Shitty First Drafts: An Analysis By Aisha Perkins In the age of texting and PowerPoint Warriors‚ we have become an abbreviated society. Acronyms replace full expressions of thought‚ and multitasking has become a way of life. In this fast paced environment‚ any aspiring writer can feel the added stress to produce quality work in a short period of time. In her essay‚ “Shitty First Drafts”‚ Anne Lamott gives the reader a chance to breathe‚ and allows for imperfection in a perfect literary world
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for Change From my perspective about themes‚ I do not think that there is such a thing as a perfect theme. Of course people can come up with a theme which might seem to cover all areas still more other areas will be left out. For the fact that these other areas have been left out‚ it means that the theme is not perfect. The criteria I used therefore for selecting a theme is to evaluate the themes that have been given first. After careful evaluation‚ the theme which stood out for me is Sharpened for
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A Character in Her Own Right Behind all the great men of Shakespeare‚ there is a women close behind‚ who is often over looked. These women are just as crucial of a character as the men they follow. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth is a mere tool‚ there to carry out orders for his wife‚ both of whom desire nothing more than to rule. Together they will do anything‚ including murder‚ achieve their goal. Lady Macbeth proves to be a tragic figure and possess every capability that a man
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Introduction In Esperanza Rising a girl named Esperanza who lives in Aguascalientes‚ Mexico around the 1930’s is shown to have a good life. Her dad owns a vineyard‚ a mother who cares about her‚ and a grandma who loves her. She has everything you could ask for tons of servants‚ plenty of toys‚ and basically the 1930’s equivalent of all things cool. In The Mask of Zorro Diego de la Vega is a rich Spanish Nobleman by day and vigilante by night. He like Esperanza has everything a family which consists
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My name is Cassandra Duncan. I grew up an only child. I was also an only grandchild on both sides. The youngest of all my cousins and the only child in a small neighborhood that consisted of a bunch of adults‚ I never really learned what it meant to just be a kid. And I certainly never learned how to relate to other children. Accustomed to being around primarily adults‚ I was always mature for my age. Even my own friends often annoyed me during my adolescent years. I had a lot of people who invested
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6/3/10 Improving vocabulary skill chap 20 Ten words context 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B Matching word with definition 1. Endow 2. Disdain 3. Expulsion 4. Ominous 5. Divulge 6. Diverse 7. Mortify 8. Detract 9. Elation 10. Nullify Sentence check 1 1. Detract 2. Ominous 3. Averse 4. Elation 5. modified 6. endow 7. expulsion 8. distain 9. divulge 10.
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The icon I used to represent the exposition is a tombstone. The main event in the exposition is Enkidu’s death. A tombstone is often used as a symbol of death‚ which is the main event. Tombstones can also be used to show sorrow‚ which is a feeling Gilgamesh is shown to have as his friend lays dying. Gilgamesh is left with the memory of his fallen friend‚ just as tombstones often do. The exposition of the epic of Gilgamesh had a deeply sorrowful moment when Enkidu dies. The gods decided to kill
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H.G. Wells The Time Machine Mischel Figusch Englisch-LK Jg. 13 Plot Summary The novel begins with a dinner meeting at the Time Traveller’s house. The present intellectual group‚ consisting of the narrator‚ a Psychologist‚ a Medical Man and a Provincial Mayor are discussing the theme of the fourth dimension‚ i.e. time. The TT tries to explain the theory and the possibility of time travelling. As the guests doubted his words he proves his theory with a small model of a time machine
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To Kill A Mockingbird Theme Analysis Never in a million years did Harper Lee or anyone else living in the 60’s think we would have an African-American president. Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird to create a conversation about racial issues and injustice in America. The novel centers on the Finch family‚ a progressive family living in the 1930’s South. Atticus Finch is tasked with defending an innocent man‚ Tom Robinson‚ in a rape accusation case. Seems simple. The only issue? Tom Robinson is
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Theme Analysis of Golding’s Lord of the Flies In his novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding creates a society that is doomed to fail because it lacks the rules that are necessary for its survival. When left to their own devices‚ the boys prove that human nature must be bridled or it will turn catastrophic. William Golding believes that total and complete freedom presents a danger to any society. The use of foreshadowing in the exposition‚ Jack’s internal conflicts and Ralph’s realizations about
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