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    Freire‚ Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 A careful analysis of the teacher-student relationship at any level‚ inside or outside the school‚ reveals its fundamentally narrative character. The relationship involves a narrating Subject (the teacher) and patient‚ listening objects (the students). The contents‚ whether values or empirical dimensions of reality‚ tend in the process of being narrated to become lifeless and petrified. Education is suffering from narration

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    In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’‚ women are portrayed as either pure angelic beings and jewels‚ or as whores who are impure. They are objectified and shown as something to be used. The only women in this play are Desdemona‚ Emilia and Bianca compared to the main 6 male characters‚ not to mention the minor characters‚ who are also all male. Their depicted purpose is to belong to a man; Desdemona‚ Emilia and Bianca’s lives revolve around being wives to Othello‚ Iago and Cassio. This fits into the idea of

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    play “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a play that epitomizes the Victorian age. “The Importance of Being Earnest” a man named Jack who goes by the alias Earnest‚ and Algernon who goes by Bunbury. These men are living double lives‚ and by them doing so‚ they would not be considered an ideal Victorian man. Earnest and Algernon come up with these names so that they can get away from their daily lives to be along in the country. During the Victorian age‚ it was common for women to be housewives unless

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    Journal One During the class‚ we focused on the development of nursing and oppressed issues in nursing group. Since Florence Nightingale initiated nursing school and nursing theory‚ she raised nursing to a professional level and increased the important role of nursing in the treatment. The development of nursing was also influenced by the social demand for care. Like my peer pointed out that wars promoted nursing development. However‚ most nurse professionals still cannot entirely be rid of the biases

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    The Importance of Being Earnest‚ written by Oscar Wilde‚ is a play that was first performed and published in the late nineteenth century. This play was written during the decline of the Victorian era and portrays the lifestyle of the era’s upper class in the author’s amusing point of view. While this was the era of supreme manners‚ well-educated men‚ and the utmost marriageable women‚ Oscar Wilde depicts his characters in a more truthful manner by revealing their contradicting statements and dishonest

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    "[I‚ being born a woman and distressed]" by Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay’s sonnet‚ “I‚ Being Born a Woman and Distressed‚” serves as an excellent example of a multi-faceted piece. From one angle‚ it is simply a Petrarchan sonnet‚ written with a slight variation on rhyme scheme – but that variation‚ taken deeper‚ reveals new layers of meaning. Added to Millay’s choice of meter and end-stop‚ along with a background of Millay’s person‚ this sonnet seems not so “simple” after all

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    goods taxes and navigation laws‚ ultimately backfired on Great Britain‚ as that was the last straw before the Americans revolted. For instance‚ the Stamp Act‚ the Tea Act‚ and many others‚ were forced upon the people without the voice of the people being heard. It was not the most political way for Great Britain to get prosperity from the colonists. The mentality of colonists is completely understandable as anyone under autocratic rule‚ will undoubtedly revolt‚ especially when their economy is

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    Book Review: “God of the Oppressed” James H. Cone “God of the Oppressed” is a history of the African American Struggle through the complex account of its author‚ James H. Cone. Written in 1975‚ “God of the Oppressed” is the continuation of Cone’s theological position‚ which was introduced in his earlier writings of‚ “Black Theology and Black Power‚” (1969) and “A Black Theology of Liberation” (1975). This final account was put together and published as a response to the continuous dismissal of

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    summary and analysis of the concepts found in Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed. The articles include analysis and suggestions of classroom application for terms such as problem posing‚ liberation‚ and critical consciousness. Freire stresses the need for love and faith in teachers‚ he advocates for a learning system that encourages critical thinking‚ examination of the learning-process and society‚ instead of being a “delivery [system] for lifeless bodies of knowledge” (Shor‚ 25). Freirean

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    The Summary of “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” In the chapter two of “Pedagogy of the Oppressed”‚ written by Paulo Freire‚ it talks about the two education styles‚ “banking concept of education‚” and “problem-posing education”. “Banking education” is “narrative education”‚ which means teacher teach and students taught. According to Freire‚ the contradiction between teachers and students is the core topic the chapter two. For example‚ “The teacher presents himself to his students as their necessary

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