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    been put on Doctor street in a racial way then there would have been no reason in explaining the roots of the name. Just like Mercy Hospital, if the street was like any other street in the community then no one would have thought twice about it and there for the story would have kept moving along as if nothing were different. The story behind Doctor Street immediately magnifies the impact the theme race has in the book Song of Solomon. Southside, Mercy Hospital, and Doctor Street are all prominent

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    Common Street Arts is an art gallery in downtown Waterville that is hosting their fifth Holiday Pop-up Shop (Common Street Arts, n.d.). Common Street Arts’ mission statement is “To enhance the creative, artistic and economic vitality of the Waterville community through outstanding arts education and exhibitions” (Mission & Vision, n.d.). The pop-up shop follows the mission by providing products for people to purchase that have been crafted by local artists, helping drive the creative spirit of Waterville

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    1. Identify an instance where Cisneros uses powerful imagery. Explain the effect of that imagery upon the reader. Remember that imagery can appeal to any of the senses, including sight, sound, taste, smell, or touch. In the short Vignette Hairs, Cisneros uses powerful imagery in order to truly illustrate the wonderful textures and details of the hair of Esperanza’s Mother, while using similes and metaphors as literal comparisons. Cisneros uses powerful imagery such as sights and senses, when comparing

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    Esperanza matures significantly after she moves with her family to Mango Street, which is an improvement from the previous houses she has lived in. However, it is not the home, she dreamed of. When Esperanza first moves to Mango Street she has child like thoughts. She is insecure and ignorant to the life and people around her. In the beginning she makes the comparison of a “red balloon tied to an anchor.” Due to her not having friends with whom she can share her secrets with and understand her jokes

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    Street food has a certain charm to it, no matter how old we are, we always love indulging in it. What’s more is that it is pocket-friendly so everyone can afford it. We bring to you 6 Street Food “Addas” in India where you will forget dieting and would like to die to eat! Here goes- 1. Khau Galli, Mumbai khau gali | AHA Taxis Street food tends attracts people from all over India. Vada Pav is noted as the most popular street food. Other noted street foods in Mumbai include Panipuri, Bhelpuri,

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    Since its publication in 1984, The House on Mango Street grows in popularity within inner-city grade schools to universities across the country -- it is a coming of age tale for a Mexican-American girl named Esperanza Cordero living in a fictional poor neighborhood in Chicago called Mango Street. Though it is called a novel, Cisneros creates The House on Mango Street with forty-four vignettes that thoughtfully depicts Chicano culture and what are the roles of women in this society; as Esperanza

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    This book is about Tish (her real name is Clementine Rivers) and Fonny (his real name is Alonzo Hunt). Tish is 19 years old, and Fonny is 22 years old sculptor, and they both are Negros. They have been living in the same street in Harlem, New York since they were young. Tish and Fonny fall in love and after a while they decide to get married. Tish’s parents and Fonny’s father are very happy about it, but Fonny’s mother and sisters aren’t happy at all. One day Fonny gets in trouble, by a Puerto

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    people, there is only one type of it which is usually not welcomed in countries - ‘Street art’. According to Johan Slogan, ‘Nowadays art’ (2010, 13-14), street art known to us as a “graffiti” is a way of representing feelings by people from lower class who were discriminated or have their own opinions for situation in the world. Street art has been declared as vandalism prohibited in most developed

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    you enter onto Main Street U.S.A. The street is lined with shops ranging from the Penny Arcade to the Fire Department. Some shops, such as the The Emporium, have been around since the park first opened, which was 61 years ago. Horse-drawn streetcars take guests from Sleeping Beauty’s castle, which is located at the end of Main Street, to Town Square where their ride comes to an end. As a way to remember employees, or as Disneyland like to call them, “Imagineers”, names are written on the outside

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