a different perspective than [H]istory. Trouillot in The Infamous Rosalie contradicts the typical version of [H]istory by providing the stories of the people who are often unheard. Trouillot focuses on making the characters more than slaves‚ no longer dehumanized but real humans with flaws‚ struggles and resilience. Specifically‚ Trouillot discusses the stories of Gracieuse and Brigitte to illustrate the powerful acts of defiance that defined them as more than slaves and women. Gracieuse provides
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For this assignment‚ we were required to read Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane. This book goes in depth about an African boy’s coming of age. It goes over a lot of what Mark has gone through and how he overcomes the cruel behavior of the apartheid system. He also describes the racism and stereotypes the black children dealt with. From this book out of the three parts‚ I decided to go over part two of the book‚ “Passport to Knowledge.” I picked this section because a few of the aspects in this book grabbed
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the author sprinkles chapters of evidence to deepen the mystery and reveal more details as to infer what might have happened on the night of Kathy’s disappearance. The main character John‚ the failed politician‚ is slowly revealed throughout the story to have had a difficult childhood. With an alcoholic father who mistreated him. His father also committed suicide when he was a teenager which made John resort to magic‚ fooling people to keep him sane. John is also revealed to have been a part of
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Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed is a “take on Shakespeare’s play” The Tempest. The plot focuses on Felix and how he represents‚ as well as performs as‚ Prospero. The story of Felix and the story of Prospero are often parallel to one another. However‚ the conclusion of the play and Atwood’s novel do not seem to line up with one another. Atwood offers a summary of The Tempest at the end of the novel and this summary describes how Prospero ends the play‚ “Prospero finished the play with an epilogue‚ in which
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Have you ever been through a tough time and your friends and family helped you through it? Did it make that tough time a lot easier? This is how Clary feels when she tries to find her mother she could have given up‚ but because of the people around her she didn’t. One important lesson readers can learn from Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones is you will do anything to save the people you love and care about. Clary is a seventeen year old girl who has never believed in mythical creatures‚ but when her
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In his novel‚ Perfume‚ Suskind‚ a German author mocking French culture‚ places Grenouille in the care of Madame Gaillard‚ a widow who runs an orphanage outside of Paris‚ for the majority of his childhood. Suskind satirizes French culture through Grenouille’s lack of positive experience at the orphanage‚ emphasizing the ignorance and greed that plagued their society. To start‚ Susskind introduces Madame Gaillard‚ one of the greediest people Grenouille encounters throughout his entire life. “Even
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Throughout Dorothy Day’s writing‚ she shares many experiences where she practiced sacramentality‚ mediation‚ and communion. In one example‚ she shared a story of traveling on the Third Avenue El‚ an elevated railroad system in New York City. In the corner of the train‚ there sat a “shabby” looking man with his eyes closed. He wore ragged clothes‚ and he was underdressed for the cold conditions. While he had his eyes closed‚ he continued to outrageously shout the words of what a conductor would say
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“I don’t think of all the misery‚ but of the beauty that still remains”‚ written by Anne Frank. Anne Frank a young jewish girl born on June 12th ‚ 1929. She lived in Frankfurt am Main Germany‚ where many generations before her also lived. Her family consisted of her dad Otto Frank‚ sister Margot and mother Edith. Anne and her family lived a carefree until‚ Adolf’s sudden rise to power became more real and threatening. The family soon left Germany and moved to the Netherlands in Amsterdam. In Netherlands
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The novel Miracle In The Andes is a true story that took place in 1972. A uruguayan flight with 45 passengers had crashed in the Andes leaving only 33 alive after the impact. Survivors continued to die from injury‚ starvation and a surprise avalanche. After a total of 72 days in the Andes the survivors were rescued‚ Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa climbed through the Andes in search for help for themselves and the rest of the survivors back at the fuselage. A total of 16 out of the 46 people survived
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October 4th‚ 1996. It is a raining day in New York. The secret agent Joe Rojo is undercover to catch the biggest drug smugglers of the world. These mobsters are the target of eight different countries and for the first time the CIA has the opportunity to put them behind bars. The gang is conformed by Alfonzo ‘el loco’ Ramirez‚ and Mario ‘the Italian’ Benetti. They attempt to unload the largest drug shipment that New York has seen. Agent Rojo after two weeks of spying‚ he found out about this enormous
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