As a college student bad writing is no stranger to me. On my journey to become a great writer I have made many mistakes and you should as well. No Author writes a perfect story the first time‚ It takes a great deal of revision and hours of word choice to make sure the reader comprehends what is intended to be narrated. This can be very difficult and has been for me as a young writer. George Orwell talks about many different examples of bad writing and what makes this writing so bad such as complex
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I found Countee Cullen’s poem "From The Dark Tower" to be very interesting. The title itself gave me the impression that the speaker is some type of night watchman who was possibly watching over a field but could have just as well have been a planter who uses the planting and nature terminology to metaphorically relate to life issues. I think the first lines: We shall not always plant while others reap The golden increment of bursting fruit‚ would be an example of such. It seems as though the
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Growing up I don’t recall anyone ever reading to me‚ I just picked it up myself. Before I was in school I was reading the basic things like Dr. Suess. Also I read things like‚ if you give a mouse a cookie‚ the very hungry caterpillar‚ and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. While learning how to read on my own‚ I found it very easy to read books that kids my age would find very difficult. I also had things like a leap pad which had children books on it to help me if I found a word hard to read or difficult to
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Stand By Me 1. The four main characters of the story Stand by Me are Gordie Lachance‚ Chris Chambers‚ Teddy Duchamp‚ and Vern Tessio. Gordie Lachance is a 12 going on 13 year old boy from Castle Rock‚ Oregon. His older brother Denny was killed in a jeep accident‚ this leads to Gordies mother ignoring him and his father hating him. Chris Chambers is one of the four boys who traveled to find the boy who was killed Ray Brower. Chris’s dad is an alcoholic‚ and his brother is friends with the groups bully
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calling for regulation and for removing social networking from classrooms -- despite the positive affects they have on students and the essential tools they provide for education in today’s digital climate. The positive effects of social networking sites in education are profound. According to a study conducted by the University of Minnesota on student use of social media‚ students who are already engaging in social networking could benefit from incorporating it into curriculum. Christine Greenhow
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Fictional Fumble You hear it in daily conversations‚ see it on the news‚ and deal with it in everyday situations. There is no denying that racial profiling is a major hot topic in today’s society. So when I saw Call Me By My Name on the shelf at the library‚ I thought it would be entertaining‚ as well as relevant. After reading the inside sleeve‚ I was excited to learn more about the “Legend... larger than the sleepy Louisiana town where it was born.” However‚ I found myself halfway through the
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Jayme Watkins Professor Claus Soc 2510 27 april 2016 Roger and Me Take Home Essay “Roger and Me” was a film that was produced in 1989 by director Michael Moore. Moore was born and raised in Flint‚ Michigan. This film shows the people of Flint and the hard times they endured during a time of major layoffs and job unemployment due to GM closing multiple factories. This documentary shows different outlooks of society and the basic sociology of Flint‚ Michigan. It shows very good examples
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and societies change‚ many individuals are excluded due to new rules that surpass them. Stand by me demonstrates the only do laws change over time‚ but the societies that dictate them change as well. These rules are changed by the people who set examples to the rest of the world; a powerful example is the classic film ‘Stand by me’ which demonstrates the will of the four protagonists who are excluded from their society. Gordie‚ Chris‚ Teddy and Fern are the main characters
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Tell me how much I make you suffer. Tell me you are sick of me. Tell me you hate my guts. Tell me why the trees turn green. Tell me what heaven is. Tell me what a grocery store is‚ what a dog is‚ what the word red means. Tell me what night is like in Copenhagen‚ what death is like in China‚ how it feels to swim in the Sea. Tell me all the places where I need to lose weight. Tell me not to eat. Tell me a story about Splenda. Tell me to try a tapeworm. Tell me you love me and are very sorry. Tell
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John Agard’s ‘Checking out me history’ is written in dialectical non-standard English‚ where he has tried to input the natural sounds and phrases of a Caribbean dialect. This is important because one of the major themes of the poem is that of his personal identity; this use of language really highlights his different background and puts emphasis on his differences. His use of repetition‚ especially of the phrase “dem tell me” gives a sense of repetition and exaggerates the amount of things he was
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