The short stories “Catch the Moon” and “ The Bass the River and Sheila Mant‚” have many similarities. “Catch the Moon” is written by Judith Ortiz Cofer and is about Luis‚ a juvenile delinquent. Luis fights with his anger after his mothers death and usually finds himself in trouble. In “The Bass the River and Sheila Mant‚” the author‚ W.D. Wetherell‚ the narrator finds himself having to choose between his real love and an illusion of love. Luis struggles to find ways to deal with his mothers death
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social order‚ religion‚ nationality‚ and even gender. People stereotype due to many reasons. Some do it for fun‚ others do it to explain something about what they saw or heard‚ while some do it out of innocence or ignorance. In the essay by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria‚ the young man called the lady Maria but he did it out of the innocence. Although he didnt mean any harm‚ the Puerto Rican girl resented the stereotype. People think that all women
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Writing Exercise #2 The essay ‘Salvation” by Langston Hughes was the essay I connected with most. The religious aspect if it enticed me to read further. To me it was ironic that Hughes titled the essay “Salvation” when in fact it seemed young 12-year-old Hughes had become more lost than before going to the revival. I feel as if that Hughes wanted readers to take an important theme away from the essay; peer pressure from adults has a big impact on small children. Hughes style of writing is a unique
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the nicest things America has done for immigrants is provide them a community. In Judith Cofer’s “ The Latin Deli” she writes about the Latin Deli as a place where people come when they are homesick. People enjoy browsing for brands that they associate with good memories. For example‚ “ …when they walk down the aisles of her store reading the labels of packages aloud‚ as if they were the names of lost lovers” (Cofer). Folks also buy jamon y queso‚ which is really just a ham and cheese sandwich‚ and
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The Benefit of English After I read “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ I understand that the familiarity with the English language affect the authors a lot. All of those three writers share the same attitude that learning English can affect people’s lives. I totally agree with these three writer’s opinions that English can affect people and I think people who live
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Descriptive Analyses of the Essays and Short Stories Narration and Description THE STRATEGIES Although the narrative and descriptive essays are often given as separate assignments in composition courses‚ they are combined in this first section so that teachers can present expressive writing and still reserve time for the many forms of informative and argumentative writing. This choice is tricky because it confirms the folk wisdom about expressive writing and rhetorical difficulty. According to
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Hand therapy 15/01/2013 Hand outs 17/01/2013 CD( interactive hand therapy) Deep layer- skeletal Next layer- muscular attachment Next layer- articular surface Next layer- collateral ligament Plates volar ( palmar ligaments) prevent hyper extension Check rein ligament ( they emerge from the lateral borders of the plate and pass prox into the middle of the phalangeal neck Lateral tendon- from your lumbricals and interosseus Flexor digitorium profundus Flexor digitorious
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Cofer‚ Judith Ortiz. The meaning of consuelo. Beacon Press‚ 2005. The Meaning of Consuelo is based on a Puerto Rican family in the 1950s‚ during a time of Americanization. The family has two daughters Consuelita and Mili‚ one meaning comfort and solace the other meaning miracle. Consuelita goes through many personal changes‚ but also has to sit back and watch the world around her change. Her parents have two totally different aspects on life which makes it even harder for her growth‚ this sparks
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with lateral motion‚ the hyperextension may tear the volar plate away from its insertion at the middle phalanx. In this injury‚ the athlete may complain have a pain on their proximal interphalangeal(PIP) joint area with or without motion‚ hold the affected finger in a mildly flexed position‚ and express pain on active and passive extension. The symptom such as tenderness at the volar aspect of the PIP joint will be present. A suspected volar plate injury should be X-rayed for a small avulsion fracture
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References: Madden‚ F. (2009). Exploring Literature: I fell in love‚ or My Hormones Awakened‚ [1952] Judith Ortiz Cofer P Austen‚ J. (1818) Persuasion E.G E.G. (2011) TeensHealth.org‚ Love and Romance The Trustees of Princeton Univ E.G. Retrieved Oct. 5‚ 2011 from‚ comparative-essay.com Eng 102.02
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