Writer's voice

Naalukettu- the house around the courtyard Old naalukettus were part of the Marumakkathayam or matrilineal system of inheritance that prevailed in Kerala. Marumakkathayam involved the inheritance and succession through the sister’s children in female line. Though the matrilineal family system gives certain freedom to the women of the family, still the condition of women is not as good as men of the family. Nairs follows the joint family system. All the family members work for the progress of…

human intellect and mirror beauty as it pops up, instead of shaping it to become nonsense beliefs. In literature we have imagined how beauty is, it might be the long black hair, the luring smell, full lips, or the pretty face. All depends on the writer’s taste. But in art we have seen how the beautiful sight designed perfectly, artists choose women as subject to posture, where they praise puffy shape, golden hair, pointed nose and rosy cheekbones. Their ideal is not distinguished by physical…

In the beginning was pain. Or perhaps it was end that was suffused with pain, its distinctive indigo tint. Color of old bruises, color of broken pottery, of crumpled maps in evening light. But, no, not like them, ultimately. For although men have tried for thousands of years to find the right simile- and women too- ultimately pain is only like itself. (VD 3) So begins Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel The Vine of Desire. Divakaruni textures the experiences of Calcutta born and raised sisters,…

Personal narrative, or memoir. What are your strengths and weaknesses as a writer? What are your goals and expectations for this course? Essay # 1: Personal Narrative (about you). Final draft due Thursday, January 24. Sherman Alexie’s “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me.” p. 27. HE: Argumentation p. 221. Ethos, Pathos, Logos, p. 226. “Writing About Literature” p. 270. Planning and drafting essays, p. 204, thesis statement, p. 206, revising, p.209, 211 Homework: Read two of the…

CHAPTER ONE The governmental inspiration based on the impact of inter-European energy challenges and competitors for preeminence. People from France, and Italy were competitive for energy within Western energy state policies. One way to demonstrate national preeminence was through the getting places around the world, including African-American. The public factor was the third significant element. As a result of industrialization, significant public issues grew in Europe: lack of employment,…

DANTE ALIGHIERI, A divided and divisive figure © Elizabeth Greenwood DANTE ALIGHIERI, a divided and divisive figure, by Elizabeth Greenwood FICTION by…

Table of contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Victorian Era 3 Chapter 2. Tess, the tragedy of an unfair existence…

Gardner (1983) suggests the existence of eight relatively autonomous, but interdependent, intelligences rather than just one single construct of intelligence. In Gardner's (1983) point of view, intelligence is a combination of different abilities; he defines intelligence as “the ability to solve problems or fashion products that are of consequence in a particular cultural setting or community” (Gardner 1993, p.15). Accordingly, he classified human intelligence into linguistic,…