Mr Deeprose October 10th, 2012 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Reading Response The novel The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald is a book that deals with the American Dream: an ideal presented in American literature where the dreamer rises to wealth, very present in the twenties. In this bestseller, Gatsby – the protagonist – embodies the evolution of one to greatness. Beginning his life as a simple, poor farmer’s boy. James Gatz, upon meeting the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan who is
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Phong Nguyen 1/8/15 Salvation Reading Response The story, “Salvation” by Langston Hughes reminds me of a past personal experience of when I was a kid growing up in a religious environment. Growing up, I was often brought along with my family to temples to pray. I was raised to believe in buddhism. Without any knowledge of buddhism, all I knew was that there was once a man named Buddha, and that we must pray to him for good fortune. That was the basis of my knowledge of that religion. Like most
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The argument from design is also referred to as the teleological argument, which comes from the word telos, meaning purpose in the Greek language, in other words teleology is the study of purpose. The argument from design is Thomas Aquinas’s final way of proving the existence of God. Aquinas is an Italian philosopher who was ranked as the most powerful thinker; he was highly influenced by Aristotle. According to Aquinas’s argument, all things have a disposition or an order, in a way that when you
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The article is about the declining market of Coffee Beans. The article, written by Oxfam International, describes the different problems that coffee bean producers and countries now face as the price of coffee beans is declining drastically. The general consensus shows that besides large coffee companies, private growers and farmers of coffee beans, due to lack of technology, power and information, have sold their beans for such low prices, that even sometimes they sell their beans for less than
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Taylor Luongo Matthews English 101 A85 10/2/2012 My reading response is on David Foster’s speech “This is Water”. Fosters point is, not insulting, but explaining how to “think”. He gives example on how people think in different ways. “Blind Certainty” is another point he runs down stating how people see one way and one way only. He uses the phase “lens of self” as a way of how people receive the world. To alter this he brings up “Learning how to think” meaning “exercising some control over
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Soemi Jobaida 2/23/2017 Professor Eacott – WW1 Reading Response -Week 7 Referring to both readings for this week, write a current newspaper editorial explaining the roles played by the press in connecting and/or disconnecting the governments of Europe to/from the publics of Europe in World War Earlier generation before 1914 did not have access to information like the people did with the developments of the press. The "media revolution" of the 19th century conveyed an important increase in newspapers
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Reading Response 1- Incentives I do not believe that children should be given incentives just to do better at something. If you are going to give your child money, make them work for it. Show them the value of a dollar and not the value of a letter grade. Children are required to go to school in order to learn and become educated. If your children want to do something or go out with friends and they need money have them work for it. There are chores they can do around the house like mowing
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In the article “Marry Him!” posted by The Atlantic, Lori Gottlieb, the author, tries to convince readers to “settle” at a young age when it comes to potential mates, instead of looking for the perfect soul mate. She has a unique perspective on marriage because of her experiences and age. I do not agree with Gottlieb about needing to settle at a young age, but I do appreciate the view she has. One cannot make lists and lists of traits their mate must have, but focus on finding the individual who
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My Reading Response to Amazing Grace Jacqueline Stephens My Reading Response to Amazing Grace The poem I have chosen to respond to is Amazing Grace by John Newton. Giving birth to a child creates a strong bond between a mother and daughter, the emotional bond created between my granddaughter and myself is due to the fact, I had custody of her for the first two and half years of her life and I sang Amazing Grace to her every night before bedtime. She weighted a pound
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Amanda K. Parker English 098 O. Ogo This I Believe Reading Response September 29, 2014 “The Best Education in the World” about parenthood By, Jeff Sloan As heard on The Bod Edwards Show, May 24, 2013 This story is about a man becoming a father. He told about his beliefs as a family and parent. He also talks about if he’s ready for the responsibility of becoming a parent. And what it’s like 16 years later becoming a father to three children. “And after all these
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