CaiHuaqian (Cai) 蔡华谦 1201111301 English Writing 9A 23 September 2012 JE2 “A nation’s treasure is in its scholars.” As a Chinese proverb puts it: “A nation’s treasure is in its scholars. ” Absurd and farfetched as it may seem at first sight‚ its intended meaning goes undoubtedly far deeper. The more scholars a country has‚ the more advanced the technology is. If a country fails to keep pace with others in the development of technology‚ a terrible catastrophe may happen soon. For example
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that these ideas were infused into her writing are the use of race and racism‚ rural Southern black dialect‚ and her views on religion and God. Race and racism showed how Jodie struggled with both racial and female prejudice. The interesting use of language put not only experience with rural Southern black dialect on display but also how the
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Time: The Valued Treasure *Essay words || Mr. Promising The vast world of time is too huge to comprehend‚ too short to miss‚ and too precious to waste. When no one else cares and when our world’s too delicate to revive‚ this is the thing that heals us the most. Time is a natural healer. It’s a human nature of a person to get infatuated; emotions are likely exchanged without expectations of any return. But‚ love is sometimes deceiving for it sometime
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An Essay on how Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island has developed throughout the story Jim gets involved in the adventure because his parents own the Admiral Benbow inn where Billy Bones comes to stay. Jim retrieves the map of Treasure Island from Billy Bones and then becomes cabin boy on the Hispaniola. Jim becomes aware of Silver’s plot‚ informs his comrades‚ meets Ben Gunn‚ recaptures the Hispaniola‚ and then returns to Bristol with the treasure. In the first chapters‚ Jim is an easily frightened
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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)‚ English author‚ feminist‚ essayist‚ publisher‚ and critic wrote A Room of One’s Own (1929); All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point—a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that‚ as you will see‚ leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved.-Ch. 1 Now regarded as a classic feminist work‚ Woolf based her extended essay A Room on lectures she had given at women’s
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The Strathfield district was once the land of the Wangal clan of the Darug tribe (Council 2015). The Darug tribe spoke the Eora dialect of the Darug language (Council 2015) and the their land was once an integral area to gather and hunt for food for the clan. It was in 1793 when European settlement began in the Strathfield district and land grants were made in the early 1800s‚ which meant the start of building settlement (Unknown). A significant historical issue that has been documented was the evidence
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As defined by wikipedia‚ “Slang is the continual and ever-changing use and definition of words in informal conversation‚ often using references as a means of comparison or showing likeness.” The expressions of slang often embody the attitudes and values of the group members using them. In order for an expression to become slang‚ it must be widely accepted and adopted by the sub-culture and its boundaries. Some modern slang has endured over the decades since its inception (i.e. cool) and some will
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The World’s Asian Treasure People would say that buried treasure doesn’t exist anymore‚ but these are only the people who never bothered to look. I’m curious to know what buried treasure means to people in today’s age‚ and after some pondering‚ it can be nothing else but Literature. Literature is the treasure that amazes the minds of readers and teaches precious life lessons. It is a treasure because its boundaries simply do not exist‚ and it is set apart from any treasure chest in history
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This book would not have been possible without the love and support of my family. Special thanks to Tony G.‚ for his encouragement‚ and Beyonca P.‚ for her vision. In Memory of Stella. Popcorn’s Treasure By Ann Walker Popcorn McDaniels scrunched up his face in exasperation. Grownups! Here he was‚ flying to Cremaline‚ South Dakota‚ to spend the summer with his Aunt and Uncle Turner. Although he loved them dearly‚ he was disappointed about spending a whole summer away from his friends
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Dialect “distinguishes” a specific group of people from others; it involves “grammar‚” “sound‚” and “pronunciation”. . Twain discloses in the explanatory of the book that the “dialects are used to wit” and reveals that “Missouri Negro” dialect and “Pike County” dialect were used for the main characters. He describes the “Missouri Negro” dialect as the “extremest form of backwoods South-Western dialect”. Jim’s dialect demonstrates he is uneducated by his accent
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