Journal Entry #3 – A Clockwork Orange Burgess’ novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ carries many themes prevalent to the time-period of the novel’s release. In a futuristic city governed by a repressive totalitarian super-state‚ humans have become machines or lower animals. The main protagonist of the story‚ Alex‚ asserts his free will by deciding to live a life of debauchery and violence before being robbed of his free-will by the government. When A Clockwork Orange was written the war against Communism
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Journal Entry #1‚ “Soldier’s Home”‚ By Ernest Hemingway‚ p. 187‚ word count SUMMARY The short story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway talk about Krebs’s internal conflict. He is a soldier from Oklahoma who experienced the monstrosities of The Great War. He enlisted in the Marines in 1917 and did not come back home until the summer of 1919. When he came back‚ though‚ he was not himself anymore. He does not want to talk to anyone after telling lies to the people and his friends about what happened
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Ender’s Game Journal Entries Chapter 1: Question 2 Ender is a third‚ a third child‚ he is monitored by the government and can think like a adult‚ for example he could predict what would happen if he didn’t beat up Stilson and ran away. He is harassed daily both physically and mentally because he was a third‚ no one will be able to understand the humiliation Ender faces unless you to are a third.‚ so when it came down to the fight with Stilson‚ he just wanted it to stop‚ even though it means
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Journal Entry #1 Most of my high school experience has not been pleasant. I have struggled with depression and anxiety‚ as well as physical health problems since the end of sixth grade. My attitude and attendance in school have been inconsistent up until the end of last year; my second junior year. Up until that moment‚ I thought that school was a complete waste of time‚ and that the only thing our education system was meant to do was condition people to give up their individualism and turn them
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Ponyboy’s Journal Entry Me and Johnny have been hiding from the police for a couple of days now. I’m sure Darry‚ Soda‚ and the rest of the gang are worried sick about us. I haven’t gotten much sleep since we went into hiding‚ I am betting Johnny hasn’t either because it is hard to get good sleep while your laying on the cold floor of an abandoned church and when you are thinking about everything that went on with our lives the past couple days. Earlier today Johnny went to the store to get some
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Journal Entry 2 The short story‚ “The Things They Carried”‚ by Tim O’brien‚ was my favorite reading of this week. The author states what the company is carrying‚ as well as emotional burdens that they carry. I think that theme of this story can be summarized as “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. As I stated in the discussion‚ I think this story makes a profound point about trauma and emotional stress. Physical burdens are easily observable. For example‚ when people see someone in a wheelchair their
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Journal Entries 1.)A noble "Moor"‚ in the service of the Venetian State‚ Othello is introduced to us in the very first scene by the term "Moor"‚ when Iago complains that Othello has made Cassio his lieutenant and not him. We also learn from Iago that Othello has a relationship with the fair Desdemona. Respected by the Duke of Venice‚ who is the first to address him by name (Othello in Act I‚ Scene III) and who sends for him when Cypress is threatened by Turkish forces‚ Othello is continuously
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Journal Entry#2 It was finally the next day. I was thinking about our plan all night yesterday. I started to doubt that the plan would even work but I kept my hopes high. I came out of my cabin and I knew that I and Billy would escape this night. I was approached by the guards and they told me to pick up cotton near Bobs castle. As I was picking up the cotton I thought to myself that I would now escape and I would never have to do this ever again. I was finally finished picking up all the cotton
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Finial Exam As I began my finial assignment in English Composition‚ I looked at my first journal entry and instantly I could see many mistakes I had made. Mostly my significant lack of transitions‚ I just have short bland sentences/statements simply separated by commas. For example‚ Wilbanks‚ M. (2017). Journal entry one: “Now in college courses I sometimes have issues still with placing everything correctly on my paper‚ I really enjoy learning to write‚ doing the research is my favorite part
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Unknown Language Journal Journal Entry 1 Before the lesson From this‚ my first lesson of Korean‚ I expect to gain‚ most of all‚ first hand insight into the experience a second language learner has during the first lesson of a language he or her has never before encountered. As I believe the class will be one of immersion‚ where the teacher will only speak Korean‚ I expect to be confused and to struggle to grasp the relation between sounds and their referents as well as understanding
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