John Greer Colorado Technical University Online LITR240-1302B-02: Literature: A Mirror of Life Phase 1 IP: “Love in L.A.” and “A Good Man is hard to find” Professor: Jordine Logan May 27‚ 2013 “Love in L.A.” (Short Story) The setting of the story “Love in L.A.” takes place on the freeway of Los Angeles. The main character‚ Jake‚ is an immature‚ arrogant‚ irresponsible protagonist that is carelessly driving and daydreaming without a care in the world. Amidst the gridlock of traffic‚ he
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* Last week we reflected on our writing‚ and this week we deal with some things related to the reading we will do in this class. The two primary components of this class are reading literature and then writing about literature‚ and knowing some of the literary devices and features will help you with both reading and writing about literature. * Before I provide my examples‚ I want to explain that literary devices (I call them conventions sometimes too) are like strategies. That is‚ authors of
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Starbucks coffee. Just a pretty face. Stupid. These are terms that are associated with being a blonde female. For generations being blonde has been the topic of many jokes and has created a superstition that being blonde automatically made you stupid. As a student in academically challenging AP and IB classes‚ I felt that I had to prove myself to my classmates due to my appearance. TEDtalks are made to challenge social believes and change our future. I want to encourage a future that is rid of all
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to find out I was born with a small heart murmur. Months went by and the heart murmur went away. However‚ within time we discovered that I was legally blind in my right eye and had one of my front teeth impacted in my nose. I did not let being legally blind out of my right eye stop me from doing anything. The steps I had to take to overcome being legally blind in my right eye was having to wear an eye patch on my left eye to see if my right eye will get stronger so I would be able to see out of it
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1. Provide a one-paragraph example from your experience or the textbook readings of a manager who executed a legally sound decision. An example of my own experience of a legally sounds decision‚ I was working at Hardee’s a fast food restaurant‚ one of my coworker is a single mother with 2 kids‚ no high school diploma she depends on her job. She report late to work for several times due to babysiter‚ sometimes her mom help with the kids while she’s at work but not all the time.The manager warns her
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the area of contract law applicable would be whether the offer and acceptance was put into a legally binding agreement. The offer of rewards given to the clerk from IRAS greatly depends on the usefulness of the information from the clerk to retrieve successfully the total amount of tax evaded by Evander. Firstly‚ to describe the contract‚ an offer is a definite intention by the offeror to enter into a legally binding agreement‚ be it a specific person‚ a group of people or the world at large‚ on the
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The Dumb Blonde Stereotype Being a blond girl all my life‚ I have always taken somewhat personal to the dumb blonde stereotype especially to these funny jokes. Although‚ yes‚ many times people find themselves cracking up at these ‘harmless’ jokes witch supposed to be inoffensive‚ they are unconsciously supporting the stereotype that blondes are stupid.. But have you ever wondered how fair haired woman became such a joke material? If youre not blond‚ I guess not‚ but I personally was very intrigued
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Heather Brown Professor Evermind English 1302 2 March 2012 The Irony in Trifles The play Trifles written by Susan Glaspell is set in the nineteenth century. A trifle is a thing of little value or importance‚ so in the play Trifles the irony of the story is quite humorous. In this time period women were not treated as equals‚ men believed women did not have as much intellect as themselves‚ and treated them accordingly. With this in mind the irony of the play revolves around how much better
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men as the workers who bring home the money and are more powerful and capable of doing things. Women were viewed as housekeepers‚ basically to stay home all day‚ clean the house‚ prepare food‚ and take care of the kids. In Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” Gender roles were shown through how men and women think‚ their “capabilities”‚ and intelligence. All of the action in the play takes place in the home of the former Mr. John Wright and his wife Minnie Wright‚ who is being held as the suspect
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Irony in “Trifles” The death of a man named John Wright begins the adventure to solving his murder. He was found hanged in his house; while his wife‚ Mrs. Wright‚ is questioned by the police she does not seem to be bothered by her husband’s death. As stated by Mr. Hale when speaking to Mrs. Wright‚ “I want to see John. And then she-laughed” (Glaspell 1048). In Glaspell’s play “Trifles” the two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters‚ find many trifles through-out the house that the men consider to be
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