...ENG125: Introduction to Literature (ADI1303A) Reader-response approach was the best way to look at The Story of an Hour. I connected on different levels with the story of a woman who fell out of love with her husband. The short story is written with two tones one of somber and one of joy. The writer goes between the two and shows how one event can span different emotions. The Story of an Hour is a wonderfully written short story that spoke to me. The two completely different tones of the piece drew me in. The story begins with a somber mood as the lady of the home is being told about the death of her husband. “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.” The tone in this sentence can be seen as somber, but it my also have a happy undertone. The loss of your soul mate should be a sad event, but perhaps that may not always be the case. As the story goes on the tone changes to one of elation as Mrs. Mallard begins to realize she is free from her husband. She begins to imagine her life without the burden of pretending to be in love with him. She makes her way down the stairs only to find her husband waiting at the end. Her heart condition gets the best of her and she dies on the spot. The last sentence brings the tone full circle and back to somber. The drama in this short story grabbed my attention, the tones changed fast. Reader-response approach looks at how a reader will connect with a...
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...THE STORY OF AN HOUR HERVARD MCGUIRE ASHFORD UNIVERSITY ENGLISH 125 INSTRUCTOR JESSICA GUIRE AUGUST 27, 2012 The story of an hour The story I am choosing is the story of an hour by Kate Chopin (1894). Why I chose the story is because I found the story interesting. A tale kind of like the old saying I laughed I cried I fell down. This story kind of has it all just when you think she is lost to grief over the husband she loved but didn’t. She finds joy and when she’s ready to move on she dies from a kind of joy. Using a reader response approach I find I can identify with the main character Mrs. Mallard and the pain and loss she felt. The meaning of the story to me is about being able to move on but also about grieving for ones loss also. What I found interesting about the story of an hour is the main character they start with that Mrs. Mallard who has a heart condition they go on to explain that her sister is there to tell her that her husband has died in an accident from there she begins to grieve with her sisters support...
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...hypothesis would simply state; that if a person consumes 2 cups of a caffeinated beverage over the course of 3 hours then their recall of information, learned earlier that day, will be faster and more accurate on a short answer test. The independent variable in this experiment would be the caffeine as it is the factor that is being manipulated and examined to see if it has any effect on a participant’s memory. The dependent variable in this experiment would be memory or specifically the participant’s ability to recall information as it may change as a result of the manipulation of the independent variable of caffeine. To begin the experiment, participants will be randomly assigned to either the control group, the group not exposed to caffeine, or to the experimental group, the group exposed to caffeine. The control group will be given a placebo and the experimental group will be given the caffeinated beverage. The two groups will be given a short story to read and review for one hour at the beginning of the experiment. Over the course of the next hour, participants in the experimental group will be given 2 cups of a caffeinated beverage while participants in the control group will be given 2 cups of a non-caffeinated beverage. After the hour has elapsed, all the participants in the experiment will be given a short answer test on the information contained in the short story. The participants will be evaluated on how fast they complete the test as well as how accurate their answers...
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...Frindle Literature Response Personal Response While I am not able to recall if I had read Frindle previously, or if knowledge had gained awareness of the story through word of mouth, the story seemed very familiar. The fact that the books’ features had remained in my head for so long displayed that the story must be a successful children's novel; therefor, my excitement to read it was high. Having stored opinions and details of the book was useful while interpreting the written work. The ability to anticipate the story’s key points from childhood exposure, reminded me of times I had once battled with elementary teachers over how to correctly spell my name. After learning that the letters “C” and “K” have the same sounds, it seemed acceptable to change the beginning letter of my name to “K”. After battling the teacher for weeks over if there was a “Carrington” in her class or a “Karrington”, the war was ended after a phone call to mom. The phone call had come just hours after the idea of changing “Kissner” to “Cissner” appeared in my head. Having the experience of once being a 5th grader was beneficial to...
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...In Kate Choplin’s “The story of an hour” ( 1894) we read and see the view of a house wife’s life, and a insight on how she feels about the death of her husband as well as the reaction she has when she finds out that he is indeed -- not deceased. In this Reader response approach I will give you my view on how this story captured my attention and interest with its witty title, and how it shows the irony of one woman’s life changed in one hour. Kate choplin’s short story gives us an insight of how a woman is given devastating new that her husband has been killed. But after you read this story you begin to wonder, is this woman sad or overjoyed with the news?? This literary work caught my attention because it can have two different perceptions. The perception that was most obvious to me was that she was at first in dismay, then realizing she will have a new chance at life- is over joyous. The lines here give a insight to her thoughts, and give us the inner feelings of bewilderment she felt with both these were fully recognized. “When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!" The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes.” (Choplin,1894) . when I read jamil’s emotion essay I was able to better understand I see a different view on what Mrs. Mallard was possible thinking. Jamil quotes “When she hears the news of her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard’s...
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...essays and Ms. Angelou in her autobiographies. Though they share similar backgrounds, each has a unique style which gives to us, the readers, the gift of their exquisite humanity, with all of its frailties and strengths, joys and sorrows. Tragedy struck both of these women at the age of eight. Ms. Walker lost her sight in one eye. Ms. Angelou was raped. Each described the incident as part of a larger work. Ms. Walker related her experience in the body of an essay published in her book, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens. Ms. Angelou told her story as a chapter in her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Although both wrote about their traumatic experience, the way each depicted the incident was distinct and seemed to be told for very different purposes. Alice Walker reports the facts to the reader with short sentences written in the present tense. She chooses words which elicit a forceful emotional response from her audience. For example, in telling how her brothers were given BB guns and she was not, Ms. Walker writes, "Because I am a girl, I do not get a gun. Instantly, I am relegated to the position of Indian." The word "relegated" causes the reader to be irate and indignant. Most people do not like being "relegated" to anything. Another illustration of Ms. Walker's use of dynamic words can be found in her description of the encounter with her parents following the accident. She speaks of being "confronted" by her parents. "Confronted" is a combative...
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...again. I’m waiting for inspiration. My friends, kind enough to let me use their dorm room and their Macintosh, are asleep in their beds just feet away in the half-darkness, reaping the rewards of their wisdom: they haven’t waited until the night before like I have. I take swigs of Mountain Dew from a plastic mug; it’s the sweet nectar of the Gods of Last-Minute Paper Writing. No, make that bittersweet nectar -- the taste of sugary green goodness reminds me, with every swallow, that I’ve sentenced myself to another unnecessary all-nighter. I have few ideas and even less time… The blinking computer cursor on an otherwise empty screen was the college version of the blank white page of my earlier years, before technology had taken us so far. But for me it was, in many ways, the same old problem. With early drafts of a paper rarely required, I came time and time again to a point where a significant portion of my grade rested on what was essentially a single night’s work. I usually left myself no option but to write in one long session on a computer - there weren’t enough hours remaining to compose a version on paper to be typed up afterward. And time and again, my method, such as it was, worked for me. I not only survived but prospered. But I sometimes wondered, and still wonder: this works, but am I progressing? Has my writing grown? Should it be possible to turn out an “A” paper in a night? What standards are being used to judge these papers? Do my desperate all-night writing sessions...
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...SOCI221 – Interpersonal Skills of the Helper Case Study and Critique NAME: Rui ZHANG STUDENT NUMBER: 244730 DATE: 5 April 2015 WORD COUNT: 841+780 Part 1 – personal learning In part 1, I will describe what I have learnt from Egan model stage ǀ and stage II, and all my personal feeling observations from working with class client. According on the book, Egan model stage 1 is to help the helper address a main question which is 'what is going on?' (Egan 1994, p. 200). But before the helper and patient start any virtual consult, a healthy trust should be built up between with them. In the class, when I try to approach to Costa, he came into conflict with all my questions straight away. As a practitioner I would like to expect a perfect clinic patient, who was easy to talk with and carried less wariness. But Costa is kind of difficult to deal with. He is 50 years old Greek male, married, has 2 children in the college. His wife brought him into the clinic. She was quite worried about him, because he has prostate problems, over weight issue, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. In the first consultation, Costa seemed does not want to talk much about his illness state. I knew most guys refuse to talk about prostate cause it releases to genitals. He maybe feel shame and embarrassed about this kind of topic. In the Egan model stage I what I should do is to make him to trust me. As long as...
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...A recent article in The Age describes the detention of refugees, particularly children, as “a deliberate regime of neglect and cruelty amounting to torture under international law.” However, the personal stories of the detained children, highlighted in various media, have failed to move Australia’s leaders to merciful action, prompting The Age to state that “half of us are too busy feasting on the good life to give two hoots, while the other half are too preoccupied with their own struggles for economic, social and emotional survival to pay attention.” A similar notion was explored in a structured interview with my mother, which allowed me to gather an understanding of how the subconscious activities of an individual’s life can impact their overall attitudes towards a particular issue. Within this interview, my mother explained that she had “little exposure to the truth surrounding refugees” and therefore relied greatly on the “little snippets of information” that she received from the media, as she merely lacked the time to conduct her own research. This meant that, like many members of society, my mother fell into the category of people who purely accept the viewpoint of those with power and influence, and consequently fail to develop a unique, informed response to the issue. Hence, it is...
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...Assignment 1.2 Summary and Personal Response – Revision Mike Sopkowiak Anna Cahill English 115 08/12/2013 Assignment 1.2 Summary and Personal Response Final Draft In the essay “Farm Girl” Written by Jessica Hemauer I think one of the main points in the story is the work ethics that are taught at a young age turns to make them successful at life. A family of three girls Jessica who the story is told from her perspective. And Sisters Angie, Melissa and one boy Nick that work on the farm to provide for themselves. They all do chores get up two hours before school and start milking the cows feeding the calves and cleaning up the barn. When there are done with their morning chores and get cleaned up they are rewarded with a hot breakfast. Hemauer, j. Farm Girl While attending school Jessica express a desire to be like the city kids get up an hour before school, attend before and after school functions. She doesn’t tell her friend’s that she has to do all the chores at home and that’s why she doesn’t play basketball or any other sports. Her dad has a family meeting letting them know the farm is growing and more chores will need to be done. Hemauer, j. Farm Girl In eight grade she pleaded with her dad to let her play basketball and he said yes just make sure your chores get done. She quickly became the team’s starting point guard, she was thrilled to be on a team and still kept her word with her father. She did her chores in morning and after basketball, she felt she was...
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...I chose to study and analyze J.M.W. Turner’s Slave Ship for this project and found it to be very interesting. Immediately while looking at the piece you get a strong sense of emotion and drama that is being portrayed. There is a lot of depth and warmth in the colors that are used and wide swift brush strokes to create the images. The first image that caught my eye was of waves crashing on the left side of the painting. The white tips of the waves are very noticeable against the softer shades of the ocean. Behind the waves is a ship which is the next part of the painting that drew my attention. The ship seems to be caught in the rough waves of the sea and barely able to keep afloat. There is a glimmer of light from the sun peeking through and then what appears to be objects floating in the water. Without knowing the title of the painting I probably would not have known what these objects were but because the piece is title Slave Ship that leads me to believe that the images in the ocean are supposed to be humans, or slaves, that either fell out of the boat during the rough waves or tried to escape and swim away from the ship. The most interesting part of the painting is how the artist is able to seamlessly mold all of the images and emotions into one. It almost looks as though the piece was made in one continuous motion. The strokes and the colors used create a very powerful image and create a dramatic reaction for the viewer. This particular work of art by J.M.W. Turner was...
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...behind by deserting my family, high school friends, co-workers, and giving up my whole entire way of life to come to Cal Poly for Physics. Sometimes, I question if all of the stress I am putting myself through is worth it. I have to learn how to live, make new friends, and manage my lifestyle and time all by myself. Worst of all, my closest support is my uncle who is over five hours away in San Diego. After being away from Minnesota for two months, I have discovered everything that I gave up in order to be here is beneficial for my well-being. Since the beginning of my journey, I have not only developed a stronger bond with...
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...James Michael Professor V. Reyes English 101 26 January 2011 Step Into My World An old Indian proverb says, “Never judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” It explains that a person does not know how another is living, until they actually live the same lifestyle. In the story, “Serving in Florida” by Barbara Ehrenreich, she is a journalist that prepares herself to write about the working-class life. She decides to step into the shoes of the working class and embody their way of life. She accomplishes this by working typical jobs such as waitressing and housecleaning and attempting to survive with the meager wages the jobs paid. She does this experiment to shed light and bring attention on how people in America are able live on minimum wage. Throughout her narrative, she uses vivid and specific details to evoke an emotional response and connects with the reader on a personal level. She wants to show the world how working-class people are living an unfortunate life. After her reading, I believe working-class employees are entitled to more financial attention. Working-class people can be defined as people who usually work either one job, or perhaps two jobs to maintain their livelihood. The working class usually lives pay check to paycheck. Majority of the time they are not going to school, but working full time. Some blue-collar jobs include waitressing, housecleaning, and retail sales. Some duties include washing dishes or serving food to customers...
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...THE ALLIGATOR RIVER STORY As most stories begin: Once upon a time, there was a river that was practically overflowing with alligators. As you may have guessed, it was called the Alligator River. A girl named Aurora lived on the bank of this river, and on the opposite bank lived Greg. Aurora and Greg were much in love with each other, and wanted very much to see each other. But there was one slight complication: No boat, and an alligator-filled river stood between them. Aurora decided to seek help so that she could see her friend Greg. So she approached Bong, who owned a boat. Now this was very fortunate for Aurora, because Bong’s boat was what exactly she needed to get across the river. She explained her situation to Bong, who then replied: “Sure you can borrow my boat, but only under one condition. The condition is that you sleep with me tonight. Now this startled Aurora, because she didn’t want to sleep with Bong. She just wanted to borrow his boat so she could see Greg. After Aurora had told Bong “Nothing doing”, she wandered down the road until she came upon Henry. Aurora explained her predicament (her desire to see Greg and Bong’s response) to Henry. He replied: “That’s not my concern I’ve got other things to do. Leave me alone”. A despondent Aurora, her options exhausted, finally decided to go back to Bong. She slept with him that night. The next morning, Bong, true to his word, loaned his boat to...
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...org/church/temples/washington-dc?lang=eng. I was unable get in contact with a specific point of contact before I visited the church for the first time, so I attempted to attend on a Sunday, not realizing they’re not open on Sundays. I later learned that the church was not a church at all. It was a temple. On my next visit I was denied entrance because I was not Mormon. After realizing there were rules to being permitted entrance to a temple, I contacted my friend who is a Mormon and was also my inspiration for the religion I chose for this assignment and she went to the temple with me in order for me to get an up close and personal experience at the church. The people at the temple were very friendly. When I first drove up to the temple I noticed that the building did not look the way I was used to church’s looking. I grew up in the south and I am used to somewhat small churches, often constructed by the members themselves. The size of this temple was very intimidating from the outside. It was the largest church I had ever visited or even seen in person. There was beautiful landscaping leading up to and surrounding the temple. The structure of the building was exquisite! The temple was all white and several stories tall. The outside looked to be made of stone and marble. The temple has 6 peaks with 5 being empty and the one to the far left containing a statue that I later learned was of the angel Moroni. Moroni was said to be an ancient prophet in the Book of Mormon who was said to have revealed...
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