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Kelaris, the main character of I Turn the Lights Off, is an example of a character who narrates fictional events and her everyday preoccupations. We do not see the footprint of the hidden author, the dominant ideologies, or the artificial circumstances which naturally threaten the autonomy of the characters. The narrator recognizes the world through her personal and emotional experiences and her relationship with Emil, who is Kelaris’s new neighbor who shows some shared interests with her. This…

Overflowing with dramatization, grievousness and loathsomeness, this phenomenal family story of life and death mirrors China 's century of turbulence through the eyes of Jung Chang 's three generations of family: her grandmother, mother and inevitably a life account of herself. In this book, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, we get to see the painful effects of Mao’s personality cult, and his painful policies. At age of two, Yu-fang, Jung Chang 's grandmother had her feet bounded. She was…

Walking on Puka Shells I am walking down the coast of Hanalei Bay, barefoot, and my wetsuit clinging to my body. I am looking for something, but I am not sure of what that is. The sky is grey, something seems off. I look further down the beach and I see something that looks like a body. As I am running closer and closer, the shape begins to take form. The closer I get, the harder it becomes to run. When my eyes have completely focused on the no longer blurred shape — I realize what it is. Or…

Beyer writes that the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Special focused on visually deceiving the enemy. These were the guys that used inflatable tanks, jeep, planes, and artillery to delude enemy aerial reconnaissance of the area. This company employed most of the men in the Ghost Army. The 244th Signal Company Special specialized in fake radio transmissions and the impersonation of real-life radio operators…

impacted due to wild-life tourists pursuing an experience to view wildlife at close distance in their natural environments (Wall and Mathieson, 2006). Viewing wildlife in their usual surroundings can be very disruptive to their natural life, for example jeep safari cars cause lot of noise and disturb animals trying to hunt and breed. The creation of large tourist facilities can involve the clearance of land such as forests, destroying natural habitats for both flora and fauna, putting strains of…

I cannot say I’ve led a boring life. On the contrary, my life has had more excitement, twists and turns than anyone I have ever personally known. Some of those twists and turns are wonderful; others tragic. They say you learn more in the dessert than you do the mountaintop. I have learned a lot! There a basic skeleton of my story and then there’s the really good stuff, the stuff that makes us who we are, the nitty gritty that molds and shapes who we are at the core of our being. That’s the…

For my interview I decided to interview an elderly woman, that lives next to our cabin in a small town called Leader Minnesota. I have not known her very long, but every time that my family had talked to her or helped her around her house she has always had a good sense of hummer, and every time we went over to her house she would have a fun new stories to listen to. In the early 1940’s Mariann Guentzel was born into a small tight knit family living in St. Paul Minnesota. Mariann is now in her…

One of America’s most popular war correspondent in history was Ernie Pyle, an American journalist, who told stories of residents living in rural America. Later on, during World War II, Pyle shared insights into lives of the brave ordinary men fighting in the European and Pacific theatres. He would report from all branches of the military, from foot-soldiers to pilots. At the time, his convincing and vivid descriptions of war were talked about across the country. Pyle described the hardships and…

“It’s okay,” Joe said. “I can't imagine not smelling cow shit every morning anyway. It’s soothing.” We started laughing until we were both standing there looking at the other, crying. It was the first time Joe and I had spoken that deeply about being an Albert— what it meant and what it felt like. We crumbled at the same time and sat by the wheelbarrow and wiped at our tears and sweat, the liquids hard to tell apart. I ran my palms over the dry grass in the field like it was water, inviting and…

In Blyden Jackson’s 1953 review of Gwendolyn Brooks’ first novel, he asked, “just what kind of novel is Maud Martha?” (Jackson 436). Maud Martha possesses aspects of the novel such as setting, characters, and relationships between those characters. However, though the novel is linear, there is no defining plot. Instead, we are presented with a series of lyric vignettes. There is no specific drama, no propelling action which can clearly define Maud Martha as a traditional novel. Yet, throughout…