“Any fool can know; the point is to understand” (Albert Einstein). This wise saying is from Albert Einstein, who believed understanding a concept is the most crucial part of knowledge. Elizabeth Kolbert displayed a similar philosophy in writing her passage “Terrible Teens”. Kolbert’s objective was to make her readers truly comprehend her thesis. Making use of personal encounters, Kolbert was able to make her thesis clear throughout her passage. Furthermore, Kolbert uses a comparison to a well-known musical to make her theory straightforward. Last of all, Kolbert uses a professional’s opinion to further propel her proposition as unambiguous. Kolbert not only uses methods of development throughout her passage…
There are many minor conflicts that keep the story interesting. Two very important ones are betweenJohn and his parents and Lorraine and her mother. Both of the childrens parents are verbally abusive and dont show any love or respect for John and Lorraine. They treat Mr Pignatti without respect because they dont know any better. There is also a conflict between John and Lorraine in the story. They start to argue near the end of the story about whether they should keep the key to Mr Pignatti's house. Even though Mr. Pignatti gives the key to them, lorraine doesn't think they should keep it. Their different personalites begin to tear them apart.…
In “Both Sides Come Out Fighting: The Argument Culture and the Press”, Deborah Tannen explains that the Press over-simplifies and dramatizes situations, and validates ridiculous arguments in order to appeal to viewers. She provides many examples of the harm this practice can cause, and describes the “Argument Culture” which is present in society. The Press has sizable influence because the way that events are reported affects people’s perceptions, in turn this affects the events themselves. The Media relies on controversy and drama to make news more interesting. They may exaggerate what was said, or analyse non-existent tensions. In the pursuit of remaining unbiased both sides of a story will be equally represented. The societal belief that…
In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” one can tell that Flannery O’Connor is a dark person, and may even question if she is a Christian or not. In this short story, some people may think Flannery O’Connor may not be a Christian because of The Misfit character. Despite The Misfit character, I believe Flannery O’Conner is Christian and she shows it in several places throughout the short story through several characters.…
Annie is the smartest student in the class. She is both liked by the teachers and the students which leads to her befriending a girl named Gwen. Everyday after school Gwen and Annie walk home from school together. Annie then decides that there is a chance to try and replace her relationship with Gwen for the one that she used to have with her mother, but then realizes that is not possible. Annie makes another friend; the Red Girl, who has a very different personality and different morals than Annie and her family. Annie's relationships with Gwen and the Red girl are ways that she has used to deal with the changes with her relationship with her mother. This relationship becomes a way for Annie to rebel against her family, especially her mother. Annie is trying to find her own way to become her own person. The Red Girl is a tomboy who runs around dirty and scruffy. This is something of which her mother does not approve. Annie really enjoys this difference in family morals. Even though she understands it goes against what her family believes in, Annie decides to start playing marbles which then leads into picking up the negative side of Red Girl. She decides to start stealing and lying daily. One day Annie's mother finds out about her new personality and starts to search for the things that she has stolen but is unable to, which amuses Annie. This new Annie starts to die down when Red Girl moves…
Angela Kelley’s article “Excuse Me, But Your House is Leaking,” discusses the new technologies of Thermal Imaging Devices (TIDs) and how they are impacting our Fourth Amendment right that protects us against invasion of privacy. The use of TIDs improperly opens the door to unreasonable searches and seizures. Because of the nature of the intrusion, TIDs somehow fall outside the letter of the law. However, do they fall outside the spirit in which the laws were originally crafted? This paper will react to this point.…
In “So I ain’t no good girl” by Sharon Flake gives you clues about a girl and how she and her boyfriend have relationship problems. Raheem (the boyfriend) is very abusive. Raheem has and wants control over everything. The way they both act it seems like it was not not meant to be. As if they were not supposed to be together. The story is an “ok” book. The characters are good characters. Based on this information the characters could be much more open about themselves and how they feel. Raheem needs to have less self-esteem on his self. The characters needs to be more confident, less self-esteem, and more open. If Raheem changes how he acts, the story may actually be better. Raheem and the girl need to change how they both act. So “I aint no good girl’ by Sharon Flake is a marvelous story. But the characters are too scared and too selfish; they just need to be better.…
The author of this story has the main female charter seem like a desperate character and puts up with Raheem cause she feels like she has to be in a relationship to feel good about herself which is not true but that’s the only example of a relationship is the one that she gets at home. This isn’t how a real relationship is supposed to be. Raheem is a really bad boyfriend. He doesn’t respect her at all; she so insecure and likes him so much that whatever he does she lets him get away with it and act like she doesn’t see…
3. The physical description of the three girls seems like the exposition of the story because the rest of it follows them through the store and relates Sammy’s thoughts about them. The carefully detailed portrait of Queenie, the leader of the three girls, is of great value to the story. Queenie seems like a typical proud teenage girl, and she serves to further characterize Sammy. The fact that he quits his job just so this girl will notice him transforms him into a susceptible young man.…
Barbara Jordan quotes that "We, as humans beings, must be able to accept people who are different than ourselves." this quote plays a large role in many of the text included in collection one some of which included "American Flag Stands for Tolerance", "My So-Called Enemy" and "The Lottery".…
While reading What Language is That? I found that I could really relate to the young girls. I remember being that age and having an inseparateable best friend, someone who just knows everything about you. I could not imagine one day, out of nowhere being told to just forget about them. I was pleased to find out that the girls followed their hearts instead of listening to their parents.…
In summary, the concept is solid, but the story would benefit from more development in the areas of structure, pace, staying focused on the main task, creating a consistent tone, and character…
In the first few paragraphs I see that the story is written in 1st person narrative form as the girl. She is about 16 or 17 years old, since she attends grade 11 school. We get introduced with her father and brother Greg. Her relationship with Greg has its ups and downs, and with her father her relationship is okay. The stories conflict is based on the father wanting his children to follow his footsteps because he wished he did that with his father, and he doesn’t want his children to make the same mistake , but Greg doesn’t want that.…
The little girl becomes bigger, but her eyes grow dimmer. Her heart breaks when she is told that a girl she thought was her closest friend, her sister, almost, cannot bear being around her and only barely tolerates her presence. And that sets off a chain reaction of lights shutting down. Her soul, chained to a wall of insecurity and misery, suffers the slinging of insults like rotten fruit: annoying, obnoxious, stupid, fat. The girl begins to feel that no one could ever possibly care about her as much as she cared about them, but she accepts it.…
The short story contains a lot of pessimistic and negative adjectives, which gives me, as a reader, a feeling of negativity at first, but then you realize that the story is so much negative that it turns out to be filled with humor and a sarcastic touch.…