Dana Gioia builds the argument that young americans interest in art has drastically declined and shows harsh consequences that are to follow. He shows this point by using compelling polls‚ and as well as reports made by organizations that have been studying on the issue. In the story the contrast positive changes in the American life such as better income chances. He uses the focus of the article that the fact the young Americans interest in art has declined a substantial amount. This draws in the
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Planting a Sequoia Dana Gioia uses the premise of planting a tree to help the reader explore the connection between the opposing ideas of life and death‚ hope and loss. The poem "Planting a Sequoia" by Dana Gioia is written from a fathers pespective . He reflects on the lose of his infant son and the grief he experiences as a result and how he deals with it. The poem has five stanza’s with five lines each which could refer to five stages of life‚ infant‚ child‚ teen‚ adult and old age. The poem
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There are many issues that America faces today‚ but is the decline in reading one of them? This is a question that only you can decide for yourself. If you thought that the decrease in young adults reading is not a problem could you be persuaded? Dana Gioia states that there will be many negative effects in the United States from lack of literature. Some might find that his argument is very effective in persuading your ideas. Although you can build an argument with anything‚ there are certain persuasion
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According to “Why Literature Matters” written by Dana Gioia‚ there has been a downturn of reading in America. Gioia believes that he decline of reading in America will have a negative effect on society. He supports his theory with logic‚ reasoning‚ statistics‚ and facts. Gioia’s objective is to persuade people‚ particularly the younger generation‚ to read regularly. The downfall in reading is an immense issue in America. Gioia backs up his thoughts with logic and reasoning when he writes “The
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purpose of saying Americans do not have sufficient funds to support the new price.He starts off by saying" increasing steel prices by some 6 dollars a ton ‚ constitute a wholly unjustifiable and irresponsible defiance of the public interests" (lin.3). Kennedy utilizes this statistic in order to point out that the rising of the steel prices is out of public interest ‚ for it is only beneficial for the steel companies to make a bigger profit for their own selfish reasons. He does this to imbue them with
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Lincoln and Kennedy Abraham Lincoln and JFK were two very different men. Lincoln was known as "honest Abe"‚ where Kennedy had his scandals. Both presidents had different views and presidential styles. Even their looks were completely opposite. Aside from their differences‚ however‚ Lincoln and Kennedy have some eerie similarities and many involving the men’s assassinations. To start of with‚ there are many numerical coincidences dealing with dates and names. Lincoln was first elected to congress
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What made Byer so dear to Laura Kennedy? Why did she love it so? After their sobering experience with outhouses and water via pump handles‚ you can bet Margie and Tom can’t give you a reason. Earl’s daughter‚ Margie‚ relayed in an email about Margie’s time in Byer in 1955‚ "We slept in the Byer house one night for the burial. I had a miserable night. I was cold and we had to use the outhouse. I remember the house was very musty-moldy smelling." As with every small fact‚ there is often a lengthy
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E-Business strategies and technologies followed by organisations in the B2B sector‚ B2C sector‚ B2G and C2G sector. By Gavin Kennedy. Introduction In this assignment I will look at how business strategies and the technologies used to implement them are used in B2B‚ B2C‚ B2G. Strategy is defined as a particular long-term plan for success or for a particular aim e.g. in a business sense cutting costs. Technologies are the application of sciences to reach these strategies
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good there comes bad. I enjoyed reading this piece because my thoughts were reflected upon the poem. I would definitely recommend this poem because everyone wants / needs money to survive. I really enjoyed this piece by Dana Gioia. I usually don’t read poems but this one attracted my attention due to the title and its contents. I was impressed by how he knew exactly how I felt about this topic. My favorite stanza of this poem was the last because it’s so
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