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    1. The article I have chosen in Writing with Style‚ was called Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros. I found this article interesting‚ due to the fact of the father’s response when his daughter made plans to go to college for writing (English). He enjoyed the fact that she wanted to go to college‚ but his reasons differed from hers. He though going to college would help her find a husband‚ not pursue a degree. Sandra was one of seven children in the family‚ her being the only female. All she wanted was

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    Sone’s "Nisei Daughter" and Studs Terkel’s "Hard Times" we are also able to see the many different ways in which people handle themselves‚ not only through the events

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    Galileo Galilei‚ often referred to as the ‘father of experimental physics’ (18)‚ was of many roles a mathematician‚ philosopher and astronomer. He began his studies at the University of Pisa in 1581‚ attending until 1585 but earning no degree. After proving his talent in mathematics with written papers‚ proofs and the occasional public lecture‚ Galileo secured a teaching profession at the University of Pisa in 1589 and so began his career-long experimental science journey. At the time‚ the Aristotelian

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    In Support of Dormitory Policies College is a big family for everyone who just leaves home. For them‚ leaving their families are very good for them who want to start a new life and they can do everything without controlling. When you start a new life‚ you must adopt to it. Dormitory is a new beginning for many people‚ so you must know how to make friends with people who live with you. First‚ be quiet when others do other things that they need to do some things well. Maybe in your

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    There are many similarities in the three different stories‚”Learning to Read and Write”‚”The autobiography of Malcolm X”‚ and “The only Daughter”. All of these writers struggled to achieve what they wanted or fighting for. Although they were similar at times they were still very different. What they wanted to achieve in the end was different‚ but they achieved it through their writing. It was hard for these people to get what they wanted because they lacked support. As seen by Frederick Douglass

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    Character Analysis Most of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is told through the experience of David Henry‚ the orthopedic surgeon and husband of Norah. This is only fair‚ since it is David’s lie about his daughter‚ Phoebe‚ which drives the story and eventually destroys his marriage. David came from a dirt-poor family‚ all of whom are dead by the time the novel opens. David is scarred by this poverty and determined to provide his family with all the luxuries they might ever crave. This leads him down

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    In many of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories‚ he creates characters with either a malicious or evil feature to relay to the reader a more allegorical meaning. In the story " Rapaccinni’s Daughter" he uses Beatrice as a carrier of a deadly poison. Beatrice’s relationship with Giovanni is the main plot of the story. To Giovanni‚ she is the woman who represents death and enslaves him but in reality she is not deliberately harmful to him. She becomes a focus of Giovannis fantasies‚ fears‚ and desires

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    The Good Daughter by Caroline Hwang is an essay about the author’s identity and dual culture as an American and her ethnicity as a daughter of Korean immigrants. She starts her anecdote with her trip to the dry cleaning store wherein she met a woman who is also of Korean ethnicity. She tried to identify herself as a fellow American-Korean by doing a customary Korean greeting. When the woman asks Caroline her name‚ she is inclined to ask if she is Chinese. The reason being is because Caroline mispronounces

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    The relationship between the mother and daughter in Annie John is dynamic. The relationship in the beginning of the novel is positive and respected‚ but throughout the book Annie fights the idea that she and her mother are separate and different people. By the end of the book Annie realizes and accepts the idea and that it is true. In the second chapter‚ Annie says‚ "My mother and I often took a bath together. Sometimes it was just a plain bath‚ which did not take very long. Other times it was a

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    Assignment As you saw in the essays by Cisneros and Orwell‚ narration can be a useful strategy for making and supporting a claim. It’s also an avenue for reflecting on emotions and ideas that are often confusing and/or complex. For example‚ in “Only Daughter‚” Cisneros uses narrative details to support her claim that her culture‚ gender and class have shaped her identity; she also uses her narrative to explore what her position in such a family has meant to her work. With this in mind‚ you will write

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