...sometimes even lead to a fear of going in the wrong direction. In the short story “A Gap of Sky”, the author Anna hope uses the narrative technique with a stream of consciousness to give us an insight into the young protagonist Ellies mind, as she walks through the urban setting of London, where her confused mind makes her lose herself in the many choices and decisions. * Topic sentence for the 1st paragraph The author allows the setting to take a symbolical meaning, when Anna Hope uses the urban setting of London, and how that affects Ellie’s way of taking choices. The story takes place in the streets of London; an urban setting Throughout the short story it is clear that Ellie is tired of education, things she has to do and expectations. She knows that she has to write the essay in order to stay on the course, but she is not quite sure for whom she is doing it. Her life seem to be an eternal search for freedom, and it is exactly the word “freedom” that is repeated through the story. In this quote; ”She doesn’t know where she is going maybe the river, yes, the river is what she needs, to look at the wide river, to see the wide river, to see the wide river and wash this away” (p, 4, ll. 94-96) The fact that Ellie chooses to go to the river indicates that, she stands at a point where she wants to “wash” the painful feeling away. The river has a calming effect on her. In this particular part of the story, the...
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..."Response to Executive order 9066" and "Mericas" were written by authors who were inspired by foreign and America culture. Sandra Cisneros and Dwight Okita communicated the topic of American identity through their stories. American identity is being apart of the American culture by sharing the same values, beliefs, etc. Okita's poem and Cisneros story both show that coming from a different cultural background, and the way you look does not define what being an American is. " Merica " by Sandra Cisneros is about a young girl who in between the old and the new side of her Mexican culture. Micaela shows in various ways how shes dislikes her grandmother, and how different their views are in general. The grandmother prays at La Divina Providencia an old Mexican church for her family members who live in the United States. She refers it as " that barbaric country and its barbaric ways ". Her dislike for the united states differs from the way Micaela feels about it. While she feels a stronger connection moreover to the U.S. rather then she does Mexico. Another strong form of American identity in the short story was when Micaela and her brothers were playing a game, but she would constantly get picked on for being a girl. Young girls feel as if they need to prove themselves to the boys to be treated equally. Although Micaela identify's her self as being an American some tourist think other wise based on the...
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...Reading some stories can be confusing and hard at times since people can’t always put themselves in a character's perspective. It is even more difficult to comprehend without an aid of some sort but the short story The Veldt is different. The automated home the Hadley family live in does all of their everyday chores for them. In The Veldt, Ray Bradbury utilizes descriptive language and symbolism to express the experiences of living in the Happylife home. The language used creates vivid, lifelike images in the reader's mind that immerses them into an unrealistic world. Some other readers who analyze this story feel imagery is applied to the story and plays along with descriptive language. Symbolism is a heavy topic in this tale. Important parts stick out through symbols, which help the reader to relate to what is happening. Significant, impactful descriptive language and symbolism are placed in The Veldt. Descriptive language modifies how The Veldt can be perceived. When the short tale mentions how the main room, the nursery, shifts, “... presently an African veldt appeared, in three dimensions… the ceiling above them became a deeper sky with a hot yellow sun.” The veldtland description is so deep, that it plants whoever...
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...to a similar topic, the winds of Southern California. In a first person narration the authors write of the wind from her own experience of living in California and from her own perspective, shedding light on two very different aspects of the Santa Ana winds. Physically, both pieces of literature are different. Each story reflects its own writer as “The Santa Ana” has lengthy paragraphs, chock full of information. Didion is an American Author known for her literary journalism and use of logos. At a glance of the piece, it lists of reasonings and details is clearly visible. Each paragraph is filled with descriptions and examples of the author’s point. Didion cites others like Raymond Chandler and uses lots of facts to prove her point of the winds destructive nature. “Brush Fire” has noticeably shorter paragraphs and uses much more imaginative diction like in paragraph four where she describes the wind’s journey as “....arrives in the foothills of southern California in hot, bone-dry, ten to forty mile-per-hour gusts that lower the relative humidity to three percent” in comparison to Didion’s description in paragraph three, “warmed as it comes down the mountain and appears finally as a hot dry wind”. Thomas is a well-versed poet, known to have published in the American Poetry Review. She offers her own opinion and recalls many memories with the winds in short anecdotes rather long paragraphs. Both authors are of different writing natures writing on the same topic, offering different...
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...B – ”Red from Green” By Maile Meloy This is a short story by Maile Meloy and is named “Red from Green”. They are trying to tell us in this story that it isn’t easy to be able to find out who you are, what you stand for, to grow up and to discover the terrible truths about life. One day in our lives we will all find out that we have to be able to stand on our own feet’s. In a crossroad our main character, named Sam, finds herself. In the process of the story she is trying to discover things about herself, like her sexuality and where she wants to see herself in life, later on. She is forcing herself to see her father’s and her own relationship in a new way, in the time where they are at a float trip like and this grown man is on too, who shows an big interest in her. In her process in the story she reaches an emotionally place in herself were she can separate herself from her father and begin to be a more independent women, because she doesn’t see herself as an innocent girl anymore but rather as a young woman. The short story is not only told from a one person perspective, but from a third person perspective and also from Sam’s perspective. Sam is a fifteen year old girl, who is about to start her second year as a student. She has American routes from the little town Montana. Sam’s lives with her father because her mother died, which has created a stronger bond between them that they didn’t have before. Her dad wasn’t very excited about the fact that Sam had been offered...
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...Topic “Hook” A seemingly harmless game of scrabble that results in a shocking tragedy or a devious scheme with carefully places whispers of warnings? Charlie Fish’s Death by Scrabble with yank one in on a thrilling adventure. Thesis Statement. It is evident that Fish has unmistakably used the literary device foreshadowing effectively which entail the forthcoming tension between the couple and the latter casualty . Point 1 ( first argument ) Foremost, the narrator openly expresses his hatred for his wife without any uncertainty or hesitations. The dramatic declarations of animosity foreshadow the upcoming events. The statements of resentment are repeated several times, therefore, emphasizing the excessive enmity. Proof 1 ( direct quotation...
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...RED FROM GREEN The Short story Red from Green by Maile Meloy is about a fifteen year old girl named Sam Turner, who is on a four-day float trip with her father, her uncle and the uncle’s client, Layton, from his new law firm. At this trip Sam develops and discovers new things in the process of becoming an adult and to overcome the stage from being just a child. The short story takes place in Montana, where the Turner family lives. The plot takes place at a river and the surrounding areas, where they stay for the night. “It is July, and hot, and the water was low” (p. 8, l. 2). The setting does on a symbolic level indicate the untamed nature, and the wild sides in the human. The floating river symbolizes how the actions in the plot just float, and they get grabbed by the atmosphere. It takes place in the summer, and Sam, who is the main character, stands in front of a very important decision. Her father had entered her to a boarding school for Sam’s sophomore year, and she got a scholarship offer. The mention of the topic makes them both feel uncomfortable. “… but neither of them could bring themselves to talk about it” (p. 8, l. 8-9) The father is a very caring parent. Sam’s mother is dead, which implies that the father had dismayed about it. Maybe it is because he feels he is going to lose her, or probably miss the chance of seeing her grow up to be an adult. He had openly applied because everyone thought it was a great idea because the fact is that it was a better opportunity...
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...Horse in the Night" is a story that blurs the lines of reality and our narrator's dream, putting it into the category of magic realism. The story begins with the setting of our narrator's home, when she gets a surprise visit from her lover. After a hot drunken night with Beto, Chiquita is tortured after the police come looking for him. The police then start breaking her belongings and torture her for information about her beloved. The theme of this story uses a stereotypical female who is only wanting love and a man who is only wanting a bed for the night. Both of our main characters are flat, as we know hardly anything about them let alone their real names. This story is fiction however the events seem all too real, especially to a female reader reading from a female's point of view. Mrs. Dutta Blog Mrs. Dutta is a heartfelt short story about a woman who moves to America to live with her son's family after their strong suggestion. The point of view this story is written in is third person; as an outsider telling the events. Mrs. Dutta, being the main protagonist in the story, is struggling to adapt to her new life in America. The biggest change that Mrs. Dutta is struggling with is being a housewife stereotype. The most interesting thing about Mrs. Dutta is the subplot containing her flashbacks back home and the conversations between herself and Mrs. Basu. Being such a round character, Mrs. Dutta shows a lot of progression at the end of the story by finally admitting to her...
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...What is your first impression? In the early nineties, Stella Liebeck won a 2.7 million dollar lawsuit for spilling coffee in her lap. This article will reveal the facts, issues, laws, and affects about this case. Many believe that our legal system is out of control. What do you think about this news story? After reading this article you will be a more informed citizen about this case and you will think twice about judging someone based on a news headline. What are the Facts? In 1992, Stella Liebeck purchased a cup of hot coffee at a McDonald’s drive through in New Mexico while sitting in the passenger seat. She proceeded to take off the lid of the coffee cup in order to add cream and sugar. She then accidentally spilled the coffee into her lap where it soaked into her sweat pants that she was wearing. This caused third degree burns that resulted in a seven day stay in the hospital along with skin grafting to repair the damage that was done (Schostok, 2000). What are the Issues? The issue that is specific to this case is whether or not McDonald’s should be liable for selling coffee that is too hot? The broader issue is, should businesses be responsible for the safety of their customers? What Law Applies? The product liability law applies in this case, specifically the “implied warranty of fitness [that is] imposed by the Uniform Commercial Code” (Morgan, n.d.). What did the Jury decide? The jury decided to award Liebeck $200,000 for compensatory...
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...ENGLISH 102 01/28/2014 Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is a one paragraph story about a how a Caribbean mother teaches her daughter to be independent in her own way. Written in 1978, “Girl” teaches the lessons of a typical Caribbean woman in her short literary pieces. Kincaid’s story explicitly defining the roles of a woman in a manner to Kincaid’s may appear sexiest and seem to limit what a woman cannot do. However, Kincaid’s piece empowered allots various degrees of power, freedom and control to woman. In the story, a mother was giving her daughter advice about life, cooking, cleaning, men, and keeping up her reputation. Firstly, the mother stressed on woman and ferminity. She said “ this is how you iron your father’s Khaki pants so that they don’t have crease; this is how grow okra-far from the house, this is how you sweep a corner; this is how you sweep a whole house, this is how you sweep a yard” (14). Here the she meant that ferminity means hard work but not just makeup and high heels but rather cleaning the house; keeping the house nice and neat. Accoording the mother being a woman synonymous with keeping a house clean and wants to pass it from generation to generation. Although ironing, preparing food, and house cleaning are traditional feminine roles and may seem insignificant, it should be not be forgotten that these roles cannot be ignored as a woman in Caribbean culture and some part of the world. The mother...
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...Acceptance “Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who seal their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit” (Alveda King). Discrimination has been an important and perpetual topic of discussion due to its effects. People are often discriminated because of their color, culture, or appearance. There are no positive effects from spreading discrimination. We can achieve equality much faster if we learn to accept others instead of being intolerant. The possibility of racism, limiting cultures, and influencing future generations are reasons why people should accept others. Racism is something that causes disunity and can also lower someone’s self esteem by making them feel like an outcast. In the short story “The Stolen Party” Liliana Hecker demonstrates racism and...
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...Ani’s Story The topic of illegal and legal immigration is a hot topic in the United States. I spent 8 years in Southern California; during my time living there, I met a friend who came to the United States illegally with her family as a child. They are still not citizens and residing here illegally, it is not easy. Ani and her family left Mexico in 2001 because of the poverty and living conditions. Her parents could not support their family with the jobs there. They had no money and nowhere to go so they came up from Tijuana. She said that she could remember being very scared because of the cartel involvement in the area where they lived and were running from. She has 5 brothers and sisters and her parents that came over the border. These cartel members would harass and try to force her father to work for them and do whatever they wanted. Her father wanted nothing to do with any involvement with them. He told his family that they were leaving because he would never be one of them or allow his children to be forced into the cartel world. She remembers late one night into early morning, getting on horses and travelling over the border. Her mother was pregnant at the time with her youngest brother and they were willing to die then to stay another day. Can you imagine how they must have felt? Wondering if someone was going to catch them and either kill them or put them in jail? It must have been terrifying for all of them. They made it here though safely but the struggle...
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...the topic? What will the audience find interesting? What are the values, needs, and beliefs of the audience? What are the motivations of the audience? What are the demographics of the audience? Analyze the following: • • • • • • Age Gender Education Group Affiliations Socio-economic Status Ethnicity 7. What is your context? • • • • • • • • • • Large or small audience? What are the expectations? Do current events affect your speech? Outdoors or indoors? Noise? Are appropriate teaching tools available? What is the size of the room? Is the audience seated or standing? Is the room hot or cold? Are there chairs or tables? INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS Purposes of the Introduction: To obtain the listener’s attention. To create a favorable first impression; if you lose them here, you may lose them for good. To arouse interest in your subject. To orient the audience to the different parts of your speech. 1. 2. 3. 4. Four Parts to an Introduction: 1. Attention-getting Phase—capture the interest of audience. 2. Orientation Phase—articulate the purpose and identify with audience (why should they listen?). 3. Credibility Phase—what type of expertise do you have? 4. Preview of Main Points—delineate main topics. First: ATTENTION-GETTING PHASE Ask Audience to Physically Move. Create Curiosity. Refer to the Setting or the Occasion. Compliment Your Audience. Use a Startling Statement or Statistic. Use a Quotation. Use Humor. Use a Short Story. ...
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...cold joke related to the topic of my speech today. “One day, there was a man who entered this cocktail lounge. He noticed a blonde hair lady sitting alone and he approached her. The man wanted to offer her a drink and get to know her. He asked: May I buy you a cocktail, hot stuff? The lady rejected, saying that alcohol is bad for her legs. The man said: Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that. Do they swell? The lady answered: No, they open.” A very pleasant good morning to all my lovely classmates. I believe all of you would know what I am going to present today. Yes, it is about cocktails. What exactly cocktails are? The Merrian-Webster Dictionary defined cocktails as “iced drinks of wine or distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients”. Putting it into simple words, cocktails are simply alcoholic drinks with different variations of flavors. The history of cocktails must be traced back to the 16th or 17th century when people started mixing ingredients to create drinks similar to what we known as cocktails nowadays. It was not until around the 18th century that those drinks became more well-known and here came the term “cocktail” when it was first introduced by the American Bartenders in the 1920’s. You might wonder why cocktail is named as a “cocktail”. Unfortunately, there are still uncertainties about the exact origin of the term “cocktail” ever since it made its appearance in prints in 6 May 1806, all out of a sudden. However, there are many stories that explain how people...
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...Alighieri, the man who wrote the famous epic Inferno. Dante began this story in the early 1300s when he was exiled from his own home town, Florence. With this problem he used it to make stories and symbols to help him better introduce this story. Dante uses a variety of different metaphors that have similar sayings apply to religion that make this epic a major head turner. There have been several views on this epic. It has been seen as a religious eye opener with every step taken throughout this extraordinary journey that Dante begins. The symbolism that Dante uses gives a very clear insight on how he felt...
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