Pan Renllin Professor Li WR097 Basic summary of "The Back of The Bus" Feb 10th‚ 2013 Summary of "The Back of The Bus" In the essay‚ "The Back of The Bus‚” author Mary Mebane shares an usual ride in a bus on a Saturday morning she had which inspires her. The purpose of writing this essay is using her personal experience to demonstrate what it was like and how people were able to overcome their struggle for equal rights under legal segregation
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FAHAD RAFIQUE BETH ANN BRYANT-RICHARDS WRD 103 01/17/2013 “ TORCH SONG” “ Torch Song” by Charles Bowden was one of the best things I have ever read. The text of the reading was very much disturbed and mortifying which made me uncomfortable at first but then as he proceed he was really putting some magic in his text. At first I thought He is going to discuss about the child who was murdered in a cheap hotel but then he was discussing deeply about the molestation and rape happening in the city
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Responding to Letter from Birmingham Jail 1) The decision the clergy members strongly desired for King to rethink was continuing to conduct in non violent protests and promote civil disobedience. This was after King and his disciples had protested in the streets of Birmingham‚ Alabama. Martin Luther King through this letter absolutely justified his peaceful marches and proved there were are no other alternatives other than to protest. I can accept this argument because of his strong examples of
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Matt Kenwell Kayleen Schumacher English 111 7 September 2010 Dad’s That Care Too Much Have you ever been to a little league game and ever see how much fun the little kids are having just being out on the field playing‚ then there is a parent yelling in the back ground to stop “goofing around” or do something embarrassing or got in another fight with a parent. This writer decided to speak out against parent behavior at little league sporting events‚ and I completely agree with the writer’s
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The writer‚ Phillis Wheatley‚ uses many descriptive details about the natural world in her poem. She compares the sun setting and the new evening with many rural details. For example‚ in line two‚ she says: "The pealing thunder shook the heav’nly plain;" She is referring to the empty plains of a rural area. I also wondered how the poem would sound if she chose to praise the evening using details of an urban setting. You could easily use urban setting details as well as using rural setting details
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In “Dealing with Feelings‚” an article excerpted from a college textbook “Communicate!‚” the author Rudolph F. Verderber indicates the best way to deal with feelings is by describing them rather than withholding or displaying them. The author explains‚ first‚ withholding feelings‚ hiding them inside and not giving any clue to their existence‚ is an inappropriate way of dealing with feelings. Psychologists believe that when people withhold feelings‚ they can cause physical problems as well as psychological
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As a society we will dictate what’s right from wrong for the past centuries‚ today we are more divided than ever in history. In the movie directed by Sean Penn‚ Into The Wild is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s original book Into The Wild where Chris Mccandless‚ the protagonist had his future secured after graduating Emory University but decided to donate all his money to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska. I cannot agree with People like Chris‚ they make me believe that the human being can be selfish
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The Crucible was written by Arthur MIller in the 1950’s when communist hunts were on going. Arthur Miller was a political advocate against the inequalities of race in America‚ and was very supportive to the labor unions. Because of this he was a target Senator Joseph McCarthy and others who wanted to rid the country of communists. Miller was called to court and he refused to say anyone’s name then he was fined and sent to jail for 30 days with no evidence‚ only on suspicion. The same thing happened
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Alexandra Corujo Andrew Golden ENC 1101 0ct 8‚ 2013 Sleep Deprivation Becoming a Problem Sleep deprivation has been a big part with the 21st century. Children are becoming more advanced in technology‚ but lacking the advancement in school performance like in this article. Staying up late at night usually browsing the web or playing around on their electronic devices and having to wake up early for school is becoming critical in a student’s life. Sean Coughlan provides a wide range of
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When I first saw Chinese Opera in my life‚ I was seven. My grandfather is a big fan of Chinese opera and enjoyed watching the opera channel all day long. I was confused at that time: why grandpa loves this so much? The opera is full of the noise of musical instruments and high pitch of sound to me. Even if Chinese Opera is the finest heritage remaining from the history‚ I never want to get to know it‚ until I have become an international student. In China‚ elder people are the most percentage of
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