The use of symbolism in this text plays a major role to developing a chronological portrayal of Sumita's choices and how they affect the overall theme of this short story. ... In the beginning of the story, Sumita's clothes are traditional saris, and she is accustomed to wearing them. ... The new clothes Sumita gets from Somesh symbolizes the new life he wants to give her when they move out of the two room apartment with his parents. Sumita starts to feel crowded and smothered by the space in the apartment with his parents as she says "it seems to me if we all breathed in at on...

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It is my belief that the way to achieve this is by giving students a voice in the learning process, and by assisting them in finding connections in the curriculum with their own life and interests. ... The practical problem we faced in terms of choosing short stories by writers of Europe, England and America is enormous. ... Once again, as is the case with short story selection, I came up with my own selection of topics that they found exclusionary. ... One day I got them read excerpts from a short story while explaining them following their turns. ... It is nearly impossible on the part of an...

• Word Count: 2530
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is the prominent theme through out this story what ever Franny does, Ginny does. ... They are the only culture shown in this story. ... This story takes place in an agrarian society. ... This then starts with Unit 1 "You +Me = Special What makes us all special?" ... They also give phonics strategies and reading strategies to try if there is a specific scenario. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Monique and the Mango Rains is a story written by Kris Holloway about her experience while volunteering with the Young Peace Corp in Mali, Africa. ... Reading the book enabled me to realize that even though there are different human cultures around the globe in the ways people deal and adopt to the man-made and natural environment surrounding them, there is one aspect that affects every human being. ... This is because the author claims that women give birth on a concrete slab and after some few hours, they resume their normal routines. ... For example, the story that Monique narrated about he...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is not even entirely about Stephenie Meyer's novels; it is about what vampires represent inside of a story, their actions interpreted in relation to sex, how Mormon values are used in the story to reveal hidden sexual repression within Mormon religion. ... However, again the path their relationship tends to follow is in constant reminder of chastity and that they can be together forever if they do not give into their physical wants and desires. ... I felt that if I did something about it, that it would help me feel better about myself. Whether or not Meyer meant to include Mormon v...

• Word Count: 1204
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is the theme of a journey into Marlow's inner-self. ... "Odd thing that I, who used to clean out for any part of the world at twenty-four hours notice, with less thought than most men give to the crossing of a street, had a moment - I won't say of hesitation, but of startled pause, before the commonplace affair. ... Clearly, Marlow's story implies that the world men make for themselves, as well as others, is the result of the characters individual behaviour. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

According to Gonzalez-Mena (2003) understanding cultural differences can be confusing and no one can possibly know all about the culture of every family who might come into early childhood centers so does that allows the educators to throw their hand and give up. She suggested that the answer is to seek to understand cultural difference by exploring broad themes and organizing concepts. ... These cultural regularities could be a portion of influence to me in considering and implicating teaching early childhood education in preschools. ... By noticing the children's family background and...

• Word Count: 1833
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Gonzalez-Mena (2003) understanding cultural differences can be confusing and no one can possibly know all about the culture of every family who might come into early childhood centers so does that allows the educators to throw their hand and give up. She suggested that the answer is to seek to understand cultural difference by exploring broad themes and organizing concepts. ... These cultural regularities could be a portion of influence to me in considering and implicating teaching early childhood education in preschools. ... By noticing the children's family background and...

• Word Count: 1833
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Gonzalez-Mena (2003) understanding cultural differences can be confusing and no one can possibly know all about the culture of every family who might come into early childhood centers so does that allows the educators to throw their hand and give up. She suggested that the answer is to seek to understand cultural difference by exploring broad themes and organizing concepts. ... These cultural regularities could be a portion of influence to me in considering and implicating teaching early childhood education in preschools. ... By noticing the children's family background and...

• Word Count: 1833
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Gonzalez-Mena (2003) understanding cultural differences can be confusing and no one can possibly know all about the culture of every family who might come into early childhood centers so does that allows the educators to throw their hand and give up. She suggested that the answer is to seek to understand cultural difference by exploring broad themes and organizing concepts. ... These cultural regularities could be a portion of influence to me in considering and implicating teaching early childhood education in preschools. ... By noticing the children's family background and...

• Word Count: 1833
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As an engaging cultural critic, professor at New York University, and author of numerous books on the themes of education and technology, Neil Postman is well positioned to comment on the relation of technology to culture. ... In chapter 11 Postman gives examples of people who resist the American Technopoly. ... Postman shares the story of two priests who write the Pope asking if it was allowable to smoke and pray at the same time. ... When language gives something a name it gives it control, by transforming unknown to known. ... A narrative is a story of human history that gives meaning t...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Science fiction usually is regarded alongside with fantasy, which is defined as a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot element, theme, or setting. Together, these two types of fiction make a gigantic impact on people's everyday lives, whether it be in the books they read, the movies they see, or the stories they tell. ... Many other civilizations throughout the ancient world wrote stories that touched upon science fiction, but as a genre it didn't really catch hold until the late nineteenth century, with the extremely influentia...

• Word Count: 3873
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography