No one will ever have a perfect life‚ there will always be ups and downs. No matter how hard you try to make your life perfect it will not be‚ but you can make the not so great parts better. Gary Soto’s life was nowhere near perfect‚ from his father’s death to moving and not having money. After his father’s death‚ his life was not great‚ it was shown so much in his regular life and in his professional life. Forgetting about his rough past he was such a brilliant poet and wrote so many short stories
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Gary Soto speaks to the romantic side of all of us with his poem “Oranges.” In the poem‚ Soto uses the innocence and simplicity of first love‚ combined with symbolism and imagery of colors and light to evoke the feelings we all had on our first date. While the poem reads simply as words about a walk with a girl‚ the use of light and color build into a reflection on the feelings and emotions associated with young love. “Oranges” is written in the past tense‚ as the speaker examines in the first-person
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Smalley personality profile test: Smalley personality profile test is based on Gary samlleys system‚ It’s an objective test much into the personality of ourselves. This can be done in four segments in which each segment is indicated with an animal such as Lion‚ Bearer‚ Otter‚ and Golden Retriever. Every segment is listed out with 20 personality traits‚ qualities‚ charactaristics‚ e.t.c We gave to go through the lists and select the matchings. Count the selected in each of the four segments and double
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Disrupting my comfort zone. Easy to say‚ but harder to actually do. Author Brian Grazer is all about it. He lists examples of him doing new and challenging activities throughout his writing. Doing new things is hard‚ and not a lot of people experience it on a daily basis. Like Brian Grazer‚ I try to experience new things whenever I get the chance. Two new experiences that I have personally gone through for the better are pole-vaulting and eating rocky mountain oysters. Trying something new is never
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Exploring the ways in which Brian Clark makes the scene an important and dramatic moment in the play When talking about the important and dramatic scene in this play I refer back to pages 25-30. These six pages are all about a little encounter between Ken and Mrs Boyle. This is a fundamental scene in the marvellous play because Ken finally expresses his motives and feelings. Brian Clark uses many techniques to give the reader this valuable information through repetition‚ the use of speech (quite
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Name: Module 5 Exercises: Deductive Reasoning 5A. In Dirty Politics: Deception‚ Distraction and Democracy‚ Kathleen Hall Jamieson surveys American presidential elections from 1960 to 1988. One conclusion she draws is the 1960 and 1980 elections stand out from the others in that they showed an increased level of “engagement” on the part of the public and the press. She writes: Asking what it was about the 1960 and 1980 campaigns that produced engagement on policy and useful governance is instructive
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One of the most important military techniques used in World War 1 was the use of trench warfare. In the movie‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ both the positive and the negative aspects of trench warfare are highlighted. The movie begins with German men hiding behind the trenches as the French Army approaches. As the French march closer‚ the Germans are able to shoot at them‚ but avoid being shot themselves by ducking down in the trenches. This is particularly helpful because it saved lives while
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Have you ever caught a 7 ½ pound bass? If you haven’t I’ll tell you it’s a gigantic fish. Me and my dad where at Gary Yamamoto’s Ranch fishing‚the whole day dad and I didn’t catch much‚we caught 6‚3 pound bass‚and one 4 pounder. A very nice woman named Megen Farley worked at Gary Yamamoto’s Ranch. Since me and my dad weren’t catching much we were thinking about going home.Megan asked us‚” If we wanted to fish with live bait.”We said yes and she helped us catch the bait. After that we caught a catfish
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The short story‚ Visitors‚ by Brian Moon‚ explores the moral issues associated with the legalisation of robbery. Many elements‚ known as narrative conventions‚ are intentionally inscribed into the text and these help the reader to ascertain the nature of the texts themes. Style‚ characterisation and point of view are critical blocks with which the texts theme is constructed. The text makes effective application of third person‚ from the omniscient point of view of Mrs Morrison. The use of this technique
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ever wanted to get away from your normal everyday life? In Gary Soto’s poem‚ “Saturday at the Canal‚” the poet tells of a seventeen-year old boy who is leading a very monotonous life and one that he wishes to get away from. Using First-Person‚ the boy feels that his life is boring and by leaving his home town he will find happiness. He also feels that his life lacks purpose and going away will show him that his life has worth and purpose. Gary Soto uses personification‚ metaphors‚ and rich imagery to
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