...“They Sold My Sister” is written by Leteipa Ole Sunkuli, and was published in Kenya 1989. The story is dealing with problems like growing up and having your own opinion, being trapped in your family culture, traditions and religion. The story takes place in Kenya probably around the 1970’s-80. The events take place in a Maasai tribe, by that we can tell that the story takes action in Kenya because Maasai tribe is in Kenya. The “sister” in the story, Nyamlo, goes to secondary school, which indicates that we are in a newer time – about the time that the story was published, around 1970’s-80, perhaps. The action we are told lasts for two years. Flashbacks are the first thing we meet in the text. Then on page 16, line 12 we get into the present. The narration is a first person narrator and she is very subjective, that causes that she is the character, we follow through the entire story. Her name is Naliki she is 12 years old. She, as a character, is very afraid, forsaken and unhappy. Her sister Nyamalo was “sold” when Naliki was ten years old, trough the whole story, we get to know Naliki and her thoughts, she know what is wrong and what is right. In the end of the story she realizes, that now, when she is 12, it is her turn to get married. She is very sensitive about it and scared about the thought of getting married, because she have already seen her sister go trough it, but at the same time she shows curiosity, when she is eavesdropping at times, she is...
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...They sold my sister This is a short story concerning the life and the traditions in Africa. The african girl Naliki she lives in a massai family, the tradition is to get married when a girl is ready enough. Niliki is 10 years old when the story started and 12 years old when we last hear from her in the end. Her sister got sold to an ugly man but a rich family they had a big farm of sheep’s and they gave a lot of gifts to the family, the sister of Niliki got married with the ugly man and they had to stay there for 2 weeks with the new family for the sake of the sister Nyamalo didn’t wanted to sleep with her husband in the bed at first she didn’t want to accept the marriage and wanted to sleep with her sister the first night, but her husband same for her and the next day, she accepeted the marriage and told Niliki that she just had to learn to love him. Niliki’s family liked the family of Nyamalo’s husband because they are rich a lot and they gave a lot of gift to the family but not to the children’s because they don’t like children’s in the family. Niliki and Nyamalo has a brother Tumuka who was a gains the marriage because he wantd them to finish the schools. One day a man with big belly ( Ole Timau) came to the family to talk with them about Niliki the last daughter, he wanted another wife and Niliki was listening and she doesn’t want to get married because she want to be the first massai girl who finished the school, Niliki wanted to contact her brother to tell him...
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...”They Sold My Sister” is written by Leteipa Ole Sunkuli in 1989. The text includes subjects as forced marriages, growing up in a society with powerful men and helpless young girls. The fear of being sold to wealthy unknown men was very common. The way the suitors bought them, was not that difficult. The men’s appearance was not important for the parents. They just wanted money and gifts for their daughters. “They Sold My Sister” is a very good example on how girls, in the Maasai tribe, had been forced into marriage. “They Sold My Sister” is a story which takes place in Kenya in the period of 1970’s. Naliki is 12 years old and the narrator of the story. She describes the action which happens in the Maasai tribe. Through the entire story, we will follow Naliki’s feelings and conversations between the parents. She is described to be afraid, sensitive and unhappy (p. 17 line 2). Two years ago when Naliki was 10 years old, her parents sold her sister, Nyamalo, to a wealthy ugly man who owned a large flock of sheep. The mother is violent. The family lives together in a poor society in Kenya where many farmers and nomads lives. A patriarchal- traditional society. Naliki said the word, “sold” to refer her sister’s marriage, but her mother did not like it and beat Naliki and said that, “dowry” was a kinder and more civilised word (p. 13 line 21). Even if the girls are willing to rebel against the marriage, they are unfortunately helpless, but the close bond between the sisters is important...
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...They Sold My Sister Summary: The story begins with a little girl watching her parents accept gifts from suitors at their house. The little girl, Naliki, knows that her parents are selling her sister Nyamalo. Naliki thinks the man who is going to marry her sister is very ugly and she is not happy about the idea of her sister being sold. The father tells his son to get Nyamalo from school so they can tell her, but he refuses because he also feels it is wrong. The father gets her and after the wedding Naliki has to live with the groom and the bride for two weeks. She could not go through with it as the husband is very aggressive. Nyamalo comes to terms with her marriage and understands that she just needs to learn to love her husband. Two years later Naliki overhears a conversation with her father and a fat man and she is afraid. She knows that she also will be sold, but she will not let them take her. She will run. Characterization: Naliki is a little girl living with her parents somewhere in Africa. She is twelve years old when the story is told, in the beginning of the story she is 10 (P 13, Ll 1-2). She is very sneaky and curious, as she eavesdrops on a lot of conversations that she should not be hearing, by hiding behind a bag of maize (P 13, Ll 12-15). Naliki is quite rebellious against the old traditions of selling people. Her mother obviously came to terms with it, but Naliki would never go through with it, which is why she is determined to run away (P 17, L 16)....
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...In the story we meet Naiki, who is a twelve-year-old girl that lives in Kenya. She comes from a normal family with a mother, father, brother and sister. They all live in a house in a small village in Kenya. This is where the story takes place. The family is a part of a Maasai tribe. Naliki`s sister is the one that gets sold away, and her name is Nyalo. She goes to junior secondary school at a boarding school, so she has no idea of what arrangement that takes place at home. She is probably only twelve or thirteen years old, circumcised and her breasts were round enough. Because of these signs her father thought she was old enough to get married. The sad thing is that many girls that are deferred to arranged marriages really are this young, or maybe younger. Nyamalo wants to finish school, but if she marries Ole Siravo she will not be allowed to do so. Her parents don’t think school is necessary if she is already married to a rich man. The only two people that understand what she wants are her brother, Tumuka and her sister Naliki. Her brother is great, and he tries to protect her from the marriage. He stands up to his father and says that she must be allowed to finish schooling. Ole Sirayo is the man that Nyamalo gets sold away to. He is an ugly man with big eyes and dilated nostrils like a chimpanzee. The story included one more man, Ole Timau. He is an old man with a beard and a big belly, and he has several other wives, but he thinks he needs one more. The setting in the...
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...analyse av novella "Monsteret", skrevet av Elin Brodin. Novella monsteret er skrevet av Elin Brodin og utgitt i 1993.Monsteret handler om en slange som lever i fangenskap på et sirkus. Du får vite hvordan denne skapningen lider seg gjennom dagene før dens liv brått og blodig blir historie. Novella monsteret er skrevet av Elin Brodin og utgitt i 1993. Denne novella begynner med et presenterende innblikk i slangens sjel. Man får i form av poetisk-lignende setninger vite hvordan den savner friheten, følelsen av å ligge på en varm stein og slikke sol til kveldens mørke setter inn. Det er dette som driver hele historien fremmover, mystiske setninger, poetisk diktning. Mystikken kommer av at man ikke før i det tredje siste avsnittet blir obs på at dette handler om en kvelerslange, fylt med hat, aggresjon og frykt. Det hele avslutter ved at aggresjonen som har bygd seg opp i slangens sinn utløses, og den blir brått uskadeliggjort av en arbeider på sirkuset. Isabella, som er navnet på slangen, er nemlig ufrivillig ansatt på et sirkus. Dag ut og dag inn ligger hun i det alt for lite buret sitt og sturer. Det kommer klart frem virkelig hvor mye reptilen savner å ligge på en varm stein i sola til kvelden kommer, det er dette som blir skildret frem og tilbake på forskjellige måter. En kvelerslange er selvfølgelig utstyrt med instinkter som tilsier at den bør drepe for selv og kunne leve. Hvis sirkusslangetemmermannen attpå til har fremmet Isabellas aggresjon er det ikke så rart...
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...Unit 7 The Spread of Religions Section 1 Unit Materials Questions To Consider Question 1. How did Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam spread across the world, and why are they practiced so far from their origins? Question 2. How did these three major world religions change and adapt to diverse cultural circumstances? Question 3. Why did Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam emerge when and where they did? Question 4. How did Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam interact with, provide justification for, and conflict with various states and empires in Afro-Eurasia? The Big Picture How is this topic related to Increasing Integration? As Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam spread across the borders and frontiers of Afro-Eurasia, they integrated diverse peoples by means of a common religion. How is this topic related to Proliferating Difference? The spread of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam introduced new beliefs and practices to a wide variety of peoples. These beliefs and practices were often quite different from indigenous religions. In addition, indigenous beliefs and practices often changed the new religions as they adapted to local conditions. These changes frequently resulted in the development of different sects within the new religions. Unit Purpose ß Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam spread across borders and frontiers as a result of missionaries, pilgrims, and trade. Each of these three major world religions changed over time, and all served as elements of change in the societies...
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...They Sold My Sister - Eteipa Ole Sunkull The text “They Sold My Sister” is written by Leteipa Ole Sunkuli and is published in Kenya in the year of 1989. It basically deals with subjects like growing up, being caught in culture, religion and tradition, and how it feels to be trapped. Analysis The action takes place in Kenya in possibly the time period around the 1970’s-80. We can tell that, because the events take place in a Maasai tribe, which is in Kenya. We can approximately determine the time, because the sister in the story, Nyamalo, goes to secondary school, which indicates that we are in a newer time, perhaps about the time that it is published. The action we are told lasts for two years. The first part of the story is a collection of flashbacks and the second part, which begins in line 12 on page 16, takes place in the present. The narration is a first person narrator and is very subjective, because it is the character, we follow through the entire action. Her name is Naliki, and she is 12 years old. She, as a character, is very afraid, forsaken and unhappy. Her sister Nyamalo has been “sold” when she was ten years old, and in the end of the story she realizes, that now, when she is 12, it is her turn to get married. She is very sensitive about it and scared about the thought of getting married, but at the same time she shows curiosity, when she is eavesdropping at times, she is not allowed to. Her sister Nyamalo is like Naliki very rebellious and fights against...
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...Sisters Inventory Management Solution Assignment 2 After speaking to my sister I have put together a plan to help her better track and control her inventory for her company. The first things that she will need are a computer, barcode scanner, barcode reading software such as Redbeam Inventory Tracking Standard Edition which actually comes with a barcode scanner. She will also need to have space to store her inventory. She would also need a cash register and computer to keep track of her business sales and transactions. The cost for all equipment and software is a total of $1,812.50. This cost includes all software and hardware that will be needed to keep track of all purchases and returns. Installation of the hardware computer system would need to be done during non-operational times of the store. But to use this system effectively all employees need to be trained properly on how to run the system and how to handle any problems that may occur. After the system and hardware are installed all inventory needs to be scanned into the computers inventory system. The way that this system will make it easier to keep track of all stores inventory is because it will allow the system to automatically delete items purchased at the point of sale. It will also allow the system to be updated as items are also returned by placing the item back into the store’s inventory. The system can also be programmed to alert store and inventory personnel when to order more of a certain product...
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...Pre-Approach/Presentation/Script 4 Approach/Script 4 Handling Objectives/Script 5 Handling Objectives/Script 6 Closing 7 Follow Up Call/Remarks 7 Conclusion 8 Work Cited 9 Report for Maxi Boutique/Prospect Hair Boutique and c/o is the NEW hair salon in town that everyone is talking about. My cousin, Julie works there and I was introduced to the owner which is family of Sisters, Myra, Mika and Maxine (also owner of the Maxi chain of Hair Boutiques). They expressed to me they thought my facial skin look so good for my age and ask me what I used. In addition to that I also heard them comment they want to sell other items at the Hair Boutique store like costume jewelry, perfumes and also have a cosmetic skin care counter. Upon hearing this information I knew they would be a great prospect. My franchise of Amway products vary from 500 items. The Amway franchise I have sells jewelry, perfumes, handbags and most important Artistry Cosmetics and Skin Care serum lotion. Since they commented on my skin and did tell them what I used which they are interested in; I thought to myself they would be also a good prospect to be an IBO as well. So I quickly arrange a meeting with the Sisters to give them a presentation the next day for the facial lotion serum I use and other products. This would be a great opportunity for them and me. The company Amway has grown in the past fifty years. The style of selling strategy is indirect marketing. Amway has merge with companies like Artistry Cosmetics...
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...Narrative Essay on my Family The essay topic I choose was family, Family is something that is very interesting to me and something that I love to talk about. Having a good family structure is a good foundation that not many kids today have. I was born in Pittsburgh, PA on January 19, 1989. I am the youngest of three my sister is 42 years old and my brother is 35. Unfortunately, My parents divorced when I was three years old. At six years old my mother, brother, sister, and I all packed up the car and moved to Philadelphia, PA. Growing up in Philadelphia was tough but it made me a stronger person. After my family and I minus my father; Moved to Philadelphia he followed shortly after. My father would drive from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to see me and my brother just for the weekends. I always looked up to my brother he played high school football. He was the star running back for Abraham Lincoln high school. Every friday night my family and I would go see him play. He got scholarship offers from all of the nation’s biggest universities. He would go on to break all of the high school’s running backs records. He ended up going to Shippensburg University to study Criminal Justice. My sister went to high school in Pittsburgh; But went to college at La Salle University in Philadelphia where she studied law. She started to have trouble in law so decided to switch her major to psychology. She went on to get her masters and began working at the children’s hospital. My mother worked retail...
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...My name is Bird Wohampack I’m 12 years old. I was born a slave but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood. I had no name so my name is Bird because when I was sold my owner thought I sounded like a bird so my name was Bird. I didn’t know who were my parents because when I was 5-year old I was locked up and chained. I was useless and hit most of the time because I’m a girl. I was being resold because I’m a useless person for my owner and I’m now 13 and I’m getting resold for $100. When I became 14 I was sold to a rich family it was the Jam family and they also had another slave called Hippo, they were white folks. During that time I became friends with Hippo Delhip, she was more like a sister to me because we talk a lot together...
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...As I look back on my childhood memories the first image that comes to my mind is a place known as General Villamil Playas. This a very small coastal city located in Guayas, Ecuador. It was named after the independence hero General Jose de Villamil. My parents decided to buy a house there when I was approximately one year of age in 1980, and every time school was out, my family and I would spend our vacation days there. It was only an hour and a half away from where we lived in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Not only did my parents buy a house there but other relatives did so too. Every time we traveled there, we never went alone. My aunts and uncles went with us as well. Playas is a coastal city, therefore its economy is based on tourism. It has undergone...
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...management system can lead to business owners to buy too much or not enough which in both occasions with lead to losses. Inventory management systems ensure that customers always have enough merchandise and that retailers have the sufficient goods to be sold in a determined timespan. Some companies such as Walmart have really excelled with its inventory management systems as they offer a just in time policy where suppliers are notified when the company is about to be out of stock of certain goods. This allows Walmart to save money on having a more robust inventory and the company is able to negotiate prices better with its suppliers. However, having an efficient inventory management system is crucial for all types of business, whether they are large or small. To better illustrate that, my family and I usually have dinners together on Sundays when we caught up about any recent updates in everyone’s lives. Recently, my sister told the family that she was experiencing a little bit of trouble at work. She mentioned that she needed to become more efficient with her inventory tracking for her small clothing store. She noticed that managing the stock of her small clothing store manually is getting on her way to expand her business. My sister complained that manually managing her inventory is time consuming and she does not have enough capital to hire more help at the moment. According...
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...My story begin summer of 1945: my father was a young soldier just freshly shipped in from New york state to join a crew of support personnel for the Tuskegee Airman. James B. Simpson and my mom met and married while he was in alabama. i was born on a hot sweltin june day, in those times babies were delivered by midwife's or older member of the family, in my case we were lucky enough my grandma maggie's, cousin was midwife Vester Webb who like to take a sip of her medicine. news travel faster than water over them hills, some neighbors from across the creek told my cousins Jimmy Lee, mary Alice, and mary Lee who was 9-10 years old, that my mothers had the baby which was me, they came running to name the baby Betty Jean... it an't happening Ha Ha. I had already been named. the first crisis was the midwife forgot the sterlizing drop in my eyes after a few days of crustation, a mad dash, on a rigdy old wagon with a swayback bowleg mule we made our way over gravel roads to the only doctor in elmore that would take colored patients, if mama hadn't got me there that day i would have been blind, to this day i have none fixable eye problems. well that wasn't my last problem. I grew up spending most summers with my grand mother maggie, and her sister aunt ada. aunt ada was a flapper that spent her young years in new york city, and from what i got from the story my greatgrandfather Shady Daniels was from a well to do family of the high yellow kind, all 10 of the daniel children was...
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