within them and how they were a major aspect as to how I view situations in the world around me. I cannot pick a favorite text that I have read throughout my grades nine to twelve years‚ but I will review a few that made an impact on me. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. This is the memoir of Ishmael‚ who was once a child soldier‚ reflecting on his
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At what point has censorship gone too far? By simply allowing someone else to get censored‚ you give anyone the power to censor you or something you like. Censorship is the act of blocking “offensive” material. It is wrong due to the fact that it a prevention of creativity‚ unnecessary nuisance‚ and contradiction of rights.. Censorship in music is just not right. It goes against everything in society. Especially the 1st amendment‚ which states “Congress shall make (…) abridging the freedom of speech
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InArt #2 Paper #2 Song Choices: “Dreaming With a Broken Heart” by John Mayer “’I Feel Like Dying” by Lil’ Wayne “Grace is Gone” by the Dave Matthews Band “Story of a girl” by Matchbook Romance The four songs that I chose for this paper are all composed by new artists that have arrived on the music scene well after the blues era ended. Obviously these songs are not a direct result of the blues era. However‚ I think that each of them embodies the core qualities of blues music. I believe
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Eddie Salcedo Mr. Stone December 5‚ 2012 7th period A Long Way Until The End of This Essay The author of A Long Way Gone argues against boy soldiers but also against the loss of innocence. Beah’s parents are burned alive by the rebels; this is the first step towards his animosity towards them. In his story he talks about snorting brown brown‚ shooting men and how he was slowly corrupted by the men around him‚ turning him into a machine. It tells the story of a world as horrendous as any
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The personification of the city of Chicago in Carl Sandburg’s poem “Chicago” proclaims the idea that although the city may be brutal‚ it is also a vibrant place of pride for its residents. This personification can be seen immediately when it says‚ “They tell me you are wicked and I believe them‚ ...they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes... And they tell me you are brutal” (Sandburg 6-11). These lines use the personal pronoun “you” to represent Chicago being more than an inanimate object
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley The wind that shakes the barley is a film made of Ken Loach‚ the film are made in 2006 Setting: “The wind that shakes the barley” takes place in Ireland‚ during the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922-1923) and it is a real story. After World war 1. Put a stopper for the home rule bill in Ireland there came English soldiers into Ireland and treated the Irish people really bad. Then some of the Irish people got upset and began to
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___________ (v and n) the loud noise that you hear during a storm 6. ___________ (n) a snowstorm with very strong winds 7. ___________ (v and n) when everything becomes filled and covered with water 8. __________ (n) a violent storm with very strong winds‚ especially in the western Atlantic Ocean 9. __________ (n) a violent tropical storm in the Pacific or Indian Ocean with very strong winds 10. __________ (n) the season when it rains a lot in southern Asia b) What cities or countries do you associate
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A Long Way Gone is the story of a man who was formerly a child soldier in the Sierra Leone civil war. The civil war lasted from March 23‚ 1991 until January 18‚ 2002. This civil war tore families in Sierra Leone apart‚ and A Long Way Gone is an amazing representation of what it was like to be there during this time. In Chapter 12 of the memoir‚ Ishmael‚ the main character‚ and his friends from his village arrived in the fortified village of Yele after a gruesome experience just before they were shipped
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A brief analysis of John McWhorter’s “Will Shakespeare’s Come and Gone” In “Will Shakespeare’s Come and Gone‚” John McWhorter argues that people do not fully appreciate Shakespearean plays for what they are because they have difficulty understanding the language. Therefore‚ he suggests that translating Shakespearean English into modern English would make it easier to comprehend. McWhorter does a splendid job appealing to all three conventions of essay writing: logos‚ pathos and ethos. He manages
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Summary & Comprehension 陈璐怡1262023 Unit Five: Penny In The Dust This short story is a recall which is about a penny given by the leading character’s father. The story begins with a funeral. After the father’s funeral‚ the leading character was talking with his sister and couldn’t help recalling the afternoon when everyone thought he was lost. The father was a reticent man who never said “love” and was severe and humorless. So the son didn’t know whether his father liked him and he even didn’t
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