Alvarado English 914 “Driving While Stupid” Summary In his article “Driving While Stupid‚” Dave Barry shares his experience of bad drivers. He talks about many scenarios that are taking place in many places. He first starts by stating that downtown Miami is home to the worst drivers. He claims that although some may try to say otherwise‚ that there is no way to compete with Miami on the worst driver scale. Barry backs up his clam by giving examples of how he has driven in every major U.S. city as well
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Influenza" by John M. Barry provides characteristics to become a successful scientist. Additionally‚ Barry accounts for the contributions scientists have made to the field of science. Barry plays an important role in shaping the perspective of a scientist and the importance of a scientist. Bary’s use of repetition to give importance to certainty and uncertainty and the diction used to give value to a scientist helps the reader to perceive the scientist’s point of view. Firstly‚ Barry used repetition to
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certainty. However‚ this could not be further from the truth. The life’s work of a scientist can be taken away in an instant. In a passage from “The Great Influenza‚” John M. Barry expresses that the success of a scientist depends on their capacity to handle challenges. Using ethos‚ extended metaphor‚ and rhetorical questions‚ Barry characterizes science as a path of uncertainty. Barry’s use of ethos begins with a quote from Claude Bernard‚ who believed that “science teaches us to doubt.” Scientists
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spirit or an apple meaning the future or the past . Symbols are items ‚ people ‚ or (ironically) symbols that mean something completely different . The first of my examples will spawn from the poem‚ The Raven‚ written by Edgar Allan Poe. Symbols in this story can include: Nevermore‚ the raven‚ ‚ the darkness‚ and the weather. Nevermore can be related to the knowledge of something the narrator has done‚ this may be why he repeats never more. Next‚ the darkness when the narrator opens the door could
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He separates people into maximizers and satisficers. Maximizers are the people who try to pick the best possible choice they can‚ while satisficers are the ones who pick the choice that is “good enough”. Barry mentions that the more choices are offered means that people are less inclined to choose. Schwartz provides an example of this particular phenomenon as a shopping scenario where the consumer doesn’t buy any gourmet chocolate simply because there was
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1. I believe the theme and topic of this work is to tell a story about a young girl named Maya Lopez and describes her struggles and understanding of the world. Maya is a dancer‚ a performance artist‚ and actress and a boxer. She has the ability of being able to mimic any action or movement she sees‚ perfectly. This talent was first discovered at primary school when she played a complicated piece of music after seeing a musician perform it once although she is deaf. However‚ this book provides
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developed numerous genres‚ the most famous being detective fiction. Poe could create atmospheres and tones so intense that the effect hasn’t been replicated by any other author to-date. He is a renowned horror author‚ with his most famous poem being “The Raven.” Poe was born January 1‚ 1809‚ in Boston Massachusetts. Both his parents were actors but his father left early on and his mother died of tuberculosis when he was only 3. Following her death‚ Poe is separated from both of his siblings and sent to
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I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Barry Lyga‚ 44 ‚ is a man that spent the majority of his career working on teenage age books and short stories. He has written a couple of other books the most famous being “ The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth girl”. He worked for the Diamond Comic Distributors before he started writing books because he spend most of his time and his childhood reading‚ looking‚ enjoying comic books. He has written two other major books one being Boy Toy‚ which was his second
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how you should be kind to other and not being like everyone else.Dave Barryś letter‚ Dave Barry Teaches his grandson life’s lessons-beginning with the ketchup is high level comedy that uses Witty word play and humorous sequence of events to explain the idea that people have to be kind to others. In this text David Barry uses a lot of humorous elements to explain his theme to his grandson. One of the humorous elements David Barry use is witty word play. The word witty can be used to describe those
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Allan Poe is incredibly famous for his dark themes of agony and death. In particular‚ The Raven‚ features a man slowly becoming mad after losing his love‚ Lenore. The speaker begins to speak to himself while sitting alone in his house. He hears a tapping outside the front door. He opens the door only to find no one there and blames the tapping on the wind against the windows. After opening the window‚ a raven flies in‚ and the speaker begins to talk to the crow. The crow only knows one word‚ but
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