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In Anita Desai’s cultural and influencing novel, Fasting, Feasting, the author employs literary devices such as figurative language, reluctant speech, and third person point of view in order to characterize Arun’s distasteful experience at the beach. Demonstrating the use of descriptive words in the passage, Desai illustrates Arun’s annoyance with nature while going to the beach. While making his way through the woods, Arun depicts the cicadas’ “shrill” and the birds’ “shrieks” as an unpleasant…

The Inca empire. The Aztec Empire. Empire. A very large group of people ruled over by one person. The Aztec and Inca empire were both different empires but they did have things common. Today I will be sharing and comparing the similarities and differences between the Aztec empire and the Inca empire. Although the tribes came from different locations and don’t have much in common, they do have different things that make them alike such as the fact that they both have important events that occur…

Self-discovery is a journey many people reach through a range of different outlets. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou presents the evolution of a young, black girl who survived adversities. Marguerite Ann Johnson surmounts atrocious moments in her life with the emotional support of key figures. Momma’s reassurance, and of an upbringing with good morality to Marguerite provided an unsaid motherly love. Mother Dear’s carefree character allows Marguerite to become independent. Mrs.…

“Caged Bird,” by Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, a poet, a writer, a mother, and a victim of rape. (Philadelphia Tribune). Maya Angelou was raped by her mother's boyfriend, was a single mother at the age of seventeen, and was bullied because of her skin color. (Suzette A., Henke). Maya Angelou has wrote many books and poems throughout her life. Maya Angelou often binds in her emotionally disturbing childhood to her work, and even though Maya Angelou had a traumatizing childhood, her books and poetry…

1. The sculpture the Goddess Coatlicue is around 8 feet 6 inches, or 2.65 meters. The piece was made circa 1500 by the Aztecs in Mexico. It is located in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City. 2. There is only one being depicted in the statue. The statue shows someone with a necklace made up of what appears to be hands, hearts and skulls from humans. Under the necklace appear to be human breasts. The skirt on the statue is made up of snakes that are overlapping. The feet and hands…

Born in Jackson, Mississippi on April 13, 1909 to a young couple still reeling from the death of an infant only three years prior, Eudora Welty was to later become among one of the most renowned and respected authors throughout most of the twentieth century. Raised by two protective, encouraging parents, and yet having grown up in a world where many Americans still lacked basic rights, it is with no doubt that her memories and experiences heavily influence her writing. The works of Eudora Welty…

know why the caged bird sings” that is called “Graduation” written by Maya Angelou. The selection “Graduation” is part of an autobiography of Maya Angelou. In this selection Angelou writes about the excitement and also about the difficulties of growing up in a segregated society. Maya Angelou shares what is like to be full of potential and to only be expected to live up to set standards because of the color or their skin. Maya Angelou tells about the wonderful feeling that she has about…

This poem by Maya Angelou represents the ideal women. The poem begins with a conversational approach as the speaker claims she is not physically a perfect woman yet she attracts the attention from others everywhere she goes. Throughout the poem, Maya Angelou constantly repeats the phrase “phenomenal women, that’s me” to emphasize the speaker’s confident attitude. Maya Angelou claims that beauty is not what makes a women phenomenal instead it’s the way she represents herself that makes her…

The Mayan Indians ate very simple food that was easy to find and make, using their resources. Maize, or corn, was the staple food of the Mayans diet. They incorporated maize into almost all of their meals because it was an easy thing to find and there was a lot of it.They used maize in muffins and pudding, and cooked maize in a pot or just ate it on the cob. In fact, maize was the most important component of daily life and religious life in the Mayans’ culture. Although, maize was a very…

Down in History The Maya civilization was one of the most dominant indigenous societies of Mesoamerica (a term used to describe Mexico and Central America before the 16th century Spanish conquest). Unlike other scattered indigenous populations of Mesoamerica, the Maya covered a wide territory of southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador. This concentration helped its people develop one of the most astonishing and unique cultures in the antique world, where the level of knowledge,…