G. Laracas Professor DePasquale English - 1A 07 October 2008 Personal Response Essay “The Loons” I’ve chosen to do my personal response essay on the short story “The Loons‚” because in a way I can sort of relate to the main character Piquette Tonnerre. I felt that Margaret Laurence did an exceptional job by choosing the appropriate tone for the story because I can honestly say that I could feel the alienation that Piquette must of felt‚ during her time of living‚ in a cruel society. She
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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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sand beneath my bare legs burned when it hit water. I thrived to keep my eyes open‚ but instead I drifted into my daydreams imaginations‚ and spontaneously everything was peaceful and utterly dreamy. It was more to a vision than a dream when I imagine myself in 2026‚ but within an instant I am blown away. I discover that I am the new legend in the genetic research field in the United States‚ not only that but a mother too. Consequently‚ I see an extraordinary day of my future sought life‚ a casual
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Pigs in Heaven starts on a farm somewhere in rural Kentucky where a woman named Alice Greer who is feeling lonely after her cousin Sugar moved away. Alice’s husband gives her little warmth and has a obsession with TV. The story then shifts over to Alice’s daughter Taylor and her adopted daughter Turtle. While they are driving to tour the Grand Canyon they stoop to take a picture at the Hoover Dam. Just when they are leaving Turtle sees a man (Lucky Buster) falls down into the Hoover Dam drainage
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In the movie‚ Kingdom of Heaven‚ set during the time period of the Crusades there are a number of scenarios that showcase the importance of an individual over constraints of society and religion. This is brought to the viewers attention in the first scene of the film; as a woman committed suicide. In the eye of the church suicide is a sin‚ yet this woman chose to end her life over staying true to the church. Disputes with constraints of society and religion are showcased often in this film‚ through
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same is vice versa‚ if the man were to try to jump off the mountain with the treasures that were inside of the kingdom‚ he would likely die. Heaven and Hell cannot go hand in hand. Looking at the first portion of the passage that I am analyzing‚ I recalled a discussion we had a couple of days ago. The general consensus is that if we get to the gates of Heaven and we turn back‚ that is worse than never getting to the gates of all. With this idea in mind‚ this occurs numerous times in Lewis’ work. For
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The way up to heaven A short story by Roald Dahl All her life‚ Mrs. Foster had had an almost pathological fear of missing a train‚ a plane‚ a boat‚ or even a theatre curtain. Being late on occasions would throw her into such a state of nerves that she would begin to twitch. It was just a tiny vellicating muscle in the corner of the left eye‚ like a secret wink. Married for 30 years. She has been a good and loyal wife. The husband knows about her problem and likes to see her suffering. She is
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Essay Response Virginia Woolf spent many of her childhood summers in a seaside village in Cornwall‚ England. In an excerpt from her memoirs from her childhood summers‚ Woolf reminisces on fishing trips with her father and her brother. Woolf utilizes language in order to convey the lasting significance by using punctuation‚ diction‚ and choppy phrases Woolf uses punctuation in several different ways‚ but she was especially effective at using it to convey her enthusiasm. Near the end of the first
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Matt Cooper Alyssia 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
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Mars is Heaven! Plot: A group of space explorers are on a voyage to Mars from Earth. As they land they are bewildered to see that the planet looks just like earth 30 years in the past. Cautiously‚ the captain of the ship takes two men to explore‚ while the rest of the crew stays behind. Things only get more bizarre from here as one of the crew members discovers his grandparents live there‚ and they have been dead for years! Similar cases for the rest of the crew as they all break up and spend
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