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regarding Tea Cake and Joe, Hurston stresses this contradistinction by painting Tea Cake as emphatically black and by highlighting his resistance to the hierarchical values Starks embraces from dominant white culture. By teaching Janie how to play checkers, shoot, to drive, and by inviting her to work alongside of him, Tea Cake breaks down the rigid gender definitions Joe sought to impose upon Janie, the restrictions of her interior life. By doing these things, Tea Cake brings Janie into the…

issue that has caused numerous accusations. Governor Scott has indicated the Flint City Council ought to be blamed as they voted to switch from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Karegnondi Water Authority (Ridley,2016). However, fact-checkers have argued the Flint City Council only voted to switch water providers and refrained from voting to utilize the Flint River as an alternative source of water (The Center for Michigan, 2016). The financial dire straits Flight was experiencing…

Lens Analysis: Literature Interpretation Literature can be viewed through various lenses as a way to see writing through a different viewpoint. The new historical lens is used to view writing through another time period while comparing it to the period the book was written. This lens can be interpreted as a way to “think about the retelling of history itself” (Brizee). It focuses on aspects like what language or events in the writing reflect the time period of the author (Brizee). The new…

all. There was a ghoul, a missing stone, a kidnapped kid, an evil old guy with a nefarious plan and plenty of minions to carry out his orders. But I should start at the beginning, so you get to hear the whole story. It all started when Miss Sims, a checker at the Root & Shoot Greengrocer said she saw a ghost in an attic window at Willaston Place, if you can believe it. Personally, I wasn’t…

crazy digging worms by lamp light and setting out for Lake Sabelia after midnight that she felt like a child breaking rules. That’s what made Janie like it.” (Hurston, 121) Tea Cake would always take Janie places and do things, like fishing and play checkers, that Joe never let her do, this made Janie feel free again, and finally in love. She sells the general store, and claims that she didn 't want the townspeople comparing Tea Cake to Joe, and plans to marry Tea Cake. Janie leaves Eatonville…

In the year 1816, a screaming little lad was born on the small scottish island of Raasay. His name was James McKenzie and he is my great-great-great-grandfather. At a young age he and his family sailed across the ocean to Prince Edward Island, Canada. He grew tall and strong and married the love of his life, Anne Martin. On March 17, 1860 a kicking firstborn son named, Norman James McKenzie was born to the happy couple. Norman lived on Prince Edward Island for 20 years, then set out for the…

finding a hull structure we can now measure how large some of the ships were. Through the plates that we find and private possessions of those who sailed we can find information on the lives of those who came before us. In short, archeology is the fact checker of history. Through scientific means we are able to recover artifacts from our past to see what was true such as the thunder bombs and what is unlikely such as the 300 foot Chinese Junks of myth. Underwater Archaeology as we saw at the…

Roberto’s Restaurant, The Rustic Grille, Carl Anthony Trattoria & Catering, Country Pizza & Restaurant and Vazzy’s Osteria. Local grocery stores can also be viewed as competition since they sell ready to make and frozen pizza. There threats include that fact that their competition has similar attractive offers and consumers like to try multiple restaurants until they find their favorite. In addition, the constant media coverage on healthy diets can discourage people from dinning out and…

behind abstract art saying, “Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated”. (From “On the Spiritual in Art”). In fact, he made musical publication which contained poems and wood cuts which was limited to 345 copies and dedicated to his…

Chapter 1: They Things They Carried Part 1- Tim O’Brien, in the novel, The Things They Carried , describes all of the objects that the soldiers carried during the war. The men carried necessities, such as knives, guns, helmets, food and water. They also carried more personal items, such as “love” letters, drugs/cigarettes, contraceptives and the New Testament. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from Martha, a girl he was in love with. On April 16th, Lieutenant Cross was imagining and…