In Extras, people earn money, respect, and privilege through the "reputation-based" economy, which rewards those who can make a name for themselves by publicizing and popularizing their thoughts, exploits, etc through the "feeds" (read: Internet). In Uglies & Pretties, everyone is "cured" of ugliness through a mandatory operation that takes place when individuals turn 16. Like most dystopian science fiction, Westerfeld's books cast a critical eye on disturbing aspects of our present-day society - obsession with looks, fame, etc - by taking those aspects to extremes and weaving them into the very fabric of the future society. My years as a student steeped in cultural studies and gender theory make it pretty much impossible for me to read works of popular fiction without subjecting them to critical analysis, and Westerfeld's books certainly lend themselves to this sort of critique. However, Extras raised the same prickly issues for me that the other books in the series did. I read this book in about 2 and 1/2 hours, pretty much non-stop. Like the other books in the Uglies trilogy, Extras is fun and a very fast read.
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Meme seeks Pilar’s advice after meeting Mauricio Babilonia because she is well-known for her astute tarot card readings. I don’t need cards to tell the future of a Buendía The ghost of José Arcadio Buendía, who is much more unbelievable to modern eyes than any technological invention, is one of the persons who refuse to believe in the telephone, therefore García Márquez uses humor in this passage. In contrast to their former belief that the magical and mythological realm was the only reality, the people of Macondo now have to accept both science and magic. Consequently, this passage serves as a pivotal point for Macondo. The residents of Macondo have no faith in technical advancements yet accept flying carpets and miraculous rains of yellow flowers as natural occurrences. The phonograph, the telephone, and the electric lighting are just a few of the many new technologies that have inundated Macondo since the introduction of the railroad at the time this passage was written. It was an intricate stew of truths and mirages that convulsed the ghost of José Arcadio Buendía with impatience and made him wander all through the house even in broad daylight. It was as if God had decided to put to the test every capacity for surprise and was keeping the inhabitants of Macondo in a permanent alternation between excitement and disappointment, doubt and revelation, to such an extreme that no one knew for certain where the limits of reality lay. Washington STARS credit: ( School-Age) Cultural Competency and Responsiveness (2 hours)ĬDA Unit 3: Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development (2 hours) After reading about cultural awareness practices, participants will be able to identify how to improve these in their own program through an open-ended question.After reading about how culture impacts worldview, participants will be able to explain this through the peer discussion.After reading about identifying and avoiding biases, participants will be able to recall this through a multiple-choice quiz.This training will provide information about the author, her work, and the important message of cultural awareness that her work brings to a school-age program. Her work is incredibly important and speaks to the culture and awareness of the Deep South and all of its inhabitants throughout a stretch of time that was very challenging. Taylor is an award winning African American author who combines her experiences and knowledge about the struggles of African Americans during turbulent times in American history to create classic pieces of children’s literature. Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry, The Gold Cadillac, and The Friendship are just three of the many books written by Mildred D. 2 Clock Hours of Early Childhood Education It was odd seeing that! And Casey Cott’s really good – obviously Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa really knows how to cast a show, because he really cast Kevin well.Īnd seeing grown-up Kevin was great, too, because at the time, gay marriage was a big issue in the country. PARENT: It’s always really exciting when you see something you created being interpreted into real life, so seeing Kevin on Riverdale was just surreal. KAPLAN: What is it like to see a character you created brought to life on Riverdale alongside Archie and the rest of the gang? What was it like seeing an older version of him in the panels of Life with Archie? I just figured the Archie readers would like Kevin, and that’s who I write for, are the Archie readers!ĭid I ever think there’d be a collection going? No, I didn’t have that much foresight at all! I never thought this would happen. PARENT: When I created Kevin, I didn’t really know what to expect. Although it's a thick book and does contain paragraphs that are just lists of film titles, Cook's narrative proceeds smoothly and you can certainly read it cover to cover, skipping those paragraphs if you're uninterested. Like any atlas, it's an overview-you'll have to look elsewhere for topographic maps and street-level views of the Czech New Wave, Cinema Novo, French Poetic Realism or whatever happens to catch your eye-but it grounds every movement in the history of both its national cinema and the historical and technological development of film as a whole, giving you a practical sense of awareness in the great filmic scheme of things. If you want to explore the world of cinema, this is as good an atlas as you can have. Bigotry has been ennobled as a healthy form of self-assertion, and anti-Muslim vitriol has deluged the mainstream, with religious minorities living in terror of a vengeful majority. Indian democracy, honed over decades, is now the chief enabler of Hindu extremism. India is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions.Since 2014, the ruling BJP has unleashed forces that are irreversibly transforming the country. After decades of imperfect secularism, presided over by an often corrupt Congress establishment, Nehru's diverse republic has yielded to Hindu nationalism. I'm not always thrilled with titles that seek to transplant the stories of one culture into another - as if all cultures were interchangeable, and context were meaningless - but sometimes, when it is done with respect, and I feel that there is some reason for it (some reason that doesn't involve discomfort at the idea of a story coming from a specific culture, or the mistaken belief that multiculturalism requires stories to be racially "remade"), I am very pleased indeed. Following the wandering of three monks - Hok, Lok and Siew - who question what happiness is as they walk, the story sees a hostile village transformed, as the wise Siew sets out to teach its residents how to make stone soup. Muth, whose popular Zen Shorts (and sequels) also explore Zen Buddhist beliefs. The classic European folktale - best known by its French variant, as seen in Marcia Brown's Stone Soup - is transplanted to China in this lovely picture-book from Jon J. Hogan watched the tiny reptile's struggles for a moment, then squatted down carefully and spread the weeds apart. When he came to the spot where the garter snake had given Freddie his excuse to quit, he saw it wriggling about spasmodically at the edge of a clump of weeds, as if something hidden in there had caught hold of it. He dropped the fish between chunks of ice under the sawdust, covered them up and started back to what he called the lodge-an old two-story log structure reserved for himself and a few campers too lazy even to do their own cooking. It was hot work in June weather and now, at three in the afternoon, Hogan was tanked to the gills with iced beer. Usually a sober young man, he'd been guiding a party of fishermen from one of his light-housekeeping cabins over the lake's trolling grounds since early morning. Then he picked up the day's catch of bass and walleyes and swayed on toward the icehouse. Hogan glared after him, opened his mouth and shut it again. "Gotta save my strength! Gotta 'cuperate!" "I'm on vacation!" he bellowed back happily. Freddie already was on his way to the cabin. Hoover graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce with a degree in social work. She married Heath Hoover in 2000, and they have three sons. She grew up in Saltillo, Texas, and she graduated from Saltillo High School in 1998. Hoover was born on December 11, 1979, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Vannoy Fite and Eddie Fennell. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023. Hoover has sold approximately 20 million books, as of October 2022. Many of her works were self-published, before being picked up by a publishing house. She is best known for her 2016 romance novel, It Ends with Us. Colleen Hoover (born Margaret Colleen Fennell December 11, 1979) is an American author who primarily writes novels in the romance and young adult fiction genres. He would continue to have affairs for the rest of his life. Greene had his first affair in 1946 with his goddaughter, Catherine Walston. Greene married Vivien Dayrell-Browning in 1927 and they had two children. After graduating, Greene worked as a journalist in Nottingham and in 1926, he converted to Roman Catholicism. In 1925, he published his first book, a collection of sentimental poetry called Babbling April. Greene actually found the psychoanalysis to be very interesting and remained fascinated by dreams for the rest of his life.Īs an undergraduate at Oxford College, Greene studied modern history. His parents had to retrieve him and subsequently sent him to intense psychoanalysis for six months. However, Greene hated boarding school and ran away to London. Greene's father was the headmaster of the prestigious Berkhamsted School, which Greene attended as a child. He was an avid reader from childhood and particularly enjoyed Rider Haggard's work. Greene was born on October 2nd, 1904 in Berkhamsted, England. He contributed to major publications and edited other prominent writers' work, as well. He is best known for his novels, especially those dealing with Catholicism, but he also wrote short stories, novellas, book and film reviews, poetry, radio plays, stage plays, an autobiography, biographies, a memoir, travel stories, screenplays, and children's literature. Graham Greene is one of the most beloved and prolific writers of the 20th century. |