In Tim Winton’s collection of short stories Minimum of Two‚ Jerra and Rachel Nilsam are ordinary people who we may see on the street and the battles that they face are battles that we ourselves may fight. Relationships and financial stability provide a constant distraction and having a baby adds to the emotional burden. When faced with adversity it is the support and understanding that we receive from our family that helps us to survive and carry on. Jerra and Rachel Nilsam struggle to maintain
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“A Distant Episode” written by Paul Bowles recalls the story of a professor who is captured by the Reguibats‚ a nomad tribe. As the story began‚ it focused on the professor and his journey to find an old friend; however it took a turn when the professor was turned over to the tribe. This short story has similar aspects when comparing it to The Heart of Darkness‚ by Joseph Conrad. The ideas of cultural imperialism‚ the climax and the idea of people going insane are resembled in both pieces of literature
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A Distant Mirror: The “Calamitous” 14th Century Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror is about as entertaining as a history book can get or should be. Tuchman is a captivating storyteller and the quality of her history of France in the 14th century speaks for itself as the book has remained in print after 25 years. Famous for her engaging‚ narrative style that makes history flow like a thrilling novel‚ Tuchman presents a comprehensive review of 14th century Europe (via France‚ the dominant European
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English Speech: How would you feel if your mother had to clean other people’s houses to make a living? How far would you really go for a friend‚ would you sacrifice a love life‚ your education? Out of all the books I have read‚ I absolutely love Tim Winton’s short stories‚ 2 short stories that I loved are “On Her knees” and “Big World”. I have particularly enjoyed “On her knees” not only because of its intriguing name but because it depicts the issue of dignity throughout the whole story and
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in a greater appreciation for life and a deeper understanding of who we truly are. This idea is clearly communicated in the feature film ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ (1999) directed by Kate Woods‚ and the bildungsroman print novel ‘Breath’ (2008) by Tim Winton; both texts exploring the various life-enhancing outcomes of adversity and how such seeming setbacks can often eventually contribute to personal enrichment. Looking for Alibrandi immerses the audience into a year of the life of main protagonist
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v Sir Nicholas Winton is somebody who saved 669 children from the holocaust.Sir Nicholas Winton a stockbroker at the time canceled a 2 week vacation and in that short period of time he saved 669 kids from the holocaust.It all started when he got a call from his best friend to come to Prague asap.That’s when Sir Nicholas heard of what was happening and knew he had to do something.So that’s when he made a plan and he accomplished it. Sir Nicholas Winton was born in May 19‚1909. He was born into
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Reading Journal – Paul Bowles’ and “A Distant Episode” Setting is crucial in this story. Even though Bowles doesn’t explicitly say which country the professor is in‚ we can assume he is in the Middle East by his mention of traveling to the “warm country” (403). We can also safely assume that the professor is a linguist that specializes in Arabic. I was struck by the satire of this story. The Professor‚ a specialist in languages has his tongue pulled out so he will never speak again. “The man swiftly
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Select a character from a novel or play who conforms outwardly while questions inwardly. Analyze the nature and elements of this internal conflict‚ and discuss how the tension between conformity and defiance contributes to the meaning of the work. Winston Smith‚ the protagonist of Orwell’s 1984 is an example of an everyday citizen in Oceania who obeys the rules of the government but questions them inwardly without speaking up. He is described as the only hope for the totalitarian system to be
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Write a message of 100 to 200 words either to your family‚ friends‚ or classmates. Hey‚ today was I was in a minor car accident‚ but I am ok. Nobody really got hurt‚ but obviously I feel a “little” rattled from this experience. Please let the family now that I am fine and there is nothing to worry about. It was just a little finder bender I am fine and so is everyone else that was in my car. The biggest deal of this all is dealing with the insurance company of course. Hopefully everything goes
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Youth at War The reader immediately recognizes the youthful idealism Dana Sachs describes in her analysis of Le Minh Khue ’s short story "The Distant Stars." Khue ’s short story is an account of three girls who reminisce about childhood joys in their beloved Hanoi as they go about the dangerous business of filling craters and detonating bombs along a trail. The teenage girls‚ Nho‚ Thao‚ and the narrator Dinh‚ are filled with such idealistic and patriotic zeal that the constant threat of death
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