Tracy Hall Professor Thompson ENGL 310 Reader Response Essay January 26‚ 2011 Why Aren’t Women Funny? In his Vanity Fair essay‚ “Why Women Aren’t Funny” (2007)‚ author Christopher Hitchens purports that women are not as funny as men because they don’t have to be; that men must be funny in order to attract women‚ but women don’t need to be humorous to be appealing to men because they are already alluring by simply being women. In the essay‚ Hitchens comes off as quite the chauvinist at
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Brittany Sandlin 5 February 2013 English 101 9:30 TR Essay 1 revision “Roselily” Response Essay “Roselily”‚ written by Alice Walker‚ is a story about an African American woman that is getting married to a Muslim. As the preacher was going through the normal wedding rituals she reflected back on her past and the past of African Americans in general. Roselily thought about how her new life would be with her new man and wondered if her children would like him and get along with him. Roselily
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that I go to the beach and I look into the ocean I see the glare of the sun reflecting on the water. I think that’s such a beautiful example of scenery‚ and it just triggers my memory back to Lake Havasu. Every summer for the past four years our family goes on a trip to Lake Havasu. It’s located in Arizona‚ in the border line of California and Arizona. It’s probably one of the best trips I’ve been on‚ and I looked forward to it every summer. Unfortunately‚ this summer was the first one that I didn’t
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Exile is one of the dominant themes permeating Brian Friel’s long career as a playwright. Philadelphia‚ Here I Come! was his first big international success. It was also the first to focus on the plight of characters torn by the need to abandon the place to which they feel deeply attached for the sake of their own growth and integrity. The exile in Philadelphia is twenty-five-year-old Gar O’Donnell. He lives in familiar Friel territory‚ the fictional Irish village of Ballybeg‚ in this instance
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The same could be said for humor that is written and humor that is acted out on stage right in front of you; one is grey the other has color. It was surprising‚ however‚ that after reading Bill Bryson’s collection of newspaper columns I’m a Stranger Here Myself‚ and watching Seinfeld’s I’m Telling you for the Last Time standup comedy‚ a definitive victor was not easily distinguishable and the true nit picking began. Is it Bryson’s wit and finely tuned eye for humor that distinguishes him from Seinfeld’s
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“Ka pai ki mua‚ ka pai ki muri” A close viewing Analysis of Turangawaewae-a place to stand a New Zealand short film This is a close-viewing analysis of the short film turangawaewae - A place to stand. Directed by Peter Burger (Ngai Tauiwi). Produced by Catherine Fitzgerald (Ngai Tauiwi). Written by Wiremu Grace (Ngati Toa‚ Ngati Porou). Wi Kuki Kaa (Ngati Porou‚ Ngati Kahungunui) portrays a returned Maori servicemen from Vietnam. Nancy Brunning (Ngati Raukawa‚ Ngai Tuhoe) portrays his daughter
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Reflection: Stand and Deliver Jaime Escalante has a steady job but left it for a lowly position math teacher at James A. Garfield High School. Knowing that the school is where rebellion runs high and teachers are more focused on discipline than in academics‚ he is determined to change the system and challenge the students to soar high in excellence. Of course‚ the students will not like a teacher who engages them in the things they don’t like. But as days passed‚ Escalante was able to convince
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people‚ and what importance their songs carry to him and his people. He uses events that have happened in the past‚ to represent what it has done to them and their culture in the present. The specific song mentioned‚ Shi Naasha‚ meaning‚ “I’m still here”‚ represents the struggles that the Native Americans faced throughout the mid 1800s‚ when their people where held captive. The idea that in this culture‚ songs are used to tell stories and remember history‚ rather than just pure entertainment‚ is littered
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All teenagers may get easily frustrated easily and this frustration would cause anger. I have asked several teenagers about their problems and found that the most available problems are the limited freedom and the over protectiveness by their parents. The freedom. The freedom for teenagers is mostly limited as their parents would be scared that they would themselves to the wrong way‚ but the freedom should not be unlimited. Parents should let their children to have freedom but with some rules
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collection‚ Aidoo depicts women who survive despite the obstacles in neo-colonial Ghanaian society. For the majority of these women independence has brought no relief and has in fact only increased the difficulties they face. There is indeed "no sweetness here" but nonetheless‚ survival is the driving force throughout the collection. While Aidoo certainly seems to be committed to portraying the material‚ economic and social problems which plague post-colonial Ghanaian society and the difficulties which these
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