Tuesday‚ November 11‚ 2014 Ashes Response In life‚ it’s better to be prepared for the worse than to hope for the best. In the short story Ashes written by Susan Beth Pfeffer‚ this statement is clearly portrayed. Pfeffer talks about a little girl named Ashleigh‚ who goes by the name Ashes. Ashes loves her parents do death‚ especially her father who always makes her feel so special. Ashes is stuck between 2 choices: letting her father down or letting her mother
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as well. When put into the hands of life and death one may be torn between what they believe is right and what is necessary to survive. In Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt‚ Frank displays how poverty and hunger caused him to go against his morals to avoid starvation. Mr. and Mrs. McCourt struggled to feed their family throughout Angela’s Ashes. The McCourts are hungry through most of the entire book. Frank‚ being a child through a majority of the memoir chooses to steal food many times to
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ASHES By: Susan Beth Pfeffer Reading Journal By: Samira Hasan The story is about Ashleigh (or Ashes as her dad calls her) Ashleighs dad and her mom. Ashes parents is very different from each other. Her dad is a very simple man who is unemployed‚ poor‚ and a huge dreamer. He makes false promises and tries to make people around him happy with false statements. Her mom on the other hand is the straight opposite to the dad. She is straight as a yardstick‚ and certainly not a dreamer. I
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K. Alexander Ashe article titled “Yes. Education System Overhaul should Include New Emphasis on Financial Literacy” provides a better overall argument‚ supporting finance classes being a required class as opposed to Wayne Madsen “No. Better We Get Back to Basics” which does not support required finance classes. One reason Ashe was more convincing was she used a trustworthy source to connect and persuade the reader. She showed‚ the president and CEO of the Council for Economic Education‚ Nan J. Morrison
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The location of the Valley of Ashes shows the waste that comes from the American lifestyle and the death of the American Dream. When traveling from East and West Egg to New York City‚ the characters journey through the gloomy place of the Valley of Ashes‚ “an area swampland that is being filled with refuse”(Baker). The Valley of Ashes is a dark‚ dirty place between the sparkling East and West Eggs. The valley symbolizes darkness and death: the horror that comes after the expensiveness of the American
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QUOTE; It was‚ of course‚ a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood‚ and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. As Angela’s Ashes opens‚ Frank describes how his parents meet and marry in New York‚ then eventually move back to Ireland with their four sons. He characterizes his upbringing as a typical “miserable Irish Catholic childhood‚” complete with a drunken father and a downtrodden
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Angela Rossner‚ “Anatomical Hanging Garden”‚ September 20th‚ Acrylic paint‚ Glitter Mod Podge‚ Regular Mod Podge‚ Paper‚ Double Sided Pop Up Tape‚ Water‚ Ink‚ Pink Cellophane‚ and Maroon Ribbon‚ The dimensions are 18” x 20”. Glitter Mod Podge‚ shades of purples and blues‚ a pair of rose colored glasses‚ and a creative collage govern this work. The artist’s intent was to express themselves as both adaptable‚ but also serene and idealistic‚ as you can see through the rose colored glasses. The liberal
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Cigarette ashes flying in the air‚ The wind blow them my way. And charred filter left a scar on my hand. I see you from far walking my way‚ And the pain that I feel is no longer so real. In your eyes I drown‚ your beauty consumes me whole. Tell me‚ how many nights you didn’t sleep? Acting out your desires and love. You’re not tired? Playing in love with yourself at nights. And now‚ once again you’re here ... You’re with me ... With me forget it about all. This night will seem like a dream. I’ll
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Everyone’s childhoods vary in what they experience and how it shapes them into a model individual. This is occurs in Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci and Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt where both protagonists face difficult childhoods. The two families lack a male role model due to their poor fathers but makes the boys more responsible. In addition‚poor relations with relatives affect the boys but they learn to be more compassionate people. Finally‚ both mothers do not show love towards Vitto
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starvation and him never having a job. Dad says‚ Och‚ Angela‚ puts on his cap and goes for a long walk. EXPLANATION FOR QUOTATION 2 >> I know when Dad does the bad thing. I know when he drinks the dole money and Mam is desperate and has to beg . . . but I don’t want to back away from him and run to Mam. How can I do that when I’m up with him early every morning with the whole world asleep? EXPLANATION FOR QUOTATION 3 >> Mam turns toward the dead ashes in the fire and sucks at the last bit of goodness
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