...keeps going and you wonder what comes next every time. I'm more into stories that keep going as the story goes on but sometimes it is frustrating when you don’t know what’s next. In this way it keeps people hooked to a story and some won’t stop reading it until they know what exactly happened. Throughout many years of having to read for school i never really thought i would enjoy many stories or even have little interest in following along and especially in finding them interesting, but McGee did make it an interesting and fun year by teaching us a lot even if we didn’t realize it and the best part was that most of us did follow along for once. In the end of it all i did come across a few stories that i enjoyed, The World is too much with us, To a Mouse, Chaucer, Fears, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. These stories told me something in a different way that anyone could of told me and not that the outcome would be different but the story puts it in a different type of view. Rime of the Ancient Mariners talked to us...
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...book, The Sun Also Rises, On The Road and In The Life Of Denisovich, all of the features reflect many of the aspects of the characters subcultures. The beat generation and lost generation talks about how guys go on a journey on the road while the members all of the siberian labor camp tells the reader, people's rough life trying to survive. The beat generation and lost generation goes at a much faster pace than the members of the Siberian labor camp. The Beat Generation and the Lost Generation has what's going on on a daily while the members of the Siberia says what's going on in one day. Also the tone of these three books are similar. The beat generation and the Lost Generation, the authors as a positive attitude towards these books. The author's tone is exciting because those book tells you they go out a lot and party and drunk and have fun and also get at girls. The members of the Siberian labor camp tone is more bitter. They are just trying to survive the camp so they can get back to their family. In the three books, the author uses tone, sentences structure and pace to represent these subculture. The book On The Road is a beat generation of which are more of a outgoing group. Two guys go on the road to have fun with each other and discover new things. In the book On The Road the author uses sentence structure. The paragraphs are really long because they are always on the road. “And he balled that clear to Iowa city…. and all I had to do was lean back and roll on.” (kerouac...
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...decides he’ll be the one to keep the boys on the right track about being rescued. He just wants the boys to take the situation they are in serious. Ralph shows nurture because he still realizes just because they are no adults they must be rules and must be followed. He’s looking at it as what is they was adults around, him and the other boys would have to listen and he...
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...The course of life flows every day. Each day we get older, and each day that passes gets us one tiny step closer to death. What importance do we give to all our days? We spend about one fourth of our life span getting educated, becoming the men/women of the future. But ask yourself, why do we do it? Most would reason that it’s to get a good job, to win a lot of money and be able to have a good life, a life where all commodities can be obtained. I recently got to think, in the process of trying to obtain all this, are we still enjoying life? In the end, when the human race fails to exist, nothing will be left of us. In the views of death, once our time is almost over all that is really important are the experiences we have in our life, the knowledge of whether each of us lived the life we desired. Nietzsche says: Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of “world history”, but nevertheless, it was only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die.—One might invent such a fable, how shadowy and transient, how aimless and arbitrary the human intellect looks within nature. There were eternities during which it did not exist. And when it is all over with the human intellect, nothing will have happened. (451) In the universal...
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...When I began my senior year at Independence I didn’t know what to expect going into the ERWC class. I didn’t know anything about the class besides it being English and required. I assumed the class was going to be a normal English class with boring reading and writing from a giant textbook. As I made progression in the class throughout the school year I realized there's more to ERWC than a giant textbook. We used many different types of engaging modules with topics relatable and debatable. With these modules I was able to pick up different reading and writing abilities from each one. I learned that ERWC meant Effective Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum. The course would teach me the integration of interactive reading and writing processes. I found that the overall structure of the modules was well thought out. The prereading addresses the topic very detailed while trying to get you to incorporate your life. It gets my mind running and thinking about questions for the reading ahead. The reading allows you to gather all types of different information for your writing. While the post reading allows you to reflect and question what you just read about. One of the modules that I found to be most effective to me was What’s next? Life After High School. I chose this...
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...way we see certain things to the way we feel certain things. But how accurate are our senses really? We were born with these senses and they do strengthen over time, we adjust to things and we are a culture who are used to change. But what if we were born blind, would some of the senses we have be more powerful? In the next few paragraphs I’ll give you a few reasons of why we should and shouldn’t believe in the senses we are so used to... My first reason would have to be our sense of sight. Sight is: This technically is two senses given the two distinct types of receptors present, one for color (cones) and one for brightness (rods). Our sight is very important, it allows us to see what’s in front of us, say if a car is coming and we are walking then we can move out of the way. Or vision allows us to see what’s beautiful, it allows us to see how one’s life has changed. For those who have kids, your vision allows you to see your child from birth to the day he/she walks down that aisle to start his/her life. Although sight may seem all positive there are some negative drawbacks. Sometimes just because you see something doesn’t mean it’s true. You may see you two people fighting for example and just used to violence, but maybe there just playing. You may need your other senses to distinguish what’s really there. The ability to hear the sounds around us is an important quality-of-life. It can help us distinguish two people fighting to just playing. So what is the meaning of sound...
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...such a way that information about what’s going on around the world is freely put out to the public in a wide variety of networking and people from all walks of life. Whether it be sports, entertainment, news, history in the making, politics, or just a person’s take on any given thought the freedom to make know information is not just relied on from the regular 6 o’clock news anymore. Mediums such as instant messaging, Facebook, Instagram, twitter, and blog sites just to name a few are taking over the job of the news reporters and journalist. Even shows like TMZ give more updates on what’s going on from entertainers to politics in the White House. It’s like each person in a sense shares a role as a gatekeeper because a person can choose what they want to post on their Facebook page or Twitter quotes about their stances on different subjects. People can actually photoshop their friends, family members, stars, and important political figures and make things seem as though they are real when they are not. The days of solely relying on your local news station are gone. Most of the time social media knows about events or breaking newsworthy information first because of the ability of digital cameras, cell phone cameras, and the ability to upload in a split second with a touch of a finger is all it takes for information to go viral. The ethical concerns that go along with the shifting of the gatekeeper are questions that arise of what’s real and what’s not real. Who’s lying and who’s...
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...that held meaning to an individual that allowed them to find purpose and what one would need to do in order to feel accomplished in life. In the process of completing this tool, I began with my boyfriend’s life experience. Since he has been incarcerated and recently released from prison, I thought he would be a good candidate to help get some ideas with the design of my tool. During our initial conversation, I asked him what concepts he thought was essential to life’s basics. He described three things. The first concept was to understand how to dream and uncover what one really wants. The second was to understand how to get rid of self-sabotaging mental chatter and negative beliefs. Last, but not least, knowing how to make and keep commitments to oneself around ones body, career, money, and relationships. I found these concepts to be very intriguing and was really surprised at the response I received. While in prison, he explained that he had a lot of time to dream about what he really wanted out of life and what things he needed to do once he got out in order to achieve those goals. He emphasized that sometimes people need to stop what they are doing and really sit down and analyze their life at the current moment and ask themselves if they are where they really want to be and if they have achieved their goals or accomplished anything in life. The second concept he mentioned comes from him believing at one point in time that he was his...
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...looking around at the many different faces of the city of New York. He noticed how people look different, have different cultures, have different clothes, and personalities, and thought about how different people were. As Atom was daydreaming he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He looked at his phone and it read Ashley, his wife. He answered the phone. He continued walking home as his wife argued with him on the phone. He stepped to a curb, half looked for cars, and began walking across the street. A car came flying by and hit him, he then flew 30 feet into a building and died. “Woah, where am I?” Atom said as he awoke in all white...
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...difficult to step back and appreciate and apprehend their great impact on our lives. Think of a normal typical day of your life, many people wake up to their alarm that’s set on their cell phone. Soon after waking up everyone has a routine that includes some type of media whether it be check your text messages or look at Facebook or read the newspaper, or check your email, turn the TV on and watch the news or the weather. Some will turn the radio on and listen to the news. Then you go to work or school, and your classes and jobs most likely use various types of media from course management software to PowerPoint presentations. Then you return home at the end of the day and wind down by watching TV or playing video games or watching movies and so on. These days its almost like we rely on media on our everyday life. American culture has changed over time I think a lot of it has to do with technology. The more and more technology grows and gets smarter it shapes our culture and affects us and we change and shape to it. We become dependent on technology. It has changed our culture by always having our phones out sending text messages constantly; taking pictures everywhere you go posting them to social media websites. These days everyone knows where you are and what you’re doing. Visual entertainment media has gone from being about families to being about everything. Visual entertainment media explains the meaning in the name, “entertainment”. The media today shows what society...
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...1.Write a dialogue between Jony and Nadim about illiteracy. Jony: Hello Nadim. How are you? Nadim: Fine. Thank you. What’s about you? Jony: I am also fine.thanks. May I know your opinion about Illiteracy? Nadim: yes. It’s a great problem and curse for our country. Jony: How? Nadim: You know, Education is the back bone of a nation. No nation can prosper without education. Jony: What should we do then? Nadim: We should work hand to hand to remove illiteracy. Jony: We should also need to create public awarness. Nadim: Yes, of course. It’s a vital factor. Jony: Thank you. Nadim: Welcome. 2.Write a dialogue between Nadim and Noyon about Tree plantation. Nadim: Hello Noyon , How are you? Noyon: Fine. Thank you. What’s about you? Nadim: I am also fine.thanks.Where are you going? Noyon: I am going to attend the tree plantation program. Nadim: What do you need to plant trees? Noyon: Don’t you know about the important of tree plantation. Nadim: Sorry friends. I don’t know. Noyon: Ok, I shall tell about it. Nadim: Please do. Noyon: Tree’s are very useful to us. They help us many Ways. They give us food shelter and shade. They also give us oxyzen and prevent natural calamities. Nadim: Yes, Now I can realize. When should we plant trees? Noyon: June and July are the...
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...of “Critical Thinking” by Leo and lets not forget the Socratic Seminar with the class. I think it's worse to never try in many thinks like in life. First , Equality 7-2521 in Anthem By Ayn Rand never gave up in what he discover. An example of this is planning to escape from the council to show them the light he discover in the tunnel. This is when Equality 7-2521 discover a light that no one has ever done or disobey orders from the council and following the light. This connects to my life by always disobeying everyone why because is something I always do I like doing many things on my own and in my own way not their way. Next Emancipation proclamation , by Abraham Lincoln. In the Emancipation Proclamation Abraham he wanted to free all of the slaves so that they can have freedom as the americans do. A quote of the Emancipation would be “ I order and and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states , and parts of states , are...
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...|Results Summary |Strengths |Weaknesses | |How Satisfied Am I |82 |She seems really satisfied with her|Unsure about working alone or | |with My Job? | |position. |taking leadership roles. | |Am I Engaged? |26 |She shows dedication and |Lacks focus after long periods of | | | |determination for the job. |time, easily distracted. | |How Are You Feeling |42 |She tends to be high in emotional |Lacks excitement and delight. | |Right Now? | |stability and high in |Depressed with some depression | | | |conscientiousness. |issues that need to be dealt with. | |What’s My Affect |42 |Very passionate and stands up for |Highly emotional this can cause to | |Intensity? | |what she thinks is right. |make wrong decisions. | |What’s My Emotional |43 |She has good social skills and self|Lacks persistence. | |Intelligence Score? | ...
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...Readers Reviews 1) I really enjoyed reading this book. I am an elementary school teacher and I feel that this book is wonderfully written so that children are able to enjoy it. 2) This book was a very well written book which I think parents should encourage their children to read. It deals with illegal immigrants from Mexico. It teaches children about being tolerant, accepting, generous, and standing up for what is right. I think it teaches a good lesson for all children and parents. 3) I enjoyed reading about helping another person who was worse off than they were. The illustrations were colorful, interesting and well done and for that I really liked them. Readers Reviews 4) I really enjoyed reading this book. I am an elementary school teacher and I feel that this book is wonderfully written so that children are able to enjoy it. 5) This book was a very well written book which I think parents should encourage their children to read. It deals with illegal immigrants from Mexico. It teaches children about being tolerant, accepting, generous, and standing up for what is right. I think it teaches a good lesson for all children and parents. 6) I enjoyed reading about helping another person who was worse off than they were. The illustrations were colorful, interesting and well done and for that I really liked them. Summary * This is a story about Prietita a young Mexican American girl who meets a Mexican boy by the name of Joaquin. ...
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...What’s in Swindon? - Analytical Essay The story what’s in Swindon is written by Stuart Evers in 2012. It’s about a man and a woman, and their love life. In their twenties they were a happy couple, living in isolation to the world, meaning that they didn’t take part in society and kept for themselves. However this perfect relationship ended. They split up and lived apart for years without contact. Years later Angela contacted Marty, she told him that she had rented a hotel room in Swindon, and that they should meet. While In Swindon Angela tells Marty about her marriage and that she wanted to meet because she had second thoughts, but after figuring out that Marty has change since they were together she leaves without him. This is obviously a story about romance and getting over somebody you’ve been with a long time, finding a new daily routine without that special someone. In this case I believe it’s Angela who broke the relationship. We don’t hear who actually did it, and it seems they are both tired of the way things has become between them, but in the beginning of the story, Marty says that Angela left the Wigan’s World Famous Winter Wonderland, and that that was the last time he’d seen her. Of cause until she contacted him again. They were both equally guilt in ruining the bond they had, but she made the final move. We hear shortly about Marty’s everyday life and routine years after the breakup. He has a very ordinary life. He works at an office and reads the newspaper...
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