endangered language podcast

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Subplots and Secondary characters in Things Fall Apart

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With reference to Things Fall Apart, show how sub-plots or secondary characters contribute to the reader’s understanding and appreciation of the work as a whole. In Things Fall Apart, sub-plots and secondary characters play a crucial role throughout the novel. Especially in this novel, the protagonist, Okonkwo, is characterized to hide his emotions. In order to relate the readers' emotions to the novel, Achebe have chosen to characterize secondary characters to be more emotional. These emotional description from the secondary character contributes to the readers' understanding of the work as it further establishes symbols and foreshadows main plot twists. Adding on, the secondary characters tend to show various foils throughout the plot of Things Fall Apart. We can glean that these foils are placed to establish a contrast of Nigerian culture before and after colonization. Furthermore, Achebe's use of sub-plots further contribute to a firm understanding of the reader....
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Fictional Interview with Lady Gaga - fictional interview with an artist who impacted the society

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This interview is based on the song "Born This Way" (song that is written to criticize bullying" Why did you write this song? I wanted to speak out to bullies who makes people feel like a loser no matter how many people is a fan of you, or how many number one hits you have! Who was your worst bully at school? There were a lot of bullies.yo u have to open the wound and pour salt and arsenic and poison in that wound and you must get out a needle and poke and prod then sew it back up again. And when I’m handed a beat that sounds amazing, that beat is the scissors, and then I cut the wound I’ve just sewn up, and I go back in. I go back in and I ask myself the same questions again and again and again: why am I here? Because I MUST be here. Because I know it is my purpose to be an artis t even thought I might be hurt inside. You can’t look me in the eye and tell me I’m one of them: I know I’m not. And I never will be. What was the purpose of this song? ...
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Memoir- being a new student in America when you are a random Asian girl

           When I was 8, I went to United States for the second time. On my first experience, I was terrified at how everyone is speaking in a foreign language. Being terrified at a young age of 3, I had phobia of English itself. Consequently, our family had to move back to Korea in a year because of my extreme aversion of English. Whatsoever, my parents have decided to move back to United States- all because of my dad’s work!            My first expression of my new school was horror. I saw the “not Koreans” walking around (which reminded me of my old experience ) and those tall, scary-looking teachers talking in English. My parents have prepared me with English before coming to United States by making me study with a bunch of private tutors. However, when it comes to reality I could not say a thing when my teacher said, “Hello, my name is Ms. Pierson. What’s your name?” My teache...
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