Entry V. “Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For” by Henry David Thoreau. Genre: Classic Essay 1. Thoreau declares his higher purpose as going off into the woods (deliberately) in search to learn of the truth. He lived to reduce life to “its lowest terms” and to find the true and genuine meaning of the world. He wants to know it solely by getting to experience it in different terms compared to others; Thoreau just wants to live and not be caught up in a materialistic society. 2. “I went to the woods
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In the essay “I Want a Wife”‚ Judy Brady discusses all the duties that a wife would have to do for the husband and the family to express her frustration in her marriage. She lists a lot of examples in her life to show us the job as a wife is burdensome and difficult. She also uses a sarcastic tone to describe the selfish attitude of men wanting a wife to take care of everything in his life while he can do whatever he want. She started to carefully think about the unfair treatment between men and
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2013 Writing Project 1: Final Draft I Believe I Can Fly I remember my first time flying on an airplane. My father‚ brother and I all flew down from Fairbanks‚ Alaska to Phoenix‚ Arizona on the Christmas of 1990 to see the Grand Canyon. This was our little vacation while my mom was in Hawaii. It was my first time flying and I was so scared during takeoff that I did not even make a sound. My brother gave me the window seat since it was my first time and he had flown before. My face was glued to the
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Although I am only 18‚ many events in my life have changed the outlook I have on life for better or worse. I would have to say one experience I had in my high school years took both outlooks and tied them into one. Freshmen year I attended a small catholic school in Florida. Not being too excited about attending‚ my parents insisted because it was closer than the other local Catholic High School. Being extremely unhappy all year I think I learned my first invaluable trait: If you don’t look on the
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I am rarely in the company of my nieces. In their presence‚ I bombard them with advice. Whether they need or want the guidance‚ I am not sure. I have never bothered to ask. Although the nieces that I speak of did not grow up with their fathers in the household‚ I believe they grew up loved and actually feeling loved‚ with no shortage of advice. Honestly‚ I do not think this flood of information is for them‚ it is for me. For that 12‚ 16‚ 20 and 25-year-old part of me that I did not leave behind.
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Though the course of this semester‚ I have learned so many key concepts‚ that were taught in this class. I have learned the proper placement of a thesis sentence‚ and how to make it effective. I have also learned how to make in text citations. I know now that everything I have learned in this course‚ I would more than likely use‚ for the rest of my college career. By taking this course I have successfully learned how to write with the audience in mind‚ and learned of the importance of satire‚ Writing
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helping me realize that I wasn’t as good of a writer that I thought I was. Throughout the semester‚ my papers gradually improved in grades‚ but also in quality. Prior to this semester‚ I was unaware that visualization was even a thing‚ and thought that showing not telling was for frivolous floosies who didn’t know how to write anything meaningful. This class has changed my perspective on the importance of imagery and creating a better experience for the reader. The first paper I wrote for this class
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My Life’s Philosophy I sometimes find myself walking‚ I think I always do. It may be in a straight way‚ a curvy one‚ a zigzag‚ or with hills along and oceans to cross and a sky‚ always with a sky to look up on. This is because I am travelling in this life. And there are times that I run‚ maybe because I want things to happen fast‚ or I leap‚ wishing things weren’t this hard‚ or I hide‚ dream‚ pretend‚ or even lurk around. And when I do this‚ I see the road of life always comes in different chapters
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How I spend my leisure time: Free time is a something everybody needs. Free time always people to express themselves in many different ways. Moreover‚ some people can become so busy in life they don’t have time for free time‚ which may seems impossible to some. Furthermore‚ most people set aside a time where they are free to do whatever it is they enjoy doing. I on the other hand‚ love and enjoy free time; I spend my free time doing things that makes me happy. Three ways I spend my free
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What I’ve learned from Men Is it true that women could learn some useful things from men? And is it right that women are always responsible for every interaction? Is it their responsibility to keep the conversation going well? Also‚ are women too polite in situations so men take advantage of them? And many other questions could be asked; they might or might not be true. Every gender has his/her opinion of these questions; males could answer these questions differently from females. According
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