1. Explain why Adichie is hopeful. (1) She believes in the ability of human beings to make and remake themselves for the better. 2. Identify and explain the effectiveness of the image: “masculinity becomes a hard‚ small cage.” (3) It is a metaphor (1). Views or perceptions of masculinity is being compared to a cage. This is an effective comparison as it implies that ouf view of masculinity is restrictive‚ narrow‚ stifiling‚ suffocating or indestructible. (2) 3. List the four things Adichie says
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knows there was a first. A first human whom taught his mistakes‚ lessons‚ and culture onto the next which would become history. Mistakes are made in history from today to thousands of years ago‚ but globally‚ humans have learned from their mistakes. Homo sapiens learned what the non-lethal berries were and the toxic ones‚ they learned that fire would crisp their skin‚ and they learned that the seasons would change as time went by. Humans from all over have collected
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Cited: American Contexts‚” The Gangster We Are All Looking For”‚ Le Thi Diem Thuy
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Humanity is doomed to fail‚ but only because we are too stubborn- thank god- not to accept imperfection as anything short of failure. Evolution is how the species Homo Erectus came to be‚ and a modified version of this process of trial and error- on a much smaller temporal scale than the grand scheme of evolution- is how we continue to refine through the progress of it‚ and define through the process of it‚ the question of what it means to be human. To sum the idea up with a cliche: Thomas Edison-or
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died from cancer and Ashley os upset that her dad is gay‚ later Ashley meets a boy named Jared who isn’t a good influence on her. Jared forces Ashley to drink too much she passes out to take pictures of her naked but Stewart than saves her. In We are all made of molecules‚ Susin Nielson reveals how Ashley discovers with the help of her friends and family‚ and throughout her journey‚ she learns to love and accept her family. Stewart had a big impact on Ashley changing and discovering her identity
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ask that we begin to dream about and plan for a different world. A fairer world. A world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves. And this is how we start: we must raise our daughters differently. We must also raise our sons differently...” Have I got your attention yet? There are many who would easily dismiss this post because it is not quick‚ it is not simple‚ it does not conform to their thinking. They are missing out. This is a quote from the book “We Should All Be Feminists”
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“We all decry prejudice‚ yet are all prejudiced.” Herbert Spencer. One of the greatest problem that our world faces is prejudice‚ we discrimination and stereotype those that we find not to be the same as us or even slightly different. In some form or another we all have experience some form of stereotype or discrimination. It has an effect on the way we think and act. Here we try to understand the reason for prejudice‚ why we stereotypes and discrimination that has continue to affect out world.
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We Came All the Way From Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? by Achy Obejas connects to different voices of female narrators giving multiple perspectives on homosexuality. For example‚ in Wreck the narrator explains her situations of constantly getting into car accidents when romance fails‚ and in Forever‚ the narrator is busy trying to sort out her past with her ex-lover‚ which is revealed when she talks about them being good lesbians. In these three stories‚ the ongoing theme of love‚ fidelity
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“We All Fall Down” by Robert Cormier – Essay “We All Fall Down” is a thought-provoking novel dealing with the concepts of gratuitous violence and anger‚ guilt and love. All characters are well drawn and readers will empathise with Jane‚ Buddy‚ and their families. Foreshadowing exists throughout the book‚ building to a chilling and suspenseful scene. Cormier opens with a shock-inducing scene – four teenagers with their identities unknown gratuitously trashing a home. The characterizations of Jane
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’Mistakes and misunderstandings are painful when they occur." nevertheless as life goes on‚ these occurrences turn into experience that add value to relationships and life. When asked to define what a mistake really is‚ one would say it is an act of misdoing or perhaps even an error of judgement. However‚ as the word itself suggests‚ such misdoings are unintentional and the doer cannot be fully blamed for his/ her inaccurate action. on the other hand‚ a misunderstanding maybe elucidated as an unfortunate
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