seriously injured or permanently disabled and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma.” (Shah) Even though many do not believe in luck‚ or consider it to be occasional‚ Ishmael Beah‚ author and main character of A Long Way Gone‚ demonstrates how luck can be a part of someone’s daily life. Life for a child soldier‚ can be overwhelming‚ full of risks and dangers‚ and even a living hell. In most cases‚ these children die‚ end up as orphans‚ or simply live the rest of their lives
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Devin Luce Essay 2 Draft 1 English 109.02/ 11:00-12:20 Adena 120 April 27‚ 2005 McDonald’s Gone Country McDonald’s‚ the most successful and well-known fast food chain in the world. One of which is located in Coshocton‚ Ohio. Most McDonalds’ consist of three main colors blue‚ yellow‚ and red. McDonald’s has different themes among their many restaurants. However‚ the main goal is to stick with the main colors throughout the restaurant. In the Coshocton restaurant there is a country style
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The Wind And Window Flower‚ by Robert Frost‚ can be read on both the literal and symbolic level. On one hand this is a story of windy winter day. Of a window flower and a winter breeze. On the other hand‚ this is a story of heartbreak and unrequited love. A story of a man who falls in love with a woman who is to different from himself and has his heart broken when she will not return his love. The story begins with the narrator telling us to forget about our own love and listen to his story of
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a long way gone JOTS (This text will make readers think‚ and may elicit uncomfortable emotions…feel free to jot your connections to Beah’s story.) Chapter One Jot Questions 1. Connect O’Brien’s analysis of a war story to Beah’s. You may jot a T chart. 2. Why did most of the refugees refuse to feel sorry for those affected by the war? 3. How does Beah explain his understanding of war in a way that American readers can understand? a. When was the narrator first touched by war? History of Sierra
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A Thunderstorm It was a warm Saturday afternoon. I was alone at home as my parents had gone to visit my grandmother. I had just finished my school project and decided to relax on the veranda outside my room. I looked up the clear‚ blue sky and saw some white puffy clouds chasing one another. There was no hint of rain although I felt sticky all over‚ despite the fan going on at full blast earlier on. Then I heard the rumble of thunder a great distance away. A small squirrel scurried up
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criticism pg 76 (directed to uncle sean) “ Don’t use that language whilst describing my sewing. It belongs to the Bar room Perhaps Bossy pg 24 “ get down from that chair! I knew from the look in her eyes that she was going to be bossy while father was gone” Uncle sean Jealous of his brother pg 38“ There was fifteen years’ difference in their ages‚ a difference which gave to the rough sean a feeling of protectiveness for his younger brother; at the same time he stood in envy of Gerald with his university
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A Long Way Gone – Ishmael Beah - Notes Chapter 2 notes The imagery in this chapter is a jarring contrast to chapter one when Ishmael played music and went to school and had a loving family. It is filled with memories and dream imagery that are horrifying to both Ishmael and the reader. Chapter 3 notes This chapter is filled with contrasts‚ especially the days of peace versus the days of war. There is also the contrast of Ishmael cooking dinner as gunshots ring out throughout the town. There
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am going to sample Janet Jackson’s “Got ‘til It’s Gone” featuring Joni Mitchell and Q-Tip. I am going to cut bits of the audio‚ rearrange them and piece them together with audio fragments from Boni Jovi’s tracks‚ such as “Bed of Roses” and “Bad Medicine.” “Got ‘til It’s Gone” is an alternative hip hop track with influences from trip hop and talks about lessons learnt from love and that it is good to appreciate what a person has before it is gone. I appropriated this track because it carries a crucial
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"Ode to the West Wind": An Examination of Poetic Devices The poem‚ "Ode to the West Wind" was written in the year 1819 by famous Romantic poet‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem illustrates to the reader Shelley’s struggle to find transcendence‚ for he believes that his thoughts‚ like the "winged seeds / Each like a corpse within it grave" (7-8)‚ are trapped. It is vitally important to Shelley that his words be set free and spread so that they can inspire political change in Europe‚ particularly in
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Passion Gone too Far in Medea Passion is any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling and is not limited to just feelings of love‚ but also‚ feelings of hate (“Passion” def.1). In Euripides’s‚ Medea‚ there is a suggestion that revenge may‚ sometimes‚ be justified (Hopman 155). However‚ when revenge leads to loss of life‚ others would argue that passion has gone too far (Robertson XVI - XVII). In Euripides’s play‚ Medea‚ “a woman betrayed by Jason -- her husband of 10 years‚ a man she had murdered
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