The Character of Marek Shimerda in My Antonia
In Willa Cather's novel, My Antonia, Marek Shimerda is starved for attention because he is constantly ignored due to his mental retardation. It is solely because of his handicap and the assumption of his inability to help out with the farming and household chores that his family views him as helpless which results in Marek's strange and awkward actions. He is presented as an ill minded young man throughout the novel, repeatedly excused, and resides in the shadow of his healthy, fully functional older brother, Ambrosh Shimerda.
Marek is a token character that is simply taken for granted. He is portrayed as strange and useless. When Jim Burden and his family first meet the Bohemians, he is approached by Marek, the second eldest son. "As he approached us, he began to make uncouth noises, and held up his hands to show us his fingers, which were webbed to the first knuckle, like a duck's foot. When he saw me draw back, he began to crow delightedly" (Cather, 24). Everyone who encounters this poor boy instantly views him as `crazy'. All of his actions are presented as strange. "The crazy boy, seeing the food, began to make soft, gurgling noises and stroked his stomach" (Cather, 60), and evidently he is. "The crazy boy went with them [outside], because he did not feel the cold. I believed he felt the cold as much as any one else, but he liked to be thought insensible to it. He was always coveting distinction, poor Marek" (Cather, 82)!
Because of everyone's inability to understand and relate to Marek, he is pitied and constantly excused. After Jim`s reaction to Marek`s webbed fingers, Marek begins to express himself, maybe even trying to communicate with what could be a new friend, but he is immediately quieted. ""Hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo!" like a rooster. His mother scowled and said sternly, "Marek!" then spoke rapidly to Krajiek in Bohemian. "She wants me to tell you he won't hurt anybody, Mrs. Burden. He was born like that..." No one bothers to befriend this young man or even tries to talk to him throughout the entire book. Although he is obviously mentally challenged, it is not evident that any one of the characters in Cather's novel tries to reach out to this young man or teach him to be a helpful resource around the Shimerdas' household.
Potato and Osmosis Investigation PLANNING: (P) Some background Information: Water Potential and Living Plant Cells Plant Cells in Pure Water: If plant cells are placed in pure water (a hypotonic solution) water will initially move into the cells. After a period of time the cells will become turgid. Turgor pressure is the pressure exerted against the cell wall by contents of the cell. At first most water movement is into the cell. As the turgor pressure increases water will begin to diffuse out of the cell at a greater rate, eventually equilibrium will be reached and water will enter and leave the cell at the same rate.
While he is a very isolated and lonely person, he does seem to make an attempt to open up to people, even if he doesn't want to at first. This is first shown when Lennie enters his room, and while he tries to force Lennie to leave in the beginning, he soon gives in and lets Lennie join him. He also talks to Candy occasionally, but not often as Candy has to soon revert back to being racist towards him, just to fit in with the other men due to his own loneliness and desperation.
the character I chose was Rudy. rudy is very persistent in playing baseball. I first saw this character trait when even tho Alfredo said he could not run, Rudy told him that he was a good hitter, Again Alfredo argued against him and said that the team would not agree. he went home and was let down but was still determined to get on the team. He also never let his leg brace get to him. When the team played the leopards, they were very sure that they could beat a boy with a leg brace, but Rudy did not let that stop him from being the hitter. he was then supposed to hit a home run but he didn't hit the ball as hard as expected & Alfredo twisted his ankle trying to run. so the next time Rudy was up to bat he hit 2 strikes then he hit the ball,
When you place a potato chip in a salt or sugar solution, then if the
potato chips left in a sugar solution for a period of 1 hour. I will
In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the narrator's relationship with Doodle, his brother, is more cruel than caring. For example, the narrator as a young child makes plans to kill Doodle by smothering him with a pillow because he is delicate and he is possibly not all there. Even though the narrator is young , it is sinful to want to kill one's one own disabled little brother. The narrator does not want to accept his brother for who he is and believes that Doodle is a disappointment. Furthermore, he leaves his fragile brother in the storm by himself even after Doodle begs him not to leave. The narrator has a hateful streak and does not take pay heed to the words of his frail brother, because of his egoism and pride. The narrator
The major themes of Franz story were inspired by the cultural and historical events in Prague, which is the author’s town. The town was full of hostility which was caused by economic status and differences in people’s cultural backgrounds. The story is told using the interior monologue styles. It focuses on the thoughts and feelings of the main character which support the themes of abandonment and troubled relationship.
As Oscar Wilde quotes, “Women have a much better time than men in this world: there are far more things forbidden to them.” This reference to the female stereotype contradicts to Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, as some female characters strive for power and some go beyond of their expectations. In fact, they step out of society’s gender expectations, this disrupts the natural order of hierarchy. As well, it affects certain of female characters mentally to the point where they lose their lives and/or vilified. As a result, Shakespeare shows that the natural order of hierarchy needs to be established. This essay will therefore examine the female characters by comparing the representation of unstereotypical women-Lady Macbeth and the witches and how Lady Macbeth demonstrates a typical woman while acting as a foil.
the same way as it does potato. I would also widen the range of sugar
It is true that in the novel, My Antonia book 1, the death of Mr. Shimerda has a profound effect on Antonia. Not only does it have an effect on Antonia but as well as her bother and even Jim Burden.
In Rod Michalko’s “Disability Matters” he exposes the constant rejection of disabled people from the common understandings of humanity and what symbolizes the “good life”. He argues that the cultural assumption of “normal” being the good life and only life worth living is not true and that the word itself cannot be fully defined but based on personal preference. Rod Michalko goes deeper of what disability is and what it defines. He brings up an issue saying that Western culture is without some sense of what disability is and that is why no one is without some thoughts or feelings about it. However, the common stereotype about disability are typically negative and usually understood as a misfortune. He implies that it is precisely this “personal tragedy” conception of disability of what everyone thinks resulting in negative perception of being labeled disable. Furthermore, he claims disability is a personal tragedy wrought with problems, problems for which solutions must be sought. This misconception he challenges by substituting the word “disability” with “abnormal conditionings.” By doing so, he hopes that it will minimize the negative effects of disability and to help disabled people “fit” into “normal” society. “Michalko demonstrates that the Disabilities do not suffer our impairments so much as we suffer our society.” —Rosemarie Garland Thompson. The social and political construction of disability is an ongoing, changing process that people decipher based on the person’s knowledge and awareness of it. With that said, because the social and political construction of disability has no real defined answer, it creates change overtime and with that, we need to start accepting and seeing the Disabilities as the same human beings as us “normal”
Morrie Schwartz knew he only had a few months to live after getting diagnosed with ALS. But instead of mourning and drowning in his own self pity, he decided to share his knowledge and experiences that he’s gained throughout his life, and inspire others. The novel Tuesdays with Morrie shows that Morrie Schwartz rejects some of the socially acceptable practices of popular culture. Morrie illustrates his nonconformist approach to living and dying by forgiving, accepting, and loving. On the contrary, Morrie says the popular culture is founded on greed, selfishness, and superficiality.
To investigate the osmotic effect of changing the concentration of sucrose solution; distilled water, 20% sucrose solution, 40% sucrose solution, 60% sucrose solution on the change in mass of potato cylinder after 30 minutes of being in solution.
Pinson, L. (2004). Anatomy of a Business Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Business
Business plans are documents used for planning out specific details about your business.Business plans have importance and purpose for the success of the business however.Here are a few of the importance and main purpose of why we need a business plan in order to start a business. Business plan will guide us as an entrepreneur in how to handle and manage our business and company. It very useful in clarify direction , future vision , attract financing , attract team members and last but not least is to manage company.Moreover , the information gathered regarding the project is used in the Business Plan to predict viability , forecast success and propose strategies for the project .