¿Cuál es tu punto de vista sobre la pureza lingüística y el caso del “Spanglish”? ¿Crees que los idiomas están en constante evolución o que deberíamos preservar su forma “original”? Reflexiona sobre las consecuencias de ambas posibilidades. * Real academia español * La américa latina * Octavio paz * Es demasiado difícil preservar la idioma en su estado original * Con la desarrollo de la tecnología tenemos palabras como ‘chatear’ ‘el maus’ etc. * Conclusión – ‘spanglish no
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The Puritan faith varied greatly between its public and private members during the 17th and 18th century. Anne Bradstreet shows the private side of the Puritan faith in her poem and Jonathan Edwards shows the public side of the Puritan faith. Bradstreet was a very successful colonial poet during the mid to late 17th century‚ while Edwards was a Puritan preacher who led the Great Awakening about seventy years after Bradstreet‚ in the 1730s and 1740s. Bradstreet’s poem “Upon the Burning of Our House
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Remorse and Forgiveness If someone doesn’t feel remorse for their actions‚ should they be forgiven? In The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells‚ Griffin hurts many people as he fights for the power he believes he deserves. The decisions Griffin makes throughout this book impact those around him hurtfully‚ and Griffin’s adamant lack of remorse when confronted with the consequences of his actions show that he is not to be forgiven for making these choices. If he had shown remorse for his decisions‚ that would
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Alisen Reed Ms. Lighthiser English- E 29 April 2013 Why the Child? In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”‚ symbolism is used throughout the entire story. The author‚ Ursula K. Le Guin‚ creates some complex symbols in the city of Omelas itself‚ the ones who walk away‚ the child in the basement‚ the child who never stops playing the flute‚ and the ones who stay in Omelas. By depicting a seemingly utopian society‚ LeGuin is commenting on the fact that no society is perfect‚ and in fact‚ someone
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beauty of their city‚ the tenderness of their friendships‚ the health of their children‚ the wisdom of their scholars‚ the skill of their makers‚ even the abundance of their harvest and the kindly weather of their skies depend wholly on this child’s abominable misery. (Barnet‚ Burto‚ & Cain‚ 2014‚ pp. 1318) Relating to Literature The initial reaction to the short story is one of awe. How much truth can one woman show the world by telling a story
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typical good v. bad kind of motif. For example‚ according to the historical records‚ Nat slaughtered not only adult males like the movie showed us‚ but also females and even children. This illustrates that the director focuses on how vicious and abominable slaveholders were instead of how wrong it was as to what Nat and his peers did. The battle scenes are very realistic. In fact‚ they are so realistic and violent and bloody and then some that when I watched the movie‚ I closed my eyes‚ because I
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LOVING v. VIRGINIA Can you imagine not being able to share your life with the person you love because of the color of your skin? Well‚ this was the case for those who resided in Virginia decades ago. Interracial marriages were not allowed in Virginia and sixteen other states due to the adoption of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. The sole purpose of this act was to completely prohibit a "white person" marrying other than another "white person". Marriage licenses were not issued until the
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“A Hanging” by George Orwell (Literary Analysis) “A Hanging” is a short story about the death of a prisoner who gets hanged. The writer‚ George Orwell was motivated by as a head police in Burma to write this story. Orwell utilizes a mixture of literary components‚ devices‚ and gadgets to pass on his disproval of the death penalty. He makes a dreary climate‚ in the first person perspective‚ and develops irony about the corrections officer’s state of mind toward the prisoner’s death‚ to show that everybody
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Semester Exam Study Guide English 10 “The Narrative of the Captivity” At the beginning of this selection‚ Mary Rowlandson is — When Mary sits with her baby‚ her captors — The group that captures Rowlandson is forced to keep moving because of its — Rowlandson receives food from several members of the tribe in exchange for — What occurs last in the narrative? What occurs first in the narrative? Examples of an allusion. Rowlandson uses an allusion to the biblical story of Jacob to describe
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Civilization vs. Savagery: An Exploration of Counterpoint in Lord of the Flies Counterpoint is a common literary device used by many authors in a variety of forms of literature. It gives the work contrast and interest as well as a diverse insight into two completely different ideas or opposites. The main counterpoint presented in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies would be the idea of civilization vs. savagery. This motif is presented throughout the novel. The idea that humans are constantly battling
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