R. Wier – Gateway College Prep School 1 Summer Reading Assignment: Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Pre-AP English I All students planning to take Pre-AP English I need to read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology in its entirety and complete the following assignment prior to the first day of school. Students should expect to turn in assignments the first day of class for a major grade. Students are responsible for an understanding of the material in the book when school begins as we will have class discussions
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Biographical Sketch Edith Wharton was born on January 24‚ 1862 in New York City. She was born to an upper class family that traveled frequently to and through Europe. Wharton had private tutors‚ therefore she did not attend public school. (“Edith Wharton” 1). At the early age of sixteen she already had numerous poems published. (“Edith Wharton” 1)According to Dwight‚ “She was born a storyteller”‚ this is seen through her over forty books‚ including Ethan Frome‚ and The Age of Innocence‚ which won
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ed THE SHORT STORIES OF EDITH WHARTON 1). What is a modern heroine? My conception of a modern heroine is a woman who has integrity‚ puts her ideas into action‚ can verbally and sometimes physically spar with a man‚ is aware of her own emotions‚ and has compassion for others. She is empowered and independent‚ not afraid to travel‚ experience different cultures and even alien civilizations‚ can pilot a plane or spacecraft‚ and has the intelligence to build one. She is also very loyal to her trusted
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Molded by mankind The problem does not lie within the fact that I do bad things. The issue is that nobody wants to be bad alone. If nobody is willing to be bad with you‚ it is no longer fun. It becomes sad‚ you become self loathing and empty. You realize the pain that you have the potential to cause and you understand that you are only hurting yourself. You bottle it up and store it in the back of your head forever‚ but every time you look at the person - or even yourself - the thought lingers…
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Humor‚ sometimes used as a coping mechanism‚ to avoid the truth‚ or simply make light of a difficult situation. The use of humour by some can result in emotions being suppressed‚ never being allowed to reach the surface. Within the book “In a World Created by a Drunk God” by Hayden Taylor‚ Jason Pierce; a half-native Canadian man meets his American half-brother Harry Deiter. Jason uses his sense of humour to cope with the emotions that Harry brings to the surface‚ the loss and appearance of his
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How do you define creation? Creation is the “act of producing or the cause to exist” (Dictionary‚ 2012‚ pg.1). There are many different answers depending on the part of the world u were raised in and the culture you are part of. One of the biggest mysteries that scientists are still faced with today is how the world was created. Every culture in the world has their own idea of how the world was created. The sky‚ earth and underworld are all represented through the creation myths. Creation
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The Greatest Problem Facing Mankind Exponential growth‚ approaching infinity - in a finite world. Overshoot - CRASH! If you were asked what the greatest problem facing mankind is‚ what would you answer? Terrorism? War? The economy? Corruption? These are the topics on the lips of our politicians. But I would contend that our most vital concern is for the environment that nurtures us. In fact‚ we should probably celebrate Earth Day every day‚ thinking globally as one people
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Mankind is No Island Focus: The collection of Still Images Sound Not a lot of dialogue Montage of images – together they make an image The words shown are from signs‚ street signs and shop signs etc. What makes this film visual What is specifically visual about it What makes the video shape my perspective of the situation What is the purpose of the video being made? - To be more aware of the homeless Ideas: There is a lack of giving to the homeless The homeless are taken for granted
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Mankind is no Island. The message in the film is questioning love. This film is saying that these two cities‚ new York and Sydney‚ are famous‚ loved cities. But it is asking‚ what is it that people love? Is it the people or the place? Because there are people suffering everywhere in these cities and people notice them‚ but turn a blind eye. Theis films shows tat everyone is their equal and that they should be helped and cared for‚ just like everyone else. Throughout the film there is extreme
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consider themselves all good either. Although some may claim humans are inherently good ‚ the truth is humankind is inherently evil because of selfishness‚ and revenge. Many suggest humans are good because of how innocent and pure children are from birth. When one sees a baby one may notice how a baby is usually happy and smiley and causes no harm
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