2012 The Most Disturbing Place I Have Ever Been To Going to jail was no fun. It started off with a police officer placing me in handcuffs. The handcuffs were so tight that my hands went numb. Then I took a long ride in the back of a police car. I had to lean to the side so that I could ease the pressure of the handcuffs on my wrists. Next I arrived at the inmate-processing center. From the moment the door closed behind me‚ I was treated like inventory. I was photographed. I was fingerprinted
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Jonathan Edwards uses the three appeals pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos in his sermon “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” to persuade unconverted members of the congregation to become born again through Christ. He uses pathos‚ which is emotional appeals to evoke the audience’s emotions such as fear‚ anger‚ sadness‚ and many more. By using connotative diction‚ syntax‚ and personal anecdotes he is able to create an emotional appeal. Edwards uses logical appeals‚ which is logos to appeal to the audience’s
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I have picked the “In Cuba I was a German Shepherd” by Ana Menendez. I chose this story because it is the first option from the reading assignment and perhaps I don’t have much knowledge about Cuba and haven’t read any Cuban short stories before. This story is about a group of four aged men‚ who meet every morning at Domino Park in Miami to play domino‚ where sometimes there are also tourists stop by and stare at them while playing. One of these four men is fond of throwing jokes anything about
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I picked the short story "In Cuba I was a German Shepherd" by Ana Menéndez because I was able to connect with the protagonist (Maximo) and feel his pain over how his life had changed after fleeing from Cuba. The story is about Maximo‚ one of four older men who gather in Domino Park in Little Havana in Miami to play dominoes. As a result of the Cuban revolution‚ Maximo‚ then a university professor‚ fled from Cuba with his wife and two daughters. He struggled to start a new life in Miami and ended
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I can unhesitatingly and boastfully claim that ‘my never- failing friends are they‚ with whom I converse day by day.’ And these friends‚ with whom I talk‚ converse and gossip as a matter of routine‚ are the BOOKS‚ that are stacked in our family-library. Their sweet‚ long company has made me a true book-lover in the real sense. Without any doubt or reservation‚ I can frankly say that blessed are those‚ who are in constant company of books. Books never desert us‚ when we fall prey to evil days
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The most important cause of World War I is alliances because countries felt threatened by enemy countries. Alliances were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon
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In the short story „In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd”‚ Ana Menendez discusses the cultural differences between Cuba and the United States. The story revolves around Maximo‚ a short Cuban exile in Miami who lives the traditions of his homeland by playing Domino with his friends. However‚ the jokes he tells harbor a deeper meaning and are essential for understanding the bitterness‚ the political conflicts in Cuba‚ and the distance he feels from his homeland. Maximo’s nostalgia‚ the discrimination‚ and
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Sitting here writing things on paper almost as if I was in jail Bob Kaufman wrote a collection of thirty-four short poems from his perspective inside a jail cell and became a renowned author of the realism‚ naturalism‚ and modernism era. Many of these poems contain one liners much like Yogi Berra’s Yogiisms. His selection of poems describe what he sees‚ hears‚ and feels inside the jail cell as well as creating a visual image of what’s inside the jail and he liked to model his poems with the
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morning‚ everyone. I’m Olivia‚ I shall be speaking today about the protest song - ‘I was only nineteen’. Firstly‚ let me tell you exactly what a protest song is. Protest songs have often proven to be an effective tool in creating awareness of social and political topics. Some of the most popular protest songs have changed the history of the world. ‘I was only nineteen’ was written by John Schumann and Trevor Lucas produced it. The song was released in March 1983. The song was released during the Vietnam
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What do I enjoy most being a teenager? We never really grow up from teenage‚ we just simply learn to behave. -Bryan White And maybe that is why I often hear people crib about missing their teenage. Maybe this freedom to behave as randomly as possible is what makes teenage worth so much. This insecurity‚ melodramatic moments‚ arrogance‚ angst and naivety is what that brings the best out of you. For me‚ the best thing about teenage is your
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