...Saving Mr Ugwu The short story „Saving Mr. Ugwu“ is written by Lin Anderson in 2012. The main character is Mr. Ugwu, a black man, but he feels like he is a white western man. The main plot is about him and the changes in his life. The story deals with equality and different cultures. Mr. Ugwu is the main character and the story is from a third person narrator, with focus on Mr. Ugwu. He is a black guy, but he feels as a white man. He and his family live in the bush in Nigeria. He belongs to the Christian Igbos, this one of the biggest tribes in Nigeria. His family moved from the biggest city Lagos, what also was the capital in Nigeria until 1991, to the bush in Nigeria, because of Mr. Ugwu’s job. Mr. Ugwu doesn’t think well about the bush, but he reminds himself every time that the company has been good to him, so he would do whatever it takes to keep his job. He doesn’t feels that the bush is his home, and he wants to go back to Lagos. Every time it rains he feels a bit like he is “home”, he probably thinks about Lagos. Mr. Ugwu is not really happy with his life, “he becomes angry. Angry at the Hausa, angry at his wife, angry at his Baturi neighbour, all of whom treat him like a dog.” In this quote from the text can you see that Mr. Ugwu isn’t really happy with his life, although he have a good position in his job, and earned good money even though that he wasn’t white. An important thing in the story is the setting, specially the garden at the Ugwu family’s house. In the...
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...Saving Mr. Ugwu Ethnic disparity has caused innumerable conflicts, and are to be seen everywhere. Even today, ethnic minorities are being oppressed and discriminated against their deviant skin color and behavioral norms and traditions. In fact, the conflicts are not necessarily between a nation and its immigrants, but might as well be rooted in old enmity between ethnical groupings living on the same territory. This kind of hatred is the underlying idea behind Lin Anderson’s short story Saving Mr. Ugwu written in 2012. The short story begins in medias res as the reader is thrown into Mr Ugwu’s new bungalow which lies in the land of Hausa or in the bush (l. 34) as Mrs Ugwu describes the place. Mr Uwgu feels loyal and grateful to the company he works for, which is why he is willing to leave his beloved, affluent Ibo-home in Lagos, which is very regrettable for his wife. Due to the historical facts, the two ethnic groups, Ibo and Hausa, are old enemies, as they have combated each other during the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970). Mrs Ugwu abhors the Hausa-people and misses Lagos. Lagos is, with a population of 21 million, the new biggest city in Africa, and a result of the African urbanization which probably has made the family’s wealth possible. Lagos is the center of Nigeria’s economy and has many millionaires, but, like many other big cities, two thirds of Lagos’ population are slum dwellers: “The boy’s eyes are half shut as he wipes the table, sweeping the marauding ants...
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...Saving Mr Ugwu is a short story written by Lin Anderson. The story takes place in Nigeria which is a country in Africa. The capital of Nigeria is Lagos and the Ugwu family lived there, but they moved to a more uncivilized part of Nigeria the bush because Mr Ugwu got a job there. Mr Ugwu is native though he identifies himself with Western men. He comes from the civilized part of Nigeria. He is well educated. He went to the British school in Lagos and travelled to London after his graduation and stayed there for a year and he is an accountant and it pays well. He accepts the new job even though his wife does not want him to take is “You are not a bushman, she said” but Mr. Ugwu feels he need to accept the job because he feels he has a responsibility towards the company because it is good to him and his family “When the company tells him to go somewhere, he is not in a position to argue”. He likes mentioning he has expensive things like his spacious Lagos bungalow and his crisped white European cotton shirt which emphasizes he is a civilized man. He also has a condescending attitude towards other natives” He is resented, oh not by the Baturi!... He gets on well with Europeans…. No, he sighs, it is the Hausa who resent him” even though he is native himself. The lack of thought and focus on materialism and him being a civilized man make him appear superficial. Mrs Ugwu represents the urbanized native bourgeoisie. She did not want to leave Lagos and she does not like the new place...
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...Saving Mr Ugwu Saving Mr Ugwu is a story that puts focus on the differences in the society in the African Country Nigeria. The difference the story focusses on is the difference between different cultures, ethnicities and individual rights which emerges from these differences. The story takes place in Nigeria with Mr Ugwu who is a Christian Igbo, which is an ethnic group in Nigeria. Because of Mr Ugwu’s job he has been forced to move from Lagos to the bush, which geographically is a step down in the social hierarchy. The bush is a place where the Hausas are the dominant ethnicity and rain is one of the rarest things you will see. Saving Mr Ugwu is a short story by Lin Anderson. The point of view in the story is a third person narrator and Mr Ugwu is the main character whom is followed by the reader. The reader gets to know Mr Ugwu’s thoughts and feelings. Mr Ugwu is also the only person that we are able to characterize, because he is the only person that the reader receives enough knowledge about to make a characterization of. Mr Ugwu is a Christian Igbo who works for the Baturi. The Baturi makes Mr Ugwu the scapegoat as they make him deliver the low payment to the Hausas for working. Despite of this Mr Ugwu appreciates his job and his employer. The appreciation he gives his work and employer can be seen in the following quotation from the text, “The company has been good to him, he reminds himself. Good to hisfamily. He is a company man. When the company tells him to go somewhere...
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...Lin Anderson Saving Mr Ugwu Mr Ugwu crosses to the window, thinking he hears a drop of rain against the louvred glass[1]. For the past three weeks Mr Ugwu has been waiting for rain. He waits for rain as you or I wait for a knock at the door; for the telephone to ring; listening. But unlike these things, the rain is definitely coming. Mr Ugwu knows it is merely a question of time. But this morning, when he scans the horizon, the blue sky looks emptily back at him, although, he thinks, sniffing the air, surely there is a smell of moisture? Round the single-storey mud bungalow, his wife’s garden has been plucked, fighting and kicking, from the African bush. Plants and shrubs, forced into blood-red soil and given their twice-daily watering, have responded in a riot of colour against the thorny grey backdrop ... a veritable oasis in the wilderness. Through the window, Mr Ugwu sees Isa their gardener has arrived and is already padding barefoot round each scored-out waterhole that circles his wife’s plants, dragging the hose behind him. It is this, he realises with disappointment, that has brought the longed-for scent of moisture to his nostrils. Mr Ugwu sighs a little as he leaves the window and crosses to the wardrobe, the garden having reminded him again of what he has done to his wife. Mrs Ugwu did not want her husband to take this job. It was in the middle of nowhere, she said. You are not a bushman, she said. Mrs Ugwu had wielded that particular word like a machete...
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...home after the previous governess died. Douglas begins to read from the written record, and the story shifts to the governess’s point of view as she narrates her strange experience. The governess begins her story with her first day at Bly, the country home, where she meets Flora and a maid named Mrs. Grose. The governess is nervous but feels relieved by Flora’s beauty and charm. The next day she receives a letter from her employer, which contains a letter from Miles’s headmaster saying that Miles cannot return to school. The letter does not specify what Miles has done to deserve expulsion, and, alarmed, the governess questions Mrs. Grose about it. Mrs. Grose admits that Miles has on occasion been bad, but only in the ways boys ought to be. The governess is reassured as she drives to meet Miles. One evening, as the governess strolls around the grounds, she sees a strange man in a tower of the house and exchanges an intense stare with him. She says nothing to Mrs. Grose. Later, she catches the same man glaring into the dining-room window, and she rushes outside to investigate. The man is gone, and the governess looks into the window from outside. Her image in the window frightens Mrs. Grose, who has just walked into the room....
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...character? To what extent is her final protest justified? How do the other characters portray themselves by their attitudes toward the ritual? Mrs. Tess Hutchinson stands out right from the start: she arrives at the lottery late. She explains to Mr. Summers that she was doing her dishes and forgot what day it was. The town treats her lateness lightly, but several people comment on it, “in voices just loud enough to be heard across the crowd, ‘Here comes your Missus, Hutchinson,’ and ‘ Bill, she made it after all.’” (Jackson 501). It is ironic that she is the one who wins the lottery, and is fated to be stoned. So Tess Hutchinson has already been noticed by people as one who is not entirely part of the group. Before the drawing she is friendly with the other women, pretending to be pleased to be present. The very moment that she sees is her family that draws the black dot, though, her egotism is evident. “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!” (Jackson 504). She continues to scream about the unfairness of the ritual up until her stoning. Mrs. Hutchinson knew the lottery was wrong, but she never did anything about it. She pretends as much as she could to enjoy it, when she truly hated it all along. Maybe Jackson is suggesting that the more hypocritical one is, the more of a target they are. Mrs. Hutchinson was clearly the target of her fears. I think sometimes we have no problem remarking on people’s adultery until it is ourselves that...
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...members and the spirited PTA Officers. J & M: ladies and gentlemen, good evening! Welcome to the search for MISS SSG 2011-2012 and the induction ceremony of Tugdan National High School. M: as we commence this momentous event, may I request everybody to rise for a soul warming doxology to be lead by selected students. J: please remain standing for the Philippine National Anthem to be conducted by Mrs. Rachel Fesalbon. M: the world is proud of having its great leaders. From ancient times up to present, good leaders foster the rest of the world to stand firm, to dream big and to take the highest flight man could ever take.. good leaders prepare people to survive the realities of life !ladies and gentlemen, let us hear from our loving Madam Melicia Galicia for her opening remarks. : and at this moment, may I call on Mr. Christian Solidum to introduce the board of judges for tonight’s affair. J: thank you sir! And now let us all welcome our candidates in their production number. J: now, we have the induction ceremony of the newly elected SSG Officers who will be presented by Mr. Randy A. Musa, SSG Adviser and to be inducted by Hon. Herman Galicia, ABC President.. may I request all the officers to come on stage. M: folks, let us be entertained as the selected students set on stage in their modern dance presentation. : thank you guys!! J: ladies and gentlemen, a big round of applause to the candidates in their fashionista...
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...May I beg that you will write at once to the mother of this unfortunate woman--to Mrs. Catherick--to ask for her testimony in support of the explanation which I have just offered to you?" I saw Miss Halcombe change colour, and look a little uneasy. Sir Percival's suggestion, politely as it was expressed, appeared to her, as it appeared to me, to point very delicately at the hesitation which her manner had betrayed a moment or two since. I hope, Sir Percival, you don't do me the injustice to suppose that I distrust you," she said quickly. "Certainly not, Miss Halcombe. I make my proposal purely as an act of attention to YOU. Will you excuse my obstinacy if I still venture to press it?" He walked to the writing-table as he spoke, drew a chair to it, and opened the paper case. "Let me beg you to write the note," he said, "as a favour to ME. It need not occupy you more than a few minutes. You have only to ask Mrs. Catherick two questions. First, if her daughter was placed in the Asylum with her knowledge and approval. Secondly, if the share I took in the matter was such as to merit the expression of her gratitude towards myself? Mr. Gilmore's mind is at ease on this unpleasant subject, and your mind is at ease—pray set my mind at ease also by writing the note." "You oblige me to grant your request, Sir Percival, when I would much rather refuse it." With those words Miss Halcombe rose from her place and went to the writing-table. Sir Percival thanked her, handed her a...
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...He went to where Miss Mijares sat, a tall, big man, walking with an economy of movement, graceful and light, a man who knew his body and used it well. He sat in the low chair worn decrepit by countless other interviewers and laid all ten fingerprints carefully on the edge of her desk. She pushed a sheet towards him, rolling a pencil along with it. While he read the question and wrote down his answers, she glanced at her watch and saw that it was ten. "I shall be coming back quickly," she said, speaking distinctly in the dialect (you were never sure about these people on their first visit, if they could speak English, or even write at all, the poor were always proud and to use the dialect with them was an act of charity), "you will wait for me." As she walked to the cafeteria, Miss Mijares thought how she could easily have said, Please wait for me, or will you wait for me? But years of working for the placement section had dulled the edges of her instinct for courtesy. She spoke now peremtorily, with an abruptness she knew annoyed the people about her. When she talked with the jobless across her desk, asking them the damning questions that completed their humiliation, watching pale tongues run over dry lips, dirt crusted handkerchiefs flutter in trembling hands, she was filled with an impatience she could not understand. Sign here, she had said thousands of times, pushing the familiar form across, her finger held to a line, feeling the impatience grow at sight of the man...
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...Article 86 of the Uniform Code Of Military Justice. This Article covers Point and Place of Duty. That means from PT formation to COB that is where you will be. What a lot of Soldiers do not understand that includes appointments made by them or someone else. We have appointment times, SP times, formation times and many other start times that dictate we will be there. If a Convoy has an SP time of fifteen hundred hours and the Soldiers decide to show up late because they did not feel like getting ready on time people could die. If they rolled out on time, they may have avoided the ambush or avoided the Vbid that hit them in the bottleneck. It sounds extreme but time management plays a critical role in the Army. When you make an appointment that spot has been reserved for you. That means if you have been given the last slot someone else is going to have to wait for another one to open up. This could be one day or one month. And because you missed it someone else is still going to have to wait when they could have had that spot and been there. If you are going to miss the appointment or cannot make it due to mission they do allow us to cancel the appointment with in twenty four hours. The Army allows us to make appointments for whatever we need. Be it for a medical appointment, house goods, CIF, Smoking Sensation or whatever we need these recourses are available to us. But when Soldiers start missing appointments theses systems start to become inefficient. What a lot of Soldiers do...
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...THE VIRGIN by Kerima Polotan Tuvera 1) He went to where Miss Mijares sat, a tall, big man, walking with an economy of movement, graceful and light, a man who knew his body and used it well. He sat in the low chair worn decrepit by countless other interviewers and laid all ten fingerprints carefully on the edge of her desk. She pushed a sheet towards him, rolling a pencil along with it. While he read the question and wrote down his answers, she glanced at her watch and saw that it was ten. "I shall be coming back quickly," she said, speaking distinctly in the dialect (you were never sure about these people on their first visit, if they could speak English, or even write at all, the poor were always proud and to use the dialect with them was an act of charity), "you will wait for me." As she walked to the cafeteria, Miss Mijares thought how she could easily have said, Please wait for me, or will you wait for me? But years of working for the placement section had dulled the edges of her instinct for courtesy. She spoke now peremtorily, with an abruptness she knew annoyed the people about her. When she talked with the jobless across her desk, asking them the damning questions that completed their humiliation, watching pale tongues run over dry lips, dirt crusted handkerchiefs flutter in trembling hands, she was filled with an impatience she could not understand. Sign here, she had said thousands of times, pushing the familiar form across, her finger held to a line, feeling...
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...was a member of the “Kissy girls”, whose job was to hunt boys down and kiss them till they screamed. Another hobby was to collect snakes and lizards. She even had a favourite lizard, called Vladimir. Later she was a student at Beverly Hills High School far from being beautiful. She wore braces, glasses and was painfully skinny. So the students teased her but they didn’t know that she had an impressive collection of knives. Her movie career At the age of seven she appeared in her first movie but her breakthrough came with Girl, Interrupted. It followed her big hit: her role in Tomb Raider, where she had to master a British accent. She had to become familiar with kick-boxing, street-fighting, yoga and ballet. In 2005 she released Mr. and Mrs. Smith, where she and Brad Pitt starred as a bored couple. Now she is married with Brad Pitt and although she is committed to motherhood she does charitable work...
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...When most people see the name Angelina Jolie they only think of the talented actress, the significant other of Brad Pitt or the celebrity with the very diverse children but she is so much more than that. Since 2001 Jolie has been working alongside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to bring awareness to the unfortunate situations of refugees from around the world. She has traveled to and volunteered in many third world countries such as; Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Iraq and North Caucasus. In addition to this, she along with Brad Pitt founded the Jolie-Pitt foundation which is dedicated to eradicating extreme rural poverty, protecting natural resources and conserving wildlife. This foundation also donates to many other humanitarian groups, one being Doctors without Borders. In 2009 Angelina Jolie gave the opening speech for a World Refugee Day event being held at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington D.C. Throughout this speech Jolie concentrates not on the horrible conditions that refugees endure but on the spirit that they have from being in these situations. When speaking to millions of Americans she doesn’t rely on facts or statistics but instead she uses anecdotal evidence, visualization and pathos to get her point across. The purpose of this speech is not to persuade but to inform the people of America about the amazing people she has met while traveling to third world countries. Furthermore, she is trying to show people that...
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