Introduction The title of the story is The Rain Came by Grace Ogot. The author of the story is Grace Ogot or also known as Grace Emily Akinyi. She was born on 15 May 1930‚ near Kisumu‚ central Nyanza Region in Kenya. In achievement‚ she became the first African woman writer in English who published fiction by the East African Publishing House. Her stories such as Land Without Thunder (1968)‚ The Other Woman (1976)‚ and The Island of Tears (1980) provides the traditional Luo life. Most of her fiction
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Aminata and society which helped to develop her as a hopeful character. "We walked for many suns‚ growing slowly in members‚ lumbering forward until we were an entire town. Each time‚ people swarmed out to stare at us. Initially‚ I believed that the villagers were coming to save us. Surely they would oppose this outrage. But they only watched and sometimes brought out captors roasted meat in exchange for cowrie shells and chunks of salt. Some night when they had us lie down in fields‚ our captors paid
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human life. Tessie’s own family does not even question it when they take part in stoning her to death. Shirley Jackson‚ the author of the story‚ uses tradition as a way for humans to excuse killing in many events in the plot. In the story‚ the villagers’ only reason for having the lottery is tradition for the sake of tradition. This is illustrated best by Old Man Warner‚ when he says “There’s always been a lottery”(Jackson 197). This is also demonstrated by the fact that although they
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Our exams were over and the result was also declared. Our all classmates passed the exams with flying colours. Myself and my close friend also got very good marks. It was the end of June our school was about to open from 1st of July. One fine morning I received a phone call from a friend of mine that all of us have to collect in school to submit our form for admission to the next class. So the very next day we went to our school. After completing the necessary formalities we all went to the canteen
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Why do some of the villagers--even those who are not converts to Christianity--welcome the British? Note the recurrence of the phrase "falling apart" in the last sentence of the chapter." Some of the villagers welcome the British because they are bringing in business‚ education‚ and new ideas. A fresh new face is welcoming to a culture of such tradition. People are attracted to the schools that are teaching how to read‚ write‚ become court messengers‚ clerks‚ and teachers. Palm oil and kernel
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What does Silas Marner have to say about the relationship between parent and child? We expect that the relationship between a parent and a child is affectionate and caring; however‚ George Elliot explores and shows the reader that this is not always the case and relationships between different families are all very different. In the book there are many examples of relationships between parents and children. These include the relationship between Silas and Eppie‚ Squire Cass‚ Godfry and Dunstan
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year(2012)‚ a panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena reversed a previous Federal District Court decision and allowed the groundbreaking human rights lawsuit against Unocal to go forward. In the Doe v. Unocal case‚ 11 Burmese villagers are suing Unocal for human rights abuses including rape‚ forced labour and murder during the building of the Yadana gas pipeline project in Burma. "This is a landmark decision‚" said Richard L. Herz‚ an attorney with the non-profit group EarthRights
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ENGLISH 1ST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LITERATURE - WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER NOTE: This lesson focuses on the historical background to the story and a synopsis of all the chapters. Summary of chapters gives the story line i.e. main issues in each chapter. Do not disregard the book and depend on this summary‚ they could be some omissions. Furthermore you are expected to interrogate the text and draw your own personal conclusions about what the writer has presented. Lastly apply the different literary
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A BRIEF ANALYSIS ON THE STATUS OF RURAL TOURISM IN INDIA REFERENCE: GIMRM024 Table of Contents Abstract 2 Initiatives 6 Issues Faced 8 Infrastructure 10 Finance 11 Impact 12 The Way Forward 13 Bibligography 14 ABSTRACT Tourism is one of the primary catalysts in generating sustainable livelihood in India. India’s vast rural diversity and heritage offers tremendous opportunity for rural tourism. The idea of rural tourism was born out of the need to provide first-hand
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Man is primarily a member of a social community. He should not only be concerned about himself but also for the welfare and development of society as a whole. It is truly said that “Jana-Seva” is “Janardhana-Seva”. The feeling of self-satisfaction that comes when one sees the unshed tears of joy in the eyes of one whose hunger has been appeased‚ whose thirst has been allayed and whose needs are fulfilled is indeed heavenly. Why we should do social service: Man lives in the society. He learns
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