Notes for English II **What is culture? 1. The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social‚ ethnic‚ or age group 2. | the total of the inherited ideas‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and knowledge‚ which constitute the shared bases of social action | 3. | the total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions‚ which are transmitted and reinforced by members of the group: the Mayan culture | 4. | the artistic and social pursuits‚ expression‚ and tastes
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fish and Ishmael accepts both of them. 5.Why did Melville choose to write about whaling? Why was the industry significant? At that time whale oil was very popular and it made the whale industry a hit‚ therefore; Melville wrote about whales. 6.What did Melville do when he was 21? He set sail towards the South Pacific‚ but after four years he returned and wrote about his visit with everyone on the island 7.What established writer did Melville befriend while he was writing Moby Dick? While
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|PROSA Y FICCION DE LOS EEUU I (HASTA 1850) | 1. Introduction: American Literature Why and how is American literature different from its mother country (Great Britain)? In the beginning‚ America was a colony of Britain so its literature was the offspring of British literature; it was a sort of colonial literature‚ which would later give place to post-colonial literature. There are differences in themes
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------------------------------------------------- Bartleby the Scrivener" Summary The narrator of "Bartleby the Scrivener" is the Lawyer‚ who runs a law practice on Wall Street in New York. The Lawyer begins by noting that he is an "elderly man‚" and that his profession has brought him "into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men the law-copyists‚ or scriveners." While the Lawyer knows many interesting stories of such scriveners‚ he bypasses
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As it can be seen clearly from the beginning of the story‚ the word “I” showed that first person point of view is in use. The writer‚ Melville chose the Lawyer out of the other characters to be the narrator because he is the only character that is able to let the reader to get close to the major character‚ Bartleby. At the same time‚ getting close to Bartleby but yet‚ giving the readers
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Perhaps the search for the mythical eighth novel of Herman Melville‚ namely the "Isle of the Cross"‚ was not akin to her normal work‚ but it would certainly be worth her time‚ if only to pay the bills. At the moment‚ she was trudging through the most boring part of her job‚ though her thoroughness in its completion
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discussion about brit he quickly drifts off the subject of the actual brit and begins to make comparisons between the land and the sea. He states that even "though some old naturalists have maintained that all creatures if the land are of kind in the sea"(Melville 272)‚ he has yet to see any creatures of the sea that have the same charm and kindness as domesticated pets. He reveals the inherent lack of kindness or hospitability in oceanic creatures by making this statement. He goes on to say that‚"however
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Native-American Literature‚ c.20‚000B.C.E.-present Characteristics The literature is as diverse as the cultures that created it‚ but there are often common elements such as stories explaining creation or natural forces. Major Writers or Works Oral narratives: Myths; legends; songs; creation stories from groups such as the Zuni‚ Aztec‚ Navajo‚ Lakota‚ Seneca‚ Tlingit‚ Cherokee‚ Blackfoot‚ Cree‚ Inuit‚ and many more. Exploration Period‚ 1492-1607 Characteristics The first European writings
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`bible; the whale is symbol of God or the Devil. 5. Why did Melville choose to write about whaling? Why was the industry significant? He chose to write about whaling‚ because he himself was once in the whaling business. The whaling business is important because whale’s oils can be used as lubricants and lantern fuel. The bones and blubber can also be very resourceful and helpful to human sustainability. 6. What did Melville do when he was 21? He joined a ship crew and they sailed the South
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Inventing the Telephone | Spouse | Mabel Hubbard (married 1877–1922) | Children | (4) Two sons who died in infancy and two daughters | Parents | Alexander Melville Bell Eliza Grace Symonds Bell | Relatives | Gardiner Greene Hubbard(father-in-law) Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (son-in-law) Melville Bell Grosvenor(grandson) Gilbert Melville Grosvenor (great-grandson) Chichester Bell (cousin) | Signature | | Alexander Graham Bell (March 3‚ 1847 – August 2‚ 1922) was an eminent scientist‚ inventor
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