CHARACTERS Linked to the complexity of saga plots is the plethora of characters whose like-sounding names can present a considerable challenge to the modern reader (e.g. men called Thorolf, Thorgrim, Thorleif, Thorvald or women called Thordis, Thorhild, Thorbjorg). ... Though rather forbidding to most non-Icelandic readers, the genealogical information which often accompanies the introduction of characters in the sagas would have been of absorbing interest to the original saga audience, especially if their own ancestors were involved. ... Unable to vent their anger or hurt by physical means, ...

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While some readers interpreted the collection's final story, "Swimming Lessons," as a forerunner to future fiction about the immigrant experience, their expectations fell short when Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey, appeared in 1991. ... First, are Western readers just plain curious about the Parsis? ... Gandhi's years in power probably fails to intrigue most readers of Mistry's work. ...

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While some readers interpreted the collection's final story, "Swimming Lessons," as a forerunner to future fiction about the immigrant experience, their expectations fell short when Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey, appeared in 1991. ... First, are Western readers just plain curious about the Parsis? ... Gandhi's years in power probably fails to intrigue most readers of Mistry's work. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The classic anthropological theory suggests that while all human behaviors, including market behaviors, take place within a cultural context, human beings are able to influence and even change, through their behaviors, the cultural context within which their behaviors take place." ...

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Abstract Presently, the internet is considered the ultimate bastion of freedom throughout the world. The ability to participate in social media and write/say anything one feels is almost exclusive to the internet. Anybody can be anything they choose within the laws of their nation with m...

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