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    Article Summary: Understanding American Worldview In the article of “Understanding American Worldview,” written by J. La Vella Ingram, discusses about the different types of views and ideologies that are incorporated in America, which could potentially vary from another culture. For instance, some cultures base their lifestyle on the future by remaining productive in the present, instead of focusing on the past. Or, some cultures believe that we should have mastery over nature, and not the other

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    Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

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    1. The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis meant the comprehension of the world for an individual determines by the background linguistics system or grammar. In other words, language which use in his or her culture influence his or her thought, idea, view of the world. Explanation of this hypothesis will be more apprehensible by examples. ‘Cultural emphasis’ is one of the popular examples of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. Cultural emphasis is if a culture “A” counts more than about certain aspect another culture “B”

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    of life and understanding what is true and right. Compared to seeing the surface value of everything in life and “looking through filters” and only seeing what society and media has to offer. In today’s world people focus only on the materialistic view of life and focus on money and wealth, which produces adults in society that know how to think but not how to live life. Yet every day, people encounter REALITY but do not understand and often shy away from what is not normal to us. People in today’s

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    Reconciliation

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    husband has been unfaithful to her, and therefore they are waiting for the divorce and live apart from each other. Maybe it isn’t the case at all, that her husband was unfaithful to her, because she is the narrator, and that we only get her point of view. It could also be that she was starting to go crazy and they had to split up. We don’t know. But it seems like her mind is falling apart, and she needs to find a meaning in life. This probably once was her husband. She doesn’t seem to be able to live

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    control of his life. By personifying Wing’s hands, Anderson makes the consequences of their actions the focus point of the story. An important aspect as to why this story was so well written was because of Anderson’s choice of narration. The point of view that Anderson uses in Hands can be identified as third person limited. Third person limited is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are only presented externally

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    drugs. In the attempt to rectify his younger brother 's behavior and life, the young man faces his own feelings for his brother and comes to terms with the life his brother Sonny lives. The developments of certain elements-plot, character, point of view, setting, symbolism-in the story help accentuate the narrator 's struggles and theme(s) of the story. One of the most important elements of this story is the setting. Taking place in the drug-plagued, poverty-stricken, and frustrated streets of Harlem

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    “The analysis of qualitative and quantitative data of your website and your competition to drive continuous improvement about your digital presence your customer needs and prospects which translates into fabulous desired outcomes both online and offline for your business that’s more of formal definition of web analytics.” - Avinash Kaushik Author, Digital Marketing Evangelist Web analytics is not about just logging into google analytics, Facebook insights, adobe web trends or IBM and analyzing all

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    not the most critical part of a literary piece because it keeps a reader, viewer or listener interested in the piece. Lastly, the multi perspectives of the piece makes it literary because of the ability to imagine and “bring to life” both points of views are rare in writings, songs and poems. Ross Capicchioni is based on a true story, which is about a 10th grade transfer student (Ross Capicchioni) that is greeted and welcomed by another student at his high school. While Ross was enjoying his time

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    In The Turn of the Screw, Henry James utilizes many aspects of the “point of view” technique, yet his most palpable use comes in the form of the first person narrator. The use of the first person narrator with the governess enables James to present the reader with many opportunities to question the validity of her account, while at the same time adding to the complexity of the story. Due to James’ clever use of the first person narrator, there is not necessarily a right or wrong way to observe the

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    Reflection - Option 1 The worldview of the Cree differs from that of mine in numerous ways as our religions, cultures and ethnicities are completely different.  The Cree perceive life to be non-linear and interconnected as they believe that in their lifetime, one cycles through four different stages.  Individuals start out as spirits, grow into young people who are continuously changing, become responsible adults and finish as elders who are wise, but tend to go back into infancy as they age. On

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