of words and rhythm can change the composition from genre to genre. In class we have discussed the multiple genres in writing‚ Biography‚ Autobiography‚ Memoir‚ Vignettes‚ Confessional poetry‚ Personal essays. I was drawn to the personal essay “Consider the lobster” by David Foster and the Vignette “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid because I had the biggest personal connection to these titles. Both of these compositions fall under one of the categories
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She specifically highlights teen and young adult stories because of “the difficult job of being a girl” as Sciamma says. Teen girls are misrepresented and underappreciated and Sciamma’s work attempts to fix that disparity. Her first feature‚ Water Lilies‚ follows a young girl who joins a synchronized swimming team in order to be closer to the team captain‚ whom she has an intense desire for. Sciamma’s second feature‚ Tomboy‚ focuses on a young girl who moves to a new neighborhood and is mistaken as
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In “To Paint A Water Lily” by Ted Hughes‚ a speaker contrasts the overwhelming amount of action and the stillness in a pond to illustrate the countless parts in nature that is difficult to capture as a whole. The speaker speaks for each aspect of the pond that is eventually put together as a whole in a painting to raise awareness of the chaotic side of nature that is usually left unnoticed. The poem begins with a serene image as the “green level of lily leaves / Roofs the pond’s chamber and paves”
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In Consider the Lobster‚ David Foster Wallace discusses whether or not it is humane to boil lobsters alive just for people’s gustatory pleasure. Wallace’s attention is directed to people who read the Gourmet Magazine‚ such as higher class people who are interested in knowing what their eating and how it’s prepared. He uses various appeals to engage his audience‚ convince them into believing his argument and earn credibility. He goes into depth about the Maine Lobster Festival specifically to inform
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III. Both paintings‚ Landscape with a Wooded Road and The Japanese Footbridge and Water Lily Pool‚ have a few similarities and differences. They share the same use of medium and effects of different techniques. However‚ they have different designs‚ messages‚ influence of environment or experience‚ and influence of history and culture. A. The medium both Meindert Hobbema and Claude Monet felt best will fit their piece is oil painting. The medium in which an artist produces his or her work can range
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When I first read the title of the story‚ my mind went in all directions as to what it could be about‚ besides the obvious‚ lobsters. Although‚ in the first few passages the author talks about how smelly the Main Lobster Festival is‚ how hot the weather was‚ how long the lines were‚ and discusses lobster biology in great detail; with this start to his article you think you are going to read only about this festival and what it all entails. Almost like it is an advertisement to get people to show
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There are three types of play that we must look at when considering the importance of play‚ †̃Freely Chosenâ€TM which is where a child can choose when and which activity‚ †̃Personally Directed is where a child decides the roles or rules and they themselves decide the outcome‚ and finally †̃Intrinsically Motivatedâ€TM this is where a child just †̃Playsâ€TM. It helps to maximise each childâ€TMs helps to develop their learning skills‚ it promotes joy‚ and relationships with others‚ and finally
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Assignment one – Discuss the significance of Lily Bart’s death at the end of The House of Mirth. You should consider the implications both for the protagonist’s social milieu and for women in general at this point in American history. The significance of Lily Bart’s death. As a writer looking towards the twentieth century Wharton faced the challenge of telling the history of women past the age of thirty. The age of thirty was established as the threshold by nineteenth-century
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My impressions about Lily in the novel were that she was very brave with all the things that happened in her life‚ and she was only fourteen years old‚ she wasn’t that mature to know exactly all that things that actually happened‚ she was a beautiful young girl. She got over all the things that got her traumatized. That sense of humor that she had really help her to survive‚ because she was a happy girl and with a good mood. Lily grew alone‚ I mean she never had siblings or someone to play with
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technology has made significant advancements and improvements in life‚ one must also consider how technology has hurt the environment. In the article “Which Species Will Live?” Michelle Nijhuis explains how technology has led to the important moral issue of whether or not to focus on saving one species at the cost of ignoring another and let it fall victim to extinction. David Foster Wallace’s article “Consider the Lobster” deals with the Maine Lobster Festival and shows how technology has led
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