...smiling mouth. I t was Alanso's laugh, out f ro m between those cheeks that caught the sun and held i t i n a warm glow the rest o f the day. I t was Alanso's laugh, stirred f ro m the dead to wake Baluta. Sometimes remem5 bering began later i n the day, but not today. Baluta had to l if t f ro m beneath a stone o f g rief , so heavy w it h his sister's memory, to get out o f his cot. He had work today, after a ll . Baluta washed i n the shower, cold after his brother and sister-in-law had had theirs. Cold like Kpatawee Falls back home, Baluta thought. Yes. Today would be a remembering io day. He pulled a work shirt over his head. The name ' Joel ' was simply embroidered over the heart. The name had been his brother's idea. "Dese Americans," Jato said, " i f you tel l dem your Mandika name, dey look like you've given dem a riddle. You tell dem your name is Bob, and dey are all smiles." Jato grinned at his younger brother. " Bu t you can't have Bob, dat is mine" is Jato and his w ife , Sama, had already gone. Since Baluta had to have the car to go where the bus route didn't, i t was Jato and Sama who had to wake at f iv e a.m. to catch buses to work. Baluta f el t awfu l f o r this, but he had to work to get a car, and needed a car to get to work. So, here he was, walking toward the faraily vehicle. Jato cailed i t the Swiss Chevy. The o l d Camero had so rnany holes i n its body, the attempts at duet-tape patchwork had 20 been abandoned, and Baluta heard the w in...
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...Ganelle Curry Professor Meredyth Puller English 102-12 February 27, 2013 Literary Research Paper This literary research paper is based on the book Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works by Kurt Vonnegut. Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works consists of 25 short stories most of which had previously appeared in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly, Ladies Home Journal, Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, Collier’s Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, The New York Times, Esquire, Venture, and Cosmopolitan. The title story appeared in Playboy magazine the same year the collection was released. Eleven of the stories were reprinted from Vonnegut’s 1961 short story collection Canary in a Cat House (Vonnegut). This paper will focus on four futuristic science fiction stories from the collection. These stories, “Welcome to the Monkey House”, “Harrison Bergeron”, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”, and “Unready to Wear” all share a dystopian science fiction theme. Science and technology are supposed to make the world a better place, but instead, Vonnegut concludes they only create a new set of problems (Farrell, “Science and Technology in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut”). Television is often a target of satire in much of his fiction from the 1950’s. He describes it as desensitizing and numbing while deceiving the masses (Werlock). Vonnegut uses satire and pessimism throughout these dystopian stories. Satire is a special form of literature...
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...vrii-1~l‘; 1-:l:~:1:$ UNDERNI NGS MINISTERIET Studemereksamen 2. delpmve kl. 09.00 -14.00 Onsdag den 25. maj 2011 Id. 9.00 - 14.09 Side 1 af 12 sider Answer either A or B A The texts in section A focus on the trend “Living Apart Together” (L.A.T.). Write a paper (700-1000 words) in which you answer the following questions. Answer the questions separately. 1. 2. 3. Explain what “Living Apart Together” is, and give an outline of the different views presented in texts 2 and 3. Text 3 is a personal comment. How is that reflected in its tone and style? Give examples from the text. Taking your starting point in text 1, discuss What the consequences of L.A.T. might be. Page . . . 2 4 7 Texts 1. Rosemary Bennett, “Couples that live apart. . .stay together”, an article from The Times website, May 12, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Jill Brooke, “Home Alone Together”, an article from The New'Y0rk Times website, May 4, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Gary Picariello, “Just What Modern Romance Needs”, a comment from Associated Content website, March 30, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Write an essay (700-1000 words) in which you analyse and interpret Sky Brannon’s short story “Fireweed”. Your essay must include the following points: - the way the story is structured - the main theme - a characterization of Baluta/Joel - the setting...
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...Mental health patients used to be idolized in certain cultures such as in Native American culture. These defects, such as seizures or hallucinations, were seen as god-given talents because they were perceived as special and uncommon. However, in more developed societies. Those with mental disorders were ostracized and were treated as lesser beings. These practices still exist in today’s society, albeit to a lesser extent due to forms of treatment that are now available. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series can be seen as an extended metaphor for those struggling with mental illnesses. As more information is discovered, it can be applied to the series to further show the characters’ journeys. The field of Neuroscience, has only recently hit a...
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...BIGFOOT: LEGEND OR FACT? 2 There are many different legends and stories that have passed down from generation to generation. It is likely that everyone will have heard some type of legend told to him or her at some point in his or her life. Some legends are told and then fade into history. Some legends are kept alive as time passes and become so widespread that it touches everyone's life at some point. One legend that has caused decades of speculation is the legend of Bigfoot. The legend of Bigfoot has become widely popular in North America. It has even spawned similar legends told in other parts of the world. While most legends are told and brushed off as simply crazy stories, the legend of Bigfoot has caused much debate and investigation into the truth behind the stories of the giant ape-like animal. Many scientists have studied the supposed evidence of Bigfoot and the stories that have been told about the creature. For years, the research into the existence of Bigfoot has gone on with no conclusive evidence being found to prove the existence or non-existence of such an animal. As the questions remain, the legend of Bigfoot lives on and continues to grow from year to year. The stories and evidence provided in this paper are all from David Jenkins’ personal collection and experiences. David Jenkins was my zoology teacher in tenth grade, my biology teacher in eleventh grade, and finally my marine biology teacher my senior year. Mr. Jenkins has gone to church with my...
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...influenced generations in a way I believe no other genre has. Hip Hop in the textbook is said to have first emerged in largely African-American, afro Caribbean, and Latino communities of the Bronx and then spread to Harlem and other boroughs of the New York City in the early 1970s. It is defined as a style of popular music of United States and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. It can also be described as a culture and form of ground breaking music and self-expression with elements that consisted of the elements of graffiti art, DJing, MCing, and breaking. Today Hip-Hop is considered to be dead in the mainstream because so-called mainstream Hip-Hop doesn't have the elements of hip-hop and have no meaning....
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...Endangered Species Think back to the first time you went to the zoo. Do you remember the excitement you felt when you got your first glimpse of a tiger? Or maybe your favorite animal was an elephant. These species and many others are in danger of becoming extinct. I’m going to explain to you the process to get a species listed as endangered and the protective measures taken to help them recover. I’ll also talk about the success rate of these efforts. The first step to protecting a threatened species is to get them listed. The process to have a species added to the list can take up to a year. Species are listed by 2 classifications, threatened or endangered. A threatened species is a species that could become endangered in the near future without proper protection. An endangered species is a species that could become extinct. To start the process someone must first file a petition or conduct a survey of the species. Anyone can file a petition providing there is enough biological evidence to warrant further investigation. Members of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services or the National Marine Fisheries Service complete the surveys. Several factors help determine if a species is in need of protection. A few of those factors are: Changes in habitat, over utilization due to commercial and recreational purposes, disease or predation, and inadequate regulatory Laws. Within 90 days of receiving the petition or survey they must decide if further investigation is warranted. If it...
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...and that you live in a country without war and fear. The short story is about the main character Baluta whose family tragically got killed back in Liberia. He lives in the USA with his brother and sister-in-law. Everyday he gets flashbacks from his childhood and his family who lived in Liberia. In the USA he works as a carpenter and one day he has to visit a lady, Tiffany, in a rich neighborhood. She is very upset that she can’t have the same color fireweed on all of her walls, and exactly the word fireweed hit Baluta right in the heart and throughout the day he keeps getting flashbacks. The main character Baluta also goes under his more formal name Joel, which he uses when he is at work. His brother gave him the name because the American people aren’t used to different names. He lives in a ghetto with his brother and sister-in-law and they don’t have much money. He has an old car with a lot of holes in its body and the water in their shower turns cold. All this shows us the bad economy of the family. Even though he lives in the USA his language and pronouncement isn’t very good. For example he uses “der” instead of “there”. He is also extremely affected by his loss of his family and everyday there is something that reminds him of them. Although he lost his family a long time ago he still has all these scars on his soul. He is very polite and kind by nature and he gets a guilty conscience when he uses the car for work,...
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...Ishmael Reed has received more critical responses than almost any other contemporary African American male writer. In spite of Reed’s ongoing conviction, as he and other black male artists have been misrepresented and virtually ignored, the press, scholars, students, journalist, fellow writers, and other assorted groups have studied his work. Born February 22, 1938, Reed has produced, since the Publication of The Free-Lance Pallbearers, five novels, four books of poetry, numerous reviews and critical articles, editor to five issues of major small multicultural press literary magazine, and collected two books of essays. To this day, Reed is considered to be a major literary leader of third world press, and continues to been a very affluent and busy writer. Throughout his wide-ranging works, it becomes apparent that Reed incorporates the impact of Afro Americans on the culture of the United States in the corpus of American letters. His tone and style are sometimes of satire and parody, but his intentions are deadly stern, as evidenced by his numerous essays advancing his major contribution—in the art of neo-hoodism. Recently, critics have inadequately labeled Reed’s fiction, and have deemed his collection of works as less interesting than his earlier, more notorious writings. To the naïve reader, these novels seem more straightforward in their plots and messages, and seem to have a much less tentative technique. However, the ostensive clarity is in fact part of a much more...
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...De Stefani Caterina Univerity of Trento n.151433 University of Latvia n.cd13004 ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY: Research on the Tasmanians, the destruction of their people and their culture and the opinion of the English scientist of the Tasmanians in the 19th century? Since the 60s of the XVIII century, the Aboriginal Tasmanians caught the attention of the scientific community due to their primitive characters and became the subject of studies of physical anthropology and paleoanthropology. The Aboriginal Tasmanians were indigenous people of Tasmania which is an island slightly larger in size than West Virginia located 200 miles off Australia’s southeast coast. Tasmanians probably went there crossing a land bridge that connected the island to the continent of Australia during the last Ice Age 40,000-35,000 years ago. With the passage of time, the gradual rising of the sea level submerged the Australian-Tasmanian land bridge and the Black aborigines of Tasmania experienced the longest period of isolation in human history: more than 10,000 years of solitude and physical isolation from the rest of the world until Europeans arrived and settled in the beginning of the 19th century. The aboriginal inhabitants of the island were Black people which were marked by curled hair with skin complexions ranging from black to reddish-brown. They were relatively short in stature with little body fat. The Tasmanian aborigines were hunter-gatherers with an exceptionally basic technology....
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...Cedric Kouamou English 200, 1994 Dr. England 9 April 2015 The Invisible Force The Psychological Drive to Give Charities have become a prominent form of giving in our society, but what drives us towards these mediums of exchange? Is it for our own satisfaction? Peer pressure? Guilt? My research shows that the conscious state of an individual plays the most important role when engaging in donating, it serves as the pendulum which is pushed by outside forces into contributing to charities. My definition of charitable giving is donating and allocating a portion of your assets for an underprivileged group of individuals with the intentions to better their lives. By assets I do not only mean money, I also mean any valued resources such as time and knowledge that can greatly enhance another individuals living standards. Participating in charities has an array of advantages, from the uplifting feeling it brings to the donator, to the benefits received by those in need, it serves as a mediator of joy and happiness for all those involved. Most of my research shows that the majority of disadvantages with charity stems from the consciousness of an individual, as noted earlier; if a person is not in the right state of mind, he or she will be liable to falling prey to countless scams and pressured donations. Fortunately, there are several solutions available in order to quell these fears, such as researching the charity beforehand, tracking what kind of impact your donations makes,...
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...Word | Ar.Meaning | Example | Sort | | What sort of music do you like dancing to? | Ride | | I ride my bicycle to work. | Mine | | a coal/salt/gold mine | Exchange | | We had a friendly exchange of views. | Persuade | | Clever salesmanship can persuade you to buy things you don't really want. | Printing Press | | Printing Press : a machine that prints books, newspapers or magazines | Infinite | | an infinite number/variety | Export | | Japan exports a huge quantity of cars around the world. | Occupation | | the Italian occupation of Ethiopia | Sofa | | I sat down on the sofa next to Barbara | Apartment | | I'll give you the keys to my apartment. | Foreign | | The government wanted an inflow of foreign investment. | Miserable | | She's miserable living on her own. | Excitement | | The children were jumping up and down with excitement. | Corner | | Click the icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. | Regularly | | Accidents regularly occur on this bend. | Antique | | My mother collects antiques. | Knife | | I prefer to use a knife and fork . | Fortunately | | Fortunately, we had come prepared. | Tutor | | During my illness I was taught by a series of home tutors. | Perhaps | | I'd guess that she's in her forties - forty-five perhaps. | Examined | | The research examined the effects of alcohol on long-term memory. | Towards | | The country seems to be drifting towards war. | Obviously...
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...The roosters were crowing before darkness had faded in the riverside Dayak hamlet of Kunsali Patamuan in Kapuas Hulu district, West Kalimantan. Through the cracks of the timber walls in the 122 metre wide long-house, the faint sound of shuffling feet on squeaky floors penetrated to the compartments, as people went back and forth to the kitchens at the back of each living quarter. Not long afterwards, the clattering of tin kettles and stirring of teaspoons could be heard right, left and centre. The long-house was awakening. The village of Malapi is one of the home villages of the Tamans, a sub group of the Iban Dayak. There are about 6000 Tamans in all, their community spread through about a dozen villages in Kapuas Hulu. The village of Malapi is one of them, and consists of a string of four hamlets, one of which is Kunsali Patamuan, and six long-houses. Each long-house lodges between 20 and 40 family units. All are close to the river which runs through the village. Our particular long-house was only recently relocated here as the ever-moving Kapuas river bed had turned its erosive powers right up to the front of the old long-house. The old site had to be abandoned. An increasing rate of riverbank erosion is one of the environmental problems facing this community as a result of upstream logging, both legal and illegal. Every family living in the old long-house builds their own compartment or bilik, and it might take ten years or more before all are completed. The wood used in...
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...Marc Prensky Digital Natives Digital Immigrants ©2001 Marc Prensky _____________________________________________________________________________ Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants By Marc Prensky From On the Horizon (NCB University Press, Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001) © 2001 Marc Prensky It is amazing to me how in all the hoopla and debate these days about the decline of education in the US we ignore the most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Today’s students have not just changed incrementally from those of the past, nor simply changed their slang, clothes, body adornments, or styles, as has happened between generations previously. A really big discontinuity has taken place. One might even call it a “singularity” – an event which changes things so fundamentally that there is absolutely no going back. This so-called “singularity” is the arrival and rapid dissemination of digital technology in the last decades of the 20th century. Today’s students – K through college – represent the first generations to grow up with this new technology. They have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers, videogames, digital music players, video cams, cell phones, and all the other toys and tools of the digital age. Today’s average college grads have spent less than 5,000 hours of their lives reading, but over 10,000 hours playing video games (not to mention...
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...The New Astrology by SUZANNE WHITE Copyright © 1986 Suzanne White. All rights reserved. 2 Dedication book is dedicated to my mother, Elva Louise McMullen Hoskins, who is gone from this world, but who would have been happy to share this page with my courageous kids, April Daisy White and Autumn Lee White; my brothers, George, Peter and John Hoskins; my niece Pamela Potenza; and my loyal friends Kitti Weissberger, Val Paul Pierotti, Stan Albro, Nathaniel Webster, Jean Valère Pignal, Roselyne Viéllard, Michael Armani, Joseph Stoddart, Couquite Hoffenberg, Jean Louis Besson, Mary Lee Castellani, Paula Alba, Marguerite and Paulette Ratier, Ted and Joan Zimmermann, Scott Weiss, Miekle Blossom, Ina Dellera, Gloria Jones, Marina Vann, Richard and Shiela Lukins, Tony Lees-Johnson, Jane Russell, Jerry and Barbara Littlefield, Michele and Mark Princi, Molly Friedrich, Consuelo and Dick Baehr, Linda Grey, Clarissa and Ed Watson, Francine and John Pascal, Johnny Romero, Lawrence Grant, Irma Kurtz, Gene Dye, Phyllis and Dan Elstein, Richard Klein, Irma Pride Home, Sally Helgesen, Sylvie de la Rochefoucauld, Ann Kennerly, David Barclay, John Laupheimer, Yvon Lebihan, Bernard Aubin, Dédé Laqua, Wolfgang Paul, Maria José Desa, Juliette Boisriveaud, Anne Lavaur, and all the others who so dauntlessly stuck by me when I was at my baldest and most afraid. Thanks, of course, to my loving doctors: James Gaston, Richard Cooper, Yves Decroix, Jean-Claude Durand, Michel Soussaline and...
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