Good Habits for Writers 1. Did I begin this essay on the day it was assigned? 2. Did I ask questions about part of the assignment I did not understand? 3. Did I work at least twelve hours on this paper? 4. Did I bring drafts of this essay to class when requested? 5. Did I have another person read my draft? 6. Did I proofread my draft in stages rather than all at once? Essay Submission Checklist □ Follows correct MLA format (see the end of the
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and “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou are quite similar. Both of the poems are focused on this birds will to be free. They use a caged bird as a symbol. They represent a caged bird as a symbol for constraint. In both poems‚ the bird is oppressed and constrained‚ calling out for help. This is represented in Dunbar’s poem‚ “But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core” (19). The bird’s singing is shown as a way for the bird to cope and pray. The authors relate personally to these birds as a representation
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In the book the birds there is almost nothing like the movie there are different characters and different events. There are some similarities like the birds attacked the people trying to kill them all‚ and the birds did get a few people in both the movie and the book. There were many differences from the book to the movie. I was wondering why the birds went crazy and why they started attacking the people. The story didn’t even take place in the same town or even country in the book it was need londen
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The Red Bird When I was younger I dreamed of playing in the forest all hours of the day and night watching my world’s stars move around the castle. Little did I know the castle was enchanted and keeping me safe from the evil with from Katinya. The good and handsome witch‚ Matinyo helped my family keep me safe since before I was born. He knew about us because Katinya is his twin sister. They were born in the world known to us as‚ Hethagard. This kingdom was ruled by my grandfather. Katinya and Matinyo
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The books Bird by Bird and David and Goliath‚ by Anne Lamott and Malcolm Gladwell respectively‚ provide their readers with many new ideas and ways of thinking about the world around them. They also allow for certain opinions to be created or changed‚ and are powerful tools altogether. Because I have learned to look at things from multiple perspectives‚ and not to always rely on my first instinct‚ I will be rationalising both sides of Thomas Hardy’s statement. “A story must be exceptional enough
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To Kill a Mocking Bird review To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It became immediately successful as Lee used many of her own experiences as a child throughout the book. Also‚ the novel is renowned for its warmth and humour‚ despite dealing with many political issues such as prejudice and racial injustice. To Kill a Mocking Bird also shows other serious issues like rape and racial inequality that were a big problem at this time. The story is narrated by a young
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World War I is known as the most deadliest conflict in history and was declared by‚ George Kennan. During the war‚ their was a total number of forty-one million military and civilian casualties; there were eighteen million deaths and twenty-three million people wounded. This war effected many innocent lives and people. During the war‚ a total of twelve million letters were delivered to the frontline every week. The families sent those letters to the soldiers to try and stay in touch with them. Families
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black folks and attempts to talk some sense into her. Harper Lee explains that Atticus is a strong believer of justice and does not judge based on skin color. Even through his anger Atticus restrains himself and continuously believes in equality: “ I don’t know of any law that says they can’t talk. Maybe if we didn’t give them so much to talk about they’d be quiet.”(Lee 157). Atticus is displaying his opinion of how the white folks deserve any gossip that goes against the whites. If the whites did
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of Scouts lack of femininity Atticus receives a lot of criticism from his sister in which he replied once “Sister‚ I do my best I can with them!” This is a point in which we see a major contrast in personality between Atticus and his sister. Also Scout made her own observations commenting “It was plain Aunty thought I was dull in the extreme‚ because I once heard her tell Atticus that I was sluggish.” From this impression of Aunt Alexandra‚ Harper Lee wanted us to see how the pressures of society forced
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A Bird Came Down the Walk by Emily Dickinson Theme: The poem deals‚ among other things‚ with the relationship between nature and humanity. At the start the poet is just observing the bird (“He did not know I saw”). She does not interfere‚ but she is not passive‚ as her observations are quite detailed e.g. noticing the Beetle. She is a presence in the poem from line 2‚ but we don’t find out much about her as the focus is on the bird. The human interference‚ finally‚ in line 14 (“I offered him
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