A Better Grade Than Expected If Linda Pastan’s “Marks” was told by the point of view of the husband it would have probably gone something like this; I give my wife an A for last night’s supper the ironing will get done tomorrow‚ an A in bed. Our son would give her an A because of what all she does for him. Out daughter would do the same‚ we just have to show our appreciation more. The point of view change in this poem makes you think of how hard she is actually grading herself and how
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Many studies have shown a negative correlation between economic growth and natural resources‚ a finding often dubbed “the curse of natural resources.” However‚ oil and other minerals may not be the biggest curse in developing countries. In many of them‚ the amount of foreign aid is a far larger share of government revenues. In Burkina Faso‚ for example‚ aid accounted for two-thirds of the government budget and 8% of GDP over the period 1985-89. In Mauritania‚ it accounted for 60% and 22%‚ respectively
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In the world of modern technology‚ filled with the internet‚ it is very easy for a person to manipulate their true character. These days it seems far too difficult to meet someone who truly expresses who they are in person. After moving to Yorba Linda in the seventh grade‚ I experienced this problem. School was about to start soon and after just moving in the area I didn’t have anyone to talk to‚ I was lonely. I didn’t know what to do. And even worse‚ I was extremely shy. As the first day of school
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Teddy (Taotao Zhang) Professor Margaret Poncin WRD 103x-401 9th Sep. 2012 Reading Response (P91; P92) In the first article “writing for an Audience”‚ Linda Flower told us about the meaning and goal of writing. Also‚ flower analyzes the audience’s thought that give some examples to told us how to write a good article. She divided the important point that how to write a good essay into 3 parts. First is knowledge that shows the knowledge and good ideas to audience in your essay. Second are attitudes
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rather differently. It is often assumed that boys should be strong or boys are not supposed to show emotion; likewise it is also presumed that girls are the emotional ones‚ however these are stereotypes that don’t show true in this circumstance. Linda Bird Francke‚ author of The Sons of Divorce (1983) says‚ “There seems to be more vulnerability in boys‚ more resilience in girls.” By this she means that for some reason or another boys are defenseless when it comes to divorce‚ whereas girls show more
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In the poem “Leaving the Island” by Pastan Linda‚ the narrator seems to like the summer time a lot more than winter. She feels that winter brings a lot of losses. Summer is like building memories instead of losing some. “… Becomes the muse of memory once more … I will trade my swimsuit for a woolen coat” (lines 8‚ 10). She doesn’t might switching between the swimsuits to woolen coats‚ but I still believe summer is the favorite time. Summer is not quite my favorite time of the year‚ even though I
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18 December 2013 A Critique of Linda Prine’s “Abortion is not a bad thing” In her article “Abortion is not a bad thing”‚ published on June 24‚ 2013‚ the family medicine practitioner and the founder of the Reproductive Health Access Project medical director Dr. Linda Prinehighly defend and stick to the issue that abortion itself as an experience can be positive however our culture fails to praise the women rights in taking life-term decision and demonizes women instead for having an abortion. She
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of Monte Cristo and a scene from Blessings‚ both develop their themes differently. Both passages have similarities and differences on how they develop a theme. One of them may make it more difficult to find the theme than the other. It’s not like someone would instantly know the theme unless you read the story or passage very carefully. First‚ Blessing’s theme is way harder to find. While in The Count of Monte Cristo is hard but not as hard to find. In Blessings I think you have to read carefully
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The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word anger‚ a noun physical affliction or pain; inflammatory state of any part of the body. Then defines anger‚ a verb to distress‚ trouble‚ vex‚ hurt‚ wound. In Linda Pastan’s poem "Anger" the word anger takes the action of a noun. The word anger stands out for two reasons‚ the author chooses it for the title‚ and the only sentence with anger gives the poem meaning. In the beginning of the poem the word "it" gets used many times and we don’t know what
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In developing countries such as: India‚ Brazil and Kenya‚ shantytowns are hugely common and are a very controversial topic. These shantytowns provide affordable houses for thousands of poor‚ destitute and desperate people who without these ‘illegal’ communities would be homeless. However‚ despite this‚ the government has not approved these communities and the land they take is not theirs to live on. This has led to an interesting debate on whether the government can make the settlers in the shanty
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