THE DANGER OF A SINGLE STORY. Having started reading books at a tender age Adichie became exposed to literature.She grew up reading British and American books.She had the passion of writing and she wrote books that were based on her earlier experience of literature. She believed that books must include characters who are foreigners. . Her books had characters who were mainly the whites. Adichie at 19 years went to The United States to study in the university. This exposed her to more literature. Adichie was motivated to write after she discovered African literature. Books authoured by Chinua Achebe and other African writers motivated her .She was motivated that people like her could exist in literature.The discovery of African literature led her to produce her own African books. The purpose of writing this book was to let the world understand that Africa had greater minds than presumed. It is not just a land with a beautiful landscape that could be deceived by the whites. It is not a place filled with negativity.Adichie based her explanation from the story of…
Reply to Jose Luis Hugo Hey Jose, Thanks for sharing your post with the class. I like how you have used the correct referencing in your post, as well as reliable sources to back up your arguments. I agree that the four basic types and purpose of theories can either be categorized as descriptive, explanatory, predictive, or prescriptive theories. According to Wayne (2020), the prescriptive theory, concerning nursing, stipulates the actions that a nurse must undertake to achieve a prescribed goal. References Wayne, G. (2020). Nursing Theories and Theorists. Retrieved from: https://nurseslabs.com/nursing-theories/ Reply to Shaida Amid Hey Shaida, Thanks for sharing. In general, nursing theories are in place to provide a framework of purposes and concepts to guide nursing practice at a more specific and concrete level. Nursing theories can either be factor-isolating theories, factor-relating theories, explanatory theories, or predictive theory. According to Bond (2011), factor-isolating theory describes the dimensions and properties of phenomena while explanatory theory explains the nature of relationships between different phenomena. I agree that the testing of descriptive theories can be done…
“The Last Night of the World.” Response 1 Dear Ivan Bautista Thank you for your post on the story “The Last Night of the World.” I agree with you that the main characters in the story are the husband, the wife, and unnamed daughters. However, I beg to differ in the conflict part slightly. I believe that the major conflict in the story is demonstrated through “Denial and Acceptance.” According to their anonymous dream, both the husband and the wife come to terms with the impending end of the world. Initially, both wish the dream was not true. Their coping mechanism proves to be isolating, unsatisfying, and unproductive. We learn that even though acceptance can be scary in some instances, it leads to some sense of peace. We eventually learn that denial is an unsatisfying way to handle problems. The wife lies in denial that her dream is true, and she also denies that she had not given the end of the world thought. They later find comfort when they embrace acceptance. Response 2 Dear Dailen Fernandez Thank you…
Watching a new video Question 1 I prefer longer arms, thanks to my swimming hobby. Longer arms will cause more balance and swimming power. Longer legs, on the other hand, are likely to create drag, and hence a significant shift to the centre of gravity. Question 2 Watching a new video always has the effect of initiating a person to think about new issues and ideas critically. The scenes in the videos give a person a unique perspective of topics talked about in the films. Typically, this leads to new knowledge as one attempts to understand the plot and themes of a film. This is precisely the same effect a new reader would experience after reading the fictional novel, “Homecoming”. The novel was written by Yaa Gyasi, and published in 2016. The historical fiction novel has several chapters, and each chapter follows a descendant of a lady, named Maame. This is a striking literature skill as each new chapter has a different character and a different setting. Therefore, the author keeps the readers speculative every time they start a new…
the long and complex shift from the “secretive” sub rosa regime before the 1960s to the supra rosa system Despite the relative regularization of homosexuality themes in the contemporary age, they still rank as the most controversial topics in the social and political landscapes. This situation depicts how stigmatization that characterized sexuality and homosexuality discourses in earlier societies. In the article “Lesbian/Gay Studies in the House of Anthropology,” Kath Weston maps out the factors, critiques, and controversies, which prevent the lesbian/gay studies from raising issues in a manner that aligns with the mindsets of both anthropologists and lay audiences. The article was published in the Annual Review of Anthropology journal vol. 22 of 1993. Even though the article integrates some of the complex concepts of anthropology, it utilizes a direct structure to analyze published literature, thereby enhancing the readers’ clear and logical ordering of the ideas. The main topic of this work was to explore the long and complex shift from the “secretive” sub rosa regime before the 1960s to the supra rosa system, which “broke the silence” of sexuality…
In The Thorn, the poem talks about the power being possessed by a community to victimize and fix on the loner In The Thorn, the poem talks about the power being possessed by a community to victimize and fix on the loner. This manipulative narrator makes use of a variety of deceptive devices, including the utilization of other individuals as narrators, characterized in phrases such as “Tis said” and “Some said” (lines 137 and 216). In a poem filled with swearing, saying, and telling, this happens to ironic to some extent. The conflict, at last, holds out the probability of some explanations. However, the intense emotions and a storm get involved so that the breaking point of the narrator transforms into a panic, and the moment gets lost. Also, we are interested in knowing much about this mythic Martha, which is the reason why this moment is significant. Having been recognized with the thorn tree, she happens to be (like the thing itself) designated as “wretched” (9 and 38). Withered and dry, she makes a difference with the young mound’s…
Essay Outline Graphic Organizer Name: ________________________________ Title of Essay: Hamlet Opening Sentence (Include title, genre, and author) “Hamlet” is a play adapted from “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1600)” which is written by Shakespeare. The genre of the story is a play made up of several scenes. Thesis Statement Through the whole play, women’s power is challenged. Women’s power is questioned as they are depicted as slaves of manhood, victims of their beliefs, and susceptible because of their love for men, which limits their ability in the society subscribing them to cruelty, pain, and unequal life standards. Supporting Point A Shakespeare depicts women as dependent on men such that they cannot survive without them. Supporting Point B Victimhood Supporting Point C Women are susceptible because of their weakness in loving. Supporting Evidence + Citations 1. Due to inadequacies of lack of a man, Gertrude marries Claudius immediately, which exposes her to negative connotations from Hamlet. In Act 3 Scene 4, Hamlet accuses her mother of the lustful act of remarrying so quickly…
Sentence variety helps writers to highlight key ideas Sentence Variety Sentence variety involves changing the length and structure of sentences to emphasize key ideas and shun monotony. Sentence variety helps writers to highlight key ideas, enhances the reading of the writer’s work and helps to avoid monotony in writing. Sentence variety allows writers to put more emphasis on the main ideas of their articles, and this is achieved through the use of different types of sentences, which includes simple, complex and compound sentences. Also, sentence variety enhances the reading the author’s work because the author has already emphasized on the main ideas, and hence readers are most likely to understand the scholarly work easily. Additionally, sentence variety helps to avoid monotony in sentences since the writers can limit cases of repetition in their scholarly work. Scholarly work with few cases of monotony becomes interesting to the readers. Sentence variety helps readers to achieve diversification of ideas since they can compare different articles from different authors and then settle for the best concepts. In my rough draft, I used both simple,…
asking for a pay raise How do you ask for a raise and get it? This question troubles many employees who wish to let their employers know they would wish to get a raise. Studies show that many employees express anxiety since it is out of their comfort zone to talk about a salary increase. Years ago, I thought of asking a raise from the organization I work for. I was not conversant with what it takes to do so and the dynamics involved in asking for a pay-raise. Therefore, I went to the internet and researched the average salary range for a typical employee executing the same responsibilities as I did. I drafted the accomplishment I had attained for the company and asked for advice on how to present my wish to the organization. I know this topic is very important to most of you because many people do not know where to start when professionally asking for a pay raise. I have taken some time researching this subject, interviewing managers and mentors in various fields regarding the topic.…
A Man Called Horse The man called Horse is a short story by Dorothy Johnson, which talks about a man who was deprived of freedom during his captivity as a slave in India. The story conveyed a powerful message about the true meaning of freedom (Johnson, 137). Horse who came from a wealthy family and had everything at his disposal did not like the life he was living as he wanted to live among equals; he wanted freedom. Horse travelled west from Boston, which was yet to be conquered. There he was captured and taken as a slave by the Indian crow tribe. Everything he ever wished for seems to be taken away. Yellow Robe took him to his village and made Horse serve his mother Old Greasy Hand among the other four slaves (Witt 62). Life here proved troublesome as they are treated like dogs; they made him drink water from a paddle like a dog. He often daydreams how he will narrate his story when he escapes from his slavery. He realizes that he can never escape his…