Close Reading: Culture is Ordinary by Raymond Williams The article by Raymond Williams is an attempt to describe and analyse the changing dynamics of culture through its constant shifts in meaning. He begins his essay with a brief account of a visit to his childhood home in Wales‚ in a few words describing his own personal history. From his anecdote‚ Williams delves into his main argument‚ that Culture is ordinary‚ breaking this idea into two parts‚ “the known meanings and directions‚ which its
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Literature Close Reading “The Sun Rising” By John Donne Student: SALADINO‚ Luciana Andrea Reg #: 15776/06 THE SUN RISING[1] by John Donne BUSY old fool‚ unruly Sun‚ Why dost thou thus‚ Through windows‚ and through curtains‚ call on us ? Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run ? Saucy pedantic wretch‚ go chide Late school-boys and sour prentices‚ Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride‚ Call country ants to harvest offices ; Love‚ all alike
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Xin Xiong‚ Jury Sabine von Mering Critical Reading‚ July 26‚ 2014 Civil Disobedience Martin Luther King writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in response to a letter from eight clergymen who argued against King’s acts of civil disobedience. In this letter‚ the author writes that “Actually time is neutral. It can be used either destructively or constructively” (724). This sentence indicates that time can be used to promote further development or cause more damages
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Grace Kim 11/12/13 English 10H Mrs. Conetta Close Reading Questions for “I Have a Dream” 1. In the second paragraph‚ King alludes to Abraham Lincoln but never mentions him by name. What words and phrases does he use to suggest Lincoln’s legacy? Why does he invoke Lincoln’s legacy at this time? The words and phrases he uses to suggest Lincoln’s legacy are Emancipation Proclamation‚ segregation and discrimination‚ and five score years ago. He invokes Lincoln’s legacy at
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Close Reading of “How Soon Hath Time” Milton’s sonnet “How Soon Hath Time” is a Petrarchian style poem written in iambic pentameter. It has a rhyme scheme of a‚ b‚ b‚ a‚ a‚ b‚ b‚ a‚ c‚ d‚ e‚ d‚ c‚ e. Each four line stanza makes up one complete sentence. This structure is ideally suitable to the iambic pentameter style of the sonnet. Structuring the four line stanzas this way also constructs a cohesive thought. After the first and second four line stanzas there is major punctuation in the
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my name is Marry Wollstonecraft I was born on April 27th 1759‚ in Hoxton‚ near London‚ England. I lived in Yorkshire from 1768 to 1774 on a farm called Walkington. I was sent to a local country school for all girls. The courses there were mainly towards housekeeping. While there I made a close friend named Fanny Blood. “I served as an example to women of the nineteenth century‚ either as an “unsex’d female” or‚ to a important few‚ as a model author in the male-dominated world of letters.” (“ Mary
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“Culture of Me” society‚ everything is Me-based. In the video “It Is All About Me‚” the author mentions that this generation is known as “Gen Me”; it comes from the formula Gen X + Y +Z. People from this generation are known to be more confident‚ assertive‚ feel more free and equal‚ and have highest self-esteem compared with previous generations. However‚ these people tend to possess greater possibilities of having depression‚ suicide‚ loneliness‚ and isolation at the same time. Baby boomers of this
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comments from lot bashers in social networking websites condemning her styles. It doesn’t end there. Her haters and bashers expand and showered from bad criticism in social networking sites such as Twitter‚ Facebook and Instagram after she confessed about her real gender. Bullying doesn’t choose a victim‚ in fact‚ every one of us in our school and community can be a victim. “Anna” not her real name‚ experienced bullying in the way of verbal and in cyber. Her homosexual classmate has a lot of courage
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untrue? How could he bring this reproach upon the Church? Why‚ the marriage would have no precedent; and yet he loved her‚ loved her sweet‚ silent ways‚ her listening attitudes‚ her clear‚ brown‚ consumptive-suggesting skin. She was the only thing in all the irksome mission life that had responded to him‚ had encouraged him to struggle anew for the spiritual welfare of this poor red race. Of Course‚ in Penetanguishene they had told him she was irreclaimable‚ a thief‚ with ready lies to cover her crimes;
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Argument Essay Bullying Needs to Cease As a teenager‚ all I want is the world to live in peace and harmony. However‚ everyone knows that is not going to happen. People are going to dislike each other‚ hate each other‚ and‚ of course‚ have many disagreements. This does not justify bullying‚ though. Bullying is uncaused for‚ and it is destroying our nation. It needs to be stopped immediately. In school or where it may be‚ bullying‚ in all forms‚ needs to cease for it can lead to violence‚ mental
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