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    Single Story

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    2045 The Danger of a Single Story and the Application of Ethical Theories In 2009 the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie gave a fabulous TED talk called “The Danger of a Single Story.” It was about what happens when complex human beings and situations are reduced to a single narrative: when Africans‚ for example‚ are treated as pitiable poor‚ starving victims with flies on their faces. Her point was that each individual life contains a heterogeneous compilation of stories. If you reduce people to one

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    Sea Story The short story Sea Story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2013. It is a story about the young Harold‚ who has a very significant relation to the nature especially to the sea. He falls in love with the beautiful woman Laura‚ but he does not reveal his love to her. Laura is leaving to study abroad and Harold is having a hard time without her‚ so he writes her a love letter in a bottle message‚ but the bottle does not get to the intended destination without being broken by the sea. In this

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    Ayodeji Ilesanmi Ms. Pape English 1302.626 February 23‚ 2012 Part One: Alternate ending to “The Story of an Hour” “Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey‚ it was Brently Mallard who entered‚ a little travel stained‚ composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident‚ and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine ’s piercing cry; at Richards ’ quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife” (Chopin‚ 16).

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    Story of an Hour Symbolism Throughout history‚ an author’s use of style‚ structure‚ and word selections can allow a reader to decipher the underlying message in a story‚ novel‚ or a poem. One author who utilizes a certain style to convey the meaning behind her story is Kate Chopin who wrote the short story called Story of an Hour. In her famous short storyStory of an Hour‚ Chopin successfully implements the use of symbolism to accurately show Louise’s emotions toward her husband through the usage

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    Summer Community Read Questions 1. In discussing a single story‚ Adichie is expressing the idea that the stories being taught to people are not always the only correct ideas. Single Stories only show topics in a single light and give the storyteller the power to stereotype vast groups of people. According to Adichie‚ a single story is a story that is told in such a way that excludes another truthful viewpoint about the subject at hand and subsequently sways the readers or listeners perspective.

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    Book Report on The Story of an Hour The Story of an Hour is a short novel written by Kate Chopin and selected from Cassill‚ R. V. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (4th Edition). The story mainly tells us about physical changes and emotions of Mrs. Mallard after being informed about the death of her husband. Chopin (1851—1904) was born in St. Louis. She married her husband at twenty in New Orleans. But it was after the death of her husband that she started her literary career. In her

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    The short story Narrative genres‚ such as the novel or the short story‚ are born out of the very powerful human need to tell stories‚ out of our fundamental desire to give shape to experience in order to understand it and share it with the community. Through story telling early communities made sense of natural phenomena‚ unexpected events‚ and personal experience. Storytelling enabled them to pass on valuable information and to keep the memory of their ancestors alive down the generations. Storytelling

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    Kevin Yuan 2014年10月16日 “What the hell you looking at mate? Have we ever met before? You started this! ” An outrageous yell from the liquor store passed all the way across the street. Jimmy is trying to pick up a fight with a boy half the size of his and not even one fourth the age of his. Jimmy lacks patience and gets mad very easily. He is turning 69 next Saturday and he is still a mad man as he had always been. Jimmy lives in a shack by himself an hour away from the town. No one knows how long

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    Reading Reflection: “The Story of an Hour” ENG125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Olabisi Adenekan April 28‚ 2012 Reading Reflection: “The Story of an Hour” “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin gives an adverse view of marriage by presenting the reader with a woman who is clearly over whelmed with feelings of joy that her husband has passed

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    Story: “The Story of an Hour” (1894) Author: Kate Chopin (1850-1904) Central character: Mrs. Mallard- Mrs. Mallard is a dynamic character. She was the wife of Brently Mallard who was assumed to be killed in a train wreck. She was sad her husband was dead‚ but has an awakening. Other characters: Josephine- Mrs. Mallard’s sister. She informed Mrs. Mallard her husband was dead. Richard- He was Brently Mallard’s best friend. He was with Josephine when she broke the news to Mrs

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