Books
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Discussion of Octavia Butler Mind of my Mind
Doro is all powerful and he cannot be defeated. He goes around killing and no one can stop him. They all do what he says and he won’t have it any other way. He picks who gets to live and die. He mates women with whoever he likes. Sometimes in our lives we want to… Read more
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Discussion of Grimm’s Fairytale The Queen Bee
The king had three sons. Only two were considered clever. They went on a journey they came upon an ant hill and the the two clever ones wanted to kill the ants. The youngest said no. They boys went along and they found ducks. The two oldest wanted to kill them, but the youngest said… Read more
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Discussion of Grimm’s Fairytale The King of the Birds
A bear and a wolf were wondering how a king lives and so they looked into a wren’s nest. The bear was not impressed and the young wrens told their father. The father wren said he would take care of the bear. He went to challenge the bear. They both gathered armies. The bear gathered… Read more
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Discussion of Henry David Thoreau’s Life Without Principle
“An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not (Thoreau, 380)” What if one day the only jobs left were those that did not get any pay? What if the most important jobs were those that never got any pay? Mothers do not get paid but… Read more
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Discussion of Grimm’s Fairytale The Cobbler and The Elves
The Cobbler is extremely poor and he is making shoes. He is about to run out of fabric so he lays out the last batch to make a pair in the morning. When he wakes up in the morning the shoes are made. They are so well made someone buys them for a higher price.… Read more
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Discussion of Wild Seed By Octavia Butler
Doro searches for Anyanwu. He needs someone immortal. He gives her to his son Isaac, but she loves him. Anyanwu marries Isaac, but she hates Doro for it. Later Doro takes Anyanwu as his wife. She wants to die because Doro is a killer. Love is out there looking for us while we look for… Read more
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