Antonia Novello The first woman and the first Latina to become the Surgeon General of the United States (1990-1993)‚ was named Antonia Novello. Born and raised in Puerto Rico and a former pediatrician Antonia focused on the health of children and minorities. Antonia Novello was born on August 23‚ 1944 in Fajardo‚ Puerto Rico‚ a town 32 miles southeast of San Juan. Novello came from a poor family. Her parents divorced‚ and her father later died while she was about 5 yrs old. Novello was
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National High School and its Effect on Academic Achivements By Michael C. Millanes & Princess Lovejoy C. Paeste A Thesis Proposal submitted in partial fulfillment Of the requirements for Introduction to Research 1 Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Biology at Caraga State Universiy College of Science Education Ampayon‚ Butuan City March 2014 A thesis entitled Teacher – Student Relationship of Agusan National High School And its Effect on Academic Achievement
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While reading the novel‚ ’My Antonia’‚ one can very quickly notice that author‚ Willa Cather has much admiration for the character‚ Antonia. Throughout ’My Antonia’‚ readers can conclude that Antonia is a very optimistic and inteligent girl who grows into an independent young woman. Due to such characteristics‚ many people could very easily find themselves admiring Antonia. Antonia Shimerda was born into poverty and grew up dealing with very tragic and stressful circumstances that would take a toll
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Willa Cather’s My Ántonia narrates childhood stories from the perspective of Jim Burden‚ and focuses on his relationship with his close childhood friend Ántonia. Both of the characters move to Nebraska at the same time‚ and influence each other’s lives greatly. Jim Burden grows up to have a deep connection and longing for his past and repeatedly renews the relationships between close friends and hometown. My Ántonia shows the stages of life for a character around the 1900s‚ starting at 10 years
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My Antonia by Willa Cather Author: Willa Sibert Cather‚ Nebraska’s most noted author was born in Virginia. At the age of ten she moved with her family to Webster County‚ Nebraska. Many of Cather’s acquaintances and Red Cloud area scenes can be recognized in her writings. Cather wrote poetry‚ short stories‚ essays and novels‚ winning many awards. In 1920 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel One of Ours‚ about a Nebraska farm boy who went off to World War I. Willa Cather’s reputation
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Passage | Interpretation | Page # | “My husband’s not home‚ sir. Can I do anything?” -Antonia | Ántonia doesn’t recognize Jim. He has changed due to the business life and wondering away from his home‚ even though he wanted to keep things the same. Ántonia on the other hand did changed and grow‚ just like the land she lives on. It shows almost an Irony (diction trope) because he leaves Antonia saying he’ll return and she anticipates it‚ yet she’s the one that forgets him. | 214 | “You ought to
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The Nebraska Landscape Humankind’s relationship to its environment is one of the strongest bonds people can make. In Willa Cather’s My Ántonia‚ this relationship is shown through many of the characters want to return to their hometown of Black Hawk‚ Nebraska. What they find they miss is a lost setting‚ a vanished world of people‚ places‚ and natural surroundings. They all develop a strong attachment to the Nebraska landscape‚ which never seems to leave them. Part of the reason for this connection
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gives her an outlet to express her unique struggles‚ desires‚ and beliefs. Willa Cather’s My Antonia is a poignant romantic novel about westward expansion‚ following the story of recently orphaned Jim Burden and his childhood in Nebraska. The parallels between the most impactful events in Jim’s life and that of Cather’s become glaringly obvious when the two are compared. Willa Cather shapes Jim’s story in My Antonia
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AKNOWLEDGEMENT It’s my great pleasure to submit this thesis entitled “Socio-Economic Status and Living Arrangement of Elderly People” (Comparative Study between Baidam and Sarangkot VDC‚ A Case of Kaski District) for the partial fulfillment of requirement for my masters Degree in Population‚ Gender and Development program (MPGD)‚ Faculty of Humanities and Social Science‚ Pokhara University‚ Nepal. First and foremost‚ my deepest acknowledgement and deepest gratitude goes to my academic supervisor
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that bad‚ on the contrary it can guide one to success‚ which is another step to acquiring the American Dream. Ambition goes hand in hand with progress‚ self-reliance‚ and individualism‚ some of the tenets for an American Dream. In Willa Cather’s My Antonia‚ Tiny Soderball showed the most in any of the other characters as being a very ambitious person. She was a Swedish immigrant who was determined to go after any aspirations that she had. Jim Burden regarded her as “Tiny Soderball was to lead the
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