“Dear Alexandros” by John Updike is an allegorical work of fiction written in 1959. It takes the form of a pair of letters exchanged between two people on opposite sides of the world. There is more than what is shown on the surface of this tale about a Greek boy named Alexandros Koundouriotis who is “adopted” by an American family through a charitable organization by the name of Hope‚ Incorporated. In this short tale‚ Updike conveys the difference between lifestyles in the western and northern hemispheres
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STUDENT’S NAME : JB Spring C. Bacurnay TITLE OF THE BOOOK : Dear John NAME OF AUTHOR : Nicholas Sparks SETTINGS : Hilmington ‚ North Carolina MAIN CHARACTERS : * John Tyree * Savannah Lynn Curtis * Randy Welch * Mr. Tyree * Tim Wheddon * Noodles * Rooster * Gavin McCulley Starks * Bryce Hayes Harris (Cameo) * Braeden Reed Alan * Alan (Age 14) CHARACTER LIKED BEST & REASON : * John ‚ because John did not let go of his feelings although
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Dear headmaster‚ I am writing to complain about the fact that students from my son’s school‚ Cardif Highschool are often left unattended. Although your school is one of the best in the entire country‚ as a parent I feel that my child isn’t treated good enough and not supervised enough. Therefore ‚neither me nor my wife thought that maybe we should change the place where our kid learns. Furthermore when I bring my son to school I can see the brutality of those who are in a greater grade they
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Dear Obama‚ My name is Jane Doe. I am an 11th grade student from Knoxville‚ Tennessee. Do not let my age fool you. I am well aware of the atrocities happening within our government. I am writing this letter to you‚ because I have a few concerns with our government today. I am concerned with the start of the war in Syria‚ the possible cancellation of Social Security checks‚ and the eavesdropping on our personal communication devices. First off is the war in Syria. As you probably know‚ it is
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”Dear Friend” (?): Culture and Genre in American and Canadian Direct Marketing Letter Md Rishad Zaman 001100341 Professor Neil Stubbs Introduction to Academic Writing Section WRIT 1000B 17 July 2013 In “”Dear Friend” (?): Culture and Genre in American and Canadian Direct Marketing Letter”‚ Roger Graves examines how English speaking Canadian people are different from Americans‚ and how business communicators need to identify those differences to be
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Dear‚ myself A letter to me. February/14th/ 2012 By the time you read this letter you will be done with your junior year. At the age of 17 I have so many hopes and dreams about where you would be‚ what you would be doing and with whom you would spend your life with. Honestly‚ I have no idea where I would be in 10 years but I hope everything is going through a right path. I feel lonely and just constantly think of things which let me down. I never feel like I am myself in front of people
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Dear Friend‚ It is great that you are so fascinated in the internet that we use‚ I am more than happy to answer your questions to help you understand better. The internet does make life so much better and much faster to obtain information these days other than waiting for information to come to the television or reading this information in the newspapers. This helps many business people and parents who are always on the go. The best way to know if the internet is reliable and credible is to always
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Dear Editor‚ I am writing to draw readers’ attention to the fact that there has been a sharp increase in reports of domestic violence in Hong Kong‚ some ending in death. It is extremely disheartening‚ I cannot help voicing my opinion on this issue. There are three main reasons that lead to domestic violence. Obviously‚ Domestic violence is more frequent where individuals experience loss of physical health or wage-earning power‚ they are living under great pressure. People who are unemployed
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Discuss. Contention: That soldiers’ justify their actions and regain a sense of themself when seeking to dissolve their guilt in war. Why do soldiers attempt to morally comprehend the conduct they are forced to participate in? In Edelman’s text Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam the readers are instantaneously thrown into letters depicting how soldiers struggle with their humanity after the abhorrent acts of war they are conscripted to partake in. Seeing this‚ the readers are forced to see
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Dear Fellow Americans Over 10‚000 people died in speed related accidents in 2009 in the United States. Now let’s fast forward to 2013 when The National Safety Council estimated that 35‚200 people died in U.S traffic accidents; plus there were about 3.8 billion crash injuries requiring medical attention. An official from the agency blamed majority of it on human error (speeding). People disobey speed limits for some of the same reasons they break other laws. Its gives them a sense of power
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