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    “Wait‚ so you’re telling me you got suspended?” Hansol asked as the shorter boy glared at him. “Yeah‚ can you not get it through your thick head?” The red head hissed back at Hansol. Minghao had been suspended just because Hansol dropped the glass bottle full of the ‘mysterious pink liquid’. “Now thanks to you I have no job for three months‚ THREE WHOLE MONTHS!” The shorted suddenly started shouting‚ grabbing the attention of passers-by on the street. They decided to go outside to talk so the other

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    Born in Mingora‚ Pakistan‚ Malala’s story begins with her being an exceptional young woman much sooner than that day she got shot on October 2012. Malala’s passage which is fighting for women’s education started in her own hometown‚ Swat Valley‚ where she grew up and spent most of her childhood. Her hometown has been threatened by Taliban for several times. Malala’s school and girls from the school were told to fulfill the rules of Taliban and not to have the education that they want to achieve.

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    This short story‚ by Nadine Gordimer‚ overall‚ speaks on the deep-seethed racial tension that influenced the individuals in this story. In essence it is about a presumably white woman being mugged by an equally presumable black male (Gordimer is from South Africa and frequently wrote about racial tension). The tension in this story is so saturating that it even manages to conquer the language‚ imagery‚ and actions of the two people involved. The first paragraph reads‚ “It was a cool grey morning

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    1. Read Raymond Carver’s "Cathedral" (pp. 32 - 42) and Sherman Alexie’s "Flight Patterns" (pp. 54 - 67). 2. Briefly write the historical and cultural contexts of each story. When and where do they take place? What hints‚ references‚ or details do the authors give to let you know the time and place of each story‚ and/or the cultural background of the characters? Be as specific and concise as possible. The story “Cathedral” mainly takes place at the husband and wife’s home on a cold evening somewhere

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    creation stories- comparing the Eskimo creation story‚ the Genesis creation story‚ and the evolution creation theory. There are some very different theories but some very similar concepts between the Eskimo creation story‚ the Genesis creation story‚ and the theory of evolution. The Genesis and Eskimo stories are pretty old whereas the theory of evolution is a lot newer. The Eskimo creation story has been ruled out by most as a myth or a folk tale. The Genesis story and the theory of evolution

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    The story of an hour What is important about the title? The title is important as it emphasizes the fact that she lives her whole life in the space of this one hour. What are the conflicts in "The Story of an Hour"? What types of conflict (physical‚ moral‚ intellectual‚ or emotional) do you see in this story? The conflicts in The story of an Hour are mainly emotional‚ as you see her having an emotional battle with herself within the story‚ as the power of the emotions overwhelmed her and

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    I’ve shared an item with you. the story of a scar “As a concerned person‚ and as your brother‚ I ask you‚ without meaning to offend‚ how did you get that scar on the side of your face?”(Mcpherson 97) This is the start of dialogue that plays a significant role in the story. The protagonist‚ a once attractive African American women who caught the eye of many men‚ now a scared victim of domestic violence‚ is sitting in the waiting room of a plastic surgeon’s office. The narrator‚ the man in the

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    “Globalization: The Super-Story”: A Story for Everyone In Thomas L. Friedman’s “Globalization: The Super-Story”‚ he examines the features of globalization from various aspects and how it helps people better understand 9/11 events. He claims that globalization is the new improved system formed in place of the old “cold war system”(102)‚ and through the patterns of which‚ people observe today’s world in an integrated way. Simple short phrases‚ organized structure‚ colloquial language‚ and punctuation

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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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    In what ways can the short story Flight be seen as a story about Change? How does the author explore the idea of Change? 1. Essay must focus on the essay title. 2. Quotations must be contextualised. 3. Analyse language (words) used in some of your quotations. 4. Essay must be written in present tense. 5. Points must be made precisely‚ and clearly. The short story Flight is a story full of symbolism written by Doris Lessing. This essay will explore the symbolism in this short story. The

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