The assignment I chose to revise is my literary analysis of Judith Ortiz Cofers The Story of My Body. I have made some local‚ but mostly global revisions to the paper‚ as well as addressed some of the feedback made by the instructor. The local revisions include: making complete sentences‚ rearranging words. For global revisions‚ I rewrote the conclusion‚ broke a paragraph into two‚ and as suggested by the instructor I added more analysis and connection to the young girl. In the first paragraph
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The woman I am in my Dreams Lexi MacConnell 1.) What we can infer about the narrator based on the contrasts she reveals is that she is a short woman‚ who wears sensible average clothing‚ she is unconfident with lack of sex appeal. 2.) The woman in the narrator’s dreams is a tall well-dressed woman who is very social; she is concerned with her own needs. This woman in her dreams is very confident‚ she is able to overcome obstacles and it’s her way or no way. We know this from the poem
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human history. Authors such as Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ in her essay The myth of the Latin woman: I just met a girl named Maria‚ and David Sedaris in his essay I Like Guys‚use narrative to argue their thesis‚ however this is not limited only to established authors. With the pair of essays written by Cofer and Sedaris (and a little story of my own) a reader can see how the use of narration describing events in an author’s life can be used to argue a point. In her essay‚ Cofer wanted to use moments in her
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These are thesis statements from student essays in a previous course I taught. After reading them over‚ consider what works or doesn’t work about each of them‚ specifically as interpretative claims regarding social practices or visual texts. While analyzing each thesis statement‚ ignore any grammatical errors or factual inaccuracies. Please print this page and bring it with you to our next class meeting. “Valentine’s Day as an American holiday is one that truly documents how this nation has both
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workplace and in personal lives when it came to people. For instance when Judith Lorber presents in her article about Billy Tipton. Billy Tipton who was a famous musician who was born originally a woman but lived the adult life as a man. Judith is reveals the society as a whole to have “difference” because of structure of living the life as a man or a woman since they were born. This also affects society in the workplace because Judith describes how it is in the Marines when women have to wear a certain
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Pity the Bear in Judith Minty’s story‚ Killing the Bear - Pity the Bear in Judith Minty’s story‚ Killing the Bear Judith Minty’s story‚ "Killing the Bear‚" is a rather chilling tale about a woman who shoots a bear to death. The story is not merely a simple account of the incident however. It is full of stories and facts about bears‚ which affect how the reader reacts to the story. In the beginning‚ the reader expects the bear to be portrayed as a cold-blooded monster who must be killed for the safety
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Is Latin actually beneficial? Is Latin a dead language? Latin originated in the Latium region and was used during the middle 1900s‚ but eventually faded away. It’s now reappearing and providing many benefits to people around the world. More than half of the English words come from Latin roots and people are now realizing the Latin is useful. French and Spanish are taking a back seat as Latin is on the fast track‚ by attracting countless schools and students. The endless benefits of Latin include
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Poetry offers a new way to look at familiar situations. Judith Beveridge does this in three of poems. “The Domesticity of giraffes”‚ “Fox in a tree stump” and “The Two Brothers”. Through the use of repetition and personification she incorporates her feelings about cruelty towards animals and humans. She uses these techniques in all three of her poems. Poetry shows the reader a new way to look at familiar situations and in her poem “The Domesticity of Giraffes” she uses repetition to show the cruelty
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Lindsey Cox 1/27/13 Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy Response Judith Butler’s Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy is an extremely philosophical essay that asks many questions that challenges the reader to look within themselves to search for their own interpretation of what they believe the answer to be. The first statement that Butler opens with is‚ "What makes for a livable world is no idol question". This statement almost seems like a question directed to the reader
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The kinds of Latinas‚ Coffer are talking about are mainly Puerto Ricans and Mexican woman. The consequences of irrational assumptions‚ which helped and encouraged Judith Ortiz Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ gain the strength and confidence as she worked to prove that stereotypes about her‚ were strong. On first sight judgments‚ the audience can decide their attitude towards you. Society can live with them‚ we can just wait until that person proves himself or shows who he/she is. But the way modern society is
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