Summer Reading Response AP Literature For my summer reading poet‚ I chose Mary Oliver. I find I relate better to the works of female authors and she was one of the only two on the list of options. After hearing phrases like “America’s best-selling poet” and “one of the best writers of the century” to describe her‚ I was not sure of what to expect. However‚ after reading one of her works for the first time‚ a poem called “The Journey”‚ I knew that I‚ a not so avid reader and an inexperienced
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The Giver – Theme Essay Imagine never feeling anything at all. No happiness‚ no excitement‚ no nervousness nor anxiousness. You feel absolutely nothing. That’s what your life would be like without having feelings. Emotions give people’s life depth and meaning. The Giver teaches us that having emotions is important to not just living‚ but to feeling alive. Being able to feel love and joy adds more value to one’s life. The people who lived in Jonas’s community were unable to express any type
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In "David Copperfield"‚ Charles Dickens reveals that discipline is like a weapon: those who misuse it are cruel‚ unjust‚ and a danger to everyone around them‚ while those who fail to use it at all endanger themselves and lower their defenses. Only those who use discipline properly can mature and live contentedly in this world. Extremists of any kind are unsuccessful‚ and never achieve fulfillment. As David embarks on his quest to maturity‚ he sees many different types of people‚ and learns through
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Major Themes Individuality and freedom of choice By eliminating as much personal variation as possible in favor of Sameness and a predictable society‚ Jonas’s community has rejected the truly utopian possibilities of a society where people are free to move society forward. The result is a dystopia of conformity. A series of conversations between Jonas and The Giver shows that the totalitarian rationale for restricting each person’s choice of clothing‚ job‚ spouse‚ and children results from
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Dickens was born in Portsea‚ in 12. His father‚ John Dickens‚ was a kind and likeable man‚ but incompetent with money‚ and due to his financial difficulties they moved to Camden when Dickens was nine. When Charles was twelve his father was arrested and taken to the debtors’ prison in Southwark. He started working at Warren’s blacking-warehouse and its strenuous working conditions made an impression on him‚ later influencing his fiction. He became interested in writing (and acting) and‚ after having
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someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. Charles Dickens True‚ Someone‚ Person A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self. Charles Dickens Day‚ Self‚ Others Have a heart that never hardens‚ and a temper that never tires‚ and a touch that never hurts. Charles Dickens Heart‚ Hurts‚ Touch There is a wisdom of the head‚ and a wisdom of the heart. Charles Dickens Heart‚ Head‚ Wisdom A wonderful fact to reflect upon‚ that every human creature
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Views on America: Charles Dickens America in the 1800s was often understood by many countries in Europe to be a land that had finally managed to free itself of the various wrongs of the old world and institute a new era in which men were born free and died free‚ where all disputes were settled equitably and fairly regardless of class or wealth and where the rights of man were staunchly upheld regardless of what that man had done. . For instance the French political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville
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A dominant theme in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is the threats that come along with following traditions. The people of the village follow a tradition that has been going on for as long as they can remember because they rely on the fact that it will stop them from going back to their primitive ways. At first the tradition of partaking in the lottery does not seem so bad seeing as how it’s true nature is not revealed till the end. However‚ it is then revealed that the lottery is one unlucky villager
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In the novel Great Expectations‚ the author Charles Dickens uses the first person narrative throughout the novel. The first person narrative is the main character‚ Pip. However‚ in this book the first person narrative comes in a retrospective form‚ with Pip looking back on his life. The retrospective point of view is key in this story for the reaction of the readers to the plot. In Great Expectations‚ the retrospective first person point of view makes the main character Pip unreliable‚ makes the
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Ritsie Armington Mrs. Thompson AP English Lit 11/6/12 In the novel‚ “Hard Times‚” Charles Dickens uses Mr. Gradgrind‚ Louisa Gradgrind and Sissy Jupe to express his view on Utilitarianism. Utilitarians believe “our moral faculty‚ according to all those of its interpreters who are entitled to the name of thinkers‚ supplies us only with the general principles of moral judgments; it is a branch of our reason‚ not of our sensitive faculty; and must be looked to for the abstract doctrines of morality
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