Pointing

usually acts gently and understandingly towards her mama rather than aggressively. One example of her acting gently towards her mama is on page 47. “ Sometimes I’d sit down next to her on the couch, open a magazine, and flip through the pictures, pointing to things-a baby, a dog, a car. ‘Show me soof, Mama. Is this soof? Is this?’ ... ‘Tea, Heidi? She’d say. ‘Tea?’ With anybody else I might’ve thought offering to get me tea right then was a way of changing the subject in…

screw, showing him a range of screws and the method of attaching the drill bit product. I also used body language towards the customer, as he wanted to know where the grinding discs were. During this interaction, I assisted him locate the item by pointing to the particular shelf and…

There were four of them. The oldest was Matt. He was eighteen and going into college at the state university. The next oldest was Alyssa. She was a pretty young lady who had just turned fifteen. Samuel was the baby of the family, at six years old. He was sweet and kind to everyone. Kristina was thirteen years old and a genius. Some of her accomplishments she prided herself on were: taking three college level courses, skipping 3rd through 9th grade, and loving her siblings, no matter how annoying…

Vonnegut states that McCarthy acted in “an ignorant, harsh un-American manner”. He backs up his opinion in the next paragraph by pointing out that “if you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own”(2). This is not a straight up fact, but every American knows that they have the freedom of speech. By alluding to this fact, he…

Have you ever felt that you were alone and the only family you had, you think you killed? Julia Hoban wrote the book called ‘Willow’. In this novel, we follow the author as she shares her personal life. Julia felt like no one was there because the only person who was originally there for her, she felt that she killed them. As you read Willow, you soon learn that the main character is hurting because she killed her parents. The story unfolds like this: Willow drove her parents home one wild night…

famous. Repeatedly stars like Renee Zellweger suggest that noticing (by pointing out differences) is body shaming. That is an extreme statement that is farthest from reality. People who get paid because of their looks can't expect privacy if they change their looks. Yes, Renee look different. She might not have had surgery (and we didn't ask so we don't know) but she doesn't look the same. Normal people call that age and pointing it out isn't body shaming either...it's called…

communicating stating that regardless of what language a person may speak they are still capable of communicating on such a basic level. Tarzan analogy is made up of three ‘raw materials’, which were words for physical objects, simple actions and pointing words. Deutscher suggests that knowing only three simple words allowed for communication, as…

Emily Dickinson’s poem, We Grow Accumstomed to the Dark, it is said that people slowly become “accumstomed” to darkness which ultimately leads to an almost straight life. Dickinson’s poem starts by pointing out that people become used to the darkness once light is put away. This implies that people will adopt to darkenss, or our emotions, once light, or our comfort and hopes are put away. Then the poem states that the neighbor holds up a lamp to witness the goodbye. When people say goodbye, they…

conquered. Alexander continues addressing his troops by asking the question; “With that all accomplished, why do you hesitate to extend the power of Macedon-your power-to the Hyphasis and the tribes on the other side?” This tactic is Alexander's way of pointing out to his audience that there should be no…

several groups of philosophers of the classical era, many of which have the features of contemporary people with the own Raphael. We can see to Leonardo da Vinci carrying his book Timeous and pointing his finger to the sky, to the world of ideas; and Aristotle is carrying is work 'Ethic to Nicomaco' and pointing the ground, to the world of experiences, both characters are the point of perspective. According to Vasari, “the scene includes Raphael himself, the Duke of Mantua, Zoroaster and some…