Alice Walker – The flowers “The Flowers” is a story written by Alice Walker‚ in 1988. It’s a 3th-person narrator that tells the story. The story tells us about a girl‚ whose name is Myop. She lives near a forest in a cabin with her family. Sometimes she walks in the forest with her mother‚ they collect nuts among the fallen leaves – actually they have done it many times‚ so that’s why Myop knows the forest very well. One day she is out for one of these walks‚ but by herself. This day something
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SAMPLE INFORMATIVE SPEECH TOPICS (Just Some Ideas) 1. Any Country 36. Sleep Walking 2. Baldness 37. Snoring 3. Child Discipline 38. Fingerprints 4. Dyslexia 39. Sharks 5. Epilepsy 40. Wedding Traditions 6. Comics 41. Fantasy Sports 7. Albert Einstein 42. Guide Dogs 8. Multiple Sclerosis 43. Fibromyalgia 9. Winter Depression 44. Puns 10. Food Poisoning 11. Haley’s Comet 12. Marijuana 13. Teddy Bears 14. Teenage Suicide
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Niki Brown Randi Nedom ASL 1 11/21/11 Loss for Words Paper The book A Loss for Words by Lou Ann Walker is a biography about Lou Ann. Her parents are deaf and she and her sister are hearing. The book describes the troubles and embarrassment she felt and had while growing up. She loved her parents dearly but often felt embarrassed‚ or infuriated about comments people would make to her about her parents. Lou Ann exclaims that “their world is deaf‚ their deaf culture‚ their deaf friends‚ and their
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Greek Project: Poseidon ’s Underwater Temple Explanation I have chosen to build a temple for Poseidon in the city-state of Athens. The reason this temple is in Athens is because according to the Greek myth on the website Mr. Donn‚ the contest of Poseidon and Athena‚ the two gods compete to prove they are worthy of guarding that city-state. Athena gets the honor to guard that city-state because Poseidon thinks her gift is much better than his‚ but still is unhappy. To show his unhappiness‚ he flooded
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Frankenstein‚ the creature does not become evil until his creator and the human race rejects him. Mary Shelley’s book focuses on a scientist who creates a creature who is evil in the eyes of humanity. Mr. Frankenstein creates a being that is ugly‚ vile and a huge ogre in size. He is a wretch that when people see him faint and pass out. The story’s climax comes when the creature’s creator refuses to make another creature like him. The scientist knows that if he makes a second creature it could become
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A creature‚ born from a scientific experiment‚ becomes estranged in a world where such beings do not exist. Walking the path‚ down a road filled with fearful glances‚ Frankenstein is unable to enjoy life like the humans. Due to this lack of symmetry between two distinct beings‚ Frankenstein plays the role similar to that of Milton’s Satan as he attempts to create a connection using the built up emotions from each form of rejection. Directly resulting from this attempt‚ any signs of hubris fade from
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To think of something romantically is to think of it naively‚ in a positive light‚ away from the view of the majority. Percy Bysshe Shelley has many romantic themes in his plays. Educated at Eton College‚ he went on to the University of Oxford only to be expelled after one year after publishing an inappropriate collection of poems. He then worked on writing full-time‚ and moved to Italy shortly before his death in a boating accident off the shore of Leghorn. He wrote many pieces‚ and his writing
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eventually his own. On the other hand‚ Frankenstein’s Creature had the ability‚ he just lacked a teacher. As shown when he learned of the heat of fire and grasped language quickly‚ the Creature clearly had an aptitude for learning. However‚ lacking a proper mentor‚ the pain the Creature endured to acquire such knowledge turned him bitter and caused him to hate the humans that so willingly cast him out. This bitterness‚ this raw hatred‚ caused the Creature to lash out‚ blaming his careless creator for the
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Robert Walton and the Creature both contribute much to Victor Frankenstein’s character. They are both strong foil characters in the novel. A foil character is a minor character whose situation or actions parallel those of a major character‚ and by contrast clarifies certain elements of the major character. Because Walton plays a role that both parallels and contrasts to Victor’s in many ways‚ it appears that Robert Walton is the more effective foil for Victor Frankenstein. Walton’s letters to
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Alice Walker: A New Kind of Feminist The American Voice‚ formally given its name during the 1900s‚ can be loosely defined as the way many people exercise their individual and democratic freedoms by vocalizing their opposition to societal norms and their hopes social reform. Many reform movements around the time of growing liberalism in 20th century America helped shape the American voice‚ including the civil rights and feminist movements. Many authors and intellectuals of the 20th century who spoke
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