...According to the short essay “On Going Home” by Joan Didion, you can never go back home once you’ve acquired another. Didion explains generation gaps during the rocky path towards self-realization and acceptance while attending what we call life. She explains that there is a certain time in which people find themselves in what is described as a mid-life crisis- the realization that what was a familiar and comfortable past is now not the present. As teenagers we wait anxiously for the day we once and for all move out and be free to explore the world from a new mindset. However, in Didion's essay we see that there is a possibility of a new reality of what lies ahead once we step out of the house we grew up in. Her life now consists of dealing with her marriage, raising her daughter, and living in Los Angeles; Didion's persona throughout the essay is that she is often triggered by past experiences that lead her into a lingering sensation of nostalgia and uneasiness but yet hope and acceptance as well. Didion is obviously conflicted with the strong values she holds towards her childhood family life and new family life in LA, wishing to unite them in her marriage. Her husband is troubled to be with her family in this "home" on account of her turning into a different person around her family. It becomes apparent her husband was raised conflictingly and doesn't appreciate it when his wife falls victim to the ways of her family, ". . .which are difficult, oblique, deliberately inarticulate"...
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...The essay titled “The Price We Pay” written by Adam Mayblum, the author details his personal experience of escape from the World Trade Towers on September 11th. As I read this detailed account of his escape, I am emotionally affected. I am humbled to read acts of bravery, selflessness and teamwork. We see accounts of how Adam, himself, constantly puts himself in immediate danger to go back and help others descend from the building. He recalls how he went back to the 85th floor, after initially leaving, to go back and find one of his partners. He stops to account for his officemates, along with shepherding people out into safety. Throughout the narration, he is constantly reaching out to others to help them. He sees an associate stuck in the stairwell and asks him if he needs help and offers to help carry him. We see the selflessness of the firemen and police, who ascend the stairs to help others. Despite the smoke, fire and destruction around, they go without hesitation to help others. We also see acts of teamwork, in which everyone is trying hard to escape the building together. They are using a system of communication and touch, to blindly escape through the debris from the building. As I read these various accounts from the essay, I hold back tears. To see such courageous humanity, where you would think people would only care of their own safety, he shows us how we pull together to help each other. Such acts show us examples of humanity and love that cannot be destroyed, even...
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...A Gap of Sky Being young is not always that easy as it sounds. You have to think on things like expectation and responsibility. It is reality and you cannot always live life, as you want it. You cannot hide from life and you have to face it while you are young. It is different from people to people if you live by the word ‘freedom’ but we all feel free somehow. And being a teenager and being young is a time to feel free and to experience how great life is. And so do Ellie from “A Gap of Sky” by Anna Hope in 2008. The text is about a girl named Ellie who is addicted to coke. She needs to make her essay to continue her course but she needs ink for her printer. She walks around in London to find a shop with ink but she cannot focus. A lot of things disturb her. Ellie is a confused girl with a confused life with a lot of things going on. She is addicted to coke and she drinks a lot of alcohol with her friends. She is close to be kicked out from her course and her last change to stay is to write an essay. But instead of being home to make the essay, she is going to a party with her friends and the day after is the day with the deadline for sending the essay. She wakes up in the afternoon and she has not anything under control in her situation. She is now 19 years old and should be able to control her own life. But why will they kick her out from the course if she does not write that one essay? That must be because she does not take her education very seriously. She also...
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...Addition * furthermore * moreover * too * also * in the second place * again * in addition * even more * next * further * last, lastly * finally * besides * and, or, nor * first * second, secondly, etc. Time * while * immediately * never * after * later, earlier * always * when * soon * whenever * meanwhile * sometimes * in the meantime * during * afterwards * now, until now * next * following * once * then * at length * simultaneously * so far * this time * subsequently Place * here * there * nearby * beyond * wherever * opposite to * adjacent to * neighboring on * above, below Exemplification or Illustration * to illustrate * to demonstrate * specifically * for instance * as an illustration * e.g., (for example) * for example Comparison * in the same way * by the same token * similarly * in like manner * likewise * in similar fashion Contrast * yet * and yet * nevertheless * nonetheless * after all * but * however * though * otherwise * on the contrary * in contrast * notwithstanding * on the other hand * at the same time Clarification * that is to say * in other words * to explain * i.e., (that is) * to clarify * to rephrase...
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...wouldn’t be complete. They are the people who you know for ages, or even if you don’t you feel like you were born on the same day. They will always be by your side and will help you with any troubles. In the dictionary you can find three definitions of friendship:1. The quality or condition of being friends2. A friendly relationship3. Friendliness, good will In order to know what all these definitions mean we need to figure out what is the definition for friends. A friend is defined as a person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. So friendship is when two people know each other well, and trust each other. Friendship is the relationship between two people who really care about each other. Your friendship will keep you happy, but it is not easy. Friendship demands time and effort, and sometimes you have to step over your pride and put yourself on the place of your friend, and see what she feels even if you think you are correct. But in exchange, a friend can provide a lot of support and comfort in good times and bad. Many things are needed to make friendship a real one, including trustworthiness, support, honesty, and loyalty. Friendship is supposed to make both people happy, and enjoying their relationship. Yes, each person has an individual character and it is hard to find people who share your thoughts. Also, it might occur that at one point of life you are friends, and then something happened and you can never be friends anymore. Things happen...
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...Complex Systems in Education CSE ESSAYS COURSE Complex Course on Writing English and American Essays for Advanced Students English Language Programs Division Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Writing 2 United States Information Agency, Washington, D. C. 1999 2 3 How to Use this Complex Course Частные уроки Английского Языка 387-1231 MIND Speaks to MIND – Selected American Essays 4 Preface Some years ago, a visitor to our office, a professor of English at a large foreign university, asked if the English Language Programs Division had published a book of American essays for foreign students – especially students at the advanced level. Having to respond in the negative, I was, nonetheless, “intrigued” by the idea of a collection of essays that would form a source of stimulating ideas or thoughts that could be thoroughly examined in the EFL classroom, discussed and debated in free conversation, and perhaps, ultimately, lead to a significant growth in the exchange of information between cultures – via the printed page. From this rationale, then, there issues an explanation for the title, Mind Speaks to Mind, which itself is an “exchange of information” between the editor and Edward Hoagland in his essay, “On Essays”! And, readers are encouraged to study this essay first as a type of guideline concerning the nature/purpose of the essay. It is found on page 26. For ease of reference, the essays are presented in alphabetical order according...
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...2012-13 essay questions: ESSAY OPTION 1. "A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." –Oscar Wilde. Othello and Iago. Dorothy and the Wicked Witch. Autobots and Decepticons. History and art are full of heroes and their enemies. Tell us about the relationship between you and your arch-nemesis (either real or imagined). Inspired by Martin Krzywy, admitted student Class of 2016. ESSAY OPTION 2. Heisenberg claims that you cannot know both the position and momentum of an electron with total certainty. Choose two other concepts that cannot be known simultaneously and discuss the implications. (Do not consider yourself limited to the field of physics). Inspired by Doran Bennett, BS'07 Chemistry and Mathematics. ESSAY OPTION 3. Susan Sontag, AB'51, wrote that "[s]ilence remains, inescapably, a form of speech." Write about an issue or a situation when you remained silent, and explain how silence may speak in ways that you did or did not intend. The Aesthetics of Silence, 1967. Anonymous submission. ESSAY OPTION 4. “...I [was] eager to escape backward again, to be off to invent a past for the present." –The Rose Rabbi by Daniel Stern Present: pres·ent 1. Something that is offered, presented, or given as a gift. Let’s stick with this definition. Unusual presents, accidental presents, metaphorical presents, re-gifted presents, etc. — pick any present you have ever received and invent a past for it. Inspired by Jennifer Qin, admitted student Class of 2016. ESSAY...
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...talks about the Italian man, Berto, and that he looks like a monkey with all his body hair. He feels that people like Berto, visitors as well as immigrants, are ruining London. Berto is an Italian guy who comes to London to visit Cathy, an English girl he met in Venice. They had a holiday relationship and spend a lot of time together, especially in bed. Berto does not understand a lot of English, and little does he speak it, but he did understand to come visit her in Hackney. When Berto finally comes to London, longing for what he had with Cathy, nothing is what he thought it would be. Cathy has an open relationship with another man, and the fact that the three of them spend a lot of time together confuses Berto even more. On their way home from a party Cathy gets angry at Berto, not knowing what he said to upset her, and leaves him in the...
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...Gr.301 Russu Cristian Narrative Essay The legend of the Coral Island - NOPOMBALU The legend of the Coral Island - NOPOMBALU Once upon a time there were a handsome hunter, his name was Lawongo. In the jungle he only hunted wild hogs. The animals often destroyed the villagers' fields. The villagers were very grateful. With Lawongo's help, their fields were safe from the wild hogs. Lawongo was also very great in playing a flute, it was so melodious, like the night butterflies, dancing over the fire. Everybody always enjoyed listening to his flute play. One of the people was a beautiful girl. She always listened attentively, with those passionate eyes looking at him. Lawongo knew there was a beautiful girl who always paid attention to him. Lawongo fell in love with her. The girl also loved him, later they got married. They were very happy. They loved each other and promised to be always together. They would be together until they died. On one night, Lawongo had a strange dream. In his dream he was hunting a very big wild hog. The hog attacked him. He did his best to kill the hog, with monstrous tusks. He used his knife to stab the hog and it finally died. Its dead body, was as big as the moon in the sky that night. On the next morning, Lawongo went hunting. It was still early in the morning and he did not want to wake his wife up. In the jungle ha did not see any animals. He could not find any wild hog either. He felt very strange. He walked and he felt very...
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...Essay about Ice Break The story is about a girl who lives with her siblings and parents. Her name is Dawn. Her father wants to go ice fishing. Her mother do not want to come, she never does. She says it is to late in the season now, and she has some financial work to catch up with. Uncle Rick and the father thinks the ice will hold, and still wants to go out. Dawn has to go with her father, because they do these things sometimes, where one kid, goes with one parent, some quality time together. Dawn does not want to go with her father, she talks her sister, Janie, into coming with them. An older sister, Marla, is going to be babysitting in another family this day, so she can not come, but while they are still at home she tells Dawn that she knows something that Dawn does not. She wont tell Dawn and Janie what it is, but tells them that it is about Mr. and Mrs. Pichowsky, then she leaves out the door. Dawn knows that Mr. and Mrs. Pichowsky got a divorce a year before, but does not want to tell Janie, because their mother had come into the kitchen again. Janie already knows that Mr. Pichowsky went one way and Mrs. Pichowsky another with the kids. So the kids are separated from their father. They drive out to the lake and see lots of others sitting on the ice. They drive along the lake for a while, then turn and drive out on the ice, the same place as all the others. They have driven a long way onto the ice, when it breaks under them. The father tries to get Dawns seatbelt...
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...(Narrative Essay) JUDY BRADY I Want a Wife (1971) Judy Brady’s essay became an instant classic when it appeared in 1971 in the premier issue of the feminist magazine Ms. As you read, analyze the definitions of “husband” and “wife” that Brady uses, and consider why this essay became so powerful in the 1970s. I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am A Wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother. Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. He had one child, who is, of course, with his ex-wife. He is looking for another wife. As I thought about him while I was ironing one evening, it suddenly occurred to me that I, too, would like to have a wife. Why do I want a wife? I would like to go back to school so that I can become economically independent, support myself, and, if need be, support those dependent upon me. I want a wife who will work and send me to school. And while I am going to school I want a wife to take care of my children. I want a wife to keep track of the children’s doctor and dentist appointments. And to keep track of mine, too. I want a wife to make sure my children eat properly and are kept clean. I want a wife who will wash the children’s clothes and keep them mended. I want a wife who is a good nurturant attendant to my children, who arranges for their schooling, makes sure that they have an adequate social life with their peers, takes them to the park, the zoo, etc. I want a...
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...The Only Home We Have “Home is the place where they have to let you in.” From the beginning of the life on earth, every living creature has felt the sense of belonging. Belonging to some place that makes us safe, comfortable and peaceful. It’s called home, in today’s language. Home is the place where we all born, raised and come back again everytime when we leave. It’s what we need to be able to continue living. Since the life has begun on the earth, nature is the home for all living creatures. As Robert Frost said, nature lets every living creature in when they born, but unfortunately humankind is not able understand how precious the nature is and how should we treat the nature. Earth is our nature, the only nature we can live and survive as far as scientists discover another nature in the outer space. But the question is, are we showing the same respect nature shows us by letting us in without wanting anything in return? The answer is obvious and worrying. We, as humans, are disrespectful, self-centered and reckless towards the nature because of the materialistic perspective we have and the nature is keeping used and consumed by us as the ‘perfect tool’ to achieve our materialistic determinations, pleasures and comfort without realizing it’s the only home we have. Instead of showing gratitude to the nature, humans use the nature for materialistic determinations and benefits. Considering how was the nature when the life first started on earth and how it is now, a great influence...
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...UNIT 1 Special Note: The argumentative essay is a very useful test of a student’s ability to think logically. Argue: v. 1. to persuade someone to do or not do something. 2. to give the reasons for your opinion, idea, belief, etc. Argumentative: adj. someone who is argumentative often argues or like arguing. Argument: n. a set of reasons that show that something is true or untrue, right or wrong etc. When you have an opinion and try to convince your listener or reader to accept your opinion, you are agreeing with or disagreeing with something. For example: In an everyday situation, you may try to convince a friend to go somewhere or in a composition or speech class, the instructor may make an assignment in which you must support or oppose the use of nuclear energy to produce electricity. If you agree or disagree on an issue, you will want your reader or listener to accept your point of view. There are a few types of argumentative compositions such as: 1. Advantages and disadvantages 2. Expressing opinions/providing solutions to problems 3. Expressing arguments for and against a topic 4. Compare and contrast something or somebody PURPOSE of ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS * An argument follows when two groups disagree about something. * People can have different opinions and can offer reasons in support...
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...only just begun. First, My English was not so good, and there were multiple English tests to determine the suitable level for me. When the first test started, a long piece of paper like a mat was distrusted among us, and I was required to read it and write a reflection about it in an essay format within an hour. At that time, I did not know what an essay is, and how to write it; moreover, I did not understand the article at all due to a lot of academic words I was not familiar with; as a result, I did not write anything. In addition to the writing test, I had to take a listening test and answer some questions. It was very awful since I did not get anything from that long conversation. The talk was quickly, and I could not write something down. Not only there were a writing and listening test, but also a speaking test as well. It was like an interview to test my speaking skills. The only things that I answered were what my name is and how old I am, other than that, I kept repeating this expression could you speak slowly? After I finished these tests, I thought there was nothing else to do, so I started to comfort myself and forget about these tests. However, I was mistaken; I was asked to go and pick up my SU ID from Steal Hall. At that time, it was hard for me ask them for assistance due to my poor pronunciation, so I decided to use my phone GPS to guide me. Even though I was very close from Steal Hall, I did not find it. Then I felt disappointed and worry, and tears formed...
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