English 101 Descriptive Paragraph 8/27/2013 On April 15th‚ 2013‚ 117th Boston Marathon took an ugly‚ sad turn for the worst. I am a reporter for Channel 7 news; I was scheduled to cover the Boston Marathon this year a job I wasn’t too thrilled about since I had no interest in the story. Little did I know this story would change my life and be the most horrific story I would ever cover. I gave the runners some time to cool off before I made my way to the winners to get an interview
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Great Gatsby Analysis Paragraph F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ in his classic novel The Great Gatsby‚ illustrates the American class system in three different categories: the “old” rich‚ the “new” rich‚ and the “not” rich. He shows how each class tries to reach the American dream and struggles to remain secure in the life inside America. Fitzgerald depicts the only class that survives is the “old” rich. In the first place‚ progressing throughout Fitzgerald’s novel‚ he derives that Tom Buchanan is inside
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Zinn 5 Paragraph Essay In “A People’s History of the United States‚” by Howard Zinn‚ Zinn states “To emphasize the heroism of Columbus and his successors as navigators and discovers‚ and to deemphasize their genocide‚ is not a technical necessity but an ideological choice. It serves-unwittingly-to justify what was done‚” this quote is true to all extent. True‚ Columbus and his followers founded Central America‚ but they were obviously not the first or the “native” Americans would have not been
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Star Wars versus The Odyssey The Odyssey and Star Wars are two great examples of epics. Both the stories fulfill the epic hero cycle to the fullest. In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is the hero‚ he goes to Troy to fight a war and get lost at sea for 20 years. In Star Wars Luck is the hero‚ he gets introduced to the rebel force that is trying to ensure the safety of their universe. The Odyssey and Star Wars follow the same basic cycle. Both adventures show hard challenging tasks in order to complete
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The American dream is a symbol of hope‚ empowering the characters to endure the tribulationsof life. In Of Mice and Men‚ protagonists Lennie and George have created an American dreamthat one day they will "have a bigvegetablepatch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when itrains in the winter‚ we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work‚ and we’ll build up a fire in the stoveand set around it and listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof [SIC]"(Steinbeck 16). The dreamis a stronghold; it allows
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Peer Evaluation Section: Giancarlos Casillas (Friend) 1. It’s clear the topic sentence but need to work a little bit on that. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. 4. Yes. 5. Yes. 6. No. 7. Yes. 8. If there are more sources that think the same of you. 9. It is a good paragraph and having this problem is situation that many young people are having and I understand you. I agree. José A. Nieves Morales (Friend) 1. Yes‚ I could identify the topic sentence. 2. Yes. 3. Yes it have. 4. Is ok but considered more clarity on words
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doctor. Otherwise she “goes to bed immediately after supper” every night‚ which is hardly an exciting life. This is a glaringly obvious variance from Mattie’s personality. Also‚ Mattie is much more compassionate than Zeena. An example of Zeena’s cold-heartedness is seen when she fires Mattie‚ her own relative‚ giving Mattie nowhere to go and no job skills on which to survive. Most people would not do this to their own kin. Mattie‚ on the other hand‚ is a very compassionate
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Kelsie Hartranft Mrs. Dellinger English 10 Honors February 23‚ 2015 Of Mice and Men Analytical Paragraph Minorities can be defined as “a group in society distinguished from‚ and less dominant than‚ the more numerous majority” (Dictionary.com.) In Of Mice and Men minorities are treated as if they are a lower class of people. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck employs the use of three minority groups: African Americans‚ mentally disabled people‚ and physically disabled. These
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By Virginia law‚ her grandchildren would inherit her “dower slaves.” Because the two groups had intermarried‚ emancipation of Washington’s slaves proved bittersweet. By freeing his slaves‚ George Washington tried to set an example for others to follow. He was the only slaveholder among the founding fathers to free his slaves. Washington was not formally educated past the approximate age of 15. At age 17 he became a surveyor on the Virginia frontier. In 1753 France and Great
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III. Paragraphs to explain memorable literary devices/ key images/quotations. * Imagery of Wounds (Symbolism‚ Imagery‚ Allegory) From the moment the boys land on the island‚ we begin to see signs of destruction. Over and over we are told of the “scar” in the scenery left by the plane. The water they bathe in is “warmer than blood.” The boys leave “gashes” in the trees when they travel. The lightning is a “blue-white scar” and the thunder “the blow of a gigantic whip‚” later an “explosion”
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