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    tell their stories and to do so in a creative way. These poems were chosen as they exhibit the theme of the Home as well as Journeys and other things that relate which revolve around those two main words. Covering four parts that include HomeGoing or Being away from home‚ The Journey‚ and The Return. They do not connect directly but all revolve around any of the four categories. The home is a sanctuary of love and peace. It is the place where one feels rooted upon. We do not talk of a structure

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    Joan of Arc Joan of Arc by Nancy Wilson Ross in nineteen-hundred and fifty-three and published by Random House. Nancy Wilson Ross was born in Olympia Washington; she wrote many books on the early fifteenth century including Joan of Arc. Nancy Wilson Ross wrote of that Joan of Arc was a simple girl taken advantage of by a wimp of a prince/king who left her to be used and abandoned at the first sign of trouble; by those that she had helped the most. That Joan was divinely guided by her voices

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    categories. Writers also can also use different strategies in order to convey their thesis or themes. The non-fiction works that I have chosen are “Who Will Light the Incense When Mother’s Gone?” by Andrew Lam and “On Going Home” by Joan Didion. I will discuss their theme and how Lam and Didion conveyed that theme into their work and for what purpose and to whom it was for. I will also discuss why it is considered a piece of non-fiction and how imagination plays a part in the selected stories. Who Will

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    Joan of Arc

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    Joan of Arc A French saint and a heroine in the Hundred Years’ war was Joan of Arc. This farm girl helped save the French from English command and was often called the Maid Orleans and the Maid of France. Her inspiration led the French to many victories. Joan Of Arc (In French Jeanne d’Arc) was born around 1412‚ in the village of Domremy‚ France. She was a peasant girl who‚ like many girls of that time‚ could not read or write. Her father‚ Jacques‚ was a wealthy tenant farmer and her mother

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    Joan of Arc led the French armies to several military victories over the English‚ all the while claiming to receive her strength and orders from God. Once she was in English hands‚ she was put on trial as a heretic. Do you think there was any chance that she would receive a fair trial? Why did the French not attempt to save her from her fiery fate? Joan of Arc is perhaps one of France’s most well-known Heroine. She is known for being pivotal in the expulsion of the English Army from French lands

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    release they tension is with entertains they self. Movies are the most popular ways to entertaining our self. There are two ways to watching movie‚ going to cinema or watching at home. There are some similarities watching movie at cinema and watching movie at home. We can bring our friends and family to watching movie at cinema or watching movie at home. We can bring our friends and family to cinema but we must book the seats early. If we watching movie alone we will feel lonely and not enjoying the

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    Joan of Arc

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    Joan of Arc (Jehanne Darc) was important to the history of France because she was a tremendous help in the Hundred Years War. Joan of Arc was born a peasant girl in Domremy‚ France on January 6‚ 1412. Instead of attending school‚ she worked on the farm with her family‚ where she learned to sew and spin wool. Every time church bells rang‚ she prayed.     When Joan of Arc was 13 she began hearing the voices from God. They were telling her to disguise herself as a man and join the French army to fight

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    Saint Joan

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    This passage‚ from the epilogue of Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan‚ introduces King Charles’ viewpoint of Joan. It occurs twenty five years after the execution of Joan. Charles is having a dream and talking to Ladvenu who is a holy man that has dedicated his life to clearing Joan. In the epilogue‚ Charles represents the government and Ladvenu represents the view of the church. Ladvenu says “I think of what it means to her” when Joan’s name is cleared. However‚ Charles says that he cannot think of what

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    Consequently‚ the characteristics used to describe Joan are commonly associated with dominant men‚ further confirming the idea that Joan willingly participates in gender role reversal. Barstow refers to Joan‚ “As a female prophet wearing male clothing who moved into the world of men and beat them at their own game…” (41). Joan is successful in assuming the role of a warrior by aligning herself‚ physically and emotionally‚ with her male counterparts. An example is when she provides council to King

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    people’s desire to have rest is prevailing over all other feelings. They can either go and see a concert‚ a play or a sporting event or watch TV at home. I prefer to attend a live performance because it is a source of exciting feelings of extended communication‚ it is an opportunity to visit with old friends‚ and it is a way of interrupting the home routine. First‚ nothing can be compared with the splendid vivid effects at a live performance. You can hear and see a live singer at the concert. Additionally

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