In my opinion‚ I don’t really like this story. It gave us as a reader a negative vibes regarding to their attitude. ’Twelve and not stupid’ is very interesting at the beginning. I am wonder what twelve and not stupid is. It is very mysterious. The writer began the story with the character of Auntie May. I feel pity towards Shasha has to wait alone after school time. It will be so dangerous if we let a kid to be alone.If she has been kidnapped‚ she and her family would be in trouble. Shasha’s father
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Where have you seen this before? How are the passages similar? How are they different? What does this similarity/ difference tell us about a larger similarities/differences in the works of a whole? Example from teacher: Aeneid line 404-424 (Dido is broken hearted) Odyssey: 212-225 (Calypso- "Can I be less desirable?") similarity: both have broken-hearts- the protagonist is leaving them difference: Aneid- Rome calls‚ going to Italy to build a new home/ Dido refuses to accept his leaving/
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Five More This essay belongs in my book because I got to compare two different styles of writing. I like the story of Icarus and seeing it in different writing styles made me think. I loved being able to compare the same story told a different way. It opened my eyes on the changes a story can have based on the writing style. Flying Free Poetry and Folktales are two very different styles of writing. They represent ideas and thoughts in different ways. The genre of the folktale “The Flight of
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Therefore‚ for Socrates‚ no one would choose to do injustice since no one would choose what is more painful and bad. However‚ according to Vlastos‚ there is no suggestion here that the conclusion represents one of Polus’ standing convictions. Since the conclusion does not follow from anything Polus had said so far in this discussion‚ Socrates ‘mounts the above epagoge to win Polus’ acceptance of conclusion on the spot’. For Vlastos‚ Polus can reject premise 4 when Socrates tries to apply pleasure
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The two poems‚ Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out and Portrait of a Machine both talks about machines and they are related to our everyday lives. There are quite a few differences and similarities in the two poems‚ Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out and Portrait of a Machine. To start off with‚ the poem Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out is warning everyone about how the machines would take over the world and teaching all of us what we should do usually to prevent them taking over and hurting us. The poem picks out all
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Many people consider that money is a very important in order to accomplish happiness‚ but a majority of the time money and happiness have nothing to do with each other. In “Jeannot and Colin” by Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire the reader is presented with the story of a family who acquires a great richness and then ends up losing everything. With this story the reader is presented with many of the lessons of why money and happiness do not work well with each other. The reader is also presented with
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Brink and Harris note that the Catholic church and Jews have supported the civil rights movement (p. 133). That is not surprising. Both have little regards for the races that God created. Both lust for power. Turmoil often results in the concentration of political power. Both intend to control this concentrated power. In Chapter 9‚ Brink and Harris discuss what Whites think of Negroes. They conclude that Whites suffer from guilt about the way that they treat or do not treat the Negro (p. 138). This
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Zombie in definition means‚ a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft‚ especially in certain African and Caribbean religions; person or reanimated corpse that has been turned into a creature capable of movement but not of rational thought‚ which feeds on human flesh; a person who is or appears lifeless‚ apathetic‚ or completely unresponsive to their surroundings; a hypothetical being that responds to stimulus as a person would but that does not experience consciousness. However; I would argue that
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Socrates is known today as one of the greatest Philosophers. With his philosophical views‚ centuries ago‚ Socrates was brought to trial and cost his life due to his claims and charges were pressed against him. He was indicted of turning the worse argument into the stronger argument (28). Socrates was accused for not recognizing the gods acknowledged by the state‚ and was accused of being an atheist (36). He was despised by adults due to his inquisitions and answering a question with a question and
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strangeness of Socrates can be considered misguided. He was more than just a strange man who did strange things. He followed his philosophy of living philosophy. On the surface‚ a reader might question what good might come out of following Socrates. As a man‚ he was aggressively arrogant but smart. Because of this‚ his supposed strangeness and comparisons by Alcibiades help us understand who he is. Socrates was more than just strange. Loved by Alcibiades‚ the speech made in praise to Socrates was both
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