EN 1173-12 Ms. Kimbrough 21 August 2013 Choosing A Path: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost When you come to a fork in the road‚ will you take the path less traveled by? The main theme in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is individualism. In this poem‚ the speaker is at a fork in the road‚ forced to choose which path to take. “The traveler is alone and must face this difficult choice alone” (Lee). The speaker looks down both roads and compares the two. “And sorry I could not travel both
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made
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the South lives in the segregation‚ suffers poverty‚ lack of education and low social statuses. Living in such society‚ Mrs. Phoenix – the protagonist of the story “a Worn Path” and an African American – stands out as a phoenix that rises from its dust. Her vital physical and social “weaknesses” do not strike her down but instead highlights her persistence‚ dignity‚ sympathy and her selfless love to her grandson. She is‚ however‚ a mortal phoenix: she suffers a downfall‚ which is‚ ironically‚ not due
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audience and to influence a change. Goal Statement: To educate the audience about going Green. Thesis Statement: I will let my audience know about the benefits of going green‚ how to implement it into their everyday lives‚ & why they should Go Green. Body: As of today Americans make up 4% of the world’s population‚ yet we produce 25% of the world’s carbon dioxide pollution‚ from fossil fuel burning. That’s more than China‚ Japan‚ & India combined. And every minute the U.S. uses $1million
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is the comparison between Beowulf and the modern day hero‚ which I thought that any soldier would be my modern day hero. In this essay I will explain in three paragraphs of how my modern day hero is like Beowulf. With in these three paragraphs I will go over how they are both fighting for a good cause‚ how they are both rewarded for what they do‚ and how they are both treated with much respect. The first comparison is how they are both fighting for a good cause‚ and I mean that they are trying
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had leisure hours. In relation to that‚ I also love to be a famous film director someday. But my parents didn’t want me to pursue that dream anymore simply because they more in demand jobs/courses for me. That made me think and dream of another path that I would want to take‚ which is not related to my previous dreams – to become an engineer. Aside from love of Mathematics‚ I came up with engineering because there are only few women who are brave enough to venture in this masculine course‚ and
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role as the subordinate housewife. The media could no longer ignore the rising presence of feminism. As a response‚ it infused feminist ideals with traditional values to showcase an unrealistic standard for women. A standard‚ which Douglas argues in Where the Girls Are‚ that caused the “cultural identity crisis” many women faced (Douglas 1994). Women were told that they could have it all. They can be independent working women while being obedient housewives. While this depiction is optimistic and assumes
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I conquered Mount Le Conte at the age of nine‚ the 3rd highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains. It intersects with North America’s longest hiking trail - The Appalachian Trail - with over 2‚200 miles of mountains‚ rivers‚ and pure wilderness. Ever since learning about the Appalachian Trail‚ I have wanted to hike it. So that’s what I did. While my ultimate goal is to thru-hike the entire trial‚ I decided to start with hiking the Georgia section. It took planning and preparation to find the right
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from My Anti-Phone Soapbox” (pg. 131)‚ assess a public policy‚ social movement‚ or cultural trend you believe deserves serious and detailed criticism. But don’t write a paper simply describing your target as dangerous‚ pathetic‚ or unsuccessful. Instead‚ make people laugh at your target while also offering a plausible alternative. Causal Analysis After examining the way Charles Paul Freund deals with jeans (pg. 170)‚ identify a comparable trend you have noticed or a change in society or culture
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this can be shown from their plan to make the school compound into “a place of beauty” by accommodating the compound with flowers and hedges that symbolize western ideas. The reverse of fate in the climax‚ a forceful attempt of closing the Dead Man’s Path‚ is made by Obi by blocking it with “heavy sticks”‚ and strengthened by “barbed wires”‚ it illustrates the clash between European and African mentality and this leads to the rebel of the native and the heavily ironic ending. The story ends with Obi
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