Narrative Response 1 The Shadow‚ was written by Albert Camus‚ in the year of 1942‚ just three years after World War Two began. Even though throughout the book much of the war isn’t shown‚ Albert Camus‚ was still able to incorporate one aspect of the war‚ racism. While at his mother’s funeral the main character first notices the women sitting next to his mother’s coffin. “An Arab woman—a nurse‚ I supposed—was sitting beside the bier; she was wearing a blue smock and had a rather gaudy scarf wound
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Pride and Prejudice Reader Response To me personally I found this book to be beneficial in understanding the ways of society throughout time. Within Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice‚ Bingley and Jane’s relationship proves that social pressures essentially inhibit people from fulfilling their true identities‚ and their true desires. Whether it manifests itself in the pressure to marry for security and convenience‚ or the pressure to attain affluence and culture‚ the social norm erases individual
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Response Essay In reading the three articles‚ “From Degrading to De-Grading” by Alfie Kohn‚ “And Now He is Nothing” by Michael Specter and “Dilma Rousseff” by Simon Romero my impressions of each article varies from one of unbelief to affirmation. As compelling as the ideology of not grading is‚ the practicality of implementation would be enormous. The assumption that Lance Armstrong is now nothing can it really be so easily dismissed? Finally‚ Dilma Rousseff rise to power as a right of previous
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Spamalot Response A play about a King on a quest for a magic grail‚ by the sound of that it seems like this is just some ordinary play‚ but no this is Spamalot. Spamalot is a comedy where everything is humorous and light hearted. There are many things I love about this play including the set and costumes‚ these two elements really made the play better to me. However‚ one improvement that could have been made was the lighting in the play. As the curtains of the theater opened up I saw a big
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Response Paper: Saying No to College For many high school students‚ the obvious choice after graduation is going to college. But why has this become the norm? With many students being conditioned at a young to prepare for college‚ there might not seem like any other choice. As college tuitions continues to rise and the job market continues to decline‚ young adults have started to rethink the choice to attend college. After all‚ there have been many successful people who have not graduated
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Reader Response By: Gisselle perez Book name: The September Sisters Author: Jillian Cantor Genre: Fiction Pages: 356 The September Sisters‚ by Jillian Cantor‚ is a story about two sisters‚ Abigail‚ the oldest and Becky the youngest. They both fight a lot and make each other’s life miserable‚ that’s all they do‚ then Becky disappears in the middle of the night‚ Abby struggles to cope with her own feeling of guilt and loss. Aby meets a new neighbor‚ Tommy‚ who with time‚ discover that love can
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and/or hiding. I personally think that these are both good options. But I do understand that they can have consequences. Sometimes the consequences can be very little‚ but can also be very big and bad. Lying however‚ is sometimes thought to be a good response at a certain time. Lying can be used as a way to respond to conflict. I am sure that at least once in your life you have lied about something to protect yourself or someone else. In the story “The Diary of Anne Frank” Anne is a Jewish girl hiding
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Response Paper 2 “The Guest” Albert Camus a French Algerian writer who is best known for his political journals. As an individual and politician he was against the French colonization and wanted and independent Algeria (Playwright). “The Guest” story is an example of his struggle against colonization and war. As he describes the situation in the story‚ “Now shiploads of wheat were arriving from France and the worst was over. But it would be hard to forget that poverty”. It means that Camus does
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Dear Mrs Hopkins‚ I am writing to you in response to your recent absurd monstrosity of an article about migrants- it simply didn’t quite fit with me. The points you make in this heartless piece‚ I can not comprehend‚ and I’m sure I speak on behalf of the UK. Starting with how you label the migrants as ‘cockroaches’‚ says a lot about your closed minded views- these so called ‘cockroaches’ are human beings. Their desperation for a normal‚ safe life has resorted them to risking their children’s lives
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Christopher Mullins English 102 Heather Graves February 25‚ 2013 John Leo’s “When Life Imitates Video”: A Critical Response In his article‚ “When Life Imitates Video‚” John Leo has a very established position on the effects of violent media on children of this generation. He provides argument after argument about why violent media has taken over our youth. Most of his arguments are recollections of past events that he claims are caused by violent video games. In one section he tries to link
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