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"If Not Higher" is the ancient tale of Poland, adapted by Peretz. It is a short and beautiful story written in the context of penitential prayers. The lord or priest of a village, Rabbi goes missing every...
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"Marriage is a Private Affair" is a story by Chinua Achebe. This story addresses cross-cultural research. A Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe discusses a marriage event as a cross-cultural issue in this tale. Okeke's son Nnaemeka is committed...
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"The Brave Little Parrot" is a story by Rafe Martin. A forest where Buddha was born as a little parrot and there live many animals and birds. Suddenly, a storm and lightning turned the forest into a...
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The story "Yudhishthira's Wisdom" has been taken from the Mahabharata which is written by Vyasa. This story is based on Hindu mythology. While hunting for deer in a forest the five Pandava brothers grow thirsty. Exhausted Yudhishthira...
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According to the "Curbing The One-Eyed Monster" essay, television stations are not controlled by common people but by very few people who are wealthy in political power. We must free our homes from television because it is...
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The essay "Why Go to University?" has been written by Moti Nissani to share some of the important advantages of education in the life of people. Generally, learning in a university can bring some disturbances in everyday...
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"Ballad Of The Landlord" is a poem by Langston Hughes. There is a leak on the roof of the negro tenant. The landlord has already been told about it. The steps are broken down and the tenant...
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"The Buddha" is an essay by Elizabeth Coatsworth. The artist had to paint a picture of the death of the Buddha to be hung in the village temple. To do this he had to understand the Buddha....
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"We Are All Scientists" is an essay by T. H. Huxley. Scientists and ordinary men use the same method to find out the thing. Ordinary people are afraid of scientific terms such as induction, natural laws, theories,...
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"Girlhood Among Ghosts" is an essay written by Maxine Hong Kingston. In Chinese society, girls are not allowed to speak. Therefore Kingston found it very difficult to communicate an everyday events even after she grew up. When...
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The main character in the brief drama stood and heard the clock tower striking the quarter bells every fifteen minutes. He is going to be executed early in the morning at eight o'clock. He couldn't sleep because...
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"My Papa's Waltz" is a poem by Theodore Roethke. The narrator felt the whiskey on his father's breath. He felt unpleasant but continued dancing. They would play in the kitchen and when the pans fell down the...
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On the morning of June 27 of a recent year, the 300 villagers of an American village prepare for the annual lottery in a mood of excitement. The tradition of the lottery is so old that some...
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"The Death of the Moth" is an essay by Virginia Woolf. One pleasant September morning a moth came fluttering into the room from the field outside. The field was being plowed. The rooks were flying. Different kinds...
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As the writer was driving up to London in his new car, the hitch-hiker asked for a lift. When he got into the car, he said he was in a skilled trade. Because of the new car,...
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"Metaphors" poem is about comparing pregnant women with various kinds of physical things to relate to the mental state and physical state of women during the course of pregnancy. The pregnant speaker feels like an unsolved mystery...
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"A Most Forgiving Ape" is an essay by Alan Moorehead about the life of an Ape. There are many things we have yet to know about the gorilla. Our knowledge of him is based on imaginary horror...
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"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" is only a one-sentence poem composed by Alden Nowlan. The poet is sitting in his room. He is writing a poem. He is so deeply lost in his writing.
He is...
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"Chandalika" is a story by Rabindranath Tagore. Ananda, a disciple of Lord Buddha accepts a drink of water from a lady of the untouchable caste, and she falls in love with him. His honor of her as...
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"Sorry, Wrong Number" tells the story of Mrs. Stevenson who had been invalid for twelve years. Mr. Stevenson had always been at her bedside and served her. But that was her maid's night off and her husband...