Preview

Heifer Give To Beatrice Biiira Analysis

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
116 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Heifer Give To Beatrice Biiira Analysis
This story talking about a young woman from Uganda named Beatrice Biira. Beatrice grew up in the poor village of Kisinga in the mountains of Uganda. She want to attend school, but her family didn’t have the money to pay for it. In 1993, she have a chance from the charity organizer “Heifer International”. The thing that Heifer give to Beatrice is a goat. When she saw that goat first time, she could not see the value of something like goat. But in real life she can earn money from this goat and it can make her get to high school. She is an excellent student in Uganda, who can earn the money by this goat.

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    The story takes off in a tribe called the Masai, were a young boy is treated differently because he refuses to kill a lion to become a warrior of the tribe. Upon refusal, he goes out to his special place to get away from his troubles were he watches a mighty lion (which end he named Al-Asfar) lie down. En-Gerrs (the boy) friend wants him to become a warrior and asks why En-gerr refuses to kill the lion. En-gerr calmly tells him that he has been watching Al-Astra for a while now and that he now considers the lion a friend. Second, En-gerr steps up to the plate. The…

    • 277 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The short story “The Scarlet Ibis” is a very touching story, which includes many themes within it. The story is about a boy who is born with a special condition which makes him weaker than other children. However, “Doodle”, the boy with the condition overcomes it when his brother teachers him how to walk. The shorts story, “The scarlet Ibis” has many conflicts in it, such as Doodle vs. his brother and Doodle vs. Nature.…

    • 405 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    A small town Hawaii boy can make it big by focusing and accomplishing on dreams that they have and hard work. If you work hard than you can earn your reward by being successful in life. In the story redheaded Hawaiian Rudy grew up as a kid who was forced into labor with his dad and catching fish for his family and doing stupid things like get drunk and beat times for shotgunning a beer can. At first he was struggling in school and not doing so good and not wanting to go to college. But what he also depended on for helping him make it big was his family. Rudy’s mom was the kind of person who was loving to her kids and would do anything to protect them. She was also a very supportive person to Rudy and his sisters. But Rudy’s dad was the kind…

    • 387 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    As a family in Kilanga in the beginning of the book, the Prices face many challenges because of the Congo Crisis. In the…

    • 688 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The story is about the experience of a teenage Muslim girl,who wears a hijab in a non-islamic country. It also talks about the societies around her, like her friends life and also her schools reaction on her appearances. It also stated about her friendship among her friends and her relationship with an ultra-ortodox jewish…

    • 55 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    To conclude, I have learned a lot from Irie and in the novel “ White teeth” by Zadie Smith. Irie is very smart and capable person, however, she has very low self-esteem. In addition, in this book, Smith emphasize racism between the black and white and how income inequality done go the society. Irie’s is also one of the characters obsessed with her past, and she want to understand her identity. As a result, she found out from her grandmother, Hortense that Clara ex-boyfriends, Ryan Topps, maybe her real baby daddy. It took her long time to finding her path, but eventually she has figured it out with her identity with biracial, low-income family, non-malnourished a young lady, and…

    • 120 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The next story takes place with the Nyinba people of Nepal, an agricultural, patrilineal and polyandrous society. After meeting at a dance, a man, Sonam, gives a woman working outside, Zumkhet, a love letter stating his love for her and his wishes for retreat from their current marriages. Sonam takes Zumkhet to a holy man whom they live with while the divorces are going on. To signify forever friendship, Sonam gives Zumkhet special coins. Although the gift signifies friendship, it is a rite of passage to become more than that. Because the Nyinba are also a patrilocal society, after the long, ugly divorces, Zumkhet moves in with…

    • 745 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Heifer’s Passing on the Gift represents a unique approach to sustainable development. It is the cornerstone of Heifer international that shows the innovative idea in optimum utilization of available resources to benefit human livelihood.…

    • 284 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    It is a story about a young boy living with his aunt and uncle, who is infatuated with his friend's sister and often follows her to school, never having the courage to talk to her. At last, she speaks to him, asking him if he is planning to attend a visiting bazaar named "Araby". After her indication that she cannot attend, the young man offers to bring her something from that bazaar, hoping to impress her. The young boy borrows some money from his uncle and makes his way to the bazaar a little late because that night his uncle was late home. At the bazaar, most stalls were closed and most of the people have left. The event is shuting down for the night, and the boy does not have enough money to buy something…

    • 186 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    The novel, Zenzele1, is so much more than the telling of a good, touching story. Zenzele informs and educates its reader to what it means to be an African. The story is unfolded as a letter from a mother, Amai Zenzele, to her daughter, Zenzele. Reading a mother's perspective on the many different lessons that Amai attempts and hopes to teach and impart upon her daughter is a privilege in itself. Amai Zenzele recollects several anecdotes from her past as inspiration to inform and educate her daughter through her words, her verbal pearls of wisdom. These valuable lessons from her life include what it means to be an African while studying abroad, to be a strong and educated woman and the meaning behind being a true revolutionary. There is a battle; a continual struggle between Amai Zenzele and her daughter- Amai's traditionalist and grass roots of a time long past conflicts puts separation between the two. Zenzele is a part of the ever-evolving world around her, and it is from this new world that she becomes a fearless independent woman and charges full force into the future unafraid of what may come.…

    • 1651 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The main characters in this tale consist of Parvana, Asif, Leila and Hassan. Parvana is a young girl, at the age of thirteen years. She never gives up hope and is courageous. She steals eggs from a man’s chickens for food, even though she knows that it is wrong. She grabs a baby boy and names him Hassan, even though he is not her responsibility and she could barely take care of herself. Asif is a young boy about ten years old. Toward Parvana, he is stubborn and annoying. He does not listen to Parvana, and criticizes many things she does. For example, while changing baby Hassan’s diaper; he remarks that she is doing it wrong because he was being fussy. Then, silently and patiently, he takes Hassan and does it the right way. This is what makes him stubborn, because he thinks he knows everything, even though sometimes he does not. Parvana also stumbles upon a young girl named Leila, who is eight years old. Leila is very smart and helpful. She sticks with Parvana and provides her with assistance. The conflict in this story is man versus nature because they’re living and wandering throughout the Afghanistan wilderness. They need shelter, food…

    • 922 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Half of A Yellow Sun

    • 2921 Words
    • 12 Pages

    After a two year hides after her second novel, She returned with The Thing Around Your Neck, which is a collection of twelve short stories about the Nigerian immigrant experience. This book is her first collection of short stories. Unlike her previous works which are set in her homeland of Nigeria, most of these stories take place in America, where Adichie has lived since the late nineties. Many of the book’s main characters are women. Women who are filled with longing, regret and sadness. Women who are disappointed by their husbands, and America is an even bigger one. After reading this book, many may walk away thinking that America is not the best place in the world and that marriage is not necessarily a great institution for women. From the book, she portrays Nigerian immigrants as being stifled and have to make great compromises when they arrive in America. One of the themes in the novel is the realities of leaving home.…

    • 2921 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Furthermore poverty, death and alcoholism plays a vital role in the story Absolutely True Dairy of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexei, in fact it’s a teenage boy’s ( the protagonists’) in search for his identity and determination lifted him out of poverty. This inspiring story of hope, determination and patient teaches us that thing can change.…

    • 424 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Once upon a time, in a small and forgotten village in the outskirts, lived a poor farmer's family, The Babbitts. They were one of the seven families living in the small village, that didn't even have a name. There were seven farms and every farm had one small field each where they grew their food, mostly potatoes, carrots and some beans, but the earth was dry and the harvest bad. This meant work around the clock for the whole family, even for the three children. The two oldest boys, Arnold and Evert, plowed and seed the field with their old donkey and stale tools and at the same time, the youngest girl, Petronella, had to clean the house and cook food even if she dreamt of plowing the field and digging in the dry…

    • 1607 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Eveline and Angela

    • 623 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The short story begins with a young girl about 19 years old watching by the window of her house the evening invade the avenue. Her name is Eveline. She was reminiscing about her life. She remembered that in other times in her childhood she’d been happy with her Family, but now she finds herself in a indecision: escape to a new life or remains in her dusty life without great prospects.…

    • 623 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays