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Q.2 Discuss Frank’s experiences and what he did during his 30 days with the Gonzalez family?

7. How did you feel about the Lees ' refusal to give Lia her medicine? Can you understand their motivation? Do you sympathize with it?

As the story develops, the reader’s thoughts are guided by the structure of the piece in a way that Tan is able to share an important lesson through the form of a personal narrative. The opening text immediately introduces the narrator and her insecurities as she wishes for a “slim new American nose” (Tan 1). The story initially takes on a negative tone as Tan proceeds to have a negative outlook throughout the entire evening. Her overwhelming anxiety can almost be felt by the reader as she worries what Robert will think of her “noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners” and overall “shabby Chinese Christmas” (Tan 1). With the tone set, Tan continues to amplify each dreadful detail of her family’s traditional Christmas Eve dinner. This includes the actual meal, that of which appeared to be

Q1: Do you believe Mary has adequate inputs to decision-making or is it that he really needs an real and good research ?

A tyrant of his times, Mr.Hundert was anything but liberal in terms of the rules of his classroom. Knowing just what he wanted and how he wanted it done Mr.Hudnert surely was not going to allow the negligence of a student stand in the way of his strident teaching in which he claims that he “...gave service there to the minds of three generations of boys and

Mr. Keating also trains students to look beyond the textbook with the power of individualism and self-reliance. He expects them to constantly look for new perspectives and be aware of their surroundings. During one lesson, he begins, “I stand upon my desk to remind yourself that we must constantly look at things in a different way,” which conveys that everyone can live and perceive the world in a “different way” that makes them a unique individual. Additionally, Mr. Keating tells his students that they have their own freedom of independent thinking. After the class rips out the Introduction to Poetry from their textbooks, Mr. Keating declares, “Now in my class, you will learn to think for yourselves again.” He says this to show how his teaching will reflect self-thought instead of

First, despite the hospitality the Franks show for the Van Daans, Mr Van Daan still betrays their trust. He is truly selfish when it comes to the food situation in the household. Mr. Van Daan without anyone knowing was stealing food exceedingly night. Which was a huge problem because he was the largest in the attic.During the night no one but Mrs. Frank woke up and she caught him. When Mrs. Frank found Mr. Van Daan she hollered, “Don’t think I haven't seen you! Always saving the choicest bits for him!” (pg 425).

Mr. Keating's is also rewarded with his type of teaching. He is given the opportunity to reach out to a large group of boys and show the true meaning of poetry, and make them confident as their own person and believe in their own ideas. Mr. Keating thought the rewards of his way of teaching would outweigh the

7. To the very end, Mitch arrives at Morrie’s house with food. Discuss the importance of this ritual.

     Although it is a series of bad experiences with priests that turns him away from his religion, it is another priest who helps him to reassure his faith. As Frank reaches an all-time spiritual low, he goes to pray to

2. Evaluate Dan’s evolving relationships with Scott and Henry. What “principles of best practices” did he overlook?

• Frank throwing up his first communion. (129) I selected this item because I believe it shows significance because the grandmother supplied the family with food. This event foreshadows the grandmother getting very angry at Frank and the family so she no longer

Angela’s Ashes is an autobiographical memoir written by Irish-American author Frank McCourt. McCourt is the oldest of five brothers and one sister. He along with four of his sibling were born in America in Brooklyn, New York and lived there until he was four and then moved back to Ireland because they had a hard time surviving in America. His family and moved back to Ireland in the midst of the Great Depression finding it hard for his father to get a job because of his alcoholism and his Northern manner. Throughout McCourt’s childhood he was caught in the middle of all the hardships his parents endured. Although, his family endured much struggle, that did not stop them from fulfilling his religious duties, such as First Communion. It also did not stop him and his brother, Malachy from going to school to learn more about their religion. In his early teens, he realized that his father had abandoned his mother and his siblings when he said he would go look for a job. At the age of 14, Frank stopped going to school and got odd jobs to help support his mother and siblings. He remembers his childhood as the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. He himself decided to move back to America when he was 18 to get away from the poverty in Ireland.

Frank drunkenly dashes out of the bar and into a wooden building. In his exhausted stupor, Frank collapses against a pile of wood as he tries to recuperate both his mental and physical composure. Free of the conspirators in the bar and of Joe’s pursuit, Frank acquiesced a rare moment of introspection when finally alone and away from his assailants. But as he regains composure, his surroundings consume him. The wood building brings Frank back into his prison cabin from the war, and Frank’s mental bulwark fails to shield him from the the humiliation from the bar as the past infuses with the present. The seedy lawyer’s words seep into his mind as a disjointed auditory flashback is heard, condemning Frank to be the coward who informed on his men. But as the flashbacks intensify, Frank is doomed to relive the slaughter of his men.

Evaluate carefully all of the ten lessons that John Halamka learned from the experience. Are these the right 10 lessons?