Fair as Caught The phrase, “that’s not fair,” has been used by every person that I encounter in life. The response might have been to a parent that wanted the toys picked up that a sibling left out. It might have been the teacher sending the boys to the back of the lunch line every day because he was teaching the boys to be gentlemen. Whatever the case may be there is no way around that phrase. To describe something as fair someone may use a whole list of alternate definitions, and most are words
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of what is considered good country people. Flannery O’Connor’s purpose is to get readers to understand deeply that she was using words to represent the characters’ personalities. I can see the play on words in the title and characters’ names. The story begins with Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Hopewell as they discussed their duties and children, mainly how they raised them to be good country people. Discussion of Mrs. Hopewell’s daughter takes over the text. She has low self-esteem, a bad personality, and
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Essay ENWR 106-11 August 8, 2013 Even the Blind Can One Day See In the short story “Cathedral” the speaking voice comes from the character known as the husband. The husband appears to narrate the story with the intent of telling it like it is. He makes his opinions, usually negative, very well known to the reader, which I believe makes him appear that much more human to the audience. I chose this story for my final paper because I was able to develop a connection with the husband, or perhaps
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In life, it is really important to always believe in yourself and always aim to where you want to be and what you want to become. Being an underdog shouldn’t mean anything to you because if you know and believe that you can do anything you want you just have to focus on you and not on the others. In this text I will write about how Red and seabiscuit dealt by being underdogs. First of all, I was really impressed by Red and Seabiscuit with their perseverance and their willingness. Both of them never
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Defender of the Faith “Defender of the Faith” is a short story written by Philip Roth that depicts the tale of a young Jewish Sergeant in the US Army during World War II named Nathan Marx. Sergeant Marx is returned back state side after the fighting ends in Europe and is stationed at Camp Crowder. Camp Crowder is a basic training facility where Marx is in charge of training new soldiers and preparing them for war. The title “Defender of the Faith” comes from his role as a company leader full of
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Charlie Gordon is the protagonist in the short story “Flowers of Algernon,” written by Daniel Keyes. He is a 37 year old with a mental disability and an IQ of 68. Charlie works as a janitor and although he has quite a low IQ, he has a good attitude about changing his life, and to do whatever it takes for him to get smarter. Charlie goes to Miss Kinnian’s class for slow adults to get better at spelling and writing and potentially get smarter. Miss Kinnian teaches literacy skills to mentally retarded
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that in other to get through life's hardship one has to be determined. Phoenix, an African-American woman, the main character in this story showed a lot of determination. In the story, Phoenix faced a lot of obstacles as she journeyed to town. She speaks to herself loudly while walking to town “ keep the wild hogs out of my path. Don't let none of those running in my direction . I got a long way”. The author wants us to learn about determination because although, there were thorns, wild animals and
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periods, and styles of writing. Some of which, like Emily Dickinson’s Life I and Life XLIII, Joyce Carol Oates’ Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, and Sherman Alexie’s What You Pawn I Will Redeem I thoroughly enjoyed and learned from. While others such as Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River, Mark Twain’s excerpt When The Buffalo Climbed a Tree from Roughing It, and the excerpt from Sula by Toni Morrison weren’t exactly my cup of tea. Emily Dickinson is a remarkable poet who often writes
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material this week. This culture has their way of communicating with one another. Within the Hispanic and Latino cultures we repeatedly see magic, religion, faith and tradition play big parts in their lives. In this essay, I will discuss four of the stories that I feel show how these elements play a part in their day to day lives. I have chosen four pieces, “Curving Woman,” by Alejandro Morales, “Seven Long Times,” by Piri Thomas, “Tales Told under the Mango Tree, “ by Judith Ortiz Cofer and last but
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Through Time My earliest memory of media was when I was three years old, just learning how to comprehend books. The book was The Little Engine That Could. I remember the cover getting me ecstatic instantly, the bright blue train with a clown in the back got me all worked up, all I could remember saying was “I need to be on this train!” but my mom would never take me unfortunately. The Little Engine That Could was a frequent bedtime story for years on years; this story did not leave my house for the
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