Reference no: EM133376585
Questions:
1. Look up the definition of the word, "harlequin." What does it mean? Why is it relevant? Explain your answer.
2. The story begins with an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience." Carefully read this passage. What is its significance to the story?
3. At the end of the story, has the Ticktockman triumphed? Explain your answer.
4. Is the Ticktockman a rebel? A conformist? Explain your answer. Regarding "The End of Firpo in the World,"
1. The title of the story has a double meaning. What are the two meanings, and why are they significant?
2. Cody's mother says he is "wired wrong"? Do you agree? How would you describe him?
3. What do the Dalmeyers represent to Cody? Explain your answer.
4. How does Cody feel about religion? In light of this, how/why is the last line of the story significant?
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Why does voltaire use satire and what is point of candide
: Why does Voltaire use satire and what is the point of Candide and how does it relate to Enlightenment values?
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Describe a misunderstanding that relates to speech acts
: Describe a misunderstanding that relates to "speech acts," using aspects of speech acts theory to describe what happened (3 forces, type of speech act meant
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Do you feel that aeschylus was attempting to offer
: At the end of the Danaid Triology, all but one of the fifty brothers who tried to force the Danaid sisters to marry them are dead, the one sister
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How does the film leche and mala leche
: How does the film Leche and Mala Leche (Uman, 1999, 2003) and Portrait of Jason (Clarke, 1967) participate in the community, and the lives of individuals
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What do the dalmeyers represent to cody
: The story begins with an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience." Carefully read this passage. What is its significance to the story?
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How to create a family literacy assignment or activity
: How to Create a Family Literacy Assignment/Activity for students to take home and work on with their families, considering the diversity in the classroom
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Explain how nguyen specifies how his vietnamese and american
: explain how Nguyen specifies how his Vietnamese and American characters' should speak, and what effect do you think this 'non-realistic' staging choice
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Why does pentheus deserve his fate
: Obviously, Pentheus, the human, is the one destroyed. Does Pentheus' destruction prove that Dionysus' side of these oppositions (see first question above)
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How the world worked he definitely shows his retrospe
: When the narrator says that "it took years to discover how the world worked" (2-3), he definitely shows his retrospective disdain for childhood innocence.
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