...“Everyday Use” and “A Worn Path” were both favorites of mine. I could relate to each in different, yet, some similar ways. Seeing mine, as well as my son’s, mother’s, and grandmother’s everyday life, past, present, and future in these stories. I, now with my son, as my mother was with me, both would walk the world over, climb any mountain, cross any sea, all in order to get what our child needs. This is just what the grandmother did in “A Worn Path” (Welty, 1940). We do without and will take on any hunger or struggle to make sure our children are taken care of, not hungry, are clothed, and are happy. This goal is always accomplished no matter the risk or challenge. These strengths were mainly seen in “A Worn Path” but also in mama’s protective...
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...Good afternoon everybody in this class. My name is Tien. I have been living in PT city when I was born. Today, in my presentation, the purpose of my talk is comparing and contrast between 3 resorts in my hometown namely Novotel (4 star resort), Anantara and Sealink (5 star resorts). Nowadays, people go travel more and more popular. Choosing a quality resort is an important step. There are some similarities and differences between them. . I have devided this talk into 4 part. There are a number of points. I’d like to make: 1- Location 2- Facilities 3- Prices 4- Conclusion And if you have any question, please ask me.I’ll be happy to answer them at the end. I should only take about 5min of ur time.Let’s start by their location. All of their locations vary considerately. While Novotel is located near in the heart of Phan Thiet city, both of Sealink and Anantara is far from the city. however, they are located in the middle in Mũi Né resorts. Sealink and anantara are situated about a 20-minute driving motor from the centre of Phan Thiet city. the distance from Novotel to the Phan Thiet centre is only 5 mins by walking and close to many transport station like bus stop, train station. Now, moving on the facilities. There are some differences and similarities among the resort regarding facilities. All three resorts have variety of facilities such as spacious rooms, bar, villa, restaurant, swimming pool. However, Novotel and Sealink have own golf course. In contrast...
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...Gorilla My Love • Themes Betrayal The main theme of "Gorilla, My Love," and the thread that ties the two sections of the story together, is the idea of betrayal. Specifically, Hazel comes to believe that adults, who should have children's best interests at heart, cannot in fact be trusted to tell the truth where children are concerned. In the middle section of the story, which comes first chronologically, Hazel has already learned that "Grownups figure they can treat you just anyhow. Which burns me up?" She demands her money back from the theater because "I get so tired grownups messin over kids just cause they little and can't take em to court." But she does not have in mind the adult members of her own family. They have taught her to be truthful and to hold people to their word. As Granddaddy Vale puts it, "if that's what I said, then that's it." In a world where adults routinely take advantage of children, being able to count on one's family (as gangsters can count on their partners) is important protection. But Hunca Bubba has not only changed his name to Jefferson Winston Vale but decided to marry a woman his own age, and Hazel's family seems to be offering only double-talk in his defense. He is not changing his name, but changing it back, they say. The promise to marry Hazel was "just teasin," not a real promise at all. This strikes Hazel as the ultimate betrayal, because now her beloved uncle and Granddaddy show themselves to be no better than the rest of them. Completely...
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...American Values I read Paradox and Dream by John Steinbeck and three other stories; Everyday Use, The Babysitter, and How to Talk to Your Mother. These stories are postmodern short stories. Now I think Steinbeck’s story is very applicable with current American values. The three stories are a little applicable with current American values. First, Paradox and Dream is mostly about America all together where the other stories are about just a few people. This story talks about all different kinds of people. “A man hungry and unemployed through his own stupidity and that of others, a man beaten by a brutal policeman, a women forced into prostitution by her own laziness, high prices, availability, and despair…” this sentence says a lot about Americans. There are a lot of homeless people who don’t get jobs and are starving because they just gave up on trying getting back on their feet to better their lives. There are so many “bad” cops who get sick of seeing the same people getting in trouble so they beat them to try and teach them a lesson or they think it’s fun picking on other people. They (some) take advantage of their job. Prostitution is really big in America; women are lazy to get a job & to work hard to make money. Prostitution can make you a lot of money but it’s so dangerous because you could be messing with the wrong crew and get put in the sex trade business. Now a lot of women get stuck in this situation. America has high prices like in our gas, clothes, foot, etc...
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...She confided in Mama about her worries saying “Mama, something is happening between Walter and me. I don’t know what it is – but he needs something – something I can’t give him anymore.”(Hansberry 285) This could be happening for many reasons, possibly because Walter is becoming obsessed with trying to be the main supporter of the house, or even the fact that Ruth has a secret of her own. While going through hard times in her marriage and financially, Ruth is seen as extremely unselfish when she realizes she is pregnant with her second child. While most would be excited, especially in these times when big families were on the rage, because of money problems, Ruth considers an abortion. In these times abortion was not only frowned upon, but illegal and extremely dangerous for the women. Although Ruth...
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...right from the times of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. AUTHOR’S NOTE Deadly Decision is fictional. The names of the characters and places mentioned in this book may sound familiar but its all a mere coincidence. INTRODUCTION The play is a story of two girls who grew up in the same village and started their secondary school education also in the same school, but for financial constraints and cultural affinities the other girl is not given the opportunity to complete her secondary education. While the other one had the privilege to attend the educational status she desired despite marriage. Unfortunately for Aisha, she marries against her will and gets pregnant which eventually leads to her death. This story tries to depict the situation boys and girls are faced with when it approaches the choice of marriage and education as well as the roles some parents play when it comes to this delicate aspect of the life’s of their children. CHARACTERS Aisha : The Hausa young girl who dropped out for Marriage. Udoo : Aisha’s friend Mama Udoo : Udoo’s Mother Papa Udoo : Udoo’s Father Alhaji Audu : Aisha’s Uncle Mama Aisha : Aisha’s Mother Gema : Udoo’s husband Terfa : Aisha’s husband Sammy : Terfa’s friend Mama Ichan : Udoo’s Neighbor Female Patients : pregnant women attending clinic in the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Gynecology Clinic Section. Doctor : A medical Doctor working in the Aminu Kano Teaching hospital. Nurses : two nurses...
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...know. For this morning, our discussion will be in relation to a family. Are you familiar with Barney’s I Love You Song?” “Okay that’s good, so are you ready to sing and have fun today? | Student’s Activity “Good Morning Sir!” (One Student will lead the Prayer) (Students raise their hand and say present as the teacher calls in their name)(Students pick up the pieces of paper) “It was great sir!” “Of course sir! It was a lot of fun!”“Yes sir! We love purple-colored dinosaur!” “Yes” | Warm Up Let us sing Barney’s I Love You Song. (Students Sing) “I love you, you love me and we’re a happy family, With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, Hope you say you love me too.” “Okay now class, What can you say about the song? Does...
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...grateful exposed to different styles of literature; non-fiction, fiction, poems, plays, etc. Literature has a variety of styles; American literature, Irish literature, African American literature, and also Women’s literature are only a few examples. I am charmed by Women’s literature, everything from Annie Bradstreet to Judy Blume. My focus is to show how women portray a major role in the making of great literature, and also their existence in the works of art themselves. Distressingly, for years we women didn’t have a voice and our ideas were pushed aside. An American Editor Joan Goulianos wrote, “There exists a rich and complex literature by women that goes back to the Middle Ages, a literature that consists of diaries, of autobiographies…of stories- a literature in which women wrote about their lives and from which women and men today can draw insight about theirs.” I want to examine literary works and extract examples of the role of the women; revealing empowering and the undervalued identity of women. I want to explore how women writers affected American literature, and how the literary works...
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...1 EFFI BRIEST Theodor Fontane 1895 TRANSLATED AND ABRIDGED BY WILLIAM A. COOPER, A.M. Associate Professor of German, Leland Stanford Jr. University CHAPTER I 2 CHAPTER I In front of the old manor house occupied by the von Briest family since the days of Elector George William, the bright sunshine was pouring down upon the village road, at the quiet hour of noon. The wing of the mansion looking toward the garden and park cast its broad shadow over a white and green checkered tile walk and extended out over a large round bed, with a sundial in its centre and a border of Indian shot and rhubarb. Some twenty paces further, and parallel to the wing of the house, there ran a churchyard wall, entirely covered with a small-leaved ivy, except at the place where an opening had been made for a little white iron gate. Behind this arose the shingled tower of Hohen-Cremmen, whose weather vane glistened in the sunshine, having only recently been regilded. The front of the house, the wing, and the churchyard wall formed, so to speak, a horseshoe, inclosing a small ornamental garden, at the open side of which was seen a pond, with a small footbridge and a tied-up boat. Close by was a swing, with its crossboard hanging from two ropes at either end, and its frame posts beginning to lean to one side. Between the pond and the circular bed stood a clump of giant plane trees, half hiding the swing. The terrace in front of the manor house, with its tubbed aloe plants and a few garden chairs...
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...BASIC FINANCIAL LITERACY Guiding Principles for You 2010 Microfinance Opportunities 2010.Used by Permission : For inquiries regarding rights and permission, please contact: Microfinance Opportunities 1701 K Street NW , Suit 650 Washington, DC 2006 USA TEL:202 -721-0050 FAX: 202 -721-0010 Email: financialed!@mfopps.org www.microfinanceopportunities.org Equity Group Foundation P.O BOX 75104 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: 254 20 274 4000 FAX: 254 20 273 7276 Email: info@equitybank.co.ke www.equitybank.co.ke/company/foundation INTRODUCTION While the poor share the same goals as all people – economic security for themselves, their families, and future generations – their limited resources and options often lead to a sense of hopelessness and inertia. Careful management of what little money they do have is critical to meet day- to –day needs, cope with unexpected emergencies, and take advantage of opportunities when they come along. The bad news is that the poor often lack the knowledge and experience they need to be these careful money managers This is the purpose of this book. It teaches people about the concept of money and how to manage it wisely. It offers the opportunity to learn basic skills related to earning, spending, budgeting, saving, and borrowing. The good news is that when people do become more informed financial decision makers, they can plan for and realize their goals .Moreover, once people have acquired financial literacy skills, those skills cannot...
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...Country of Asylum T. Cole Andrews Chapter 1 4 Chapter 2 11 Chapter 3 21 Chapter 4 30 Chapter 5 40 Chapter 6 53 Chapter 7 65 Chapter 8 86 Chapter 9 98 Chapter 10 107 Chapter 11 123 Chapter 12 136 Chapter 13 150 Chapter 14 167 Chapter 15 173 Chapter 16 188 Chapter 17 202 Chapter 18 216 Chapter 19 219 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither. Numbers 35: 6 Country of Asylum Chapter 1 It was just beginning to get hot in Tikrit when I first realized I might have to kill this new man of my wife’s. It’s possible I overreacted to everything. You have to get up pretty early to call the States, if you want your privacy and you want to catch anybody awake at home; at home it’ll be sometime the night before. The desert is cool in the mornings too, or cooler, so that you’ll see the occasional soldier getting his PT in before it gets too hot, but he’s usually far enough away that you don’t have to whisper. I would watch the big black beetles fighting with each other in the dirt (they’re way bigger here than they are at home) while waiting for the call to go through. It always...
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...Title: Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven lyrics Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven I must be strong, and carry on Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Would you hold my hand If I saw you in heaven Would you help me stand If I saw you in heaven I'll find my way, through night and day Cause I know I just can't stay Here in heaven Time can bring you down Time can bend your knee Time can break your heart Have you begging please Begging please (instrumental) Beyond the door There's peace I'm sure. And I know there'll be no more... Tears in heaven Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven I must be strong, and carry on Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Title: David Archuleta - Crush lyrics Deep inside It was a rush What a rush 'Cause the possibility That you would ever feel the same way About me It's just too much Just too much Why do I keep running from the truth All I ever think about is you You got me hypnotized So mesmerized And I've just got to know [chorus:] Do you ever think When you're all alone All that we could be? Where this thing could go? Am I crazy or falling in love? Is it really just another crush? Do you catch a breath When I look at you? Are you holding back Like the way I do? 'Cause I'm trying, trying to...
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...2 States THE STORY OF MY MARRIAGE Love marriages around the world are simple: Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married. In India, there are a few more steps: Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy. Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl. Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family. Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married. Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya. They are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don’t agree. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple have a tough battle in front of them. For it is easy to fight and rebel, but it is much harder to convince. Will they make it? From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale about inter-community marriages in modern India. This may be the first time in the history of books, but here goes: Dedicated to my in-laws* *which does not mean I am henpecked, under her thumb or not man enough PROLOGUE “Why am I referred here? I don’t have a problem,” I said. She didn’t react. Just gestured that I remove my shoes and take the couch. She had an office like any other doctor’s, minus the smells and cold, dangerous instruments. She waited for me to talk more. I hesitated and spoke again. “I’m sure people come here with big, insurmountable problems. Girlfriends dump...
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...“There’s a race of men that don’t fit in, A race that can’t sit still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb the mountain’s crest; Their’s is the curse of the gypsy blood, And they don’t know how to rest.” ― Robert W. Service Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular. do you remember the first time you were called annoying? how your breath stopped short in your chest the way the light drained from your eyes, though you knew your cheeks were ablaze the way your throat tightened as you tried to form an argument that got lost on your tongue. your eyes never left the floor that day. you were 13. you’re 20 now, and i still see the light fade from your eyes when you talk about your interests for “too long,” apologies littering every other sentence, words trailing off a cliff you haven’t jumped from in 7 years. i could listen to you forever, though i know speaking for more than 3 uninterrupted minutes makes you anxious. all i want you to know is that you deserve to be heard for 3 minutes for 10 minutes for 2 hours forever. there will be people who cannot handle your grace, your beauty, your wisdom, your heart; mostly because they can’t handle their own. but you will never be and have never been “too much.” — "this started as something completely different, but everything comes...
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...“Behind the Fair Façade” Representations of Femininity in Three Walt Disney Animated Features Bachelor Thesis Bethany Schouten, 3278972 Media en Cultuurwetenschappen Genderstudies Supervisor: Domitilla Olivieri May 31st, 2011 “Behind the Fair Façade” Representations of Femininity in Three Walt Disney Animated Features Bachelor thesis by Bethany Schouten, 3278972 Index Introduction 3 Methodological and theoretical Framework 4 Corpus 9 The Research: SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 11 The Research: THE LITTLE MERMAID 18 The Research: THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG 24 Findings and Interpretation 31 Identity Formation 35 Conclusion 38 Literature 41 Media 43 Introduction The Walt Disney Company’s cultural products have been a great influence on popular culture since the 1930s and an inspiration for generations all over the world ever since. For many, including myself, the Princes, Princesses and fantastical creatures of Disney’s animated fairy tales have become symbols of their youth. Seeing the films gives rise to a feeling of nostalgia, they become a memento of one’s childhood world. But what kind of world is this? What kind of realities do Disney’s fantastical representations construct? In my thesis, I will analyze a specific element of Disney films: gender roles constructed through the representation of femininity in their animated...
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