IB Language and Literature

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What's in a Name?  My name, at a surface level, is nothing more than a combination of symbols from the eyes perspective, or of vowels from the ear's.  Yet, is the one  characterization that is "set in stone".  A name stays consistent from the moment you first open your eyes, to the moment you close them for the last time.  This unchanging variable is defining of a person... the topic of the first question asked from a soon to be aquantence.  A name is embarrassing to forget, more so than any other atribute ranging from appearence to age. For something with such strong societal standing, you would think I hold it near and dear to my sense of self... but I don't.  I wake up each day without giving a second thought to this labeling atribute. I may ponder over many other parts of my self.  Light hearted variables, such as the state my hair is that morning, or characteristics of a more revealing natiure, such as whether my introversion will prov...

Schalemar Flying Horse (2001) by Wing Young Huie  Atta Girl Atwood  Photograph Summary This image is a part of a photography series, created by Wing Young Huie, that follows the life of a 15-year-old Native American girl by the name of Schalemar Flying Horse.  The series takes place in the Philips neighborhood in Minneapolis.  All the photographs are colored in black and white.   This particular shot shows a girl on what can be assumed to be a public bus.  The other passengers situated on the vehicle  are out of the camera's focus, causing the viewers eye to be drawn to the girl.  This effect leads the girl to look almost out of place from the busy scene surrounding her.  Even with a posture and appearence usually correlates with conformity, the audience is forced to view the girl with a perceptive eye.  It is discovered that through this stylization, the girl is purposely represented as "out of place".  This is to s...