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So Long a Letter (French: Une si longue lettre) is a semi-autobiographical epistolary novel originally written in French by the Senegalese writer Mariama Bâ.[1] It was her first novel. Its theme is the condition of women in Western African society.
As the novel begins, Ramatoulaye Fall is beginning a letter to her lifelong friend Aissatou Bâ. The occasion for writing is Ramatoulaye's recent widowhood. As she gives her friend the details of her husband's death, she recounts the major events in their lives.
So Long a Letter is written as a series of entries in a long letter from the main character Ramatoulaye Fall to her best friend Aissatou following the sudden death from heart attack of Ramatoulaye's husband Modou Fall. The letter is written while Ramatoulaye is going through 'Iddah, a four month and ten day mourning process that widow of the Muslim Senegalese culture must follow. Ramatoulaye begins by recalling and describing the emotions that flooded her during the first few days after her husband's death and speaks in detail about how he lost his life. She transitions the tone and time by discussing the life she had with her husband, from the beginning of their relationship to his betrayal of a thirty year marriage by secretly marrying his daughter's school best friend to the life he had with his second wife. Throughout this short and compelling novel, Ramatoulaye details to Aissatou, who experienced a similar but different marital situation, how she emotionally dealt with and was changed by his betrayal, his death, and by being a single mother of many.
The letter covered many topics such as polygamy, Senegalese class hierarchy, and religion, so it was difficult to place the genre of the book. Some called it a novel while others referred to Bâ's work as a letter.[2]
The letter was used in the western hemisphere to study how strong bonds women formed influenced them.[6] Ramatoulaye and Aissatou's friendship helped them break away from social norms, gaining social and political respect without a male.
The letter was also used to understand women's views on polygamy. Some women in Senegal saw fault in polygamy and fought against it.Aissatou leaves her husband for practising polygamy and Ramatoulaye says no to marriage to another man.
The letters explore the tensions between Ramatoulaye's feminist values (developed largely as a consequence of her French colonial education) and her religion, which is often used a means of justifying the mistreatment of women like herself. However, Ramatoulaye attributes the mistreatment of women by men to the misinterpretation and misappropriation of Islamic scriptures, rather than suggesting that they are inherently sexist.
Personally, anything more than 1000 words is long though English is my first language. I usually take more than a week to write letters of that length so sometimes I write short-medium letters to keep the conversation going (500-800 words). I'm curious about what does a short, medium or long letter mean to everyone else
I tend to be more concise in my writing, so I would be okay submitting a half page cover letter. However, I feel like that appears too short and should be about a page. Because I always strived to submit a full page, I think a lot of my cover letters may have ended up wordy/contained a lot of fillers.
If you want examples of cover letters that landed interviews, opencoverletters.com has them from the information science/library fields. Not the same as you want, but it might help to see the spectrum of successful.
I usually end up writing a short intro paragraph, a medium-length paragraph about my academic credentials, another medium one (though a bit longer) about my relevant work experience and skills, and a short closing/thank you. After formatting, it covers about one sheet of paper.
Chickadees again, then; there they were, undeniable, bold and chattering, beautiful, fierce. I loved them helplessly. My only disappointment was that they'd been last year's bird for me, and I had thought something different would happen this year. I wanted for difference so badly, after so long a sameness. I wanted new angles of augury. I wanted Lynda Barry's "Something big. A revelation. Suddenly you just understand."
I picked at some maple seeds from a fallen tree branch, thinking maybe if I hulled one and held it in my hands I could offer it to a bird, entice the miracle. I stood very, very still for what felt like a very long time. The birds came closer, and I felt this becoming enough: their closeness, their unbearable beauty, their vivid life.
What they should do is validate and expand on the information you are providing. Good letters cover your personal qualities and the accomplishments and experiences that make you stand out from others. They underscore the attributes that make you a match for the program to which you are applying.
Basically, your letter writers should very briefly introduce themselves, say how they know you and then make the case for you. Most of the letter should detail why they recommend you for the program, with a couple of broad statements and a few supporting details.
I am quite new here (2nd post!). I had my 2nd rheumatologist appointment 3 weeks ago but still haven't had any paperwork through in the post. Is this normal? He tentatively diagnosed me with sero negative RA but said there were some pointers to PsA so said he would schedule a bone scan to look at the pattern of inflammation, plus would get the rheumatology nurse to call me to arrange an appointment to talk about starting methotrexate (am currently in hydroxychloroquine) and a chest x-ray. I've not heard anything and not had the letter summarising the appointment either. Is this normal & just reflecting the state of the NHS at the moment, or could something have got lost somewhere? I have no way of contacting his secretary since I this is the first time I've seen this rheumatologist and don't have contact info.
Sounds like 3 weeks isn't actually that long then. I will continue waiting for the postman. I don't remember it taking this long when I needed to see a consultant about something else a few years ago. Very frustrating when you just want to get to the bottom of what the problem is. I am naturally a very impatient person so obviously need to learn to wait given the current state of the NHS! Thanks for all the replies.
I usually get a letter after two weeks. One (which went incorrectly to my usual rheumy for checking but she was on maternity leave) took seven weeks. I called the rheumy team several times but they just said it was out for proofreading/signature and they would chase it.
I've always had a cc'd copy of the letter to the doctor in the past, so am expecting to get something. This happened in my previous appointment with the other rheumy (after two weeks which included Christmas) and every other consultant I've had to see in the past. I can't contact the rheumatology nurses because I don't have the contact info. This is one of the things I'm waiting for, hence my frustration. I'm sure now I've posted this, the letter will arrive through the letterbox today! Otherwise I will have to resign myself to being a more patient patient!
Hi. I usually get a summary letter 2-3 weeks after my consultant appointment - a copy of the one sent to my Gp. As posts above have said, rheumatology depts in the NHS are under a great deal of pressure which can be frustrating when you are in pain or waiting for a meds change but I tell myself that thankfully a wait is unlikely to kill me. I guess in a health system under increasing pressure I have to concede that cancer investigations ( a former colleague has just been diagnosed) and conditions that are immediately life threatening (OH had a stent put in recently for a severely blocked heart artery) will and should inevitably take priority. We do have to 'fight our corner' though!
OH has at all manner of problems around communications between his hospital rheumatology dept, his GP and himself. They've lost things, not sent letters, not recorded or sent blood test results, made incorrect appointments - and this is all in 3 months! He's been constantly chasing the hospital, the rheumatology dept and the GP. My advice would be that you need to make sure you're clear on what should be happening, and chase the relevant departments to make sure it actually is. I don't think it's that the staff don't care or are incompetent, I think they just have no time. Good luck.
My letters have always come through in a matter of days... I'm the same as you had 2nd appoint with Rheumatologist & he prescribed mtx & folic acid but I can't start until I have a clear X-ray, I have appointment on the 16th March with RA nurse for meds education and also the X-ray...
Hello, well as everyone has said below, you need to have a lot of patience if you have RA. I generally have to wait around 8 to 10 weeks to receive a copy of the letter sent to my doctor, and sometimes I don't get a copy. With the changes to our system - being 'electronic' in Cambridge, the letters written by RA nurse get sent by scan and email to my doctor, the same day. Unfortunately it then takes the doctors a day to scan the letter into my notes, another day to show the letter to the doctor, another day for the doctor to sign a new prescription, and then on the fourth day I will generally receive the medication I'm meant to!
I know that sometimes I don't get a letter until after the xrays/ scans etc. So can sometimes wait even longer. I usually make an appointment to see my doctor and go through things to bring him up to date face to face. Much easier. Sometimes I find my consultant has written to my doctor, but not sent me a copy. So it's always good to check.
Jadyn will only see a reported grade twice during the year: a midyear progress report and the final grade on her report card, which is based on a month-long final project. In many ways, she said, that is freeing.
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