Name:Wendy Moderow Date:12/30/14 EN46b Unit 6 Critical Analysis Essay Grade: _____/100 Directions: Compose a critical analysis essay that focuses on an essay’s theme and how the literary elements contribute to the development of the theme. Your critical analysis essay must focus on one of the following essays: "How to Write with Style" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (from Unit 1) "The Organization Kid" by David Brooks (from Unit 2) "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King (from Unit 3) "I Have a Dream"
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Wong‚ “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” is about a girl with a Chinese ethnicity struggling to be an “All-American Girl”. She refuses to learn her native tongue. She presents a series of experiences in her story that explain her transformation from a Chinese girl to an American girl. Wong thought of her heritage as “a source of embarrassment” due to many aspects in her life that made her feel like an outsider and my friend can relate to her experiences. Wong wants to give up on what makes
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The Struggle to be an All – American Girl ELIZABETH WONG “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl “by Elizabeth Wong is about how a mother wants her kids to learn their native language. It’s still there the school I want to 10 years ago‚ even with the new painting and fence. Am talking about the Chinese school on Yale Street. My brother and I used to go to Chinese school‚ because their mother wanted them to learn Chinese‚ but we really wanted to play with our friends. We walk to school with tears
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In "The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl‚" Elizabeth Wong explains three common differences between Chinese and American schools. The scent of the schools‚ the subject material‚ and the language are all reasons the character in this essay liked her American public school over her Chinese school. While sitting among her classmates in an empty auditorium‚ the only smell present was the scent of Chinese medicine and imported faraway mustiness. She demised this smell and longed for the scent of French
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In The Struggle to Be an All American Girl by‚ Elizabeth Wong‚ the author feels that people should not be forced to do anything that they do not agree with. The story is based on Wong’s life experiences. This story was about a young Chinese girl who wanted to live the average American life‚ but‚ her mother thought otherwise. Elizabeth would rather practice the American culture‚ rather‚ than enhance her knowledge of the Chinese culture. Wong’s mother forced her and her brother to attend a Chinese
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League While America was at war in Europe‚ many Americans were stocking up on supplies like food‚ water‚ and clothing while worrying about shortages of these materials necessary for living. “America was in the middle of World War II. Baseball was at risk because‚ as citizens saw generously paid athletes "swatting balls while their loved ones were dying on foreign shores‚" interest declined and criticism went up” (Peterik‚ Adam). With top notch players participating
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The Girl with All the Gifts came very recommend by a coworker with similar tastes in films. He thought this would a film I would like since he feels it’s an interesting take on the tradition zombie film. Which is something I do agree with‚ though I don’t hold in the same kind of regard as he does. The Girl with All the Gifts feels like its trying to get me to like by being as much like other zombie stories that are popular. The Fungus‚ and the Carol character being the most egregious. In the somewhat
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Katie Jordan was a college graduate and seemed to be a very trust worthy person. She started working for Aramis Properties when she finished college. This was her first job so she was very excited. Katie was happy and eager about the opportunity that she was given and wanted to do a good job so that she could move up within the company. Katie was hired as an onsite property manager. Her duties were to show apartments to prospective tenants‚ collect rent‚ and supervise a maintenance crew. Katie was
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Promoting a sense of the true American spirit is a popular tactic for many companies to sell products because of the innate and contagious pride in one’s nation. Almay created a commercial featuring Carrie Underwood that appeals to this idea in order to sell makeup. Carrie begins by describing the embodiment of beauty in America‚ while an impressive scene of a mountain complete with a cascading waterfall fills the background. The song “All American Girl” plays with a video of Carrie performing it
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American Girls is about the story of Dominican Republic family that is living in New York. Sandra and Bautista are the parents; both are first generation immigrants. They had two jobs. They worked on the hospital from five o’clock in the morning and on the evenings they worked cleaning a Doctor office. They did not spend much time with their kids because they are always working. They want to retire and live in Dominican Republic. Their three daughter were born in the US. Monica is the first born
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