Week 4 Journal - Summarizing ENG 121 Instructor: Clinton Hale November 24th‚ 2014 Summarizing David Foster Wallace’s “Consider the Lobster” is an in-depth 2004 article about the annual Maine Lobster Festival. The event is held every July in an area of Maine known as the mid-coast‚ which Wallace describes as‚ “…from Owl’s Head and Thomaston in the south‚ to Belfast in the north” (Wallace.2004). Throughout the narrative‚ Wallace deftly uses concrete language to bring the reader into the tents
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Quote | Reflection | Regardless of the fact that these measures often are used to predict student performance‚ a teacher’s recorded school achieve-ment seldom has correlated strongly with classroom performance (Pg.3) | I can certainly agree with this quote given that academic performance of teacher does not mean he or she is well equipped or suited to teach a certain subject matter. This touches home with me because my background is business. While I did instruct and facilitate many times in
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1. Passage 1 (page[s] 170). “At Least half of my anger at you was sheer resentment that you had done something that I knew‚ buried deep in my heart‚ I should have done. But you weren’t the cause of my joining up either.. . you merely helped trigger it and you did control the service that I chose.” Here Juan’s Father is explaining to him why he decided to join the Mobile Infantry after he practically excommunicated Juan from the family a few years ago for doing the very same thing. Juan’s Father
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“From the toolbox the boy took out‚ of all things‚ a teddy bear. He reached in through the torn windshield and placed it on the pilot’s chest.”“The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.”“Then they discovered she couldn’t read or write.”“Unofficially‚ it was called the midnight class‚ even though it commenced at around two in the morning. ““The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup‚ boiling and stirring. In some places it was burned. There
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Rainsford’s Journey Back Home He had never slept in a better bed‚ Rainsford decided. Rainsford got up and headed out of his room. He looked around as if he thought there was someone outside waiting for him. He scanned around the house and saw no one. Rainsford had felt proud of himself for beating General Zaroff‚ but he also had this small feeling of fear. Rainsford had to come up with an idea on how to get himself off of the island. It wouldn’t be long before Rainsford started getting hungry.
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The Definition of Culture __________________________ Culture is one of the most controversial terms. The definition of the word culture has been a challenge to many researchers as they try to define “life”. Everything in our life is a culture: behaviour‚ language‚ politics‚ symbols‚ fashion‚ religion‚ etc. Culture covers all aspects of human life‚ so each definition of culture has a side of the truth and the definition of culture is continuously workable. The definition presented
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Wing evolution has been a highly debated topic in insects. Wings play a crucial role for insects since they are used to assist with collecting food‚ migration‚ fleeing from predators‚ and many other activities. There are three main theories that have been thoroughly researched to help explain the evolution of wings. These theories include the paranotal origin of wings‚ the tracheal gill theory‚ and the exite-endite theory. The paranotal origin of wings hypothesis states that wings developed from
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Rabbit-Proof Fence Personal Response Dear diary‚ It had felt like an eternity but the day had finally given way to night. The departure of the daylight offered my sunbaked skin refuge from the dry heat that constantly pressed down on me. My weary muscles lent me just enough energy to lift my heavy head and scan the horizon to ensure that the Tracker was long gone. Occasionally‚ I glanced up and gazed upon the colorful specks of light that were interspersed within the inky black sky. It was heart-wrenching
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Three mini-bottles in‚ Darcy determined he had enough liquid courage and was ready to deploy the necessary means to secure her in the bed until morning. Glaring at the drawer where he placed the method‚ he groaned at the absurdity of it all. Was he really going to do this to the woman of his dreams and future wife? Fingering the forth bottle‚ he wavered. “Darcy‚ come on. Let me out.” Walking over to the door‚ he leaned closer to speak. “Madam‚ you do not play fair.” “Like you serenading me with
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adapt to change and‚ most importantly‚ can work well with others in a group setting. Google puts more emphasis on ability over background. (Robbins & Jude‚ 2007) The companies’ culture has everything to do with communication within the
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