experience influenced your view of St. Louis? This outing has influenced my view of St. Louis in many ways. Before this outing‚ I did not know that St. Louis was home to a large number of refugees. As mentioned in class‚ most of my time is spent in the SLU bubble‚ so I have never been exposed to the different ethnic cultures within the city. I enjoyed learning about the diversity within St. Louis‚ and I am excited to explore new ethnic restaurants. Also‚ this fact about St. Louis resonated with me‚ due
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Carole A Johnson Professor Mary Lounsbory CTC English Composition II 30 June 2013 Use of a Literary Device in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” William Shakespeare’s sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is a fourteen line poem that contains three quatrains followed by a couplet. The poem is also known as Sonnet 18‚ and is a beautiful poem describing just that‚ a summer’s day. If one wishes to be technical‚ Shakespeare does more than describe a summer’s day‚ he is comparing
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suffering from Alzheimer’s disease presently. Alzheimer’s is an atrocious disease that destroys family by family every year. It affects the memory portion of the brain including both short and long term memory. The disease starts slowly and gets worse over time. Problems besides memory loss can include language problems‚ disorientation‚ and mood swings. The effects of the disease only make the difficulties for family members greater. Josh Ramsay’s song‚ “Forget Me Not‚” tells the delicate story of
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St. Anthony‚ Patron saint of the poor‚ people whose lives seem uprooted or misdirected‚ and finding lost objects‚ is a good saint that I pray to personally and often. St. Anthony was born in Portugal in 1195 A.D. He attended a cathedral school in Lisbon‚ but at age 15‚ Anthony joined the Canons‚ a holy order. He soon after moved to Coimbra and for the following years he devoted himself entirely to the studies of theology and scripture. When he was 26‚ Anthony left the Augustinian order and joined
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Dear Future Student‚ Times are certainly changing and the world is ever evolving from day to day. More and more each day the barriers of our great seas are diminishing and world unification is growing greater every second. Not long ago it was hard to imagine traveling across seas to China‚ but now with our sophisticated transportation systems traveling is easier than ever. Now our airport systems are integrated so that you can travel from the United States to China on the same airline. Communication
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predominantly unquestioned‚ except in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. In The Awakening‚ Edna Pontellier‚ a wealthy “mother wife”‚ tries to fight her gender role and become independent. Edna Pontellier’s strive for independence leads to struggles with the society’s gender role upon women. Edna’s independence causes familial tension. Edna’s resistance to her husband’s orders angers Leonce. For example‚ when Mr. Pontellier learns that Edna did not stay at home for her regular Tuesday reception‚ he screams and says
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During my time reading to children at Jefferson Elementary school‚ I observed how a child’s knowledge of archetypes alters their perceptions of the particular book they are reading. I read the children’s book Are You My Mother by P. D. Eastman‚ and I witnessed three examples of how archetypes might have affected their view of the story: the caregiver role‚ the gender roles‚ and the hero and villain role. I read to two girls and right away I could tell that they were aware of what a mother should
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The poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet‚ is not just an exceedingly felt expression of a wife’s marital love and commitment to her husband‚ as it is about a puritan women who is supposed to be reserved but she makes it her obligation to enlighten her husband of her devotion. A thorough analysis of the poem’s paradox‚ hyperbole‚ imagery and repetition reveals how she conveys her message. The opening lines of the poem show how strong her feelings are for her husband. Bradstreet
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The girl I’ll never forget It was early autumn of 2005 when I first saw her… She had already entered the FRGP and was the first-year student. I met her at the repetition‚ when we were preparing for the regular students’ festival. We were making a casting of singers‚ when she came in. The cute slender girl‚ dressed in all white‚ stepped gingerly but nevertheless in a very graceful way. Her thick blonde curly hair seemed flowing by the wind when she was walking. “Hi‚ I’m Mary‚” –
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Self-Actualization of Edna Pontellier The plotline of the novel‚ The Awakening‚ occurs in the 19th Century. It is during the beginnings of feminism and female’s individualism. This can be seen through the protagonist of the novel‚ Edna Pontillier. What have been through by the protagonist‚ the readers are able to comprehend the need of being an individual. The readers are also able to identify how this need has created a type of prison for the women during the time. The protagonist‚ Edna Pontillier
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