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- 391: Issues To Consider In Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Patients
- ... or spoken language. Postlingually deaf patients who lost hearing in adolescence or adulthood have acquired, or adventitious, hearing loss and are often known as "late-deafened." They usually have good speech, lip-reading, reading and writing skills but frequently suffer from depression and social isolation as a result of difficulty with communication.(n3-n8) The elderly are the largest group among the deaf and hard of hearing and have the greatest ... deaf patients already have acquired a first language and formed their social ties to hearing people. Therefore, most of these individuals communicate by spoken (rather than signed) language, through assistive devices, lip reading and note writing.(n11, n12) Lip reading (or "speech reading") is inherently unreliable, because only 30 to 40 percent of spoken speech is visible externally. For example, "mama" and "papa" are indistinguishable from each other, as are "eight ... as easily as hearing children learn spoken languages, showing parallel linguistic development milestones.(n16) Like most of the world's spoken languages, ASL has no accepted written form. Because it is grammatically unlike English, the writing of a primary user of ASL may appear stilted, and therefore a patient's writing skill is a misleading indicator of education or intelligence.(n17) As a result of inadequate education or isolated upbringing, ...
- 392: The Red Tent (all You Need To
- ... Point of View Diamant has Dinah effectively tell her story from three different narrative perspectives. The bulk of the novel is related by Dinah in first person, providing a private look at growing up and personal tragedy: "It seemed that I was the last person alive in the world" (Diamant 203). Dinah tells the story that she says was mangled in the bible. Understandably, Dinah s relation of her mothers stories ... and husbandry, but exhibits emotions beyond that of a holy shepherd. His great love for Rachel, an unfailing pride in his sons and his passion for fairness are described by Dinah, who experienced a single personal encounter with her father: " Dinah, he said. It was the first time I remember hearing my name in his mouth" (Diamant 92). She knows nothing of her father, and he knows nothing about her. Setting ... Dinah, offspring of Jacob and Leah celebrated the ancient continuity and unity of women" (Kirkus Reviews). Another major theme is revealed in Dinah s travails. Her ability to overcome the tragedies personifies the theme of personal triumph. She is not the only one who adds to this theme, however. Joseph, too, rises above the terrible treatment he receives from Simon and Levi, who sold him into slavery. He manages to ...
- 393: A Biography Of George Orwell
- ... he won another scholarship to the well-known public school, Eaton. After being forced to work very hard at preparatory school, Blair lost interest in any further intellectual exertion that was not related to his personal ambition. In his book Why I Write he says that from a very young age he had known that he must be a writer. But, he also realized that in order to become a writer ... writer; and secondly, he felt that as a policeman in Burma, he was supporting a political system in which he could no longer believe. Even at this time, his political ideas and his ideas about writing were closely related. In his book The Road To Wigan Pier he wrote that he wished to "escape from every form of man's dominion over man", and he felt that the social structure of ... British Imperialism was that "dominion" over the English working class. After he returned to London at the age of twenty-four, he began to teach himself how to write. He spent most of his time writing in very poor living conditions because he felt that the poor in London and Paris represented the people of Burma under British rule. When he came back to London he lived among the homeless ...
- 394: House Of The Seven Gables
- How does an author s personal history or cultural background influence what he or she writes about? Are history and literature related? I believe that many authors a very influenced by their own background and the subjects they write about. For ... about the history of their family, town, or whatever place they live in. Books where the author understands his subject and feels comfortable and passionate about it are the most interesting. When an author s writing has been influenced by his or her personal history and cultural background, the writer understands it. It s also much easier for an author to write about something having to do with their personal history or cultural background. If we are familiar ...
- 395: It Is Human Nature to Strive for Success and Personal Achievement
- It Is Human Nature to Strive for Success and Personal Achievement It is human nature to strive for success and own personal achievement and profit. Now think, if you consider what I have just said and apply that thought to a large unified country or nation, your going to end up with a huge imperialistic power. Meaning ... other countries and spread their influence and conquer. A perfect example of N+C=I! You unify your country and create a sense of nationalism. Then you give your subjects the desire for profit and personal gain. Mix that together in a pot and you get a hearty bowl of Imperialism soup. Back in the early 1900's, Germany, Europe and France were highly imperialistic. There was one problem to ...
- 396: Comparative Analysis: Cinderella and Snow White
- ... traditions and customs of passing on these cherished fairy tales should cease. Educators and storytellers, however, should counterbalance the subtle themes of ignorance, subservience, and the idea that physical beauty is more important than other personal attributes with teachings of higher values, principles, and truths of society. Works Cited Basile, Giambattista. "The Young Slave." The Pentamerone. Day Two, Tale Eight. Translated by N. M. Penzer. New York: Dutton, 1932. . Bettelheim, Bruno. "'Cinderella': A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts." The Uses of Enchantment. Knopf, 1976. Rpt. in Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. 7th edition. Ed. Laurence Behrens and Leonard Rosen. New York; Longman, 2000. 638-645. Kolbenschlag, Madonna. "A Feminist's View of 'Cinderella'." From Kiss the Sleeping Beauty Goodbye. New York: Harper-Collins, 1979. Rpt. in Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. 5th edition. Ed. Laurence Behrens and Leonard Rosen. New York; Longman, 1994. 522-528. Grimm, Jakob and Grimm, Wilhelm. "Ashputtle." Grimm's Tales for Young and Old. Random House, ...
- 397: Voltaire's Writing Techniques In Candide
- Voltaire's Writing Techniques In Candide In Candide, Voltaire uses many writing techniques which can also be found in the works of Cervantes, Alighieri, Rabelais and Moliere. The use of the various styles and conventions shows that, despite the passage of centuries and the language differences, certain writing techniques will always be effective. One common literary technique is the author's use of one or more of his characters as his 'voice' to speak out the authors views on a certain subject. ...
- 398: The Internet
- ... to the Internet are also vast storage repositories for hundreds of thousands of software programs, information text files, video and sound clips, and other computer based resources. And their all accessible in minutes from any personal computer on-line to the Internet. So I could do all this stuff on the Internet, why should I take notice? Because of it's sheer size, volume of messages, and it's incredible monthly ... their employers as they got jobs in the outside world. Because of that, use of the Internet has exploded. The Internet is rapidly achieving a state of critical mass, attracting interest from huge numbers of personal computer users from non technical backgrounds. All these new Internet users are rapidly transforming the nerd orientated culture of the network and opening up the Internet to new and exciting possibilities. "I'm not sure ... 9/2/93). Here are some good things about the Net and why you should be using it. People in all kinds of businesses and industries are sharing a wide spectrum of educational, business, and personal interest on the Net. Most, probably share a high enthusiasm for the Internet and want to send and receive e-mail messages. But also, one to one communications by newsgroups or electric mail is ...
- 399: The Awakening
- ... the author has; some are influenced by the style, which the author writes with. Still others are so intrigued by a writer that they are not only influenced by their way of thinking and their writing, but they actually begin to mimic the author in many ways. This is the case with Guy de Maupassant’s influence on Kate Chopin, who is undoubtedly the greatest influence on Chopin’s writing. "Maupassant was born in Châteaude de Miromesnil, Normandy" (Encarta). He received his education at Yvetot and Rauen and there joined a literary team where he was trained as a writer of fiction by Flaubert, another ... city where she lived and began to make new friends who were interested in the writings of Maupassant (Toth181). She described vividly how she felt upon reading Guy de Maupassant for the first time: His writing undoubtedly moved her. Chopin claims to have felt that he spoke to her "directly" and "intimately" (Toth 181). She admired him most for the things that made him the writer that he was. She ...
- 400: Human Nature: Exposed
- ... surprising acts, all performed by none other than man himself. Looking deeper into the symbolistic meaning of many of these passages reveals that man, in essence , is cruel, silly, and hypocritical in nature. Through his writing, it becomes apparent that Twain supports the thematic idea of the human race being hypocritical. For instance, take the scene in Chapter 20 where a group of people in Arkansas are listening to the sermon of a preacher. In this descriptive passage, it can be inferred through Twain's writing that the average person of this time was in fact "blinded" by religious influences. The significance of this event can be observed later on in Chapter 21 where Twain describes the horrific abuse of animals ... carrying out it's plight. So all said and done, Twain wanted to make it clear to the reader in a subtle way that these two scenes, in conjunction support the statement that Twain's writing makes the human race out as hypocritical in nature. In addition of Twain using the experiences that Huck and Jim undergo to illustrate that man is hypocritical, he uses these experiences to show us ...
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