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    Formative assignment: discuss the role of the writer in society‚ with reference to specific examples. The ‘writer’s’ role is vital to society in many ways. From the newspapers that are written to be informative‚ to the poets that are taught for education‚ from the bible that millions follow on a daily basis to fictional novels for entertainment. On one hand‚ Literature is all around and can be extremely influential‚ informative and enlightening. On the other hand‚ literature can be dangerous and

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    Sierra Wardell Poetry Response Tuesday March 12‚ 2013 “The Writer” By: Richard Wilbur The passion one has for something can make those who have never related to it have a desire to understand it in order to experience the same passion. The Writer. This poem has too many words that could be said about it. Although this poem is about a father telling the readers about his daughter when she writes‚ it goes so much deeper than that. I find the theme of this poem to be passion. Three different examples

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    In my father was a writer memoir‚ Andre Dubus III was young when events in his life starts to mold him. Starting early moving to different places having three other siblings and one parent that was a captain in the military. At the time his father was depressed and didn’t enjoy being a captain in the military in Andre’s eyes. After Andre granddad passed away it was an instant change in the family. Andre dad retired from being a commander in the marines. In Andre’s eyes‚ his daddy became happier‚

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    Overview of World War II The Origins of World War II America and Isolationism When events began happening in Europe that would eventually lead to World War II‚ many Americans took an increasingly hard line towards getting involved. The events of World War I had fed into America’s natural desire to isolationism‚ and this was reflected by the passage of Neutrality Acts along with the general hands off approach to the events that unfolded on the world stage. Increasing tensions While America was

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    “The Curse” by Andre Dubus is about Mitchell Hayes‚ a forty-nine year old bartender who is witness to a rape. The rape occurs right before closing when five bikers rape a young woman while holding Mitchell at bay. After the rape‚ Mitchell is distraught over his decision of not making a stronger attempt to help the girl. Police‚ family and friends try to comfort Mitchell by telling him he made the right decision. However‚ he continues to feel guilt and self-doubt over whether or not

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    unique association of how it is made‚ where it is‚ and what it means” (Association of Public Art). Not all artworks create a pleasant respond from the public as it will be explain on the artwork created by Andres Serrano called “Piss Christ.” This particular piece created great controversy among the public and religious leaders. The artwork “Piss Christ” by Andres Serrano created back in 1987 began its controversy when the artist placed a plastic crucifix in a glass jar containing his own urine‚ hence

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    action and fight back against Great Britain for their freedom because their methods of hope and petition failed to work. First‚ he used concession to opposition in the beginning of his speech to acknowledge the arguments and thoughts of the preceding speakers so that he could speak freely while he suggested treason. Secondly‚ he pointed out how despite the obvious facts of the start of a war‚ the convention continued to hope even without response from Britain. Henry stated‚ “Ask yourselves how this gracious

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    It is simply not debatable that Aung Sang Suu Kyi speech‚ “Freedom from Fear” should be included in the category of “Communities and contexts: how ideas are generated through words”. I will show you why this is. Aung Sang Suu Kyi uses a substantial amount of pathos in her speech. When she combines pathos‚ antithesis and a lack of fear‚ she forms a speech that reaches out to people not only in her own country of Burma but also the whole UK Government and its allied nations. This is evident through

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    Shawnice Rogers 9/20/13 Chapter 7&8 From Slavery To freedom by John Hope Franklin‚ in chapter 7 the first topic that was brought up was King Cotton. In the domestic slave trade‚ which took place from 1808-1865. It talked about how technology supported expansion of slave labor. Eli Whitney`s 1794 intervention of the cotton gin. In Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ and Alabama rapidly grew with the demand for cotton and sugarcane. Growing prosperity in new states caused wave of migrants and greater demand

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    Have you ever read a novel were the character’s appearance is described? You paint a picture in your head how that character look‚ sounds‚ acts‚ and speaks. Then finally when the movie comes out to theaters‚ the actor the movie producers cast looks nothing like what you had in your head. Let’s say the character in the book has brown hair but the actor they cast has blonde. It changes your whole viewpoint on that characters‚ but it doesn’t change the way you related to that character. Somewhat like

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