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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(Parts of real lines/inspiration from the text of "The Death of a Salesman" were/was used to make Biff answers more realistic.) Interviewer: Were you surprised to hear about your father’s suicide attempts? Biff: Yes‚ of course! I had no idea. But I guess it’s like what Mom had said; I never asked about him‚ I didn’t write that often. But I really had no clue that he was that bad-off. Interviewer: What did you mean when you were telling Happy that you never felt like you were getting anywhere
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Literary Analysis of Power by Linda Hogan The brief preface to the novel “Mystery is a form of power.” presents the reader with an overall theme before the first page is even read. Although with a different meaning‚ Hogan uses power throughout the entire novel and in each facet of the narrative. The novel begins with a demonstration of the vast power that‚ in both its beauty and its destruction‚ nature demands. Power was transferred between nature and the Taiga people. A stern refusal of power
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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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Contrasting Willy Loman and Charley Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is a tragedy whose theme is the tarnishing of the American dream. Death of a Salesman gives different insights and different meanings to the American dream of success and shows what can happen when the dream is false‚ distorted or unfulfilled. In the following paragraphs‚ two of the play’s characters will be contrasted. One of these characters is Willy Loman whose American dream was serious trouble for him and his family because
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significant is the change in Nora in A Doll’s House Nora is the character in A Doll House who plays the 19th woman and is portrayed as a victim. All of the aspects of this quote can be applied to the play A Doll House‚ in Nora’s character‚ who throughout much of the play is oppressed‚ presents an inauthentic identity to the audience and throughout the play attempts to discovery her authentic identity. The inferior role of Nora is extremely important to her character. Nora is oppressed by a variety
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Nora’s character and the exploration of gender roles in the nineteenth century Norway Nora is the main protagonist of the play and the play mainly focuses on her feelings and actions. She is the only one whose character develops throughout the play. In the initial stages of the play she displays some childish qualities when she interacts with her husband as the audience can see when Torvald calls her by different names such as “my little squirrel”‚ “my little lark”‚ “my little spendthrift”‚ “extravagant
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Death of A Salesman: Willy Loman - A Man With A Dream A common idea presented in literature is the issue of the freedom of the individual in opposition to the controlling pressures of society. Willy Loman‚ the main character in Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ epitomizes this type of person; one who looks to his peers and co-salesman as lesser individuals. Not only was he competitive and overbearing‚ but Willy Loman sought after an ideal that he could never become: the greatest salesman
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Gatsby and Loman My own life’s dream is to have a career in which I can surround myself in music. I will not let anything stand between my dream and I; however‚ I will never allow my dream to come between myself and my loved ones‚ or my reality. Many have already fallen victim to the pursuit of the American Dream – a fantastic projection of life that varies based upon its dreamer. However‚ the road to the American Dream‚ if followed blindly‚ can lead to nothing more than a dead end. In The Great
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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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