Linda Pastan via “Ethics” explores the importance of experience and leads the reader through a psychological journey with an overlaying philosophical question: “If there were a fire in a museum / which would you save‚ a Rembrandt painting / or an old woman who hadn’t many / years left anyhow?” (3-6) Pastan brilliantly structures her poem to alter the central question so that it appears more difficult to answer. By leaving "a Rembrandt painting" at the end of line 4 and "years left anyhow" at line
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The poem‚ “Ethics”‚ by Linda Pastan is about age‚ regret and the old woman’s thoughts about her teacher and the ethical question from so long ago. The same question was asked in Ethics class every fall‚ ”If there were a fire in a museum‚ which would you save‚ a Rembrandt paintings or an old woman who hadn’t many years left anyhow?” The author or main character in the poem probably grappled with this annual question for years. The question brings up the value of any life‚ both youthful and old
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played a major role in organizing new members and establishing many benefits‚ including the largest union-based adult education program in the U.S. During her 17-year tenure with DC 37‚ the union’s ranks skyrocketed from 30‚000 to 120‚000. In 1995‚ Linda Chavez-Thompson of AFL-CIO was elected executive vice president. She was the first person of color to be elected to one of the federation’s three highest offices. She is of Mexican descent and was one of the highest ranking elected woman officers’
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“Fireflies” “Fireflies” is a short story‚ written by Linda Cookson. The short story includes four small stories; these are interrelated in one story. The main character meets a man on a train‚ where we hear the first story. The man tells about his daughter who had jumped out from a tall building in Japan with a roman candle in her hand‚ and committed suicide. Then there is the strange dream happening on the beach‚ where Annie reads Robinson Crusoe aloud for Sophie‚ and the cave‚ the monster and
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Linda Zagzebski‚ Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at the University of Oklahoma‚ defined virtue as “an excellence that has never been questioned… a state of the soul.” [2]. Zagzebski communicated in her definition that virtues transcend cultures
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how well they accomplish their daily chores‚ especially if it is coming from their family members. People should recognize how grateful they are to have a family in the first place‚ and they should appreciate what’s done for them‚ not how it’s done. Linda Pastan’s poem Marks contains irony‚ metaphors‚ and appropriate diction throughout the text to
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Brave New World as the drug that can cure all negative feelings. Its effects are almost immediate with no known side effects. The drug is used actively in the book and is referenced to the conditioning all children are subjected to after decanting. Lenina is one of the major users of the drug‚ enjoying its effects of having no feelings and never having to experience the negativity of normal life. Bernard‚ however‚ refused it wanting to feel something making him “odd” in Lenina’s eyes early in the book
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Aries Leo Sagittarius March 21 - April 20 July 24 - Aug. 23 Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Taurus April 21 - May 21 Virgo Aug 24 - Sept. 23 Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Gemini Libra Aquarius May 22 - June 21 Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Cancer Scorpio Pisces June 22 - July 23 Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Feb. 20 - Mar. 20 CONTENTS Foreword HOW TO UNDERSTAND SUN SIGNS ARIES the Ram March 21st through April 20th How to Recognize ARIES The ARIES
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About Linda Crew and her reasons for writing this The author of Children of the River‚ Linda Crew‚ expresses her emotions and brings her past experiences into her writings. A lot of authors base their books on personal experiences; Linda Crew is just an example of one. Linda Crew went to the University of Oregon‚ since she lived in Oregon for a while before writing Children of the River‚ which could be a major factor in why it took place in Oregon. She then got married‚ had children
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Notable Deaf Person Project: Linda Bove By Clarissa Rhule Linda Bove‚ you may know her more commonly as the librarian on Sesame Street. Linda Bove in a famous deaf actress who appears in many shows and movies. She was born on November 30‚ 1945 in Garfield‚ New Jersey‚ to two Deaf parents. She attended the New Jersey school for the Deaf. She then attended Gallaudet University‚ graduating in 1968‚ and receiving a bachelor’s degree in library sciences. She first got into acting in 1967 when
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