The Rhetoric of Tom Bissell’s “Extra lives: Why Video Games Matter” Tom Bissell’s‚ a teacher at Portland State University‚ main idea was to indicate to his audience why video games matter to him by using various argumentative appeals. One must ask themselves‚ can this author be worthy of respect? Can he give his readers enough facts to get his argument across? Will he try to give us a soft story to buy his way into in his argument? Throughout most of Bissell’s book‚ he uses the logical appeal
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Work to live‚ Don’t live to work By Will Brady This is my response to a QCS(Queensland Core Skills) test. When we walked into the test room we had no idea what we were supposed to write about. We were give the theme of ‘Time’‚ for which we were given a stimulus sheet and 2 hours to write whatever we could. I came up with this. These days‚ most of us spend three quarters of our lives‚ working. And what is all of this work for? To save money so that when we retire‚ and were old and crippled‚
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Lesly Cayetano Peter Allman Psych 365 October‚ 2014 Road To Freedom The first thirteen pages of the book Road To Freedom had to do with the ego’s ability to control our entire lives. It emphasized on the baggage one as a person tend to walk around with in life. One’s life‚ if not examined‚ can become a burden as one can go on existing rather than living. This book focuses on the importance of forgiveness‚ joy‚ letting go of
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English response: (which views?co In the road not taken‚ a poem about (possibly) an inner journey; I think that the concepts in the poem seem very vague. Because he just mentions that he comes across a forest of some sort‚ in autumn- He mentions that he comes in a “yellow wood” so that could be imagery for a forest set in the fell season.- and he says that he has to make a decision‚‚ and moves on from there‚ he doesn’t mention if it’s good or bad. I’d like to think that this poem was not meant
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In Robert Frost’s poem‚ “ The Road Not Taken‚” he is telling a life lesson between the lines. He uses literary elements such as alliteration(line 8) and personification(line 8) to make his poem run more smoothly. He uses lines of imagery to help the reader understand the poem and visualize the scenes throughout the poem. The poem is an entertaining story but at the same time‚ it is teaching us a lesson about our life’s choices. Robert Frost writes this poem during a time when most poets were leaving
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‘Who we are is truly tested and proven when we encounter conflict.’ It is intrinsically human to experience conflict; thus‚ we will all be forced to respond to conflict at various times and in various forms throughout the course of our lives‚ and in order to live serenely we attempt to avoid and resolve conflict. Whilst conflict may merely involve two parties disagreeing over minor differences of opinion (the permutations of which being largely insignificant)‚ we have seen throughout history that
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archetype has become more common in books‚ films and TV shows because it develops interest in the audience. Thus‚ apocalyptic fiction always includes a character archetype of the "good guy who needs to be bad". One depiction of this archetype is The Road‚ which is written by Cormac McCarthy. In the beginning of the novel‚ the Man and the Boy are introduced as the "good guys". The good guys are the ones that never do anything bad;
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Mendes’ portrayal of journeys in his film Road to Perdition. A journey‚ whether it be physical‚ spiritual or emotional‚ is a journey that many of us will encounter at one stage of our lives. 2002 film‚ Road to Perdition directed by Samuel Mendes‚ is a film that explores these journeys as well as the journeys of fathers and sons‚ children and men‚ and the inevitable trait-passing from generation to generation that some men‚ fear most of all. Road to Perdition is abundant in visual richness
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When it comes to driving on the road many people do not ever think it could be their last time‚ driving on the road is a lot scarier then you really think. In 2014‚ 9‚967 people were killed in an alcoholic related accident in the United states making it one third of all traffic related deaths‚ say CDC.gov. Many people these days are finding it more acceptable to drive while under the influence‚ and those people are usually the ones who cause the accidents and sometimes deaths. Somewhere there is
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Stephan Crane’s "The Open Boat‚" is based upon Crane’s own experience of being in a dinghy after the ship he was on sank. This story was largely about hope‚ working together‚ and not giving up despite the hardships you face. One of the expressed ideas in this story is the feeling of community and working together for a common good‚ survival! He communicates the importance of each individual’s role within the group. Crane uses a frightening situation indicating that the lives of these individual men
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