to show how telling the truth really can do more harm than it can help. In the beginning he decides Sekhar (the main character) needs to tell the truth
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The play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ takes place around 1945- 1950 in the South Side of Chicago. In the play‚ there are two characters that influence the plot the most. The two characters are Walter and Beneatha Younger. Both characters influence the plot in their own way. The author wrote this play to show that lives during this time period had been rough and stressful. In the play‚ Walter Younger influences the plot. Walter has an immense opinion and most of his actions make
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Sun Wukong also known as The Monkey King is a creature from Chinese mythology. Born from a Magic stone that rests on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit is a Monkey named Sun Wukong. Wukong begins his journey playing amongst the other monkeys. One day the monkeys come across a waterfall and they decide whoever goes into the waterfall and comes back out will be declared king‚ and so Wukong does just that jumping back out of the waterfall and inviting the other monkey to join him. Wukong soon goes in
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