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...GOES HERE! WORLD LITERATURE- Reading Journal The Arabian Nights Anonymously Written TRANSLATOR Husain Haddawy PERIOD 8th Century
CONTINENT / CULTURE
India and Persia
THEME / CONTENT (2 examples)
Deception
The theme of deception is eminent throughout the story. The good characters have to deceive or outwit the evil ones in order to win and live. Shahrazad has to deceive King Shahrayar by telling him tales and postpone their endings in order to prolong her life and save other women from being put to death by the king. In the same way, characters such as the merchant in Shahrazad’s story of the Merchant and the Donkey have to deceive and outwit the demon in order to save his friend, the merchant from the...
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...Reading Journal Eva Hoffman’s “Lost in Translation” presents interesting experiences, especially in the third part of the book. Language and culture experiences are eminent in the New World part of the text. In Canada, Hoffman and her family can fluently converse with each other, but hardly with the rest of the community. The language factor is a critical issue in Canada for this family. However, this aspect changes once Hoffman and her family realizes that Canada is the new world for them.
Language gives many different people their identity. Language also brings sense of belonging and enhances personal and social relations among populations. However, this only happens when the people involved can relate...
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...Writing 121 27 June Reading Journal: Summary of “Fear Not Globalization” In his essay “Fear Not Globalization” originally published in Newsday on October 8, 2002, Joseph Samuel Nye Jr. refutes the argument that “globalization” means Americanization and the loss of the culture of a country and its people. Nyes argument is that the same effect would have occurred throughout the world even it had been another country that helmed the technological, financial, and other leadership positions in the world that is commonly attributed to America. He also pointed out that an emulation of American culture in other countries does not necessarily translate into the death of their own culture as proven by the Japanese...
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...Reading Journal: “Fear Not Globalization” In the article, “Fear Not Globalization”, which appeared in the Newsday in October 8, 2002, Joseph Samuel Nye Jr. argues that globalization does not homogenize or Americanize different cultures in the world. Nye Jr. argues that globalizations and modernization are closely related and that both have less impact on homogenizing world cultures. Despite the fact that modernization has brought about changes such new structures and improved technology, Nye Jr. argues that indigenous cultures are still intact.
On the other hand, Nye Jr. provides an example of how industrialization in major developed countries does not dictate the pattern of development in other...
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...Your full full July 06, Reading Journal: ‘The French, the Veil, and the Look’ by Elaine Sciolino
Cultural protection, security, and conformance to law are three such things on which French government pays special attention. The main point in this article is that whether there should be some restrictions on the way people dress in public or they should be allowed to wear what they want (Sciolino). The author of the article has consulted Quran and Muslim scholars to come with the viewpoint that hiding the face along with other body parts is not required in the religion of Islam.
The French government supports and protects secularism and equality between men and women. The government sees the covering of...
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...Scriptures Reading and Journal
The main evident occurrences and principles from the book of Helaman are the rejection and persecution of Lord’s prophets, ignorance by people to God’s word, and repentance (Mueller 68). In our daily lives, it is a common and frequent incidence where many people blatantly shun God’s Word and do not want to either acknowledge or repent their sins. The principles depicted from the book are heavily applicable to our lives. We should respect all the servants of the Lord. People should never reject servants communicating and relaying the words of God. We should listen to them personal differences that may exist. The word of God is the most vital pillar upon...
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... + The short story A&P by John Updike tell a story of a young man working as a clerk in a supermarket. His name is Sammy and he is 19 years old. In his encounter at work, he comes across three women who come to shop for snacks. The girls are in their bathing suits and when they enter the grocery shop, they attract the attention of everyone in the supermarket from their dressing. This is seen from the reaction their entrance causes to the people present at the supermarket. To Sammy their manner of dressing is appealing and he is infatuated to one of the women whom he nicknames Quinie, probably the most beautiful of them all.
The story continues when Lengel, who is the manager at the supermarket, comes and confronts the girls... + The short...
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...Reading journal Part Mountaineer Skew Solely Promulgation Beatification Part 2-Summary In chapter the concentrates on the Alaska Interior. A truck carter stops for hitchhiker- Alex- who says that he is from South Dakota. He is given a ride to Denali National Park, and changes the story to indicate that he is Gallien (Krakauer 5-9). The second chapter is on the Stampede Trail that is set in September 1922. This chapter explains the story of five strangers that meet in an abandoned bus near Alaska (Krakauer 9-13). They later learn that in the bus, there is some smell of decaying substance that happens to be the smell of dead bodies. In chapter three on Carthage, the author sets the stage in Carthage in...
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... Reading journal Part words Tenacious Trail Domain Flush Apologia Part 2-Summary of chapters In chapter 7, McCandless is seen at the Westerberg elevator in Carthage. He actually works at the grain elevator. He swears to cut all the ties with his parents (Krakauer 44-50). In chapter 8 other examples of persons that travelled to Alaska and provided. The chapter also questions why they opted to stay in such a place (Krakauer 44-50). Chapter 9 focuses on Davis Gulch. In the chapter, Reuss and McCandless are linked and both seem to be seeking solitude (Krakauer 50-60). In chapter 10, a dead man is found in Alaska. It is presumed that this person died of starvation (Krakauer 61-80). The story is covered in the dailies, it is assumed... why he...
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...Reading journal Part words Knapsack Anorectic Balks Confidante Part 2-Summary of chapters Chapter 13 sets the stage for the interview of Carine McCandless who is the younger sister to Chris. Carine is greatly affected by the death of his brother right from the information that McCandless body was discovered in R. Sushana. They even travel home so as to carry Chris’ ashes in Carine’s knapsack. Billie, Chris’ mother is in great shock after the death of his son and even weeps uncontrollably (Krakauer 88-90). She even stops eating and loses a lot of weight. On the contrary, McCandless father put on weight. This explains the different responses to loss and stress. In chapter 15 on The Stikine Ice Cap, the...
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