For this week’s assignment‚ we were assigned to read Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong. An exquisite novel‚ many of the themes and motives relate closely To Kill a Mockingbird from earlier in the semester. Not to mention‚ Monique Truong’s background was captivating. Born in Saigon‚ Vietnam‚ Truong moved to Boiling Springs‚ North Carolina when she was seven. She spent the next four years here learning English as well as experiencing first hand racism and discrimination. On many accounts‚ Truong
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Everyone has their own way on how they value life whether it’s cherishing friends‚ traveling around the world‚ or learning as much as you can before the day it all ends. Some people take minutes figuring out how they value this human life and some people take hours. There are so many voices that are very confident in their opinions such as Roger Ebert‚ Hamlet‚ Steve Jobs etc. Chris Jones interviews Roger Ebert after Ebert had surgery to remove his cancerous tissue near his right jaw. In the article
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Mr. Holland wasn’t excited to be a teacher and that really reflected his teaching ways at the start of the movie. Burning the beginning all he was focused on was getting in and out of the school without having to put any extra effort into the job‚ he was mainly focused on making his music and wasn’t worried about anything else. After his wife had told him that they were having a baby‚ he realized he just might be stuck working as a teacher for more that the 4 years that he originally planned. But
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Psychoanalytical Literary Analysis of Chris Butterworth’s Story “Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea” When parents send their children to school‚ they expect the school to condition their kids to fit societal expectations. Most parents would be disappointed if their children failed to learn different social skills like cooperation‚ collaboration‚ and sharing while at school because elementary school is a prime atmosphere for children to develop their understanding of the world. An influential part
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“The story of Ah Q” by Lu Xun is a historical fiction written during the period of the Xin Hai Revolution. Sun Zhong Shan and other knowledgeable people trying to save China from corruption. The protagonist Ah Q is a peasant who possessed the lowest social status in Qing dynasty. The low social status deprived his name despite the fact that Ah Q is a “good worker”. Ah Q wants to be one of the revolutionaries to revenge the Chao’s family who had the greatest power in Weichuang village. However‚ the
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The novel begins as a foreword given by John Ray Jr. PHD‚ who explains about the events that will take place that will be talked about in psychiatric circles for a long time. He describes how he received the transcript from the lawyer of Humbert Humbert‚ the transcript’s author who died while awaiting trial. In the beginning of the story‚ Humbert describes his childhood at his father’s hotel. During this time‚ he met his first love Annabel‚ whose death left an imprint on Humbert. Humbert later describes
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Book one: The beginning of the novel Ben-Hur‚ starts out with the three wise men meeting in the desert. The beginning of the movie Ben-Hur‚ starts out with the birth of Jesus. This doesn’t make very many differences in the rest of the story. Book two: Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince of Judaea. His best friend Messala comes back to Judaea after five years. In the book Messala leaves Judaea to get an education in Rome. Five years later he comes back and insults Ben-Hur’s religion and they
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“When we reject the single story‚ when we realize that there is never a single story about anyone‚ we regain a kind of paradise.” This quotation from the author of Purple Hibiscus‚ Chimamanda Adichie‚ explains how only observing one side of a person’s life can lead to stereotyping and not being able to fully understand their actions and motives. In her novel‚ siblings Kambili and Jaja begin to understand the status of their crumbling country while also attempting to escape from their religious father’s
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While analyzing the literally content these last couple of weeks‚ something that been present through them all is presence of social realism. Social realism is term that could be used in many ways specifically its applied to the state run or imported art that is produced in Russia‚ which generally displays the leader in an idealized situation. For example‚ an image of Stalin surrounded by happy children in an idealized fashion promoting a mass murderer. In the reading by Sofia Petrovna‚ we see this
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The Green Mile‚ March 1999 Stephen King‚ 1947-? Summary: John Coffey is brought to Cold Mountain accused of rape and murder. It becomes known that he has a healing touch. Paul Edgecombe‚ the superintendent‚ has sympathy for Coffey and later finds out that Coffey is indeed innocent‚ but can find no way to stop the execution. Coffey proclaimed that he “wanted to go” and thus allowed Paul to accept Coffey’s fate as he must‚ and go on with his life. Central Characters: Paul
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