TITLE: Turn That Frown Upside Down or (Good ole Lemons)--- which do you like better? DATE OF POST:: TIME OF POST: (either 8 AM or 12 PM- please reference your editorial calendar from training) AUTHOR: Liana E’Akels IMAGE or CONTENT: “When life hands you lemons make lemonade” is a common saying heard by many. Growing up I experienced many “lemons”, but I also learned many valuable lessons. The lemonade was always the fact that I was able to take away something positive from every
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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings The story, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings", is a symbolic story about an old man who people believe is an angel. They believe that the old man is sent to take the son of Pelayo and Elisenda because he has been sick. The story tells of the angel’s hard times throughout his stay with Pelayo and his family, but the people lose interest in the so called angel after word spreads of the "spider-woman". There is a sigh of relief when the angel disappears over
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he would have needed to fill in some forms. B) The themes in the story: There are a lot of themes in this story. 1) Loneliness as Mr. Kleinman lives alone with no other people apart from limited contact to his neighbor. 2) Affection as Mr. Kleinman treats his cat as his son. 3) Youth violence as Mr. Kleinman is being assaulted by two youth. 3) Physical stress caused by traumatic experiences. C) How does the story continue? Mr. Kleinman grabbed some of his pension money and ran down
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Tom Builder. He adores Aliena as a kid and throughout his life, and dreams of building a cathedral with the different styles he has seen in France and Spain. Jack Jackson is a round character because he’s a fully developed character throughout the story and because one would feel Jack is real. We have Tom Builder, as well, who’s a tall architect, thorough worker, a concerned and somewhat ingenuous father who looks forward to the welfare of his family; loving of both Agnes, his dead wife, and Ellen
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Will-Power : All of us wish to achieve many things in life. But usually many of us do not succeed in achieving anything. And often we tend to curse our fate or misfortune. But the fact is that we have only ourselves to blame for our failures. Is there such thing as fate? If our Will-Power is strong, we can easily overcome all hurdles. The concept of fate is man-made. It is not enough that we wish to achieve something. We should have the proper willpower to carry out our planes. Even
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Chelsea Culberson Instructor Jacob Kruse Communications I 26 April 2014 “Sonny’s Blues” Sonny’s Blues is a story of disorientation at first. It tells a story of young man names Sonny and his brother who was the narrator. Sonny is young boy who in fact grew up the world of abandonment. He suffered from drug addiction, school dropout, and personal desertion issues. As the story unfolds from his older brother’s point of view, it explains how the older brother wished he had been there for his brother
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literature book. 1. From which perspective does the narrator tell this story? A. First person B. Third person limited C. Third person omniscient D. Third person objective 2. Which of the following choices best describes how a reader can determine the narrator’s perspective in this story? A. The story features such pronouns as I, me, my, etc., and the narrator is a character. B. The story features such pronouns as he, she, they, them, etc. The narrator is not a character
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The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, he builds a story out of darkness and despair. He takes the tragedy of cancer and immerses us in the lives of characters that could very well be real. Many know of the heartaches in dealing with those who fight the fight, and many of those scars last a lifetime. He brings his story in the form of a teen girl, Hazel Lancaster. Stricken with cancer from a young age, she believes she has come to terms with what her life has become. Then she meets a young
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Have You Been? is a feminist allegory. I do not know if I agree or disagree with this perspective. I do not think Oates intended for the story to be a feminist allegory in any sense, but I do see why Johnson thinks that way. Connie definitely surrenders her autonomous self to Arnold’s desire and domination in the end, but that does not mean that during the whole story Connie was kissing the ground Arnold walked on. I strongly disagree that part of growing up requires sexual bondage at the hands of a
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Who Moved My Cheese? Ever read a story that relates to your personal life? I just recently read the story Who Moved My Cheese? , By Spencer Johnson. I’m not much of a reader, but this story really made me think. This story makes you think about the way you live your life and how you deal with change in your life. The author could have easily just given the message in a few paragraphs, but he gave the messages in a story involving two mice and two little people stuck in a maze. They all are
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