In the “No Name Woman” section of The Woman Warrior by Maxine Kingston‚ the family punishes the aunt for adultery by acting as though she never existed and ultimately dehumanizing her to the point of a fate worse than death. This is expressed in the following quote‚ “Don’t tell anyone you had an aunt. Your father does not want to hear her name. She has never been born” (Kingston 1515). Kingston’s father went from a family of brothers and one sister‚ to a family of nothing but brothers. The family
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Woodchucks “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin is a poem that describes the gardener annoying and disturbing situation with woodchucks in his farm. Woodchucks were eating and destroying vegetables; therefore‚ he really attempted to get rid of them and solve his problem. This poem is apparently the story about the difficulties of one farmer; however‚ it has a deeper meaning and relate to the Holocaust. Besides‚ the gardener demeanor changed‚ and the violence increased from stanza to stanza. In the first
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The holocaust is an unforgettable event that marked and changed the lives of millions of people. The suffering‚ the pain‚ the heartache cannot be taken back‚ but the memories will remain and the healing will come. The Jews were deeply affected by the decisions Hitler made. How is it even possible for a man to have so much hatred for another human being? How can a man like him have so much power? According to Hitler‚ the Jews were over growing and taking over companies‚ shops‚ and banks. If the
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In the Woman Warrior‚ Kingston develops a motif throughout the story about silence and voice; however‚ in the woman’s culture they are typically silenced and do not have a voice proving the Chinese society and culture is unfair and cruel. During the novel Kingston regularly brings up the concept of silence and lack of voice. For example‚ Kingston relays how when she is a young girl it is hard for her to voice her opinion‚ and she spends a vast amount of time sitting in silence. The author fails kindergarten
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Songs of Silence Theme: Silence Topic: How is silence depicted in the following chapters: Effita‚ A story with no name‚ Nathan and Miss Minnie? In the novel Songs of Silence the theme silence is portrayed in the various chapters and shows us the different reasons and reactions to silence. Silence is a major theme in the novel but in these particular chapters it gives us a clearer understanding to what is happening. The novel suggests to us that silence is not just the absence of sound‚ but is
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imagination. Reading opens endless worlds‚ and often time helps people in the real world. In “No Name Woman” by Kingston Maxine H.‚ “Two Ways To Belong In America” by Mukherjee Bharati‚ and “What If Shakespeare Had Had A Sister” by Woolf Virginia‚ the authors write about how women have been repressed through the years in different cultures and different times. In “No Name Woman‚” Kingston writes about how her aunt was chased and almost killed by the people in her village‚ because they thought that
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Macmillan Ltd 1470-8914/03 $15.00 www.palgrave-journals.com/cpt Silence: A Politics Kennan Ferguson1 Department of Government and International Affairs‚ University of South Florida‚ 4202 East Fowler Avenue‚ SOC 107‚ Tampa‚ FL 33620-8100‚ USA E-mail: kennan@luna.cas.usf.edu This article investigates the unfamiliar political implications of silence. Generally regarded as simply a lack of speech imposed upon the powerless‚ silence is thereby positioned as inimical to politics. In a normatively
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How Should China Establish The Privilege of Silence System in Criminal Proceedings? Wenxuan Ma 1. The origin and the connotations of the Privilege of Silence. "Miranda warning" originated from a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966: an 18-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped‚ she identified that it was Miranda who did that. The police interrogated Miranda and used his confession as the hearing testimony. After Miranda was convicted he appealed to the Supreme Court on the grounds that
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practicing the Spiral of Silence? Content: We will always choose to remain silence if someone evaluate their views fall in the minority. According to Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916 – 2010) (Appendix I) “Spiral of Silence” been introduced as an attempt to explain in part how public opinion is formed. She wondered why the Germans supported wrong political positions that led to national defeat‚ humiliation and ruin in the 1930s-1940s. The description of Spiral of Silence is audience will be unwilling
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The Importance of Silence No one should ever underestimate how important silence really is in our lives. It is very important to be silent during performances‚ no matter what the performance is for. If it is for speech‚ singing‚ Broadway‚ etc.‚ you still need to be silent. No matter what you think‚ silence is a key role to many things in our lives. You always need to be silent during a performance because you are not the only person there. You have to be considerate for the other people
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