Lakunle Lakunle is the schoolteacher of the village. He deeply admires Western culture and seeks to emulate‚ often to comically inadequate effect. He is portrayed by Soyinka as clumsy in both actions and words‚ throwing together phrases from the Bible and other Western works in hope of sounding intelligent. He is "in love" with Sidi‚ but has not married her because she demands that he pay the traditional bride price‚ something he refuses to do. Initially we chalk up this refusal to his Western
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Carlos Juan Finlay was born in current day Camagüey‚ Cuba to Edward Finlay and Eliza de Barrés on December 3‚ 1833.6 His father was a physician who had specialized in ophthalmology and fought along with Simon Bolivar. Although Finlay’s father was from Scotland and his mother was from France‚ they tried to embrace the Cuban culture and changed their names two years after arriving to Cuba. When he was 13 years old‚ Finlay was sent to France in order to start the first stage of formal education. He
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Raghav Jandial Raghav Jandial THREE MEN IN A BOAT CHARACTER SKETCHES THREE MEN IN A BOAT CHARACTER SKETCHES Character sketch of Harris - Harris is a vain fellow who pretends to be extremely hard working but usually pushes off the burden on other people. He is outspoken and does not hesitate to tell his friends what he thinks about them even if it may not be pleasant. For example he outwardly tells George that his new blazer is utterly revolting and that he must not wear it around them
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Character Sketch of Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist and narrator of the novel The Hunger Games by Suzane Collins. All the events that happen in the novel have an influence on her. Katniss is 16 years old with straight long black hair usually worn in a braid. She has gray eyes‚ and olive skin. These traits are common in the Seam in the lower class miners of District 12. To begin with‚ when she’s in the woods‚ she wears everyday clothes and always carries a bow and arrows to
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childhood to the maturity of a young adult who emerges unbroken from a failed relationship. One such chapters is ‘Nathan’ and here the narrator is the reflective adult with a sophisticated notion of the wide range if meanings ‘silence’ holds. Through the character of Nation she is able to present some aspects of this theme‚ which runs throughout the text in many different ways. Nathan acts strategically without words‚ but with potent meaning – revenge (poking Tony’s eye). Silence is a characteristic
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Essay Topic: Describe an important character in the text you have studied and explain what year 9’s can learn from them. Nathan Charlie and Madison Introduction: In the book See Ya‚ Simon‚ by David Hill‚ Nathan is one of the most inspirational characters and one that year nine students can learn a lot from. In the book‚ he has taught us a lot of valuable lessons‚ such as how he was grateful for everything he has in life and how he didn’t treat Simon any differently just because he was
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Use the character Nathan to discuss the ways in which Forbes presents the theme of Silence. In the book ‘Songs of Silence’‚ the character Nathan is man of simple pleasures. His kind of silence as pertaining to the book was one of never knowing what to expect or what his true intentions were. It was a silence of pure evil yet with purposeful good intentions. This is seen when he seeks revenge after his kite was broken by his brother earlier that day. Before going to bed‚ he performed his bedtime
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Even in his most upset moments‚Mr.Woodward is an unfailing attractive character in the novel “Finnie Walsh”‚written by Steven Galloway. Mr.Woodward first impressed me when he met Finnie after that unfortunate accident for the first time. He starts the conversation with ”Why aren’t you boys playing hockey today?” instead of blaming them or cutting down their arms.That is not easy for him to forgive.But he still made it.Maybe because Finnie’s sparkling and teasing wit bring Mrs.Woodward disapproval
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Grammatical Sketch of Botolan Sambal by Evan Antworth Grammar Sketch Analysis Botolan Sambal is an indigenous language of the Philippines spoken by 30 000 people in Botolan‚ Zambales. I learned that phonemes are significant phones (makabuluhang tunog). It can be defined by searching for minimal pairs. The consonant phonemes given in the book There are no affricates and dental phonemes. No minimal pair was given in the grammar sketch so I tried to find some. /bá.naʔ/
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considerate gentleman. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens provides his readers with an example of a boy who regresses in certain aspects of his personality rather than progressing as one would expect. Pip‚ a person who had loved and revered his uncle Joe as a child‚ while maturing‚ finds that his perspective on life has shifted. This boy‚ beginning life with a caring‚ generous heart‚ regresses becoming a superficial‚ ungrateful man who is ashamed of what he had once been. Pip and Biddy had
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