...Response Paper: Never Let Me Go The screening of the book Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro Kazuo was directed by Mark Romanek, not a very famous director but definitely a hard-working one. The movie includes such actors as Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, and Andrew Garfield who act as the main protagonists of the performance. The movie starts with the final scene of Tommy’s “completion”. Then the viewer is presented with the retrospection of events that leads to this final scene. It is quite different than in the book. The writer tells the story from the very beginning and does not show the ending to the readers. While the movie is created in such a way that in the first scene the viewer knows how it ends, it does not mean that it is not interesting. In contrary it is a very well composed and striking film. From the beginning of the movie the audience is presented with the everyday life of a group of young people: Tommy, Kathy, and Ruth. They seem to be the average persons while in fact they are a part of a big project. They are simply genetically modified clones. They cannot have children, they have to be healthy, and from the very beginning of their lives they are prepared for donations. They give their organs and after one, two or sometimes three surgeries they just complete. Some of these people believe that they can get a deferral. In fact, there is no such thing as deferral and they are meant to die from the very beginning of their lives. Their struggle to postpone the...
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...997661472 PHL388 05.29.15 Analyzing Giants and How They Should Be Buried James Wood, in his review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant, criticizes the work for its use of allegory which he argal and general what is implicit and personal in his best fiction” through the use of allegory. In other words it seems as if Wood believes that an author must more or less place some sort of an onus upon the reader to unearth messages within literary works with a bit of effort, which an allegory fails to do. In The Buried Giant’s case Wood argues the use of allegory “simplifies” and “literalizes”. As a result it is argued to not only discount from this particular author’s general writing style (as compared to his previous works) but more generally makes too obvious what should be left for the reader to, in the process of reading, uncover with a bit of work as opposed to having an allegory hand it to them on a platter. Wood argues the use of allegory fails as it, “points everywhere” and is couple with a fictional setting which is, “feeble, mythically remote, generic, and pressureless” making the work simultaneously literal and vague. He also adds that the use of allegory is, “antinovelistic, because it points away from its own story, gued he overlooks other characteristics which can be argued to be more significant when it comes to judging the success of a piece of literature. Wood may potentially believe that since the use of allegory in The Buried Giant has...
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...to get my G.E.D. and go on to college. I am also holding up to a promise that I made. When I younger my parents moved us to Jacksonville, Florida this was a big change for me. I had a lot of bad things go on, things that no child should have to go through. So in result of that I was taken out of public school and was homeschooled. I never really had a teacher. I was home by myself and had no one to teach me. In result, I never got to graduate and get a diploma. I had gone to school to be a dog groomer, and became a certified groomer and ran my own grooming shop. So I had never worried about getting my G.E.D. As for writing I never really had to write I always talked face to face with my clients. I had never written an essay before I started college in the September of 2010. I never liked writing because I was not experienced in doing so. Honestly I was scared of having to take Communications. Now I am starting to enjoy writing still not the best at it, but I am getting a lot better compared to what I was. The essay This I Believe I really enjoyed it was my favorite one. Overall I have made a major improvement in my writing capabilities. I have tried the different techniques of brainstorming. I have tried free writing and I didn’t like this technique, because it had no order to it. I like thing having an order. Then I tried the web, I only used it once but I did not care for it much either. But the one that seemed to work the best for me was listing. I liked...
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...unfortunately I did not. I did not have anybody to push me to do better, or explain to me how all of this learning could affect me some day. So I only did as much as I had to do to graduate. So here almost 30 years later I’m struggling to put complete sentences together, let alone write a 5 page essay about something I completely know nothing about. This is sometimes very embarrassing, especially if I must compete or try to keep up with the young students. I’m not saying I can’t do this, because I can, it’s just not going to be easy for me. I’m going to have to work twice as hard as the young students do. But if you can help me and be patient with me along the way, I can accomplish what I have sat out to do. As I said before I drove a truck for 24 years and for health reasons they no longer will let me drive and as a truck driver there was not much need for proper grammar or English and nobody really cared if I could write an essay. So here I was at 44 years old and not a clue of what I’m going to do with the rest of my life and I still don’t know completely to this day, but I’m here and I’m trying to get an education. I want to get my degree in accounting. I would love to be able to be a CPA someday. I’m not sure that this goal is realistic or not. I have a long way to go, even to just get even where the high school kids are coming into college. I don’t have much writing experience to share with you; I had never written an essay until last semester I took 099 English. Which by...
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...submit essay - application for admission Your essay will be submitted as it appears below. Please review it carefully before using the "save essay" button at the bottom of the page. If your essay does not display properly, you may wish to review the frequently asked questions about essay submission. Have you ever spent a day just crying? Like anyone in the world, I've had my fair share of problems. Ranging from little things, such as missing the bus, to massive, like losing a loved one. The most difficult obstacle that I have had and even today that continuously comes back to haunt me, is my depression. Most people believe it's just the stress of school but no one sees the true emotions I feel when trying to gain the motivation to...
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...Experiential Learning Essay Template Review this check list in prior to submitting your experiential learning essay. If you have completed all of the items listed below, you are ready to submit your essay. Keep in mind, your evaluator may still request additional material, however, the list below will guide in your essay submission preparations. Not adhering to these guidelines will cause a delay in processing. ** Review each of the items below and check if you have completed each of them: 1. I have selected an approved essay topic from the essay course descriptions page. http://www.phoenix.edu/admissions/prior_learning_assessment/experiential-essays/essay-topics.html 2. Some essays have specific experience requirements. I have checked the essay description and I meet all of the experience requirements listed. 3. I have written and included a 1,500 to 2,100 word autobiography; autobiography is only required with first Experiential Learning Essay, subsequent essays do not require additional autobiographies. 4. I have written an experiential essay: 3,000 to 4,500 words for 3 credit essay 5. My essay is written in first person (1st) without references. 6. I have written to all four (4) areas of Kolb’s model of learning. 7. I have addressed all of the required subtopics in each of the four areas of Kolb’s model of learning. 8. I have included supporting documentation that validates my personal/professional experience with the essay course description/topic. 9. My essay is based on personal...
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...Narrative Essay Have you ever had a moment in your life that you can just not forget about? I have a time in my life that I have never been so embarrassed in front of so many people. Some things are easier to remember, and some are easier to forget. I can remember this day as if it happened yesterday. It was a Friday night and I went to eat at Bonnie & Clyde’s pizza with my family for my brother’s birthday party. Out of all nights the place was packed and there was not one empty chair in the building. We sit down at the table and we enjoy the birthday. We eat pizza, cake, and everyone was having a good time. I thought I would be nice and start to clean up everyone’s plates and cups to make some room on the table for everyone. They give you the pizza on a round silver tray, so I started to pile up all the plates, cups, and silverware on to the tray. As my mother asked me “do you need any help?” I told her no I got it and started to walk up to the counter to drop off the tray. I knew that with all the stuff piled onto the tray that it was going to be too heavy but I wanted to try and carry it anyway without any help. As I am walking the tray up their stacked full I tripped over a step in the floor and I am sure you can guess what happened next. I dropped the tray everywhere and I feel to the floor. The trash went everywhere along with the plates and cups. I had never been so embarrassed in my life. Every person in their chair stop and turned their heads to look at me. They...
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...edu English 1000 I have a confession to make, one that made me feel empty-headed for many years; I used to be horrible at essays! Throughout my education career I have had a difficult time writing papers, whether it was a creative writing story or a research paper. But as I struggled through every essay in English class I was able to learn a great deal of tips to help me through every mistake I made along the way, which helped me some but still, I felt lost. I have always dreaded having to write essays in English classes because I knew it would most likely only hurt my grade, but all of that changed once I found a teacher who I could open up to and who genuinely cared about me succeeding in her class. I then went from having no confidence in any of my essays, to having a smile on my face when I received them back with an A on the front. I may have struggled when it came to how to construct an essay and how to make it flow, but by the time I finished Mrs. Wiley’s class my junior year all of that changed for me. All right so now I guess the secrets out! Although I may be a good writer now, lets start back at the beginning. As I use to sit there at my desk while the teacher was handing out the rubric for the next writing assignment my hands would start to sweat and the nerves would start to kick in. All I could do was stare at my laptop not knowing where to even start. The only thing that had ever stuck with me is to use the correct punctuation that everyone had learned in...
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...when I read the bible or go to church is one I wish I could let everyone feel. But I am doing my duty to spread as much of the teachings of Christ as possible. There have been a lot of things that have happened in my life that I know God has pulled me through. My grandmother has always given me the word and it has taught me how to deal with other situations that I would have leaned on my own understanding to solve. With God, all things are possible and I am thankful to have this opportunity to write to someone who may not know about him. At one point in time, I lost my job. My mother was not able to help me and all I was able to do was pray. One Sunday, I went to church and my pastor, without me telling him, asked if I was still working. Just like that out of the blue, I was shocked. I told him about my situation and he let me know one of his colleagues was looking for a part-time worker, the next day I interviewed and I got hired on the spot. Had I leaned on my own understanding and not went to church to pray and worship, I would not have the job that I’ve had for two years. God is always there when I need him, and he can be there for you too. There is nothing that I can do without Jesus Christ. He has gotten me through many trials and tribulations. My faith is what gets me through the day. I can honestly say that he is the peace that passes all understanding, and why I am pushing forward to continue my education everyday. Just take that leap of faith, go to church and really give...
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...the source (writer and title of essay) and state his or her most important point in your own words. The writer name is Suki Kim. Her title comes from her own life trials. This essay comes from her book that she wrote titled, “Interpreter.” She lets the reader knows that she was born with the silver spoon in her mouth. Her father had lost everything in bankruptcy and in her country that is a crime a person can be put into jail. So her family had come to Queens, New York. They didn’t have a penny to their names. She had to learn how to transfer from a little rich girl to a poor little girl. This essay also shows us how she dealt with the changes and how others saw her and what she calls the 1.5 generation. Ms. Kim also lets us the reader knows that it was hard to transfer to a new lifestyle especially in the 1980’s as a teenager. 2. Summarize the other main points and their supporting details in separate paragraphs. One of the other main points in this essay to me was her first English words in junior high were F.O.B., short for fresh off the boat. She didn’t understand why other kids called her that because she had flown Korean Air to Kennedy Airport. The second main point is one of the where she had to face fact that took more for her to understand was that she is now Asia, A term that was mentioned only in her social studies class. 3. Discuss the (1) writer’s purpose, (2) genre, (3) audience, and (4) tone (attitude). Her purpose was to let her audience know how she felt...
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...Murray's essays respectively. While Mike Bunn's piece gives good instruction on how to analyze text, it did not leave an impression quite in the same way that Donald Murray's did. Any author that gives permission to procrastinate as part of the creative process gets a thumbs up in my book. However, it wouldn't be fair to compare the two essays as one being better than the other as both essays have their merits. Mike Bunn goes into quite a bit of depth on the technique of reading like a writer, but the essay seemed to me that it was just another take on Aristotle's rhetorical triangle. The long list of questions he gave as an example for readers reminded me of all the work on the Ethos, Pathos, and Logos from English 101 last semester. How does the author write that makes him look credible, and is he even credible? Is the information logical and does it evoke an emotion in the reader? What I did find thought-provoking what his point on "writerly choices". "The goal as you read like a writer is to locate what you believe are the most important writerly choices represented in the text - choices as large as the overall structure or as small as a single word used only once - to consider the effect of those choices on potential readers...
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...All about me, me and me Woosh. Woosh. Woosh. The fan spins in my excessively hot room. Sweat is dripping off my forehead and I feel like I might pass outtttttttttttttttttttt. Sorry just did right there. Oh fuck! I have to finish this essay tonight and what do I have? Zero inspiration to write something that’s all about me. It seems really easy but damn, my writer’s block is really kicking in. The heat is killing me. I’m sitting in my my room with a refreshing glass of water with two ice cubes, not crushed ice, I hate that shit. I mean why would you want crushed? The pieces are so small you’ll just start to swallow ice. I also have some bad for you poisonous shit chips to my left, but they taste soooo good. I’m listening and singing to some of Coldplay’s great hits on my small little amp. The most notable songs that catch my attention at the moment are: Viva La Vida, Lovers In Japan and Strawberry Swing. Sometimes I try to imagine that there is a strawberry swing on a rolling green hill with the markings of a strawberry on the wood seat of the swing. I love to put myself in the image of what the singer is describing. The lyrics are paint on the canvas of my mind. Thinking about being in someone’s song comforts me. Songs help me get through writing this difficult essay that I wish I weren’t doing at the moment. Wow! I’m almost at two pages. Don’t quit now. Damn. Game of Thrones is on my television. I have to resist! It’s so cool though; I can’t. I get up and turn my television...
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...thoughts she had. She also, was thinking of an essay she must write for her class of creative writing which was “ Course goals.” Although it may seem an easy essay to write, she had a hard time writing it. She started the essay earlier to avoid procrastination, nothing came to her mind to write… Her mind was like a hurricane in the most arduous tropical times, taking all her time and energy thinking of her past. Searching how to write poetic, reading essays, reading articles but nothing worked. That day when the essay was due, that day when she was in the process of becoming Elsa, she had an idea of what creativity for her may be and what to write in her essay....
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...Professor Nora Kabaji English 100 Name of Essay Midterm Essay 11 May 2009 Topic of this essay: Discuss the effects of one personal goal or hobby that you have pursued and enjoyed (or are enjoying) in your life, such as your education, your marriage, a place you are living in, a game, or a hobby. The Coach There are many hobbies that I have had as I get older, but none have made an impact as much as coaching has done for me. My son’s soccer team was chosen without a coach and was in jeopardy of not being able to play, so I did the right thing that any parent would do and I volunteered to be the head coach. That decision was a decision that has given me a new outlook on life and for my future. I never really thought that I would fall in love with coaching as much as I did. Coaching has become a very valuable hobby to me that has taught me many valuable lessons. Coaching has taught me to prepare in everything I do, it has taught me to be a better competitor, and it has given me the ability to be a better teacher. Coaching as a hobby has been a very fun and eventful time in my life, but coaching has taught me to prepare for not only my games but for everything I do in life. I was a procrastinator when it came to completing tasks, and it would drive my family crazy. When I started coaching I noticed that I had to prepare well in advance, and my preparing started months before any practice or game had started. I go over and over in my head what the next practice...
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...Tips for a Great College Essay Why write an essay? The purpose of the essay is to convince admission officers whom you’ve never met, in less than ten minutes, that you would be a good match for their colleges. At the most basic level, it allows admission officers to evaluate your communication and writing skills. In addition, the essay allows admission officers to discover more about you as a person – a side of you not shown by statistics like grades and SATs. The essay gives information about your history, attitudes, interests and creativity; it gives a sense of your values and goals. What admission officers are doing is creating a community…looking to see how you would fit in that community, what would you bring to that community and what sets you apart. How the essay is evaluated • • • Is your writing mechanically sound? Is your writing style comfortable? Can you write a good sentence? Can you write a good paragraph? Do you address the question asked? Can you form a thesis? Can you discuss a theme? Is your argument logical? Can you get in and out of the essay with some finesse? Do you write with style, nuance and creativity? Do you write with a distinctive voice? Choosing a topic Choose the essay topic that appeals to you most. The topic is less important than your delivery Remember: there is no right or wrong answer. The college just wants to know who you are and how your mind works. Bad essay topics - there are bad essays, not bad topics; but be...
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