Well‚ my daddy left home when i was three‚ And he didn’t leave much to ma and me‚ Just this ole guitar and an empty bottle of booze. Now i don’t blame him ’cause he run and hid‚ But the meanest thing that he ever did‚ Was before he left he went and named me sue. Well‚ he musta thought that it was quite a joke‚ An’ it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks‚ Seems i had to fight my whole life through. Some gal would giggle and i’d get red‚ And some guy’d laugh and i’d bust his head‚
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In the story‚ "I Just Wanna Be Average" the main character‚ Mike Rose‚ takes us through his years at Mercy High School during the 1960’s and 1970s. Although many people appear in this story‚ the main people are Ted Richard‚ Ken Harvey and Mr. Macfarland. Ted Richards was a bit of a dream‚ turning his back on the real world and just let his mind roam. Ted was always laughing‚ his loud and jolly voice booming out. Even when he’d get angry‚ he’d give a little smile. Ken Harvey became a central figure
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species‚ each argument has presented its own compelling views. As this class was my first philosophy class I have ever taken‚ certain arguments grabbed my attention more than others. Of these‚ the argument and position presented by Judith Jarvis Thomson in “A Defense of Abortion” caused me to rethink my view on the topic. Raised in a politically conservative environment‚ the argument against abortion I most commonly heard was that fetuses are people and should be afforded rights
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Streetcar Named Desire Scene 2 1) Stella tells Stanley that Belle Reve (Rive?) is lost. It leads to a little argument. He asks for the papers‚ looks inside her trunk. He finds clothes‚ letters from Blanche’s dead husband‚ in a tin box. Napoleonic code. Stanley reveals Stella’s pregnancy. Belle Reve was lost on mortgage‚ sold by Ambler & Ambler 2) Sees through Blanche’s trunk. “Your looks are okay” -> Blanche was expecting compliments 3) Beautiful dresses - no paper at the
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bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical applications‚ and serve as the backbone of applied theory in the real world. In this paper I will be explaining and extrapolating upon two key concepts that have been introduced in the unit readings; performativity and intersectionality. Having coined the term in her book‚ Gender Trouble‚ Judith Butler’s theory on gender peformativity is arguably one of the most widely referenced concepts in the gender studies field. Gender perfomativity theorises
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a child attended on a daily basis. The school day consisted of basic mathematical skills‚ reading‚ and writing. After a person graduated or aged out of school‚ he or she often worked or tended to children and household chores. Mike Rose‚ author of I Just Wanna Be Average‚ was born in Los Angeles. He worked as a professor at UCLA and advocated for proper school placement after enduring a rather challenging circumstance while attending school (345). Rose outlines several of issues with the educational
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Marie Gordon Studying a Modern Play What does the play’s setting contribute to its dramatic effect? A Streetcar Named Desire shows the extent to which the American South is less a geographical expression than an entire way of life. Even today‚ the South’s distinctive culture‚ food‚ literature and music have influenced the rest of the country immensely. Tennessee Williams explored the cultural and spiritual experience of the South‚ to which he belonged and in Streetcar he dramatizes
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In “I Just Wanna Be Average”‚ Mike Rose tells the story of his high school experience and how his Stanford-Binet IQ test score got mixed up with another guy with the same Sir name; he was subsequently placed on a vocational track; which was the lowest class placement you could be assigned. We hear about a few of the classes he took over the four years‚ English‚ PE‚ Spanish‚ and Voc. Ed. Rose tells us about one teacher in particular‚ Mr. MacFarland‚ his senior year college prep English class‚ and
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terrible night to be his home and bread. "O take from me the weight and waterfall ceaseless Time that batters down my weakness; the knives of light whose thrust I cannot turn; the cruelty of human eyes that dare not touch nor pity." Under the worn leaves of the winter city safe in the house of Nothing now he lies. His white and burning girl‚ his woman of fire‚ creeps to his heart and sets a candle there to melt away the flesh that hides from bone‚ to eat the nerve that tethers him in time. He will
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