Erika English 110 1-21-2014 Arts of the Contact Zone Questions for a Second Reading: 1. In my opinion‚ the introductory story Pratt is telling about her sons and their baseball cards not only gets the reader interested in what is to come‚ but also gets them thinking a little about how worthy their education system. It sparked my interest to learn that her sons were learning their phonics not in school‚ but by reading the names and statistics of players on baseball cards. Later on‚ Pratt
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An hour‚” by Kate Chopin‚ is a short story about a woman who thinks she loses her husband in a railroad accident‚ but loses her freedom instead. Louise Mallard suffers from heart troubles‚ and has to be monitored every day. When her sister Josephine‚ and a family friend Richards‚ tell her the news about her husband she has to be careful not startle Louise too much‚ as it could hurt her heart. Chopin uses setting‚ point of view‚ and language devices to enhance the central idea of confinement. The
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individual who shared this opinion or notion‚ about government and society with me‚ and his name was Jean Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau once said‚ “No man has any natural authority over his fellow men”‚ and I could not agree more with him. Rousseau remains one of the most significant figures in political philosophy‚ because of his theories on social contracts‚ the state
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In the poem titled “The School Children” by Louise Gluck‚ the author utilizes an industrious tone and the symbol of the apple to establish the understanding that it is hard to maintain individuality in a society where one is expected to conform to the masses. Continuing to conform can only lead to a loss of one’s sense of self. In the first line of the poem‚ the speaker states‚ “The children go forward with their little satchels” (Gluck). The term “satchels” is used in this line and is a small bag
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William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) is one of the best known writers of the present day. He was not only a novelist‚ but also one of the most successful dramatists and short-story writer. The short-story “Louise” was published in 1936. This story is about the woman who used to get everything what she wants using her “weak heart”. The gist of the problem raised by the author in this story is relationship between people. This problem is always urgent. The main idea conveyed by the author is that
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media‚ movies‚ and film stars like Louise Brooks (Szabo). <br><br>Louise Brooks was a big part of the Jazz Age and had a lot of influence on the women of the 1920’s. Being a film star with a great‚ original personality she is known for being one of the most extraordinary women to set forth the Flapper era. Her sleek and smooth looks with her signature bob helped define the flapper look (pandorasbox/flapper).<br><br>On November 14‚ 1906‚ in Cherryvale‚ Kansas‚ Mary Louise Brooks was born. She had two brothers
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are humans by nature political animals? Aristotle‚ Rousseau‚ and Justin Smith have distinctive views on the subject of whether or not we in fact are. I believe that when humans started to live among each other‚ there began to be a sense of morale for the preservation of self and in turn human kind. I believe that this mindset did evolve by observing other animals and species in how they function for survival.
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Jean-Jaques Rousseau The Confessions To understand the kind of man Jean-Jaques Rousseau was we must first understand the time in which he existed. Rousseau was born in Geneva on June 12‚ 1712‚ which is why his book was seen as perverse and edgy to most of the public. He reveals everything from his sexual encounters as a young man to his promiscuity as an adult. This autobiography that Rousseau wrote is about a man at the end of his life accounting all the events that took place from childhood
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Jean Jacques Rousseau argues against the theory of original sin and states “nothing can be more gentle than man is in his primitive state.” This remark is also valid for William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Once the young boys establish a sense of order it’s much like Rousseau’s view of government‚ asserting that government corrupts people. Since Golding’s writing style is allegorical‚ Lord of the Flies was intended to sprout ideas‚ not just to tell an interesting story. In Jean Jacques Rousseau’s
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that both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are justified with their views on human nature. I believe that human nature is both naturally good and bad but its nature is separate from the actions and beliefs of an individual. Most controversially‚ I think this can apply to the infamous Adolf Hitler. Evidently‚ Hitler possessed many negative natures‚ it seemed. Hitler was described as controlling and he was very greedy especially when it came to power which reflects the views of Thomas Hobbes. Even at a young
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