...Symbolism in Journey “A Worn Path” and “A Road not Taken” The symbolism of a journey is represented in the short story “A worn Path” and the poem “The Road Not taken”. In each a journey is being taken. While representing two different types of journeys, they each display symbolism that is representative of each story. In “A Worn Path”, the journey of struggle to overcome racism and in “The Road not Taken” is regret of having to choice between two paths. Using symbolism in each form makes the story and poem more reverent to the reader. The symbolism is like imagery for both the short story and the poem. The short story “A Worn Path” is written by Eudora Welty. The story is set in the south during a time when racial tension was still prevalent. African Americans are just moving out of slavery and into being free. The story tells of the journey of an old woman making the familiar trip to town for medicine for her grandchild. She is met with obstacles, adversity and also with respect. The old woman’s name is Phoenix Jackson. The author takes care not to describe Phoenix as a black woman, but instead describes her with colors that are representation of the mythical creature of the same name. The author description of Phoenix as” her skin had a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles and as though a whole little tree stood in the middle of her forehead, but a golden color ran underneath, and the two knobs of her cheeks were illumined by a yellow...
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...influential writers of the20th century, his reputation is based on his novels, novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. Most of Faulkner's works are set in his native state of Mississippi. He is considered one of the most important Southern writers along withMark Twain, Robert Penn Warren, Flannery O'Connor, Truman Capote, Eudora Welty, and Tennessee Williams. While his work was published regularly starting in the mid 1920s, Faulkner was relatively unknown before receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. Since then, he has often been cited as one of the most important writers in the history of American literature. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Biography Born William Cuthbert Falkner in New Albany, Mississippi, he was the eldest son of Murry Cuthbert Falkner (August 17, 1870 – August 7, 1932) and Maud Butler (November 27, 1871 – October 16, 1960). He later changed the spelling of his name to Faulkner. His brothers were Murry Charles "Jack" Falkner (June 26, 1899 – December 24, 1975), author John Falkner (later Faulkner) (September 24, 1901 – March 28, 1963) and Dean Swift Falkner (August 15, 1907 – November 10, 1935). Faulkner was raised in and heavily influenced by the state of Mississippi, as well as by the history and culture of the South as a whole. When he was four years old, his entire family moved to the nearby town of Oxford, where he lived on and off...
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...vast island, a dark curvy passage lead down to a large forest full of plants. Lining the bark of numerous trees was moss as soft as feathers, and weeds springing out from cracks in the ground. Behind the cluster of bushes, which looked like they haven't been trimmed in years, there was an oak tree. Towering over anyone passing, the tree seemed as if it were thousands of feet tall. Its roots dug deep into the soil, reaching for every last drop of water. No one knew what magic lived inside this tree. And no one ever found out. Pilanu, the former goddess of Nature always enjoyed that story from the very moment her grandmother told her. She visioned it in her mind, and how she would use her goddess capabilities...
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...“Gone with the Wind” is a story about life of Scarlett O’hara living down south during and after the Civil War. Written in 1936, by author Margaret Mitchell. Only being eighteen years old in the beginning of the book, Scarlett is still a very strong, stubborn, young woman who gets her way. Scarlett lives a very simple life, in the south with a lot of money on a plantation named Tara. When the civil war begins, Scarlett’s mother dies of disease and her father goes insane because of her death. All the slaves are then freed, leaving the plantation empty, and Scarlett to do all the work. When the taxes rise 300 dollars, Scarlett is desperate to find a way to pay them. She promises herself that there’s only one way to make money; she must lie, cheat, steal, or kill to make sure no one goes hungry again There is talk of a Barbecue at Twelve Oaks, the Wilkes’ plantation, down the road from Tara. Scarlett meets Gerald O’hara on the road to ask if the rumor Mammy, her slave, had told her is true. That Ashley Wilkes is going to ask his cousin Melanie to marry him. Scarlett is heartbroken that the man of her dreams is marrying someone else. When she arrives at Twelve Oaks, Scarlett is the center of attention, all of the men, even those who have girlfriends, talk to Scarlett. She is the most popular girl there. Melanie and Ashley talk of their marriage as they overlook the garden. Scarlett is sitting beneath a tree with all the men surrounding her, enjoying her time until she spies Ashley...
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...(This story is 10 pages long. You need to scroll down, from page to page, to read the entire story.) American History By Judith Ortiz Cofer I once read in a Ripley's Believe It or Not column that Pater-son, New Jersey, is the place where the Straight and Narrow (streets) intersect. The Puerto Rican tenement known as El Building was one block up from Straight. It was, in fact, the corner of Straight and Market; not "at" the corner, but the corner. At almost any hour of the day, El Building was like a monstrous jukebox, blasting out salsas from open windows as the residents, mostly new immigrants just up from the Island, tried to drown out whatever they were currently enduring with loud music. But the day President Kennedy was shot, there was a profound silence in El Building; even the abusive tongues of viragoes, the cursing of the unemployed, and the screeching of small children had been somehow muted. President Kennedy was a saint to these people. In fact, soon his photograph would be hung alongside the Sacred Heart and over the spiritist altars that many, women kept in their apartments. He would become part of the hierarchy of martyrs they prayed to for favors that only one who had died for a cause would understand. On the day that President Kennedy was shot, my ninth grade class had been out in the fenced, playground of Public School Number 13. We had been given "free" exercise time and had been ordered by our P.E. teacher, Mr. DePalma, to "keep moving...
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...Duration: 15 – 20 minutes iii Writing: A comprehension will be written by my learners concerning Michael ‘story - Comprehension Questions: Where did Michael Chabon’s parents buy a new home in 1969? Who is James Rouse? Where was “the Plan,” displayed? What does Chabon see in the slide show? Find the name of the neighbourhood Chabon’s family moved into. Where does the author say he put the map of Columbia? Chabon states that some critics believe the “grand experiment” of Columbia had failed. What reasons are given for this failure? What does Chabon say about childhood in the essay? (http://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/04-42-2-c.pdf) Learning Outcome: Learners will demonstrate their comprehension of assigned readings by writing concise summaries that identify the author’s main point (thesis) and supporting ideas, paraphrasing and quoting key words and phrases when necessary to avoid plagiarism they require considerable thought to write – it is easy to get them wrong and create a learning strait jacket. Learners will identify the shape of text (e.g. introduction, body, and conclusion) by reading non-fiction essays and articles. Description of activity and assessment: Since the intent of the unit is to assess writing standards, I know that they needed to provide a well-written product. In this case, I would still provide them with some choice. Additionally, the standards I chose had to do with evidence, and so they needed to do research, cite evidence...
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...American Literature * Authors * Books * Short Stories * Christmas * For Children * Features * ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form * Login/Signup The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen Although he is well noted for his fairy-tales, the poignant story of The Little Match Girl or The Little Matchstick Girl is a great example of Hans Christian Andersen's broad literary talent and ability. I personally like to read this story at least twice a year, once in Autumn as the holiday season comes into focus, and then again around the Christmas holiday. It's a gentle reminder of the value of compassion and charity. Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening-- the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home she had slippers on, it is true; but what was the good of that? They were very large slippers, which her mother had hitherto worn; so large were they; and the poor little thing lost them as she scuffled away across the street, because of two carriages that rolled by dreadfully fast. One slipper was nowhere to be found; the other had been laid hold of by an urchin, and off he ran with it; he thought it would do capitally for a cradle when he some day or other should have children himself. So the little maiden walked on with her tiny naked feet, that were...
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...World Mythology 5/7/11 A Creation Story By Victoria Jay “Why do they do that mother?” “Do what? The sunflowers?” Salhi nodded, as she ran her small hands through the soft yellow petals. Her gray eyes sparkled in the dying light as she looked up at me. “Why do they face the trees in the morning, and then bow to the mountains at night?” She twirled around, her light blue sun dress swaying in the breeze, “it’s just…They look so sad, like they’re lost, and cant’ get home.” A soft smile played at my lips, I bent down so my head came up to her shoulders. My little girl turned and looked at me, rubbing her nose and leaving a streak of pollen on its tip. “Would you like to hear a story?” I whispered, placing myself back on our blanket. She nodded, her eyes lighting up at the prospect of another myth. She sat down next to me, curling up and resting her head on my lap. I sighed, turning my eyes upward to the speckled red sky, the last light of day just beginning to hide behind the cloak of night. I closed my eyes, remembering the myth my grandmother had told me years ago; the soft chirping of a Pine siskin floats through the cool air as I begin the story, the Senowee tale of why the sunflower follows the sun. Why the Sunflower Follows the Sun “Once, long ago in a place much different than our home, there lived a burning flame. Her name was Asishkawatz, and she was the mother sun. Now, Asishkawatz had seven children, six of who had extraordinary gifts. Sal, the...
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...prices of seed and fertilizer, or the uncertainties of the markets. On the most perfect of days, my mother would quietly say to me, "Don't worry. The men will find something to worry about." Pappy, my grandfather, was worried about the price for labor when we went searching for the hill people. They were paid for every hundred pounds of cotton they picked. The previous year, according to him, it was $1.50 per hundred. He'd already heard rumors that a farmer over in Lake City was offering $1.60. This played heavily on his mind as we rode to town. He never talked when he drove, and this was because, according to my mother, not much of a driver herself, he was afraid of motorized vehicles. His truck was a 1939 Ford, and with the exception of our old John Deere tractor, it was our sole means of transportation. This was no particular problem except when we drove to church and my mother and grandmother were forced to sit snugly together up front in their Sunday best while my father and I rode in the back, engulfed in dust. Modern sedans were scarce in rural Arkansas. Pappy drove thirty-seven miles per hour. His theory was that every automobile had a speed at which it ran most efficiently, and through some vaguely defined method he had...
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...prices of seed and fertilizer, or the uncertainties of the markets. On the most perfect of days, my mother would quietly say to me, "Don't worry. The men will find something to worry about." Pappy, my grandfather, was worried about the price for labor when we went searching for the hill people. They were paid for every hundred pounds of cotton they picked. The previous year, according to him, it was $1.50 per hundred. He'd already heard rumors that a farmer over in Lake City was offering $1.60. This played heavily on his mind as we rode to town. He never talked when he drove, and this was because, according to my mother, not much of a driver herself, he was afraid of motorized vehicles. His truck was a 1939 Ford, and with the exception of our old John Deere tractor, it was our sole means of transportation. This was no particular problem except when we drove to church and my mother and grandmother were forced to sit snugly together up front in their Sunday best while my father and I rode in the back, engulfed in dust. Modern sedans were scarce in rural Arkansas. Pappy drove thirty-seven miles per hour. His theory was that every automobile had a speed at which it ran most efficiently, and through some vaguely defined method he had...
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...———- Q: Where did the sheep go on vacation? A: The baaaahamas ———- Q: What do you call a thieving alligator? A: A crookodile ———- Q: What goes tick-tock, bow-wow, tick-tock, bow-wow? A: A watch dog. ———- Q: What do you call a cow that eats your grass? A: A lawn moo-er. ———- Q: What do you call a girl with a frog on her head? A: Lilly. ———- Q: How does a dog stop a video? A: He presses the paws button. ———- Q: Why do cows go to New York? A: To see the moosicals! ———- Q: What do you call lending money to a bison? A: A buff-a-loan ———- Q: What is the snake’s favorite subject? A: Hiss-story ———- Q: What is black ,white and red all over? A: A sunburnt penguin! ———- Q: Why does a dog wag its tail? A: Because there’s no one else to wag it for him. ———- Q: What is a cat’s favorite movie? A: The sound of Mew-sic! ———- Q: How do you make a goldfish old? A: Take away the g! ———- Q: Why did the lamb cross the road? A: To get to the baaaaarber shop! ———- Q: How does a mouse feel after it takes a shower? A: Squeaky clean! ———- Q: What has four legs and goes “Oom, Oom”? A: A cow walking backwards! ———- Q: Where do you put barking dogs? A: In a barking lot. ———- Q: What do you call a pig that’s been arrested for dangerous driving? A: A road hog....
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...Mga Piling Linya sa Tula na Ginamitan ng Tayutay 1. Animang Pantig •Kung ano ang buhay, siyang kamatayan... Ang hirap ko’y alam ng iyong kariktan tapatin mo lamang yaring karaingan At bigyan ng buhay, ang pag-asang patay! --Oksimoron (www.tagaloglang.com) •Siya ang berdugo Na bahid ng dugo Hawak ay gatilyo Dugo’y kumukulo. --Metapora Berdugo ni Greg Bituin •Palaman ko ay margarin Kaya malinamnam ito Para akong nasa bangin Ng paglayang pangarap ko. --Simile Pandesal ni Greg Butuin 2. Waluhang Pantig •Ang pag-ibig ko sa iyo ay lansones na malasa Ganyan din ang pagsinta mong may lamukot na ligaya. --Metapora Parang Buto ng Lansones •Ngunit ang suyuang iyan kapag naging paglililo Parang buto ng lansones sa sinumpang paraiso! --Simile Parang Buto ng Lansones •Bawat hukay, bawat libing Ay isa lang pintong bukas Na patungo sa lupaing Maligaya't walang wakas. --Sinekdoke Bawat Hukay (http://panitikan.hostingsiteforfree.com/criticism/mulasatradisyontungosakongregasyon.htm) 3. Labindalawahing Pantig •May isang lupain sa dakong silangan Na nag-aalaga ay sikat ng araw kaya napatanyag ay sa kagandahan at napabalita sa magandang asal. --Hyperbole (Panitikang Pambata) •Habang nagduruyan ang buwang ninikat sa lundo ng kanyang sinutlang liwanag, isakay mo ako gabing mapamihag sa mga pakpak mong humahalimuyak. --Apostrope (Panitikang Pambata) •Ang puso'y lumukso sa pagkakakita nitong bahagharing pagkaganda-ganda. --Personipikasyon (Panitikang...
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...thence Northeast by J. S. Canterberry's and including him to the starting point; it includes twenty-five square miles. It is inhabited by sixty-six families with a population of four hundred. Points of Interest One of the natural wonders of this community is situated on the farm of P. M. Foster, and is known as the "Seven Wonders". This is an immense rock in the shape of an inverted pyramid. It is about thirty feet tall, four by six feet at the base, and about twenty by thirty feet at the top. Tradition tells how it received its name. It is said that a man upon viewing this Wonder, wondered six times how it stood up and one time if it was supported by an oak which grew by the side of the rock. He said, "You are surely a "Seven Wonders". This rock is covered with names and dates. Some of them are more than a hundred years old. Another natural wonder of Forest Hill Community, is known as the "Devil's Den". This is situated on the line between J. H. Rogers and J. T. Canterberry's, and consists of a huge wash basin, writing desk, and a seat. This wonder is of sand stone formation. The Mound Builders We are led to believe by the evidence before us in the form of mounds, that the Mound Builders were the first inhabitants of this community. There is a well preserved mound on the farm of A. M. Hutchinson, about one and a half miles north of the post office. It is twenty to thirty feet higher than the surrounding bottom. This mound, I believe, is a burial...
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...of Alder County, and boasted a population of 5,211 (soon to be 5,213, once Patty O’Brien had her second set of twins). Built on the shore of a diminutive lake by Swedish and German settlers decades before William Penn brought in his Quakers, Middleburg was the epitome of a small American town. It had one main street, on which all of its most important buildings, Town Hall, the Post Office, and the Savings and Loan Association, were located. It had two schools, an elementary and a high school, several churches of various faiths and denominations, and one synagogue. It had a two-story department store located in the heart of the business district, an haute cuisine restaurant rated five stars by the occasional critic, and a fast food restaurant beloved by the under eighteen crowd. Its citizens celebrated all the major holidays “in style”. During the Christmas holidays, the townspeople raised a giant fir tree in the middle of Town Square that they decorated with strings of lights and gaudy ornaments. Every Easter Sunday, they held the annual Easter egg hunt for children 10 and under on the Town Hall lawn. They celebrated The Fourth of July with a parade and a huge fireworks display and Veteran’s Day with a memorial service for soldiers who died in battle at the town cemetery. Everyone in Middleburg loved mom, baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie and prominently displayed American flags on their...
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...Lola enjoys going to the Program for Gifted Learners (PGL) each week with her friends. She and her PGL class successfully sent a science experiment to space in a NASA rocket. She also presented experience with Cubes in Space at NASA in Virginia. Lola loves reading and writing, especially about mythology and adventure. Racing through the forest, weaving in and out of trees, skirting old dirt roads, I can feel adrenaline coursing through my body, my heart rate elevating with each leap I take. I start to feel the tattoo on my side burning, as if a pattern is being added to it. I stop; not willingly, but my body has just stopped moving. I know that if I stay stopped for even another minute, they will catch up to me. Looking down, boarding my planted...
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