Whilst law is still present in Weller's short stories, a white system of law is forced upon them instead. ... Likewise, Weller portrays similar attributes of indigenous people in his short stories. ... Respect isn't a quality that prominent in Weller's short stories as the author suggests that the engrained respect has been lost. ... Similarly, Weller includes images of nature in his short stories. ... This description of nature ends up foreshadowing the bad events that are going to occur in the short story through the use of pathetic fallacy. ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The intended learning outcomes of the new teaching: A Study in Practice During Spring Semester 2009, I taught the course "English 303: Short Stories" designed to introduce students to the short fiction of pre-modern and modern periods through short stories of England, Europe and Americas. ... The practical problem we faced in terms of choosing short stories by writers of Europe, England and America is enormous. I, as a faculty-instructor, came up with my own inventory of about 15 short stories by the writers of said regions-the list is not a symmetrical one, though, with England...

• Word Count: 2530
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Then in 1964 to 1975 the foundations of Aboriginal affairs was created allowing Aboriginal access to meeting rooms, hostels and short term accommodation. ... The Indigenous culture has been developed of many years, thought the beginning of the world is set in a well know story "The Dreamtime". "The Dreamtime" is made up of the stories, art and music, the creation of the world as they seen it. ... The Australian culture is a gathering of stories of battlers, bush-rangers and soldiers. ...

• Word Count: 739
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The effect of using "I" and "cool" so many times and right next to each other gives the reader a sense of the reader's tone, mainly an air of deserved superiority that may initially seem pompous of the author but provokes the reader into continuing the story in order to ascertain if these claims can be proven true. ... He starts out his fourth paragraph using, "Once upon a time ." only to describe the story of how "niggas" came to be, and how they differ from black people. ... The use of short sentences throughout the whole first paragraph illustrates for the reader an importance with wh...

• Word Count: 1153
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Confined in their minds were their customs, beliefs, songs, stories and language. ... They were, in short, strong women who believed it was their duty to uphold traditional values. ... Folktales such as 'Ti Malice'14(the Haitian story) and the Jamaican Anansi stories have been told during colonial times to now as a reflection of the native heritage. ...

• Word Count: 2280
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She opens with a very short preface in which she hold the opinion that culture is dynamic and that view can be seen throughout the book. ... As Hall goes through her story and arguments, she paces it well, doesn't have illogical arguments, and she gives good and relevant background information. ... The arguments in this chapter are backed by many stories and documents of events that lend credence to Hall's very intriguing and sound debate. ...

• Word Count: 1683
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Postman shares the story of two priests who write the Pope asking if it was allowable to smoke and pray at the same time. ... A narrative is a story of human history that gives meaning to the past, explains the present, and gives advice for the future. ... He often re-phrases hard to grasp statements or ideas in "lamens terms," using key phrases such as: "What I am trying to say-, "In short-, "I mean that-, and "The point I want to make is ." ...

• Word Count: 2084
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This says whatever is portrayed in the media can be shown to have a direct effect on the behaviour of those who indulged in the media medium, in short it was proposed that people would mirror what they saw. ... Here opinion leaders were people who kept up to sped on the latest story, and appeared to be aware of all sides and opposing parties in any given topic. ...

• Word Count: 1536
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Future of Chinese Cities Two weeks ago, I went back to my hometown Tianjin. After I got off the train, I caught on a bus. On the way to home, I found that the majority of the former one-story houses have disappeared. The billboards there said there will be several high buildings instead. Nowada...

• Word Count: 1022
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Durham NC, Carolina Academic Press, 2011) provides a unique and informative source of stories, poems, and discussion from such varying artists as Lord Byron, Helen Keller and H.G. ... Roosevelt (American president) and Stephen Hawking an author, physicist, and mathematician who wrote A Short History of the Universe. ...

• Word Count: 905
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What do a hot pink dress, a sparkling new Chevy and a bright green Jell-O mold all have in common? Karal Ann Marling asserts that Americans became obsessed with such colorful new objects during the 1950s, and that mass marketing and advertising convinced Americans to display such items as signs of their success and affluence. Aesthetics is the key word Marling uses to describe the consumer culture of the 1950s, with a growing emphasis on the new, bright, fresh and colorful. As Seen on TV centers not on the study of television, but on the transformation of visual culture coinciding with the eme...

• Word Count: 2184
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Executive Summary Charlie Eitel has been hired by Fenway Partners, the owner of Simmons bedding company, to turnaround the company. He would like to spend $7.2 million over three years to implement the Great Game of Life (GGOL) which is an experiential program assisting employees to reach their full potential at work. He already removed big barriers for new direction by adopting a new set of core values and changing the organizational structure in his first six months at Simmons. The GGOL program has been experienced by Simmons top managers and it has been piloted at the Charlotte plant with ...

• Word Count: 3108
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Historical Antecedents Family histories are usually not recorded for future generations but they are passed down through the telling of stories from family members. ... When I was age four to six I repeatedly hid in the closet to cut my hair short, and emulated my brothers by opting not to wear a shirt on hot summer days. ...

• Word Count: 2124
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Based on a short-time study of Little Saigons, a Vietnamese ethnic enclave, and Paris by Night, a musical cultural variety show, this paper examines the social, cultural, and emotional significance of such culture preservation in the lives of immigrants. ... Little Saigon and Paris by Night: Creating a Sense of Identity The story of the Vietnamese immigrant experience is one of pain and loss. ...

• Word Count: 2794
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The story of the Stanley Cup is a rocky and often clouded in conteversy one because originally it was intended to celebrate the championship for amateur hockey in Canada as a challenge cup. ... The challenge trophy was to be passed from one club to another as property of the champions for only a short period of time all the while remaining under the control of the trustees put in place by Lord Stanley himself. ...

• Word Count: 3815
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: Undergraduate