Dear Financial Aid Committee: My name is _______ and I am writing this appeal letter in hope that you will reconsider your decision and grant my financial aid. I would like to begin thanking you in advance for taking time to read this letter and consider my request to reinstate my financial aid at Somewhere University. I apologize for the lack of attention to my courses in the fall semester of 2012‚ and I do not blame anyone but myself‚ however‚ I would like to explain the circumstances. My mother
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English Literature poem comparisons How do the writers express/convey their emotions by focusing on the themes of control and freedom? 1) Prayer Before Birth (Louis Macneice) 2) Tyger (WIlliam Blake) 3) Sonnet 116 (William Shakespeare) 4) War photographer (Carol Ann Duffy) 5) Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) 6) Remember (Christina Rossetti) Q1) “With strength against those who would freeze my humanity‚ would dragoon me into a lethal automaton.” Qa) “He has a job
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The Justification and the Accentuation of Parental Demands Although different time frames can be seen‚ the short stories “Brother Dear” by Bernice Friesen and “Boys and Girls” by writer Alice Munro Coalesce due to their focus on parental demands‚ based on the contemplation of the society and the society itself in the corresponding time period‚ and the events which had occurred in the vicinity of that time. The facile authors use imagery‚ characterization‚ and setting to develop the theme of parental
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“Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” William Shakespeare Many poems can convey am attitude of the poet towards the subject of the poem. William Shakespeare’s “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” shows the poets high regard of the subject’s beauty. The regard is portrayed through the alternating cacophonous and euphonious diction. The sonnet form helps express the poet’s regard toward the subject’s beauty. The literary device of metaphor aids in depicting the poet’s regard of the subject’s
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I base my values on stuff that makes me happy. My God is the head of my value system. I believe spiritual growth is the foundation of my life and everything else will follow suit. One major value in life is peace of mind that is something I treasure. Being able to sleep at night‚ without anxiety‚ fear or anything affecting my ability to sleep. Knowing that I have God to watch over me‚ taking all the problems and issues away makes me value him so much more. When my mind is at peace I can get through
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2010 The Memory of the Waltz After reading the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke (807)‚ I realized that there are many different opinions about this poem. Some people think that this poem is about parental abuse‚ the other also think that it is about the happy memory of the relationship between father and son. In my point of view‚ the speaker in the poem is expressing his joyful time when he’s dancing with his father. The whole poem is talking about the memory of the author about waltzing
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"You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing." - E.B. White - "I always knew that when I looked back on the times I cried I would smile. But I never knew that when I looked back on the times I smiled I would cry." "My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my desperation." - Helen Keller - "One day at a time‚ this is enough. Don’t
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While many are elated by it‚ others could not care less about it. To me‚ I always considered myself to be one of the latter. However‚ now that I have been given the opportunity to select poems I admire instead of being forced to know a poem‚ I have started to really enjoy certain aspects of poetry. The poems I chose for my anthology were ones that I had an instant connection with‚ but also had a deeper meaning. The five poems I selected were “Snow‚” by Louis Macneice‚ “Solitude‚” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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into Comp II makes me reflect on my time in Comp I. As a writer‚ I have grown older and wiser since my semester in Comp I and sometimes wish that I could take the skills I know now and apply them to my writing back then. I learned so much in Comp I and improved as a writer and student because of it. Comp I taught me how to organize my time‚ to put more emphasis on grammar‚ and to work hard to get the grade. Comp. I helped me improve my organization skills. I had so much trouble in the beginning
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Today‚ March 1‚ 2011‚ was my point of no return: I quit my job. It feels great to write those four words‚ but it is also terrifying and exhilarating and scary and exciting and surreal and unbelievable and‚ in many ways‚ indescribable. I’m listening to Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” as I write this. Her words‚ “It’s a new dawn / it’s a new day / it’s a new life for me / and I’m feeling good‚” best describe what I feel right now. A new beginning. A fresh start. The precipice of something exciting.
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