place and the kids at school didn’t hesitate to comment on it. I consider these hardships as something that many people go through but the defining moment in my life was when my parents got divorced. Coming from a Gambia divorce was nonexistent. It was something that never happened and has shaped who I am now. Since the first day I came to America I could tell my
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possibility of extinction for a language‚ not only does the language die but the culture will also come to its demise‚ a perfect example of this situation is the Navajo language. Also known as Diné Bizaad‚ the Navajo language is a language in the Athabaskan branch with approximately 175‚000 people in the United States (“Diné Bizaad …”). The Navajo Indians are located in Arizona‚ New Mexico‚ Utah‚ and Colorado‚ their language isn’t necessarily the most endangered‚ the language is only at risk of being severely
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is a very dangerous place. Which means crimes happen everywhere‚ people carrying guns all the time for different purposes such as ether protecting or murdering. Therefore‚ when I came to the united states I was very scared. I didn’t leave the airport directly as I arrived because I started thinking about these thoughts. Also‚ when I used to spend a lot of time in my apartment to keep my self safe. One more thing is that I used to not use the high ways unless I have a company with me. Second‚ the first
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CA BRIAN SILVERSTEIN University of Arizona DISCIPLINES OF PRESENCE IN MODERN TURKEY: Discourse‚ Companionship‚ and the Mass Mediation of Islamic Practice O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true in word and deed. —Quran IX.119 Whoever makes himself like unto a people is one of them. —Hadith Discourse involved in practice is not the same as that involved in speaking about practice. It is a modern idea that a practitioner cannot know how to live religiously without being
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Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of the fictional bestseller‚ “The Namesake”‚ a moving novel exploring the life of the married couple‚ Ashima and Ashoke Ganguli‚ immigrants from India in the United States of America. The two both adapt to the new cultural changes in America though once they give birth to Gongol Ganguli‚ a name Ashoke has given after he was “rescued” by that author in a train accident‚ they have both yet to experience parenthood. As the years go by‚ and Ashima and Ashoke begin to get accustomed
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1) When the main characters grandmother says‚ " Hold it‚ let me leave the room‚ lightning’s going to strike" she is referring to the popular belief that if you lie‚ lightning will strike you. In the story‚ we can infer this when the main character tells us‚" She always said Granddaddy was the biggest liar God ever blew breath into." When we read this we can infer that the grandmother’s actions were influenced by the fact that the grandfather was a "liar." 2) When Mr. Hall came to visit‚ the events
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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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Claude Levi-Strauss once said ‘being human signifies‚ for each of us‚ belonging to a class‚ a society‚ a country‚ a continent and a civilization.’ Belonging is a human desire of being accepted with people or places. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s story‚ The Namesake‚ the story follows the Ganguli family from their traditional Indian life in Calcutta through their uneasy transformation into America. This family is strewn with opposing fidelities and the underlying concept of the difficulties of cultural belonging
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The Rain Came Oganda could see the lake in the distance. She swallows her fear and walks towards it‚ like a cow led to slaughter. Singing quietly under her breath Oganda ignores the prickling of her skin as she makes her way through the sacred land. When at last she reaches the lake Oganda breathes a small sigh of relief‚ she is so thirsty‚ and her journey would be over soon. Just as she’s about to step a foot in the stretching expanse of the water a voice shouts from behind her. Startled
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In the second part of Jhumpa Lahiri’s acclaimed collection‚ Unaccustomed Earth‚ the two main characters have little in common‚ although a prevalent fear is in both character’s lives. Both Hema and Kaushik have a fear of attachment‚ a fear of being anchored down‚ whether to a place or a person. Kaushik takes a trip alone after he leaves his father and his new family. He says‚ “I had never traveled alone before and I discovered that I liked it.” His trip takes him to the border of Canada on the East
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