How does p’Bitek communicate his ideas about the clash between Acoli and Western culture through his presentation of the ritual of dance? Throughout “Song of Lawino” p’Bitek represents various contrasts between Acoli and Western cultures‚ by focusing on different aspects of the every day life of the Acoli. His representations of the ritual of dance‚ which defamiliarises Western culture and ways‚ presents his passion to keep Acoli culture alive and strong‚ without it becoming westernized. P’Bitek’s
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Describe the scene at a train station It is 8 o’clock in the morning at Liverpool train station‚ the busiest hour throughout the whole day‚ it’s also known as the rush hour. Trains of all imaginable colours gradually draw to a halt‚ causing a slightly burned smell from the brakes. As the automatic doors fly open‚ continuous flows start of people shoving and pushing‚ rushing to get off into the already crowded station. The noise of the tannoy is hidden beneath the murmur of the crowds of people
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Phi Cao Carlin – 1 English IIK 30‚ January 2013 1. Character: Clarisse Quote: “I sometimes think drivers don’t know what grass is‚ or flowers‚ because they never see them slowly‚” she said. “If you showed a driver a green blur‚ Oh yes! He’d say‚ that’s grass! A pink blur! That’s a rose garden! White blurs are houses Brown blurs cows. My uncle drove slowly on a highway once. He drove forty miles an hour and they jailed him for two days. Isn’t that funny and sad too?(1.9) Analysis: As Clarisse
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It has been said that women have never achieved full equality with men. To what extent are Churchill’s characters ‘Top Girls’ in act one Many roles of women in society have been limited. There are very clear expectations of men and women‚ the men are the breadwinners and women are only to be housewives and mothers. Women through the ages have had to deal with a male dominated society. Men believed that women always needed support and someone to look after them. Women have been portrayed as being
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Marina French ENG 102: Section 1 Paper 1: Comparative Essay October 9‚ 2014 Like Sophocles’ famous tragedy Oedipus‚ Leslie Norris’ short story “Shaving” explores the formative influence of fathers on their sons’ lives. Oedipus and Barry‚ the protagonists in each work of literature‚ have different levels of knowledge about their past‚ which plays into the fact that their fathers amount of involvement in their lives shapes who they have now become. Their fathers’ involvement not only affects their
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Part A When a business forms‚ the owner or owners must decide how to classify it. The type of classification will ultimately determine the rules under which the business will operate. Six general types of business entities exist with multiple variations thereof. Each type of business entity has advantages and disadvantages and there is no one type of entity that’s better than another. Business owners must decide how their business should be classified based on their individual and unique needs
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S. Q. 8 Nathanil Hawthorne 433‚ "The Minister’s Black Veil" 457‚ "The Birthmark" 465‚ Herman Melville 504‚ "Bartleby the Scrivener" 507 1. What is the attractive legend about Hawthorne? He was believed to be a shy recluse‚ always brooding in solitude. 2. How do the authors describe Hawthorne? He is described as a public figure‚ capable of a certain urbanity. He is absorbed by the evils of enigma and of moral responsibility. 3. Briefly describe Hawthorne’s background. He was born in
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES Comparative Lit: A 1935 movie of Ronald Colman. Just before the outbreak of the French Revolution‚ Lucie Manette‚ a French girl reared in England‚ is shocked to learn from the banker Barsad that her father‚ Dr. Manette‚ is alive‚ but has been imprisoned for eighteen years in the infamous Parisian prison the Bastille. She accompanies Barsad to Paris and finds her father‚ now a broken man‚ staying with tavern owners named De Farge who are secretly working towards the revolution
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Literary Analysis of “Gravity” by David Leavitt The following pages will consist of a literary analysis of the short story presented by the author David Leavitt‚ which is taken from his book “A Place I’ve Never Been” (Nguyen‚ 2006). “Gravity” narrates the story of a boy with AIDS‚ whose life is slowly consuming like the wax of a lit candle. The author presents the reader with the crudity of enduring such disease mainly from the patient’s and his mother’s perspective. The underlying intention
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Immediate responses: After reading All the Way for the first time I immediately recognized its historical importance‚ even if it wasn’t in the light I‚ personally‚ would have liked it in. I couldn’t help myself but notice the racism‚ which I think I was actively looking for. One of the subplots focuses on MLK and his quest to get a Voting Rights Act‚ or in other words LBJ’s decisive handling of the african american population and his party. In the play‚ this game called politics‚ there are a number
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