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    Before Reading The Sanctuary of School Essay by Lynda Barry Why do we need SCHOOLS? READING 9 Analyze‚ make inferences and draw conclusions about the author’s purpose in cultural‚ historical‚ and contemporary contexts. 11 Analyze‚ make inferences‚ and draw conclusions about persuasive text. RC-8(E) Paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts Traditionally‚ a school’s most basic function was to teach the “three Rs”: reading‚ writing‚ and ’rithmetic

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    Analysis of “The Sanctuary of School” “The Sanctuary of School‚” written by Lynda Barry‚ appeared in The New York Times in January‚ 1992. The article mainly focuses on the importance of art‚ schools‚ and teachers‚ which exerts a great influence on changing the lives of neglected children. In the beginning‚ the narrator uses her personal experience to show her depressed feeling as an unnoticed child living in the unhappy home. Then the narrator depicts detailedly about walking in the darkness and

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    However‚ all his work seems to contain common themes and aspects‚ that are clearly of interest to him. Films such as Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet street (2007) have been used to explore special concerns about outcasts and the power of your true identity. Burton has used aspects that are recognisable by the audience‚ for example‚ colour palette and characterisation to consistently explore these thematic concerns throughout the films. Tim Burton can be considered

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    Outcasts of Poker Flat

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    robbery–to the edge of town. (In gold mining‚ a sluice is a sloping trough‚ or gutter‚ that conveys water containing stones‚ pebbles‚ sand‚ and possibly gold. Grooves on its bottom separate gold from the stones and grit). There‚ the armed men warn the outcasts not to return to Poker Flat under penalty of death.  .......On their way into exile‚ Uncle Billy and the women bitterly bemoan their fate while Oakhurst remains quiet. They head for Sandy Bar‚ a day’s travel away over steep mountains. The road is

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    Speaking of regionalistic qualities‚ The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and The Outcasts of Poker Flat are very much alike when it comes to their characters. The dialect used in both stories indicates that the setting must be somewhere in the “Wild West”. For example‚ in Twain’s story‚ Simon Wheeler is telling the narrator tall tales about some fellow named Jim Smiley and his tone tells you exactly the type of man he is: somewhat unintelligent compared to the narrator. The sentence structure

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    An anonymous post found on shareinspirequotes.com states‚ “The loneliest people are the kindest; the saddest people smile the brightest; the most dangerous people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do”. Although these people may have suspicious appearances‚ they are not always as evil as the others thought. They may get hurt or heart-broken once before. So‚ they realized that having close relationships is not a perfect choice. They would like to just

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    Golding characterizes Piggy as the outcast to give reason a voice so that readers can consider what could have happened had the boys listened to Piggy. This exemplifies the impact logic and reason could have in society. At the assembly discussing whether the beast was real‚ Piggy said‚ “I know there isn’t no beast…but I know there isn’t no fear‚ either...Unless we get frightened of people” (84). The boys laugh and completely ignore Piggy’s comment. Jack fosters the boys’ fear caused by the beast

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    Outcasts Of Poker Flat

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    Total Opposites In the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte‚ the author uses characters in the story that have very similar characteristics‚ except for one‚ "Uncle Billy." John Oakhurst is a big time gambler in Poker Flat. He took large sums of money from many people in town. The residents of Poker Flat were very upset with him always winning bets and all of their money. Out of all the people that are banned from Poker Flat‚ Oakhurst possesses the best qualities out of the group

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    The Outcast Archetype Movies and films are important parts of not only our education‚ but also our life. Some teach us historical information or life lessons‚ and some just make us laugh. When we watch movies‚ we realize that many characters are just like us. As Linda Seger says‚ “Whatever our culture‚ there are universal stories that form the basis fall all our particular stories.” (Seger 386-387). One character that always seems to steal the audience’s heart is the one that doesn’t always fit

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    issues are not interrelated. The work of the Unified Countries in the field of human rights and that of the High Chief for Outcasts is indivisibly associated as in both components share a regular reason which is the safeguarding of human regard. The human rights program of the Assembled Countries

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