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    The Walker • In the book‚ there is a character who is mentioned by the name "The Walker’. The Walker is based on a real person who did walk between the twin towers whose name is Philippe Petit. • In the story‚ he strangely won’t confess to the death of Corrigan who is one of the main characters in the book. Throughout the book‚ his real name is not mentioned. • He grabs the attention of many people when he started to walk the tightrope Corrigan • Corrigan is one of the main characters in the

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    William Faulkner(威廉·福克纳) * (1897-1962) * “A Rose for Emily” * 1931 * American | Significant & Visual Passages: a) “When Miss Emily Grierson died‚ our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument‚” “Alive‚ Miss Emily had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town.” (P409)---Emily acts as an embodiment of the old tradition. She is the spiritual pillar of the people who still live in their old

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    A Stand for Change In Alice Walker’s “Revolutionary Petunia” the author has portrayed Sammy Lou as a poor‚ black lady who revenged her husband’s murder. The writer describes Sammy Lou’s actions as a fight for freedom and change from the horrible manner in which she and others are treated. She is portrayed as a “militant” (line 9) that is strong and proud. Sammy Lou is a “cultivator” and has taken justice into her own hands. The use of the “cultivator hoe” represents her fight for justice

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    Developmental Milestones Goals 1. STACEY J. LUBETSKY DMD ST. BARNABAS HOSPITAL PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 2. 3. 4. 5. REVIEW AGE-RELATED PSYSHOCOCIAL TRAITS AND SILLS‚ SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT‚ MENTAL‚ AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN BEHAVIOR THEORIES BMI IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES ANSWERS TO COMMON PARENT QUESTIONS Physical Milestones Developmental Task Average Age Focus on light Lies on stomach‚lifts chin Birth weight doubles Rolls back to stomach Sits alone Stands with support Walks

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    Alice Walker Karin Leiva November 6‚ 2012 Lisa Evans English 9 Leiva 1 Alice Malsenior Walker was born on February 9‚ 1944 in Eatonton‚ Georgia. She is an American author‚ poet‚ and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about gender and race. Her writing mostly focuses on the role of women of color in their culture and history. Alice Walker actually expresses’ her feeling in any of her works. She usually reflects on herself and her feelings

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    The Insight Into “A Rose for Emily” In the literature piece of “A Rose for Emily” it’s clear that change is essential in a person’s life. Emily is an example of this based on how she stays in the past throughout the story. She remains the same since her pre-civil war self and Faulkner would agree that the past should stay in the past. The narrator is spoken in third person and he is seen as ghostly since his identity is unknown‚ from context clues you can assume it’s someone in the town “But the

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    Symbols in "A Rose for Emily" In the short story "A Rose for Emily"‚ by William Faulkner‚ symbolism is used frequently to show insight to hidden meanings in the story. Faulkner uses a rose to symbolize love and secrecy. Emily ’s house is also used to symbolize Emily as a monument‚ alienation‚ and death. Lastly‚ the strand of hair left on the pillow symbolizes love lost and a life of decay. The rose is a symbol for love. In the story‚ Homer is the "rose" or love for Emily. Emily ’s father

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    “Metamorphosis” and “A Rose for Emily” The tone‚ setting‚ and characters of Franz Kafka’s “The metamorphosis” can be seen as similar to those aspects in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” In both of these stories‚ there are two different people who are living their lives very much alike‚ and they both die all alone. The tone of “Metamorphosis” is similar to the tone of “A Rose for Emily.”Gregor and Miss Emily are both isolated and alienated. The narrator says that Gregor has an “exhausting

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    Section 1 Celie’s Awakening The novel The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker is a story about the struggle and the transformation of the protagonist Celie from a shy little girl that never stood up for herself who later on in her life developed into a strong confident and independent woman. Her awakening is due in large parts to the many female figures she met throughout her life. These figures are her sister Nettie‚ Mr.____’s sister Kate‚ Harpo’s wife Sofia‚

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    with their profound ability to transcribe words like a rose growing out from concrete. Maya Angelou‚ the author of “Graduation”‚ and Alice Walker‚ author of “Beauty”‚ are two teenage girls growing up in the segregated south with similar struggles. The two essays by Angelou and Walker are about the harsh realities each encounters through racism‚ and how they each overcome hardships when the odds are stacked against them. Angelou and Walker both articulately narrate their life experiences with similar

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