Chris Hague English 099 April 15th‚ 2012 Favorite Vacation Spot There are thousands of vacation spots in the world I could choose to go to‚ but one spot in particular is a place I’ve already been to. It’s a place not many people would expect to go to on a vacation. This place is Andover‚ Kansas. It’s definitely different from the typical vacation spots such as Hawaii or Cancun. There are three reasons why I would go to Andover‚ Kansas than any other place in the world. The atmosphere and
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3. Farewell‚ My Appetizer‚ by S.J. Perelman My question to the author would be: • When you parody another author’s work‚ are you complimenting or critiquing it or both? Please explain your answer. • When you worked with the Marx Brothers on Monkey Business and Horsefeathers‚ did you find inspiration for any stories that you saved and wrote later? The assignment I would give to the class would be: 4. Choose a favorite film or book noir and identify 3 characteristics that define that noir;
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disappointment. One thing for sure is that many were good‚ and many were bad. My third favorite poem out of the sixteen we studied was “Song” by Garcia Lorca. “Song” tells a story of a woman who is content and blissful in the state she is in‚ and needs nothing more to fulfill herself. My second favorite was “Ordinance On Lining Up” which is a poem about choices‚ and the many we have to face in out lives. My absloute favorite poem we studied was “The stone” The way Wilfrid Wilson Gibson tells about the
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Task 1 Read the texts below. Match choices A-H to 1-5. There are three choices you do not need to use. It’s not Me‚ It’s My Hormones! 1 __________________ When you feel like you can’t even crack a smile‚ force yourself to do something fun. Hook up with a funny friend or watch a comedy movie or TV show and laugh till you cry! It might an act at first‚ but you’ll soon be giggling for real! 2 _________________ There’s nothing wrong with crying! If you feel yourself welling up and you’re in a quiet
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It all began in the summer of 1988 when my parents packed up our car. We began our countless hour journeys from Youngstown‚ Ohio to FaHoLo Deaf Family Camp in Grass Lake‚ Michigan. The excitement and thrill that would rush through my veins when going to FAHOLO sent visions to my head about who I would see first‚ where I would be staying‚ what I would be doing‚ and to what fun places I would go. You are never too old to go to FAHOLO‚ there is always something to do no matter what age you are. Although
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howl and try scaring were completely oblivious to exposed lace under the skin outfits‚ and they would unceremoniously get caught in their own tatters and fall down the stairs with a thud! I could go on and on‚ but dear readers‚ let me jump on to my favorite movie amongst all I saw. I had watched many a movie‚ till I saw the posters of this movie appear on all city walls. It was called “Paapi Guddi ka Papa Gudda”‚ which crudely translated would mean “ Devilish Doll’s Dad’s a Doll”. This magnum opus
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Twilight: My Favorite Movie We all have our own favorites‚ such as favorite song‚ singer‚ actor‚ book‚ and movies. Some people like to watch comedy‚ thriller‚ action‚ drama‚ or romantic film. There are millions of movies that have caught my attention. However‚ I personally like fantasy film. They have impressive special effects and supernatural events which seem exciting. Particularly‚ I really enjoyed watching the teenage vampire movie. Twilight is definitely the one of the best movie I have
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ROLAND BARTHES “THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR” Barthes opens with a quote from Balzac’s novel Sarrasine where the author offers a description of a “castrato disguised as a woman” (142): This was woman herself‚ with her sudden fears‚ her irrational whims‚ her instinctive worries‚ her impetuous boldness‚ her fussings‚ and her delicious sensibility. (Qts. in Barthes‚ 142) Stereotypes aside‚ Barthes’ concern here is with “W ho is speaking thus” (142) in the novel: the “hero of the story” (142)? “Balzac
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Minority Authors Should be introduced in the classroom In talking about the kinds of literature students are reading in the classrooms‚ one only needs to look back on their own high school education to find the books that are considered “canonical” in Ontario classrooms. Works commonly cited will be Shakespeare‚ Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and Golding’s “The Lord of the Flies”. As you can see in Table 1 (Stability and Change in the high school canon‚
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junk on his car”‚ and gave the sticker to Manny so he could put it on his tricycle or something. Instead Manny stuck it on the driver’s side of their Dad’s new car without his father’s knowledge. I like this book because I loved the way the author‚ Jeff Kinney introduces intrigue in the plot. It turns out that when the Heffley family lost electricity and had no food it was the work of Greg’s little brother‚ 3 year old Manny who had deliberately turned off the main switches to every room
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