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    The poem “Factory Work” by Deborah Boe is about a character who works in a factory assembling shoe parts. The character’s identity is that possibly of a female due to the line in the poem that states “If I hit my boyfriend now‚ in the supermarket parking lot‚ he knows I hit him”(Boe‚ 2009). There is no indication of the characters ethnicity‚ whether white or black‚ but the arrangement of the characters wording leads the reader to believe quite possibly that of white female. The character also appears

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    At first sight‚ it’s difficult to find out any feature shared by the Pablo Picasso’s and Deborah Butterfield’s sculptures; only after investigating some time analyzing these artworks one may realize both artworks are actually based on the same subject matter – on the image of an animal‚ that is. Neither the shape‚ nor the colors‚ nor the texture seem to be common between them. This fact amazes the viewer as it demonstrates how the artists’ differing personalities and artistic inclinations can lead

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    Name: Zaman Ahmed Independent Reading Date: 01/14/2012 Summary In the first half of the book we get to learn that Carrie believes way too much in luck. She thinks that her luck comes from one of her special red t-shirt. After losing it she gets really worried and feels that she’ll lose everything that she have gained. Her mom tells her that mistakenly her mom have donated it to one the charities. She also tells her that it has been sent to a foreign land which is India. Carrie wants that shirt

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    Response to Tragedy and the Common Man In this article‚ Miller questions the authenticity of the tragic hero. This article deals with the issue of tragedy as it absolutely affects the common everyday man. According to him‚ tragedy shouldn’t be stereotyped or limited to the kings and just people in the society. As a matter of fact‚ we pity those people not because of their suffering‚ but primarily because they are human too and we can connect to the emotionally. Like Miller‚ I too believe

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    Do you know if you have grit? Better said do you know if grit was part of your education? For the person who hasn’t heard about grit‚ in the article “The Significance of Grit” written by Deborah Perkin-Gough defines grit as being passion and perseverance not giving up. It explains that sometimes people know they could do more‚ but they get comfort and just do so much that it’s requiring. In my senior year of high school‚ I had to use grit on two occasions to accomplish my goals and succeed. This

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    The image that comes to mind when someone says education is an old brick building covered in vines. This is a place meant to facilitate learning and literacy. In Deborah Brandt’s essay “Sponsors of Literacy‚” Brandt describes the process of how people become literate and the effect of their economic and family backgrounds on their learning. Sherman Alexie’s essay “Superman and Me” provides an example of the process of becoming literate. Alexie’s essay is the story of Alexie’s first encounter with

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    Assignment SummaryResponse Paper Writing Effective Summary and Response Essays The Summary: A summary is a concise paraphrase of all the main ideas in an essay. It cites the author and the title (usually in the first sentence); it contains the essay’s thesis and supporting ideas; it may use direct quotation of forceful or concise statements of the author’s ideas; it will NOT usually cite the author’s examples or supporting details unless they are central to the main idea. Most summaries present

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    In The Myth of Mars and Venus‚ Deborah Cameron explores the claims about gender and language and its consequences in today’s society. Cameron titles her book a ‘myth’ due to two reasons. The first sense is the commonly known definition of a myth: “a widespread but false belief” regarding the notion that men and women have different ways in using language to communicate with each other (Cameron‚ 3). ‘Myth’ is also used in the sense that it is a story of the identity of an individual and what has shaped

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    Redeat Abegaz Week 4 Response ENVS0110 This week’s readings had the common theme of global climate change. All of these sources encompassed different aspects of climate change. John Houghton’s “The Greenhouse Effect” was more factual and scientific. S. Goerge Philander’s “The Ozone Hole‚ A Cautionary Tale” was informational too‚ however‚ the piece also discussed global reactions to the rapid climate change. Thomas R. Karl and Kevin E. TrenBerth’s “Modern Global Climate Change”‚ focused on the

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    Personal Response to Bonilla-Silva Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is a professor of Sociology at Duke University with the associations of race. In America race is known as an enormous issue for many years. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva discusses the new racism in his book‚ The Linguistics of Color Blind Racism: How to Talk Nasty about Blacks without Sounding “Racist”. Color blind to racism is held to have led to the segregation of the white race from other minorities called white habitus. Color blind racism and white

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