...Tom Ciocia English 102 Professor Melo 12/13/14 A Streetcar Named Desire Essay Throughout the play Blanche compare’s Stanley’s behavior as animalistic. In many different situations throughout the play Stanley prove’s Blanche’s Ideal of how he acts as an animal. I believe that this is true based on how blanche describes him in these situations. The first instance where Stanley show’s how he act’s like an animal, is in the opening scene of Blanche Stella and Stanley all being together. In this scene he throw’s a piece of meat at stella as if he is an ape. Stella seem’s to show no regard to Stanley’s behavior. Blanche on the other hand is completely shocked and cant imagine anyone treating her sister that way, especially her husband. Blanche waits until she is able to get Stella alone and confront’s her about the situation. She says “ He act’s like an animal, has an animal’s habits....yes, something ape like about him, like one of those pictures I’ve seen in anthropological studies!” (74). This kind of behavior is foreign too Blanche and she cant understand how or why anyone would want to be with someone who acts in this manner. I completely agree with Blanche’s thought’s toward’s Stanley because there is no reason why any husband should treat their spouse this way. Even though it might have been more common in New Orleans at this time for men to be above women in a sense, I see no reason as to why a husband would throw meat as his wife and expect her to take...
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...This I Believe Essay June 4, 2014 Family Should Come First Most of my earliest memories do not have my biological father in them, even though he lived less than a 5 minute walk away. I grew up in what is now considered to be a "broken home" environment. Back in the seventies I lived in a trailer court with my mom and her new husband, the infamous step-dad. During this time, my ‘real' dad was moving on with his life as well, living with his new wife only three streets away. It was uncommon for him to call or come over to spend time with me, but being so young it didn’t really matter at the time. As the holidays started to fly by my stepfather began to notice that my dad was no longer showing an interest in my life. My real dad had even stopped asking me what I wanted for Christmas, and started sending money to my mom to go buy me a gift from him. Needless to say this was the last straw in my stepfathers’ eyes. What he did next, I’ll never forget. He waited for my ‘dad’ to drop off the "present money" and confronted him on the front porch. Even though I was in the living room area with my mom, I still heard this man, my 'step-dad’ stand up to my real father and tell him that “Jason doesn’t need your money. What he needs is his dad to take an interest in him, get more involved with his life and show him that family is always there for each other no matter what”. My dad became silent. I think he knew there was a lot of truth to my stepfathers’...
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...September 2012 Looking up I remember seeing my brilliant sister’s face, Rania, playing with me and resembling something so caring. There was never a time she wasn’t strutting with confidence. Growing up my sister always put others before herself including me. As the middle child she never refused when it came to doing something for my oldest sister and I. When it was time for Rania to graduate, and go off to college, she did not burden my parents by asking for tuition. Instead, she worked at William’s, a pipeline company, until she was able to be completely financially stable. Although, my sister had to work very hard, she never complained. I cannot recall a single moment when she was pessimistic around me even if she had a rough day. Because of her perseverance, she has caused me to have an entire new take on life. Knowing her struggles, I was able to use her life as an example to set me on the right path. She impacted me day by day without me even knowing it. As I look back at all I have accomplished in life, I realize if it wasn’t for her I would not be the man I am today. When I face adversities I refer back to my sister, and how she persevered through things much more difficult than anything I would be facing at the time. Through Cross country, Track, Football, and Basketball my sister was the thing that kept me going. Without her I would not have a strong mentality, and would not be able to see the “light” at the end of the tunnel. I now know that I should have no excuse in...
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... Shepherd tied with Showing Mercy. I completely agree with the results . I agree because I am a very compassionate woman. I love people and also willing to help those in need. I am able to sympathize and empathize with people who may have problems that others might feel uncomfortable with. I am also a very good listener. I love to share the Gospel with others and bring the lost to know Jesus Christ. I am truly blessed to have these gifts that God has given me. PART TWO: Specifically, how can you use your gifts at this time? How might you misuse your gifts? Be specific. There are many ways I can use my gifts today. In my Church there are people who often come to me to “unload” what’s going on in their Lives. I am always there to listen and give them the best advice I can. I show mercy by going with a group from the church to visit the ones who are shut-ins and letting them know that we care for them and that they are not alone. Outside the church I volunteer for Domestic and Sexually abused women’s shelter. I do a weekly Bible study and I teach some of them how to cook. I soon will be taking the required training to be a Christian Counselor. I also post Scripture, Devotionals, and prayers on my face book page. There are many ways I can misuse my gifts as well. With being capable of earning trust quickly, and empathizing with people, I need to be very careful with caring for males. I could easily be fooled into thinking...
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...Grading 'Waiting for Superman' Dana Goldstein | September 23, 2010 Here's what you see in Waiting for Superman, the new documentary that celebrates the charter school movement while blaming teachers unions for much of what ails American education: working- and middle-class parents desperate to get their charming, healthy, well-behaved children into successful public charter schools. Here's what you don't see: the four out of five charters that are no better, on average, than traditional neighborhood public schools (and are sometimes much worse); charter school teachers, like those at the Green Dot schools in Los Angeles, who are unionized and like it that way; and noncharter neighborhood public schools, like PS 83 in East Harlem and the George Hall Elementary School in Mobile, Alabama, that are nationally recognized for successfully educating poor children. You don't see teen moms, households without an adult English speaker or headed by a drug addict, or any of the millions of children who never have a chance to enter a charter school lottery (or get help with their homework or a nice breakfast) because adults simply aren't engaged in their education. These children, of course, are often the ones who are most difficult to educate, and the ones neighborhood public schools can't turn away. You also don't learn that in the Finnish education system, much cited in the film as the best in the world, teachers are—gasp!—unionized and granted tenure, and families benefit from a...
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...I Believe Essay I believe that giving up is not an option. The definition of giving up: to admit defeat, to lose all hope, to stop all actions to strive for something you were trying hard to do, to give up something up as lost, and to believe you will not achieve what you strove for. When you persevere through all the hardships, outside influences, and dark thoughts of your mind, it really becomes a life changing moment and a time to show your maturity. Saturday,October 18th, 2014, it was a chilly day at the Midland Community Tennis Center, with not a hint of the warm arms of the sun. It was the day for the finals of the State Championships. The day to prove my myself. The day to show who wants to win more. The day i've been waiting for all season, but also a day of i’ve been anxious about. The day where all the work i’ve put it would pay off or would go to waste. It was two hours into the...
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...Running head: THIS I DO BELIEVE ASSIGNMENT 5 EXPLORATORY ESSAY: THIS I DO BELIEVE KIM CARTER ENGLISH COMPOSTION PROFESSOR JANET WILLMAN NOVEMBER 07, 2011 THIS I DO BELIEVE This I do believe Some people have many different things or beliefs that they focus on to maintain and live by during challenging times in their lives. I have established a belief that gets me through challenging times in my life. “I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me” (Philippian 4:13, King James Bible). As a single parent, battling with Breast Cancer, and going back to college, this I will do through Christ Jesus my strength and redeemer. As a single parent, years of raising two children by me were very difficult. There were not many times I had no time to carry out the many tasks that a good parent was required to do, nor did I have the strength. I was working night shift for twelve hours, coming home making sure that my children were prepared for the school day, figuring out what the meal would be when they returned home from school, doing house work and paying bills; all of this had to be done before I could get some rest. At some point I had no choice but to call on the name of Jesus Christ for strength to carry on. Without any hesitation I knew that “I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me”. The years have traveled on by; I am still depending on Jesus Christ for strength. A time had come in my life when the enemy had attacked my body...
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...I believe in open gyms. Whether it’s going there to practice my game, because I’m bored, or just to get my mind of things - I’m always excited to go and plan to stay there awhile. Having the liberty of the entire court and choosing whatever you want to do makes it feel so free. You get to decide what happens here. If it’s meeting up with some other guys or just going by yourself, it doesn't matter, but everything's up to you. There’s no wrong choice and everyone can do something different. Putting your earbuds in to just relax and practice your shot is one of many valid decisions you can make. You focus on your struggles to make yourself better for future games to come. Dedicating your time and sweat to this sport is shaping the person you are going to be. Practice is the only way to improve, and that will only happen at the gym. Come here to work as hard as you can at the sport you love to play. Coming to relax is also an equal choice. Having only the sounds of bouncing basketballs and constant squeaking of shoes is peaceful to some....
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...attend university as a mature age student was a decision I did not take lightly. I am working towards furthering my education in order to gain the necessary qualifications that will help me in my future business endeavour. I have found that after so long out of the education system it has been a difficult transition juggling study and work. The first units that were chosen for me in study period 2, I thought were difficult to understand having never written an essay before and without the knowledge or know how, I was not able to complete these units. SSK12 has given me a good understanding of what it takes at becoming a university student and in particular the skills on writing essays. As I have mentioned previously up until study period 2, I had never written an essay and did not fully comprehend how important the set out of a university essay was. Choosing an Essay Question was an important part of my learning in week 6 because this has now given me the beginning step in writing a university essay using the correct format. I am feeling a lot more confident when approaching the subject of essays as I now understand and have the knowledge on the procedure in completing an academic essay and what is required. I now know that by firstly choosing a question will then help you to with your thesis and this in turn will give you your main idea and sets the way in which to write your essay. During the time that I was employed by the government it was necessary for me...
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...to improve my writing skills. I strongly believe that I have achieved that purpose. While comparing the first draft of my Essay#1 to how I tackle an essay on the same topic now, I can see the almost meteoric improvement that I have achieved so far.In addition, I am proud of the skills I have learnt from this course. In fact, I believe that my achievements so far have superseded my expectations. I hope that whatever I have learnt in this course will form the basis for future improvements, and I will be able to make further strides in creative and scientific writing. While taking the English 120 online course, my attitude towards reading as well as writing has transformed drastically. For instance, after taking the course, I have learnt to look at issues in depth, instead of dealing with them superficially. In addition, the course has instilled in me a healthy appetite for reading and doing extensive research on a specific topic. Moreover, after the course, I have also started to read more in order to improve my vocabulary. I believe that this will help in my future endeavors....
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...A Catharsis for All Henry Louis Mencken’s essay, entitled "The Penalty of Death," is a persuasive essay about the death penalty. The author does not attempt to alter the reader’s opinion as to the merits of the death penalty. He attempts to answer two questions most commonly heard in his day. First, executing a person is a terrible business and it “degrades” (Mencken) those whom-ever choose to administer this style of justice as a profession. He addresses this first question by simply agreeing with it. Most people would agree that the prospect of being the hangman is a vocation that would be most unpleasant. He points out that although it may be unpleasant, it is still necessary for society to support such a profession. The second question he addresses is to those that view capital punishment as a useless deterrent to crime. The author contends that those who wish to abolish the death sentence are in error if their assumption is founded solely upon the mistaken belief that the “whole purpose” of punishing a criminal is to deter some potential future crime. Mencken believes that they are “confusing [a] part with the whole” (Mencken). The future deterrent is only a part of the “whole purpose” of punishing a criminal. There are many more reasons to list: like revenge, justice, or relief just to name a few. Mencken's primary purpose is to identify the motive for this type of punishment. He identifies this motive as a catharsis, and he describes it as a "healthy letting out of...
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...Writing the literacy narrative was a very interesting experience. Not only did I learn more about how to implement sociological factors and bring in a second lens, but I also got the opportunity to write about a single event in detail. I would say that throughout the course of writing this narrative, I have enjoyed employing the five vivid senses the most. This holds true because I prefer writing in ways that have the capacity to evoke realistic feelings, much like Markus Zusak, the author of The Book Thief. Since this was the first time I have really written a narrative about an event related to reading and/or writing, it was difficult for me to even choose what to write about. Hence, I believe that the biggest challenge that came my way...
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...Characteristics of Expository Essays What Characteristics make these essays expository? The two essays I chose to read were “Cochlear Implants” and “How to Clean a Fish.” When reading “How to Clean a Fish” the characteristics that make this an expository essay is that the author used facts to back up his or her opinion. The essay was very informational and used a great deal of detail on “How to Clean a Fish”; also the essay broke it down for you with diagrams and details. The essay was also presented in a non-bias manner. When reading “Cochlear Implant” the characteristic that make this an expository essay is that the author uses the facts to back up his or her opinion, the essay is very informational and gives examples of why the implants will work for someone that was deaf. This essay also was presented in a non-bias manner as well. Indentify the type of organizations each author used to develop the essay: topic, time order, space order, or informative process? Why do you think each author chose that type of organization for his or her essay? In what ways does this organizations choice make the essay effective? What effect might the author have achieved with another type of organization or another type of expository essay? I believe the author in “How to Clean a Fish” uses the informative process to arrange his or her essay. The author chose this process because his or her essay is on “How to” essay, what this means is that the essay is meant to teach...
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...My essay provides a clear and thorough refutation of Vliet’s arguments that follow the specific “defend the status quo” refutation strategy. Throughout my argument I used specific strategies that helped defend the current policy. I believe that my essay clearly refutes Vliet’s argument by providing counter examples from reliable sources to help counter her claims. Another strategy that I used in my essay was the identification of logical fallacies that Vliet stated in her argument. While searching for sources I searched for credible sources that provided reliable facts and evidence. I tried to locate sources that were void of any biases. Also, I did a thorough job explaining why the current policy needs to stay as is and not be changed, due...
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...English Composition I Professor Beth Riley October 23, 2013 Homelessness is More Appealing Many of us will never be homeless, and not everyone understands the benefit of having a wife, but after reading the essays’, Homeless (Quindlen, A. n.d.) and I Want a Wife (Brady, J. 1971), one can gain a better understanding of both. I am a wife. Therefore, I can certainly connect with the narrator’s story of I Want a Wife. This is a narrative essay, in which the narrator reflects on why she too would like to have a wife after a visit with a recently divorced male friend, who is looking for a new wife. The narrator gives a list of duties and activities she will and will not do if she had a wife, and she can visualize the benefits a wife could afford her with less responsibilities and more time for school or friends. My other essay of choice is quite different in theme, but it is still relatable. Anne Quindlen’s essay, Homeless (n.d.) is a short descriptive essay with the narrator retelling of an account when she met a woman, who she believes is homeless, at the bus terminal. It is during the encounter that the narrator reflects on homeless people in general, the homeless individual and about herself. Both of these essays’ are well written, however, I feel that Homeless (Quindlen, A. n.d.), is a more appealing essay than I Want a Wife (Brady, J. 1971), as it allows the reader to become more engaged in the descriptions and reflect on the details of the story. Whenever I first start reading...
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