...(writer and title of essay) and state his or her most important point in your own words. Suki Kim is the author of the essay “Facing poverty with a rich girl’s habits” which is contained in her autobiography book, namely “Interpreter”. The origin of this title was stemmed from her real life experience. The most important point in this essay is her life changing. Suki Kim emphasizes that she was grown up in the rich family. Unfortunately, her family suffered from her dad’s bankruptcy which was considered to be criminal problem, causing of going to prison in Korea. In order to avoid this legal responsibility, her dad decided to move the whole family to New York, United States. The story of her life changing is an interesting experience for Kim when she was transformed from high class person to lower class as a poor kid. In this circumstance, she began a trip of new life forever. Her essay points out the way of handling to the life differences and what was called new generation, namely 1.5. Also, it emphasizes that transferring to new life circumstance is not easy for teenagers in 1980s. 2. Summarize the other main points and their supporting details in separate paragraphs. One of the important points is the difficulties Kim met in new life. As she mentioned, adapting to US is not easy when learning English is always her big trouble, especially for her case of confronting “poverty with a rich girl’s habits and memory” (Kim, 2004, pg 63). The essay points out that...
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...3.3: Topic of Your Choice Essay “A Book With Nostalgic Flavor” – Final Version * Assignment 2.3: Changing Our Lives Essay “Changing Our Lives” – Final Version * Assignment 1.3: Experiences as a Writer Paragraphs “Conquering My Fear of Writing” – Final Version “My Journey as a Writer” Aura Valdes ENG090 Prof. Rachel Hays December 15, 2012 “My Journey as a Writer” I have accomplished a great deal in the past three months. As the semester ends I find myself reflecting not only on how I have survived the first semester but also what I have learned. Writing is hard work. There is so much more to it than just writing an interesting story. I also learned another important lesson; just because I worked hard on an essay before presenting it and reviewed the daylights out of it did not mean it was ready for submission. Every time I went back to read it I found new changes, typos and other mistakes I had missed before. Reviewing and revising an essay is an essential part of writing. Reviewing allows me to rewrite and make changes in the essay’s content, organization and sentence structures. It allows me to add, remove, move or substitute words to make sure it communicates effectively the purpose of the essay. The task of reviewing the essays I wrote for this course allowed me to learn and improve my writing skills; as a result my essays have evolved into more stylish and fluent pieces of writing. Out of all the essays I wrote in this course, “A Book...
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...happenings of my life and the life around me. The issues are far and few between, but retain an accurate representation of me as a person through several snippets that fall into a variety of categories. In my exposé section, I use facts, statistics, and interviews to discuss sexual assault. The essay “Shush” is written in the style of a newspaper article. From an author’s standpoint it is not biased; the point of the essay is driven home through the quotes in the article that were acquired through interviews. Another section is sports. In the essay “Two losses, one game” I tell the story of my last basketball game, the...
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...answer the question whether philosophical reflection essential or at least helpful to living a good life we should define what is good and bad. In the essay of Bertrand Russell it is stated that philosophy gives does not give particular answers as for example math gives. In the essay it is stated that in order to understand philosophy, people should free their mind from the prejudices of what are wrongly called ‘practical’ men (Bertrand Russell). From my point of view in this world not many things could be defined as good or bad. Good or bad things are defined by society and put limitations of people’s view. So basically, people are afraid very often to do something because of the judgment from the society. Philosophy calls to get rid of these barriers put by society. That is why I think that philosophy is essential for living good life. In Bertrand Russell’s essay is stated that “man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind” (Bertrand Russell). I fully agree with this statement. A good example would be taking risk by changing job. For example, you have a good job, but you were offered a new one, with better conditions, better salary and etc. However the person can be so afraid of changing something in his life or judgment of other people, that he will refuse this opportunity. Philosophy can help us to enrich...
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...Teresa Hugo ENC 1939: College Writing II Scarlett Rooney October 2, 2012 The Photographic Essay W.J.T Mitchell believes that “Photography is and is not a language; language also is and is not photography.” (Mitchell 510) That would lead one to question where do images end and words begin? Mitchell would answer with the word “ekpharisis” (Mitchell 509), meaning that words give a voice to the photo. Victor Burgin and Ronald Barth have opposing views as to how this occurs. Roland Barth would argue that those words are written or implied, and are put there by the author. Victor Burgin believes that the words are put to the image by the viewer as he examines the photo, and that the images and words will be seen and heard concurrently. In the end, it would be agreed by both, that a reader’s emotions and experiences will guide how they “read” the words of a photograph. Victor Burgin’s idea is that the photo is a “message without a code” (Mitchell 510), and the image and the word are two separate forms of communication. If there is no caption on a photograph, the viewer would inject their own wording based upon on their own life experiences. “A photo is invaded by language the moment it is looked at and becomes an almost relic of the event it portrays.”(Mitchell) A viewer looking at a photo will immediately have thoughts come to mind, and those thoughts become the words of the photo. Roland Barth believes that a photograph has its own language that coexists within it, and he calls...
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...27 AUG 14 English 106 1700 The Indians are Coming for America In the essay “While I was Sleeping” by Thomas L. Friedman, he made a very strong argument (figuratively) that the world is becoming flat. After reading this essay, one really has no choice but to agree. The essay was written fairly recently due to the fact that he mentions very current technology in this essay. Mr. Friedman said “I just want to understand why Indians were taking Americans work and why they have become such an important pool for outsourcing Americans work” (626). It is obvious that he is somewhat warning the American culture, young and middle aged. The world really is flat in regards to technology, the economy, and our ever changing cultures. Thomas L. Friedman’s argument in this essay is that the world is flattening. He starts with the setting on a golf course in Bangalore, India. Bangalore is the home of the modern world’s most advanced technology. The author kept comparing his journey to Bangalore, to the journeys of Christopher Columbus. As we all know Christopher Columbus set out to find a more direct way to India and to prove that the world was round. The author of this essay uses the modern world of technology and its recent advances to prove that the world is in fact flat and that everyone needs to be ready to except significant changes to our culture and power as we know it. Through the help of interviews with the CEO of Infosys Technologies Limited, he supports the fact that...
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...Write a 1-2 page essay in which you: 1. Address why you decided to go to college at this time in your life. 2. State the reasons behind the decision. Your assignment must: * Be at least 250 words minimum or up to 500 words maximum. * Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. * Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: * Write paragraphs and essays, and other assigned work with a clearly defined main idea, introduction, body, and conclusion. * Revise written pieces to improve clarity and organization Consider how the prewriting, writing, and revising processes can help you write the essay. Think about the topic, how to write supporting sentences, and how to organize the essay. 1. Audience, Purpose, and Subject * Each time you write, you should think about the audience, purpose, and subject for your piece of writing (Chapter 1 of Evergreen: A Guide for Writers). * The audience for this writing is your teacher and peers. * The purpose is to explain to your readers your reasons for going to college. * The subject is about your decision to go to college. 2. Prewriting * As noted in Chapter 2 of Evergreen:...
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...Marina consists of a story within a story. The essay begins with Cofer’s narration of her own life, changes into narration of her mother’s story, and ends by switching back into her present day narration. Through this changing use of narration, Cofer is able to present both stories in an intriguing way, and connect them together in a manner that is not only interesting, but relevant to the reader as well. An interesting facet of Cofer’s essay is how she feels no need to inform the reader of her interpretation. Most essays end with a conclusion detailing the author’s findings, exploring their new discovery, and (most often) trying to persuade the reader to agree with their idea, point of view, etc.. In contrast, Cofer is happy to simply present...
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...From the moment the assignment was handed out, I knew what I wanted my topic to be. After having multiple discussions centered around gender roles and taking adequate notes on gender role, I felt that it only made sense to write my essay on the topic I had already done so much research on. However, my stance on gender roles had shifted. At first, I believed that there was no “superior gender” in the book and that both sexes demonstrated adaptability. But, after I briefly mentioned this position to my well-read teacher and was told that this stance would be difficult to support within the word limit, I decided to change my approach; the women of the Joad family demonstrated they were the strongest sex by providing stability to their family. At first, I knew that Ma was going to be a focal point of my essay because I learned a lot through the discussions, however to meet the requirement of a pattern I needed a second example. I learned through briefly skimming over the book that Rose of Sharon was just what I was looking for. Austin Rodriguez, my friend and colleague, reviewed my essay. His revisions were mostly grammar related...
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...Assignment 2 Changing Our Lives Essay changing our lives essays Alicia Carter Instructor: LaRuth Ensley ENG 090 10-22-2012 Changing Our Lives Essay We all want success, money, and happiness right? Would a college education not be the key to having all of those things? Returning to school now would ensure that I could have money, with a successful job and happiness in the gratification of completing my degree, all the while, setting a stellar example for my daughter, making my family proud and allowing me the opportunity to obtain a college degree. All of this is essential positive things to add to this journey called life. I was once the young high school graduate with bright eyes and a promising future going to college. I enrolled in a large local University and started my journey to arming myself with the necessary tools to have a stellar career. After the initial shock of freedom and adulthood, two years later, I found myself socially at the top of my game, but educationally the dean had placed me the former 3.8 high school student on academic probation. I was now struggling to make the grade in college. I now know that I was not focused, or driven, my priorities were not intact and the entire long-term goal to me was just a fleeting futuristic challenge. The importance of college had not set in and therefore it appeared I was paying to go to school to become a better social butterfly. My parents did not seem to find the importance of that concept...
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...Hire HRM essay writers and be prepared to get democratic privilege! Human Resource is regarded as the greatest resource in any business. It is responsible for the strength, character, compassion and promoting the sense of brotherhood on which a company relies for its future. It’s also responsible to restore the prominence of the company. A HR person must be able to inspire the whole company. In Human Resource department of a company, a person is employed to encourage the aims of the organization in such a manner that they become his own goals of life. The levels of awareness on the subject of human resource are constantly changing and to thrive, students have to recognize every piece of this change. Students are demanded resourceful essays by their teachers so that they can learn all the tactics of modern day human resource. Most of the students are worried about their essays as they have to provide research based work. Even the most brilliant students require vital network of social support especially from their teachers. Are you also one of those students who are thinking “who can help write my HR essay?” We provide solution to all your essay problems. When you hire HRM essay writers from our company, they all work at their best to help students at the highest level of genuine inquiry. Our writers take imagination as part of their work. They all express the unfamiliar areas of human resource knowledge in your essays and then further add a taste of natural and involuntary...
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...so-called “American dream” dead, alive, on hold, or is the definition of the said dream changing? This has been a searing topic and a widely debated discussion since the recession started. Brandon King seems to think the American dream is in fact alive and is simply just changing it’s meaning due to our economic hardships. He “would redefine the American Dream today as the potential to work for an honest, secure way of life and save for the future” (611). King believes now people are tolerable with a middle-class lifestyle and just want to have a stable employment. To him, the American dream is very much alive; it’s just morphing and changing the meaning due to prolonged economic circumstances. King uses logos to adapt a form of credibility and prove he is knowledgeable. He quotes study after study and provides statistics from the year 2005 to 2010 which all makes his argument very convincing. King starts both ethos and logos for the essay when he gives a background for the American dream. “The original term ‘American Dream’ was coined during the Great Depression by James Truslow Adams, who wrote that the American dream ‘is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability and achievement, regardless of social class or circumstances of birth’ ” (610). In addition to Kings opinionated essay, I originally would have said that...
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...your life which though very similar or different from each other had a profound impact on your life. Describe the events briefly and narrate what happened to get your readers interested and then comment in detail on how you were affected by each of these events. You may choose events that were good and bad or just good or bad. What did you learn about yourself from these events? How have they affected your personality or how you deal with situations now? Remember the focus of the essay is on the contrasting impacts of these events in your life. These events do not have to be major events, they could be minor in nature but their impact on you could be great and long lasting. Undertake the task of pre writing for this topic. Select your two events. Describe them in point form. Consider their diverse impacts on your life. By the end of this class you should have completed your pre writing and make sure you get your sheet signed by me. You have the week to work on your first draft. Those of you who would like to show me the first draft are free to submit it to me online and I shall hand them back to you online. I will tell you whether you are on the right track, however this is optional and you will not be penalized if you do not show me your first draft. You need to give me Draft 1 by Tuesday, Feb 26. This will be an online submission under Assignments on ilearn. I will correct it and give it back to you by Sunday March 3, and then you will work on changing the...
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...Biblical Worldview Essay Theology 104- LUO Jakki Rucker Biblical Worldview Essay In the very beginning we are told in Genesis 1:27 “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”(NIV) and again in Genesis 5:1 “…when God created man, he made them in the likeliness of God.” (NIV) He may not have made us to be exactly like him but to have the characteristics of God. Townes makes a statement that “God created the first man in His image, therefore all people are accountable to their Creator.”(2007)With the image of God in mind we received the ability to love, have compassion, be faithful, have integrity, be trustworthy, and obtain wisdom. These tools or characteristics are needed to fulfill our lives in all areas. In the field of psychology it is important to have and understand these qualities or characteristics. Someone who holds a title in the Psychology field has the responsibility of another person’s wellbeing. Psychology is an enlightening and life changing career field which provides numerous chances to not only live a professional life that will be pleasing to God, but it is a field that can show God’s persistent love. A Psychologist is a trained professional who has taken on the task of helping others learn Introduction From the very beginning, God created us in His image (Genesis 1: 26-28). With God being love, this explains the reason behind our very essence being love as well (1 John 4: 8)...
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...“An Extravagance of Laughter" by Ralph Ellison exemplifies the trials and tribulations of a young black man struggling not only to be accepted by society but by himself as well. This essay is primarily concerned with questions of race and interaction between people of different races in different times and places. As Ellison travels from a community of apparent segregation (South) to the (North), he learns that distinctions between cultures are not as definite as they may seem. This idea of masking became a very important concept because of the transition between the north and south. There were a few examples in the story were people were hiding behind masks to either fit in, as well as people who did not hide behind the masks. Taunted by humiliation from releasing emotional laughter Ralph Ellison arrives at the finale of his essay in disbelief. He probably hadn't counted on one scene in a play changing his perspective of life. This scene enabled him to reach the conclusion of his exploration. He realized that the absurdity of human nature is all common. Everyone is just at least a little bit the same. Ellison battled with the concept of "masking" throughout the essay. Masking can best be defined as changing one's perspective from the inside out. Or as W. B. Yeats puts it so eloquently in the essay, "active virtue, as distinct from the passive acceptance of a current code, is the wearing of a mask" (268). The person wearing the mask is no longer a part of the original community...
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