...Compare and Contrast the Literary Work “The Welcome Table” VS “ Country Lovers” “The Racial Conflicts And Discrimination In The Welcome Table And Country Lovers” Katie McWilliams Instructor: Heather Peerboom 10/30/2014 Introduction I chosen to compare and contrast the literary works, “country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker, the theme being race / ethnicity. Theme: “The Racial Conflict and Discrimination In The Welcome Table And Country Lovers.” I want to explore the difference lives’ of these two woman was face with, and the way the narrator made me feel while I was reading the story of two black woman. Two strong black women that face all types of problems life had to offer them. These two stories shows feeling, pain, hate, and disappointments in Country Lovers and The Welcome Table. Both of these women had to struggled with their emotions and all they had to go through. Both stories are told in third person omniscient point of view, you can tell by the way the narrator describe the characters and how they’re feeling in both story. “The Welcome Table,” the old woman had her faith to guide her. To carrier her through the hard times. All she wanted was just to attend church. There is a rascal tension centered on both of these stories, in “Country Lovers” the black woman in this story was a pretty black woman fell in love with someone she grow up with a white man, she had a baby for him...
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...B 1 2 3 4 Particulars Arrival & Welcome at Airport & Resort Welcome at the Airport with Banners and arranging prepaid taxis for induvidual Guests Traditional Goan Portugues Brass band with King Momo Punjabi Dholwala 2 nos (optional) Goan Musicians Hostess To Welcome the guest Straw Hats Shell Garlands Lobbly decor entrance arch with exotic flowers 24 ft Side pannels with bamboo facade decor floral stand inside lobby at strategic locations (6 nos) Welcome board – 6ft x 4ft ‐ decorated with floral arrangements to be set up near the Check‐In Desk Sangeet Time : 20:00 Hours Onwards Veenue : Banquet THEME : Stage Size _______________ Backdrop Size _________________ Dance floor Size _______________ entrance decor in line with theme hall masking table decor and chair tie backs MC to co‐ordinate the evening D.J With Console , Sound , Lights Fire Dancer to Entertain Guests African Acrobads Bollywood Troop Dance Light effects for theme Qty Rate Amount C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 D 13 LED light effects for masking, ambience and props 14 truss & intelligent lights for dance floor such as moving heads, scanners and beams Smoke Machine, strobs, effects Platform of size 8ft x 8ft x 6 inches ht on which a white sofa will be placed for the bridal couple 15 A photo opportunity area to be created with different theme related props where the guests can pose with different props 16 Sound Proof Genset Power ___________ KVA 16 Tables 17 Chairs 18 Table Décor Details ______________________________...
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...The theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the story. Every story narrows a broad underlying idea, shapes it in a unique way, and makes the underlying idea concrete. That's how theme is created. In other words, the theme in a story is a representation of the idea behind the story. (Clugston, 2010) This paper will compare and contrast the theme of the stories Country Lovers by Nadine Gordimer and The Welcome Table by Alice Walker. The first story which is Country Lovers which is about a boy named Paulus Eysendyck, who is a white farmer’s son, and Thebedi, the black daughter of one of the farm workers. As children, Paulus and Thebedi played together, but when they are teenagers they began a sexual relationship. They have tender feelings for each other, even though their relationship is ultimately doomed. They continue a relationship throughout the years when Paul comes home on visits. Thebedi later marries Njabulo, a kind young black man who has loved her for years. Two months later, Thebedi gives birth to a light-skinned child. Although Thebedi is pregnant when she marries it is not considered scandalous because men in this culture often insist on finding out before marriage if their women are barren. The child’s light skin, however, reveals who the father really is. Although Njabulo knows the baby is not his, he treats the child as his own and buys things that the baby needs. When Paulus comes to visit he learns that Thebedi has married and has a light-skinned...
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...Home Page » English and Literature The Welcome Table In: English and Literature The Welcome Table I read “The Welcome Table by Alice Walker. The Welcome Table is told in the third person and shifts the point of view from which the story is told. The theme of this story is a simple, but good one. The theme of this is about an old, rundown black woman who staggers the necessary distance in the freezing cold to attend an all-white people church. What captured my interest about this short story is the religious symbolism. Per R. Wayne Clugston “a symbol is an object, person, or action that conveys two meaning: its own literal meaning and something it stands for as well” (Clugston, 2010, p.480). It is filled with symbolism of life and death; good and evil; love and hatred; and peace and anger. Throughout this paper, Alice will demonstrate the significance of how the application of point of view, setting, and symbolism plays a role contributing the theme of a story. In the story, a black woman enters a “white” church. She is a woman of faith; “there was a dazed and sleepy look in her aged blue–brown eyes” (Clugston, 2010) blue symbolizes a peacefulness that this woman has because of her faith. She is not a welcomed visitor to this congregation, though. The parishioners feel “a fear of the black and the old” (Clugston, 2010), the use of the word black is not just to tell us the color of her skin, but to symbolize evil. This is further supported in the words...
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...Discrimination and Racism in Country Lovers and the Welcome Table Donna Robertson ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Lyndsey Lefebvre November 18, 2012 Discrimination and Racism in Country Lovers and the Welcome Table Racial discrimination has affected black people in the United States and Africa for many years. Although racial discrimination is against the law in both countries many people believe that racism still exists and there is significant evidence to support many racial discrimination claims. While many racist people has believe throughout time that their behavior is appropriate; two short stories which are Country Lovers and The Welcome Table illustrate these behaviors and allow the reader to interpret, understand and feel the suffering of two black women caused by painful racism. Both stories enlighten the reader on how one ethnicity believe that they are superior to the other and proves that racism is practiced through ignorance and hatred. This essay will compare and contrast the racial theme of the short stories “Country Lovers” written by Nadine Gordimer and “The Welcome Table” written by Alice Walker. Both of these short stories share the same theme, which is centered on racism, but the theme is not limited to racism it also includes love, hardship, rejection, and death. Both stories share racial tension between two ethnic groups, as well as pain suffered as a result of racism. Both of these literary pieces give the reader awareness...
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...I read “The Welcome Table by Alice Walker. The Welcome Table is told in the third person and shifts the point of view from which the story is told. The theme of this story is a simple, but good one. The theme of this is about an old, rundown black woman who staggers the necessary distance in the freezing cold to attend an all-white people church. What captured my interest about this short story is the religious symbolism. Per R. Wayne Clugston “a symbol is an object, person, or action that conveys two meaning: its own literal meaning and something it stands for as well” (Clugston, 2010, p.480). It is filled with symbolism of life and death; good and evil; love and hatred; and peace and anger. Throughout this paper, Alice will demonstrate the significance of how the application of point of view, setting, and symbolism plays a role contributing the theme of a story. In the story, a black woman enters a “white” church. She is a woman of faith; “there was a dazed and sleepy look in her aged blue–brown eyes” (Clugston, 2010) blue symbolizes a peacefulness that this woman has because of her faith. She is not a welcomed visitor to this congregation, though. The parishioners feel “a fear of the black and the old” (Clugston, 2010), the use of the word black is not just to tell us the color of her skin, but to symbolize evil. This is further supported in the words, “many of them saw jungle orgies in an evil place” (Clugston, 2010). The interesting thing about evil here is that...
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...THEME AND NARRATIVE ELEMENTS IN A SHORT STORY XAVION LAY INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE JACLYN MALLAN-KING THEME AND NARRATIVE ELEMENTS IN A SHORT STORY The short story that was chosen to write this paper was the Welcome Table by Alice Walker that was written in 1970. This story being racial in theme and treatment was one of the best stories and that was heartfelt in this book. While without describing the story in detail I will point out its theme and narrative elements that make this story what it is today. Just as in the Oxford Companion to African American Literature states: “Though we are aware of the dismissal of so much black American writing for so many years because it did not conform to prevailing aesthetic or critical canons, our understanding of literature is not restricted to these traditional genres.” (Oxford Companion, 1997) This book was definitely written by one the greatest writers ever know. She placed her heart mind and soul into the writings of which she made which brings me to the writing of the Welcome Table. The Welcome Table was a short story that had a racial theme. Due to the story taking place in the time that black who were referred to as colored at the time could not congregate in the same place as whites. The point of view that was in play was omniscient. This is a story is written from another point of view. Not that of the person that is in the story but from someone on the outside that understands the way the character in the story feels...
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...Compare and Contrast of Race/Ethnicity ENG 125 Introduction to Literature September 3, 2012 Racial background and ethnicities are represented in the short stories “Country Lovers”, and “The Welcome Table.” Both these stories have a main character or protagonist black female. Both of these women deal with some degree of discrimination because of their color. The theme of these stories is the hardships that these women suffer during their life can be suffered by anyone but growing up in a discriminatory situation creates a more dramatic story. The main themes in “Country Lovers” are love and racial politics. Country Lovers was written during a time when Africa was suffering from racial segregation. This story has irony throughout the entire story. Thebedi and Paulus grow up together and they fall in love. They grew up in Africa during the apartheid when their country did not allow interracial relationships. Paulus Eysendyck was the son of the farm owner and Thebedi’s father worked on that farm. They both knew they could not be together publicly. During the apartheid in Africa it was illegal to have an interracial relationship. There are several dramatic effects in this story. The first is when the narrator talks about Paulus going away to school “This usefully coincides with the age of twelve or thirteen; so that by the time early adolescence is reached, the black children are making along with the bodily changes common to all, an easy...
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...From ancient times, in every culture, humans have told stories to explain what goes on in the world around them, to honor people,to celebrate achievements,and to communicate human value ( Chugston, 2014). Both of these short stories achieved this goal. Each story was able to captivate you. The authors made you fall in love with the characters. You wanted to read more. “The Welcome Table” and “Country Lovers” showed sides of racism that took place in completely different parts of the world. Each author used their literary and keen writing skills in order to get the reader to completely understand the point each one of them was trying to make. In the short stories, “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker and “Country Lovers by Nadine Gordimer, Racism is the theme and highlight of each one. Both stories are discussing racial issues but they are two completely different stories and the authors begin each one in a completely opposite fashion. '”The Welcome Table” was written by Margaret Walker. Walker was published under her maiden name. She was best known for her poem "For My People," published in 1942, and her best-selling novel, Jubilee, based on her what her family went through during slavery and immediately after the Civil War, it was published in 1966. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama., Walker was a resident of Jackson, Miss., and was a professor emeritus at Jackson State College. She taught English and was also a director of the Institute for the Study of History, Life...
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...Discrimination and Racism in Country Lovers and the Welcome Table Zeta Donald Eng 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Bernadette Anayah May 7, 2012 Discrimination and Racism in Country Lovers and the Welcome Table The theme in a story is associated with ideas that lie behind the story. Every story narrows a broad underlying idea and shapes it in a unique way to make the underlying idea concrete. That’s how the theme is created. In other words, the theme in a story is a representation of the idea of the story. (Clugston 2110). This paper will compare and contrast the theme of the stories Country Lovers and The Welcome Table. Discrimination and racism is always an issue. Their backgrounds both had love, racism, rejection, hardship, and death. In the short stories “Country Lovers“, by Nadine Gordimer and “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker, they both talk about racism and discrimination of some form. It is not a particularly hidden message in either of these stories, but the two of them approach it from slightly different angles. The main character in each of the stories is a protagonist black female who both struggle with trying to be accepted in society due to the color of their skin. Where there is racism and discrimination of all kind around us, it is more pronounced in these two stories. Both stories express the determination of two women to survive through all adversity. The authors speak of the hardship these women had to face and suffer and understanding...
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...The Welcome Table Tameeka Smith-Ashby ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Sarah MacDonald In every story characters pose drama, and excitement to capture the readers attention. What may be deceptively hidden behind the words of the author is the heart of the story, which is considered to be the theme. The theme is what stays in your mind, it’s what makes you wonder how and why. This literary element is a must, when constructing any style of literature. There is a need to captivate the reader while allowing their mind to roam, seeking message is direct. In Alice Walker’s short story “The Welcome Table” I found the theme to be that of sorrow. She sets the ambience with a portrayal of an elderly poor black lady. In my opinion this woman is walking with sorrow, she doesn’t have much and is looked down on as nothing though the people in her community. Even though, Alice Walker demonstrates this premise as she places the elderly lady in a church that is restricted for whites only. When most people think a church is a place we’re many can go to worship the elderly woman shown very early that it wouldn’t be as easy. “The young usher, never having turned anyone out of his church before, but not even considering this job as that (after all, she had no right to be there, certainly), went up to her and whispered that she should leave.” R.W. Clugston Journey into Literature (2010). The elderly woman cannot seem to escape the sorrow that has become her life, she...
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...PRACTICE DAY This is the second event for us and it is different for this event whereby we had to do a dinner instead of luncheon. So, this event is somewhat new for us yet we were excited to make it happen. For this event, I am honored to take the responsibility of event manager for and together with executive chef, Farah Jasni and service manager, Wei Ching, we have done as best as we can for the dinner. Since our last Korean cuisine was successful, I wanted to make this dinner even more victorious and wanted customer feel our huge night. So, I discussed with the team to change our night form Mexican cuisine to Caribbean cuisine. Some of us came with brilliant idea where we can do a theme night and since pirates are becoming so familiar with Caribbean, we all agreed to make the night a theme dinner event named ‘The Pirates of Caribbean’. We were the pirates who served the honored customer. The kitchen team searched food related to Caribbean cuisine while the service team worked for...
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...what motivates your audience to attend an event you might choose to run a focus group before they have seen an event. However, if the information you need is about their opinions of the event itself, then you will obviously need to take them to see something first. * Preparing for Session Invite around 6 to 8 people to participate for a session to last for about an hour. Then, prepare an agenda including a list of the top-level issues to be tackled (if appropriate). Prepare an introduction script explaining the purpose of the day and how the day will be run. This can include issues of consent and fire regulations (if relevant). Be sure to always use a quiet room with few distractions and arrange people in a circle (possibly around a table). * Developing Questions When you go into the group, go in prepared. Don't wing it. Instead, you should make up (and write out in advance) a list of topics and questions you want to ask. This doesn't mean you will recite your questions from your prepared list, one-at-a-time. Your question lists is a guide, rather than an exact script; but have that guide with you. * Planning the Session Ample planning for the focus group engagement is crucial for a...
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...The State Theatre Company’s recent staging of Things I Know To Be True, is both a moving and beautifully crafted piece that succinctly captures the dilemmas present in contemporary Australian life. Set against the backdrop of the southern suburbs of Adelaide, the Price Family’s children face a series of tough choices at the turn of each new season. Co-directors, Geordie Bookman and Scott Graham produce an intimate family drama that explores the themes of familial love, change and paternal expectations through physical theatre, staging and music, to create a piece that has the ability to make its audience laugh and cry at the same time. Scott Graham’s artistic direction, focusing on characterisation through physical theatre, effectively explores...
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...(free of debris and obstruction) | | | | 4 | 2. Visibility of Front Entrance (lighting, easy to find) | 1 | | | | 3. Accessibility of Front Entrance (easy entrance and exit from the restaurant) | | | | 4 | 4. Ease of Parking (whether it be self park or Valet) | | | | 4 | 5. Windows and Doors clean and free of streaks and spots | | | | 4 | Hostess | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1. Hostess Station easy to find | | | 3 | | 2. Greeting from hostess in a timely manner | | | | 4 | 3. Hostess made eye contact and used polite phrases such as “Please”,“Thank you”, and “Your Welcome” | | 2 | | | 4. If there was a wait, hostess quoted an accurate wait time | | | | 4 | 5. Hostess offered options for waiting (e.g. Recommend a drink, pointed out the bar, or outside waiting) | | | 3 | | 6. Hostess attitude and appearance | | | 3 | | 7. Hostess escorted guests to table at a comfortable pace | | | | 4 | 8. Hostess sat guest in a desirable location or the most desirable location that was available | | | | 4 | 9. Acknowledgment from Hostess on your way out | | 2 | | | Person(s) on Duty: | | Main Entrance and Hostess Summary: The Main entrance was a tad weird in the placement category but as I walked in it was very clean and the hostess was prompt to sit us down. She was very efficient asking us what We wanted to order. She was very polite as well as presentable. She sat us at the last booth that was open which was optimal....
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