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...other skill, for example, learning to ride a bike or drive a car, it takes practice. Another factor of importance to critical reading in academic study is analyzing and evaluating the main idea of text. In order to analyze ideas, good students in management courses first identify the main idea (). Therefore, critical reading helps postgraduate students to find the main idea as a key to understanding the writers’ argument. Worthy students skim the reading and find the main idea before reading the article. The critical readers also evaluate the ideas by asking questions about the main ideas of the text which seem important and...
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...A Close Analysis of the Story, “I am a Fool” by Sherwood Anderson On the surface level, the story, “I am a Fool”, by Sherwood Anderson seems to tell the readers’ that the first-person narrator is a fool. But a close analysis of the story ironically reveals that the narrator, a young man, ultimately appears to be a self-perceptive man who can perceive his own follies and grows into maturity. The narrator has learnt that he will have to suffer from the consequences of his actions in the long run. Though he calls himself a fool, he learns that his mistakes will give him the power to lead his life without repeating them. Now he has matured into a fine young man. Telling the story from a first-person point of...
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... Task: The swaying body: Use of the body in the Malay dances The Malay dance was performed, mostly by the people from Malaysia. It incorporated a diverse culture from the peoples of the Peninsular and East Malaysia. In addition to that, it also comprised of the incorporation of the Hindu-Buddhist dance and drama culture. These were practiced in the early royal courts1. The Malay dance is interesting because of the fact that they do incorporate the cultures of other traditions such as Chinese, Japanese and Islamic, thus the creation of the Malay dances and song. This is relevant as it emphasizes who they are and they also get a chance to portray their tradition and customs through dance. Matusky and Sooi (2004) studied... Task: The swaying...
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...century, the story would have triggered the interest in pursuing such discoveries than other people especially the aged and those not easily identifying with technological advancement. The modern day learners would have a more or less similar reaction to mine when compared to other generations who would have little to identify with concerning such a discovery as presented in the ‘secret’. Close Critical Reading Essay In much a rather sober mood, the author Clark writes the story concerning the visit of reporter Cooper to the research stations on the surface of the moon. The plot of the story systematically shifts from the surface of the earth to the surface of moon and back in a bid to link research...
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...Close/Critical Reading Essay: Xala “Xala” is an intriguing short story written by Ousmane Sembene. The author utilizes the story and the characters to reveal the happenings in Africa after the end of the French colonization. Sembene explains the conditions of the African society in depth and reveals the atrocities that persisted in Africa even after the period of colonization was over. The story revolves around the life of El Hadji Abdoukader Beye. El Hadji is a rich, Muslim businessman having an influential role in the city of Dakar in Senegal where he lives. Sembene has used his life to reveal the period of transition in Africa shedding light upon the corruption and greed that persisted in the African...
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...Candide Voltaire Analysis of Chapter 11, page 25 In this part of the book Voltaire is describing an old woman by stating how she used to be and how her life has changed now. He uses very simple and short sentences that make it easier for the reader to connect with the text. By creating a contrast between the two different time periods he manages to gain the reader’s attention. He starts off by explaining what the woman looks like at present paying close attention to minute prominent details of her face and goes on to describe her past. He not only physically describes the woman but also creates a contrast between her early privileged life and her life as a servant now. He uses strong heavy words in describing her past,...
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...Cowboy Be-bop Order No. 298667 No. of pages: 5 6530 ‘Cowboy Bebop’ produced by Yoko Kanno is an anime series television show that literally transports its audience to a world pitted against the backdrop of seedy- looking pick- pockets and bounty- hunters in an atmosphere that is filled with cigarette – smoke and strong scotch in addition to the deafening sounds of heavy metal music. Cowboy Bebop seems to be a balanced mixture of both the past and the future combined.
‘Cowboy Bebop’ is one of those animated, science fiction series where the creativity of the production team leaves one gasping for breath at the ‘avant-garde style… snazzy visuals… snappy stories to the enthusiastic, upbeat score.”(Tasha Robinson) Anime, made in Japan...
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...reminisces about her past life when she has the following thought: "She and her parents had gone last summer to stay for a week at a motel on the New Jersey shore" (343). For so long Andy has attempted to hide her feminine side, yet she describes her mothers feminine side in much detail when she says "that her mothers swimsuit top had come off, so that her breasts swayed free, her nipples like two dark eyes" (343). When her mothers swimsuit top came off, Andy was embarrassed. Andy even mentions how long it took for her mother to fix up her top: "she calmly refixed her top" (343). To any other daughter this would not be a problem, but Andy seems to deny her feminine thoughts because she "lay on the beach towel and closed...
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...Close Reading English 112 Lecturer: Balut is a delicacy offered at a Filipino restaurant in New York known as Maharlika in the East Village and due to the cultural significance of the food in Philipines, the hotel is frequented by Filipino immigrants who enjoy it among other traditional foods offered. Eating competitions targeting other people apart from Filipinos are held in the restaurant. Balut is consumed not only by South East Asian immigrants but also by other nationals including US citizens with a drive for adventurous food Cherry and Morris. I was invited by a Filipino colleague for dinner at Maharlika restaurant, which I gladly accepted as I also wanted to eat out to break the monotony of eating...
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...of the English of the Concerned 17 May The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock- Close Reading At the beginning of the poem one feels that it is a love poem, especially after reading the title of the poem. However, after reading the poem one comes to realize that the title of the poem bears little connection to its true content. The poem is no way a passionate song of love as the reader expects it to be. This irony inherent in the title of the poem is effectively used by the poet to convey the frustration of the protagonist as he repeatedly fails to strike a passionate bond with others. The poem also seems to be a dramatic monologue. One finds such monologue in works of prose...
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