‘Hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature’ The Outsiders – Text response essay In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton‚ we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and their life grows and gets harder‚ we are shown their true colours. Some of them change for the best‚ and some for the worst. Hard times include a large variety of matters. Based on the novel that we are
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Ashkevron ENGL 111-37D 10 June 2014 Response: White’s 5 Paragraph Theme Theme This short paper will be in response to my reading of Edward White’s “5 Paragraph Theme Theme” essay. The following paragraphs will illustrate my opinion of White’s idea‚ if I think it is an effective means of writing a paper‚ and if I believe it should be the way all papers‚ essays‚ and reports are written. Lastly I will finish up with an overview of what I have discussed. I believe this paper to be well written
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Have No Fear Failure is Here? As a teenager and growing student‚ many people are faced with the fears of failure; Mine was evidently school. Growing throughout elementary and middle school up to about 8th grade I was always told I had potential. I always did decent in school‚ you know typical smart kid who doesn’t put forth 100% effort all the time unless deemed necessary or interested. But up till I got to high school and grew older I began being faced with harder and way more challenging tasks
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drive that nice car‚ and wear the nice clothes you are considered at the top of society and one author thinks that this is what is causing the great amount of violence that we see in our world today. The author‚ Bell Hooks says in her book Where We Stand: Class Matters‚ “When the deluded young are forced to face the reality that we are bound by class‚ by limited resources‚ by the exhaustion of gloires‚ by endless exploitation‚ they become rage filled and rage addicted” (Hooks 87). This is then where
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Response Essay Dystopian works force us to look at social problems because they exaggerate issues to get the viewer’s attention. By seeing where social problems can or will lead to in the future‚ people pay more attention to what is going on and they feel the need to do something about it. The song‚ “The Sound of Silence‚” by Paul Simon is about being revealed to the light. Seeing what one was never realized before. It relates well to the allegory of the cave by Plato and the book Fahrenheit 451
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Response Essay: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin a Boston born founding father‚ who helped shape todays America‚ had many factors influencing his life such as his race‚ gender‚ economic status‚ education level‚ and religious views. These factors played a large role in the way that he lived his life‚ and how he went about accomplishing his goals. Franklin had an enormous record of personal accomplishments‚ but one most notably would be his autobiography. In his book‚ Franklin
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landscapes‚ and exhausted economies were further evidence of a chaotic Europe after the war. Consequently‚ these harsh effects warranted a response from Europe. World War One was supposed to be “the war to end all wars‚” but it rather created three disparate movementsㅡpacifism‚ communism‚ and fascismㅡthat further divided European society. These varying responses to World War One were possible because of a changing social atmosphere that occurred
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Jessie Morschauser Professor Hallstrom English 100 September 9‚ 2014 981 words Summary/Strong Response Essay Losing someone close to you can feel like losing a part of yourself. A piece of you goes missing. Imagine living your life with them there and then having them ripped away from you. It really is as horrible as it sounds. In “The Unmothered” Ruth Margalit explains her experience of losing her mother to cancer. She tells about what it’s like on certain days of the year such as‚ her mother’s
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Watching movies is always so exciting because you get to laugh‚ cry‚ and scream without anyone judging you. Movies can also help bring friends and family together. Have you ever taken a moment to think about what a movie actually means‚ though? I’m Here by Spike Jonze is such an inspiring movie. The two main actors include a boy robot‚ Sheldon‚ and a girl robot‚ whose name was never mentioned. The movie was set in a run-down town where robots were known as the underclass workers. In the beginning
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if they are actively working. After that‚ we explicitly ask them why they wanted to leave the country‚ and depending on the reason(s) they give‚ a series of follow up questions specific to that reason.” Initially‚ I assumed it was more of an invasive and impersonal process‚ but from what I read in the Kennedy ready‚ it seems as if the process is done by a sympathetic case worker who is trying to access to help‚ not judge. While alarming‚ these readings did give some reassurance that we have revelry
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