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The period between 1830 and 1962 was full of conflicts and tensions between the unstable French and Algerian government. Conflicts were based on religion, equality, nationalism, politics and terrorism. With the encouragement of European settlement, privileges and inequality appeared. As the pressure grew, new nationalistic groups were created, and sometimes they would act as a terrorist organization, just like the FLN group. Even though the problems were increasing in the French colony, there was

France invaded Algeria to bring the “blessings of colonization. The main objective for the French invading Algeria was for economic gain and become known as one the most superior and dominant nations of Europe. France changed the lives of many Africans which led to Algerians applying for citizenship in their own country. The Algerians endured many hardships after the French came into the picture. Things did not change for the better, but for the worst. The French “imposed more and higher taxes

“Tell me, is that a nationality, ‘Arab’?” muses Harun, the narrator of Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation (Daoud 138). Daoud’s novel is full of questions and ramblings such as this one that serve as a response to Albert Camus’ The Stranger, which explores the trial of a French Algerian (Meursault) for killing an Arab man. In The Stranger, Camus fails to name the Arab victim and gives him no backstory nor significant reason for the cause of his murder. In The Meursault Investigation, Daoud

When Bouteflika became President in 1999, there were no indications that the Algerian foreign policy would undergo any change. Alexis Arieff’s assumption that: “The legacy of Algeria’s anti-colonial struggle contributes to Algerian leaders’ desire to prevent direct foreign intervention, their residual scepticism of French intentions, and Algeria’s positions on regional affairs, including a non-interventionist stance” (1) was an anticipation that no far reaching variations in the Algerian foreign

natural world in a similar fashion. Instead of a god or goddess for each individual piece of nature, they preach that nature was created and is controlled by their God. The belief of divine control is a popular topic in literature; specifically poetry. “Pied Beauty” written by Gerard Manley Hopkins in 1877, and “Design” written by Robert Frost in 1922 are just two examples of many that follow this trend. Gerard Manley Hopkins was a 19th century, English, Victorian poet. He was brought up in a religious

Frost and Gerard Manley Hopkins describe nature and the creation of it in their poems “Design” and “Pied Beauty”. They both express similarities and differences in nature between their two poems. Imagery is a very vital aspect in most all poems. In “Design” and “Pied Beauty” they go through an extended amount of imagery. Both poems seem to point out unusual aspects in nature. For instance, in “Pied Beauty” Hopkins states “fresh-firecoal chestnut falls; finches’ wings” (4)1. In “Design” Frost mentions

Many authors throughout this time period rebelled against religion in their writing. The poems “Pied Beauty” by Hopkins and “Design” by Frost are both characteristic of the time periods in which the authors wrote them. These two poems have distinguishable similarities and differences, and the main aspects of these poems that have similarities and differences is their imagery and theme. The two poems “Pied Beauty” and “Design” have many similarities in their imagery. Both of these poems contain natural

The first song I chose is Firework. I chose firework because it uses a lot of figurative language, such as simile. Katy Perry firework, do u ever feel like a plastic bag. That’s a simile because she is comparing you to a plastic bag. Another form of figurative language is a metaphor, cause baby you’re a firework. That is a metaphor because she's saying you’re a firework. Another form of figurative language is a idiom, come on let your colors burst. That is a idiom because she telling you to let your

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Fences, August Wilson The close reading process for this play occurs in three stages: 1. First Read (Days 2 and Day 3): Students are not to cold read the play during this period. It is essential for their understanding that this first read comes from a fluent adult reader or (less ideally) from a recording of the play. Teachers should pre-select moments of tension or surprise when students should stop and jot their thoughts, ideas and questions about the text. The suggested cues for the open