Strahan English Writing 4 SCHEDULE OF READINGS AND ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS (This schedule is subject to change. Check ilearn for updates.) The following abbreviations are used below: GfW = Grammar for Writers – bring to class NLMG = Never Let Me Go – read before class Materials posted on ilearn should be read and/or completed before class. Week 1 Ap. 2 Introduction to class Review of irregular verbs Ap. 4 Read “The Iks” and do the accompanying Vocabulary and Questions to Guide
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I don’t like video games that have guns‚ sword‚ or knifes‚ blood‚ fighting or robberies things of that nature in them. I truly don’t think that allowing children and even teenagers to play with such harshness is not good for them. I think that parents should pay more attention to these things that we allow our children to entertain themselves with. Yes‚ it is true everyone needs something to relax with. Especially if they’re coming in from having a bad day at work or school. You want something to
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found in Herman Melville’s Billy Budd. Captain the Honorable Edward Fairfax Vere is that man. In Melville’s Billy Budd‚ Captain Vere’s mind is pulled in two conflicting directions: following the rules or acting on his affections for Billy Budd. It becomes obvious throughout the book that Vere has a knack for law and order‚ he wants everything to be done by the book; being a military man‚ this seems natural. It is also apparent that Captain Vere has a liking for Billy Budd. He admires the handsome
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In the story Billy Budd‚ By Herman Melville‚ readers are introduced to the conflict of good and evil between Billy Budd and Claggart. However‚ there is another conflict‚ which‚ in ways is more significant than the epic clash of good and evil. The conflict of Captain Vere’s struggle between duty and conscience; Melville sets up this conflict by placing a man with the innocence of a child‚ in the hands of a captain worried about war. This moral dilemma brings forth the question of whether or not Captain
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Billy‚ a passionate League of Legends player‚ has a lot of experience with the game. He thinks that he is skilled enough to go pro because he is Diamond 1 ranking‚ which is a pretty good ranking. Billy believes that some professional teams League of Legends might want him to play for them. So he did some research and found out how he could possibly make his way onto a professional team. With this new knowledge‚ Billy is really convinced that he could become a professional eSports player. These following
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Billy Budd: Was Captain Vere Right? Captain Vere makes the right decision by executing Billy Budd. If CaptainVere lets Billy live the rest of the crew might get the impression that they will not be held accountable for their crimes. If the crew feels that they can get away with what ever they want then there is a chance that they might form a rebellion and have a mutiny. A mutiny would destroy the stability and good name of the ship and the crew. Captain Vere does not want to see this
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Duty Versus Choice in Billy Budd‚ Sailor The novel Billy Budd‚ Sailor is the story about the encounter of Billy Budd‚ a beautiful sailor who is popular on the warship Bellipotent‚ and finally died‚ because he killed the master-at-arms‚ Claggart‚ inadvertently. Actually Captain Vere‚ the captain of Bellipotent‚ likes Billy Budd‚ also‚ he knows that Billy is innocent. But according to his duty on the ship as a captain‚ he decides to push Billy to death. In the late 1700s‚ in Great Britain‚
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Little Drummer: Management of Billy’s made several assumptions towards its newly acquired company‚ Little Drummer Boy. Management finally adopted the assumptions that the fair value of significant assets acquired was $865 million and that of other assets was $145 million. At the same time of the acquisition‚ management also decided that useful lives of the acquired plant and equipment were 30 years and 15 years‚ respectively‚ which were different from the 20 years and 10 years useful lives for the
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story Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is a story that makes and helps people understand the effects that a war may have and what may happen to the survivors and soldiers after it. Reality and fantasies about this book may be about many different things such as war‚ actions‚ love‚ and thoughts. In my point of view‚ I believe that the story shows the differences between the citizen’s perspective of war than the perspective of the people that actually have been there such as the soldiers like Billy and
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because of the Fuhrer’s Jewish persecutions and he drew similarities between the mistreatment of German Jews and the mistreatment of Blacks in America. His hatred of racism in America prompted him to write the song “Strange Fruit”‚ popularized by Billy Holliday. The song dealt with Southern Black lynching‚ using tormented images and stinging lyrics to impress its message. Abel said that he wrote the song “because he hated lynching and he hated the people who perpetuated the act”. Both Abel and
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