4. Quotation/Summary | My thoughts | In chapter six‚ Nomi creates a very vivid memory of watching two black Mennonite dresses “flying around like crazy birds way up in the sky”. As she watched them fly all the way to her grandmother’s yard where she was‚ she remained fascinated‚ calling that‚ “even the best thing that ever happened to her.” She then said goodbye to the fallen dress when the spectacular show ended‚ like a little child who didn’t know the difference between a
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Ms. Toews has trouble controlling her world‚ and her narrative sometimes feels lost and muddied. Tense is sometimes mixed‚ making one wonder if this is the present or if Nomi is older now‚ looking back. Interesting threads in relationships and characters are picked up‚ dropped off quickly‚ and are never seen again‚ or are picked up much later and consequently seem less relevant. And if the high points seem inscrutable‚ the low points are painfully obvious. Some metaphors seeem juvenile‚ like Nomi’s
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What Creates One’s Identity In the book‚ “a complicated kindness”‚ written by Miriam Toews‚ the main character‚ Nomi Nickel‚ fights through many obstacles in her life and learns what reality is. Her characteristics and identities are built in her by the places she lives. The struggling in living without her mother and older sister has made her doing so much than what she would. The small town and her religion have a huge impact in her‚ where she hates the place but she learns to love it. Her
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My name is Miriam Morris; I am the eldest of four children. My family has moved more than what most do in their entire lifetime. I have lived in Illinois‚ Texas‚ Nebraska‚ and for the last nearly seven years we have called North Carolina home. My family is a culturally mixed family; my father comes from a small coal mining community that has Irish‚ German and English immigrant backgrounds. My mother is a first generation Mexican American with rich Mexican traditions that are still influential in
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Miriam Outline “Miriam”‚ by Truman Capote‚ is a short story about an old woman‚ Mrs. H.T. Miller. She meets a girl‚ Miriam. Miriam is an odd girl that is attracted to Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Miller first is not freaked out by the girl but then later‚ she is scared of the girl and wants her to leave. A main question about the story is that‚ is Miriam real or fake? Miriam is obviously real. The first reason that Miriam is real is because Miriam can interact with real world objects. This is a reason because
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choose one thing; it would have to be how nice I am. The reason being is because I am way too nice to people that’s when they start to take advantage of me. Also I am too nice sometimes that I can’t control it; I would volunteer to do things from the kindness of my heart without expecting anything in return. It is possible for me to change this characteristic of mine. Many people might like it‚ but for myself I do not like being the nice‚ kind‚ and respectful guy all the time. Living for the past eighteen
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in return for your very best. Sonnet 30 by Edmund Spenser and an excerpt from “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare touch upon the feelings of the two authors at the time of a complicated love they felt for someone. In the two poems‚ Shakespeare and Spenser use visualization and symbolism to get across the theme of not being able to achieve the love they desire. In Sonnet 30‚ Spenser uses his talent of visualization to conceive visually stunning images in the reader’s mind. For example‚ Spenser
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Miriam Galvan September 7‚ 2014 BIO 205 – 21042 Disease Information Draft Diphtheria is a severe pharyngeal or cutaneous infection that may cause serious life threating consequences if left untreated. The causative agents of Diphtheria are toxigenic strains of Corynebaterium diphtheria; this agent is classified as Actinobacteria. The bacteria’s scientific name is Corynebacterium diphtheriae‚ Corynebacterium is the genus and diphtheriae is the species. The minor bacteria are non-sporulated‚ gram-positive
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“The Tragedy of Mariam” was set in an ancient context‚ but Elizabeth Cary uses this portrayal to condemn and analyze the suppression of women in a historically and typically patriarchal society. The play highlights how Mariam is restricted from having private space in a public realm. She is denied any private interludes with her husband and basically has no personal or clandestine relationships with any other individual. Mariam struggles with the idea of what is expected of her from society and her
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Similar to the southern gothic settings found in the two stories that were examined above‚ this next story also takes place out of the American south. In Capote’s “Miriam”‚ out of his collection entitled The Tree of Night‚ we find our grotesque character living alone in a cold‚ desolate version of New York City. Similar to “Mr. Jones”‚ the setting is winter in an isolated city apartment. The streets are described as shrouded in “a pale but impenetrable curtain” which gives the feel of a setting
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