If the story had been written in first or third person point of view, I think we would understand a lot of the protagonist’s motivation. The questions I have all along the way would have had to be answered for the story to make sense in a different point of view. Because we are only hearing his thoughts, we don’t know why a girl is coming over. We sort of know it’s a date when he says, “Sometimes the girl won’t flow over at all and the next day in school she’ll say sorry, smile and you’ll be stupid enough to believe her and ask her out again.” (Meyers 179) In another point of view, the story would take on a more conventional tone and maybe not be a
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Essay Assignment The use of the “n-word” in Huckleberry Finn has recently been an issue to students and teachers that read this novel in class. The word “nigger” shows up over two hundred times in the book. The publisher, New South Books decided to change the word to “slave”, which has caused much controversy. “Translating” the text has helped teachers and students feel more comfortable with reading the book, but it is argued that changing “nigger” to “slave” takes away the original meaning, and causes the story to become unclear. Although, changing the word to “slave” prevents issues concerning the “n-word” and changes the text so it is less offensive to readers.
Inside me I think they are insane. My abuelita tells me many stories that I didn’t believe they were true but after reading the selections I came to see abuelita was not lying to me about my childhood place. As a freshman in Bowie High School I got to learn a little more about my culture than what my abuelita would tell me. I always thought
So even though one tries to ruin things, the other uses that anger and frustration to bring new life to the world. I found it very intriguing to learn a little information about what a halau was. Before watching this film I had no clue what a halau was or what the main purpose of it. After looking it up I found out all it is, is just a school for hula. I thought it was an added bonus, when they interviewed with the Kumu Hula and Pualani Kanaka’ole Kanahele.
I didn’t realize this book went over so much different things, like how the Ku Klux Klan got started, and Drug dealers living with their parents, I would recommend this book for everyone to read it was very interesting to me. I didn’t realize Macroeconomics would fall into this. One thing that I didn’t know was that teachers would cheat to get there grades up to get a better bonus; I guess I just came from a small school. I would have to agree with the Author of this book, that there is so much stuff that goes on in this world that we don’t think about. We stay in our own little community, and not think what is going on outside of it as long as we are happy and safe.
This is change is crucial to a person establishing normalcy in their life. The assumption that personal choice is used to establish identity may be difficult to argue against the assumption about identity coming from culture. Culture can play a minor role in creating one’s self as states in the essay, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, Gloria Anzaldua, (p.77)“I, and all Chicano students, were required to take speech classes. Their purpose: to get rid of our accents.” The accent is part of your culture, your culture is part of your identity. Even though her mother wanted her to speak English to blend in, it was the authors’ decision to hold onto both
Although this novel should be taught to high school students there are people that oppose teaching the book because of its crudeness and inappropriateness. Students’ parents often object to their child reading this book but the parents and students need to realize that this book is reality. During the time period that this book was written nearly every white person owned slaves. Luckily, however, our society today has grown away from slavery and this book enforces the history of our country and the history of slavery and racism. Twain even shows Huck’s sensitive side toward African Americans when Huck says, “I wouldn’t done
Anybody coming to the Santa Barbara area for the first time needs to see that. They didn’t really say what was going to happen to the mural, but what ever happens, they need to save that mural, or just have huge colored pictures in a museum. They should make a book out about the mural to gives people quick facts about Santa Barbara, an make some money off the tourist. Its just a thought its is sad to say that the mural will no longer be there. I didn’t even know about that mural an now I know about it, am upset because I am a Chumash Native American an I wanted to show my children that mural one of these day.
Understanding Social Psychology Ashley Cusson PSY301: Social Psychology Professor: Lalain Williams December 6, 2012 When I started my social phycology class at Ashford University I had no idea what to expect. When you start this class the best advice I can give you is to keep an open mind. A lot of the things you will learn will seem like you already knew them but when you think about it, it’s that you knew about their definition but not what they were called. The class will give you a better understanding of the world around you and the groups that are in it. In this paper I will try to give you an understanding of what to expect from the social phycology class you are about to enter.
Debbie Hickenbotham Business 300 Discussion Board #1 Our discussion board assignment this week required us to find examples or images of poor grammar examples we sometime see in advertising. One image that really caught my attention was this advertisement for school. Instead of the sign reading “Enrole Now NIGHT CLASSES”, it should read “Enroll Now NIGHT CLASSES.” (“Funny Little Frog, “2010). Potential students may be reluctant to enroll in their program because such a simple misspelling may make the school look unqualified. The quality of the program may be questioned.