"Blue Winds Dancing," written by Tom Whitecloud, is a short story about a young man's struggle to exist in both a civilized and uncivilized America. ... The theme of the story centers on the mans interactions with civilization and his conflicts with people, nature, and culture. ... "(276) In the story, white people are used to describe this quote, as they are what civilization is; the narrator describes them as "always dissatisfied"(277) and always wanting "us to be like them"(277). ... Interestingly, the bums are an example used also to explain this quote,...

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I think that the main message in this story full of misunderstandings is that a mutual respect is the path towards peace and freedom. ... This is the main issue in the story and the author emphasizes these differences in order to explain the cause of the lack of the British understanding in Elesin's duty. ... In Scene 2 when Pilkings is talking about natives, he refers to them even in front of Joseph as "Sly, devious bastards." (23) This quote clearly reflects the European arrogance in this play, which is why in Scene 4 Olunde asserts these words about whites: "Yet another error in...

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In the reading there is a quote that talks about identity being derived from history, culture, and language. ... This notion is challenged, and I believe that "structuralist thinkers view the construction of cultural identities as a process of erecting symbolic boundaries and narrating stories to represent the self and the other." ...

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It is a great story because it teaches you about other cultures and that life isn't always what you see it as. ... (Craven, 38) in this quote he shows that even though he is not in church or near his homeland that he can still find his faith and manage to find God when in need. ... "(73) In this quote someone is explaining that they are living as they have always lived and that they don't need him to change that. ... I cannot share any with you, friend." (132) In that quote it is saying that even if people cannot spare anything that they will still try to spare something because it ...

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The story is set in Cardiff, Wales. ... At no point in the story, is the time directly described. ... Lata is the protagonist of this story. ... In this story, Lata undergoes a change: "Yeah, I'm alright. ... In this quote, Lata is referring to Cardiff as her home. ...

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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. By naming the story Clothes, Divakaruni takes the titles and changes it into a symbol that furthers the meanings of the clothes. ... In the beginning of the story, Sumita's clothes are traditional saris, and she is accustomed to wearing them. ... " In the quote, the sari represents the new life that Sumita is about to step into, even though she is not ready and scared. ...

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In these quotes, "Govinda, his friend, the Brahmin's son, loved him more than anybody else. ... The unnamed narrator in the novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison goes through this story not understanding the society he's living in. ... If this guideline is not met, he is constantly yelled at like in this quote, "You have to follow instructions and you're going to be doing things you don't understand, so get your orders the first time and get them right!... My parents always tells me stories of how they gave up their lives in Korea for me to have better education h...

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Seeing mythology "as nothing more than the group of long-dead stories" is simply ignorance(Campbell, 2008). ... And now just imagine what society would be like, which is brought up by the stories of heroic deeds, self-sacrifice, devotion to moral values and pure love contained in myths and legends. ... To answer to my question "Why it is important to study myths", I can quote Joseph Campbell: "Read myths. ...

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This quote from Yeats' poem was one that really had the heart felt meaning Yeats seemed to by trying to express. ... Jim Butcher's Summer Night is a fantasy story that contains many of these female stereotypes. ... In Butcher's story, the love of his life leaves him and he begins a downward spiral. ... The villains of Butcher's story are also female characters that play very stereotypical roles. ...

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Into the mind of the then reading public, fiction inevitably came as a subgenre of (fact-oriented) nonfiction: a story was a true story or no story at all. ... Taken out of its original context and having undergone a patriarchal-type adaptation, the novel adopted the receptional function of "a true story about the wonderful adventures of a foreigner". ... On the other hand, "true" and "wonderful", without curbing the distance, added up a context of intimate sacrality: the story of Jesus was both "true" and "wonderful". ... The first time he was quoted criticising Britain's support for t...

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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. ... Other repetition in this essay includes the time and time again use of, "making a dollar out of fifteen cents." (368) The repetition of this quote is important because it gives the reader a physical image of the " inclination to make something out of nothing- (368) in orde...

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Ghost stories are big business in today's modern English language culture. ... This quote shows that Hamlet is afraid of the power of this ghost, and is questioning his purpose in being in this living realm. ... Why is revenge important to the story? ... This kind of theme adds a compelling dynamic to any story, and is commonly used today because of the story of Hamlet. ... This shows the link that connects Hamlet, and the English language authors of ghost stories today. ...

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"This means, in practice, that the mass media are not like any other business or service industry, but can carry out some essential tasks for society, especially in the cultural and political arena" (Quote from McQuail in Schultz, J 1994; 21). ...

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To bring this learning into the classroom there are a variety of things I would like to do with the children, I want to start by doing lot's of little activities such as painting, reading them stories, tasting indian food, getting the children to bring old sheets from home, then creating outfits, listening to some of the music, making flags, and learning a few key things about hinduism. ... Rebecca Parlakian quotes "How we view the world is shaped by the beliefs, values,and experiences of prior generations of our respective families. Each generation has refined its sense of what is m...

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Clearly, Marlow's story implies that the world men make for themselves, as well as others, is the result of the characters individual behaviour. ... Marlow describes one of his first encounters with the Natives and the beginning of time in this quote: "But suddenly, as we struggled round a bend, there would be a glimpse of rush walls, of peaked grass roofs, a burst of yells, a whirl of black limbs, a mass of hands clapping, of feet stamping, of bodies swaying, of eyes rolling under the droop of heavy and motionless foliage. ...

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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 influential writers Jules Verne and H.G. ... These stories catapulted science fiction into the forefront of the public's attention, and made people realize just how engrossing these technologically wonderful ...

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In today's society organizational functions are used by businesses in order to perform and provide services to meet their consumers " needs. The way that organizations are conducted shape the customers " expectations and how they behave within the organization. Restaurants and service establishments in particular have a unique combination of characteristics that contribute to their overall atmosphere and culture. Piper's Pub is an example of a local establishment that is a privately owned restaurant and bar establishment located on 33 College Street, Antigonish, NS. Piper's has ...

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Many people in our society feel that they have become so immune to the media that they no longer realize the actual affect it has on them. Many of them see it as their only way to discovering the world. Meaning that they get to see, hear, and perhaps feel things that they would never feel, had it no...

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