The two essays I chose for my final portfolio were Maira Kalman’s “Back to the Land” interpretive essay and Josh Neufled “A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge” interpretive essay. I found it quite easy when it came to deciding which two interpretive essays I would have to choose for evaluation because I was able to analyze both the purpose and audience clearly in the two essays. Also‚ with both Kalman and Neufeld’s essays I received positive responses‚ and felt that I could confidently write about both
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“Looking For Work” In “Looking for Work”‚ Gary is a 9 year old Hispanic child who wants his family to be more like the traditional white family that he saw in a TV show. For example‚ on pg.29 "The father looks on in his suit. The mother‚ decked out earrings and a pearl necklace‚ cuts into her steak and blushes.” After watching this scene on TV‚ Gary wanted his family to be like the family in that show. He saw the happiness in the TV family as they ate dinner and wanted his own family
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Melina Marchetta’s novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi‚ was produced into a movie directed by Kate Woods (2000). It is a reproduction of the book with its own interpretation. The changes in the film from the book are shown through the characters‚ the scenes and important events that have been either cut or changed to suit the audience. In both the movie and the film it reflects Greek culture and traditions. Looking for Alibrandi relates to growing up and the everyday disasters of being a teenager. Some
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Chapter One: Q1) Ten words to describe Josephine Alibrandi are: Rebellious‚ Emotional‚ Intelligent‚ Mature‚ Embarrassed (by Nonna)‚ Self conscious‚ Sarcastic‚ Opinionated‚ Friendly and Observant. Q2) Josephine lives in a suburb called Glebe Q3) Josephine attends a school named St. Marthas. This school Is not Co-Ed and has nuns as teachers. It is full of rich‚ white kids. Q4) Her biggest problem is being stuck at a school full o rich kids with rich families. Q5) She is ‘illegitimate’ because
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DIANA NYAKUNDI FRESHMAN COMPOSITION 09/29/10 LOOKING FOR ZORA In her essay Looking for Zora‚ Alice walker ventures out to Eatonville Florida to find out more about Zora Hurston. Walker masquerades as Zora’s niece and goes around inquiring on what was the cause of Zora’s death‚ where her grave is currently‚ and what was she like‚ alive. Walker argues that the writer’s undignified and unfamiliar resting place is far less important than the memories and influence she has left behind. The main appeal
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Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy Julian West‚ the main character of Looking Backward‚ was born into a rich family in the late nineteenth century. The gap between the rich and poor was very huge and seemed impossible to fix. Like the other people of his high class‚ Julian thought that he was greater than the poor people‚ and he saw their constant strikes with anger and contempt. He was engaged to Edith Bartlett‚ who was a beautiful and graceful Boston lady. They planned to get married when the
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Melina Marchetta’s novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi‚ explores a number of topical themes. The themes that are present are: family‚ multiculturalism and heritage. These themes are relevant to most contemporary readers‚ as they may be able to relate to them on a physical / psychological level. The family theme will include the struggles Josephine goes through with her family‚ such as her father running out on her mother‚ and the impact on Josie as her mother having a constant need to find someone to fill
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LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE TAMMY ALEXANDER ASHFORD UNIVERSITY: PSY 202 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE The purpose of this assignment is to identify and describe my personal‚ professional and academic goal‚ apply the Smart Goal process and explain each component‚ create how I will predict success in achieving my goals based on my past positive experiences‚ and my personality as it relates to being an online student. Obtaining my BA in Complimentary and Alternate Health while‚ attending Ashford University
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One day when I was nine‚ my family and I visited an apple orchard in the fall to pick to pick our own apples. About halfway through‚ I became hungry‚ so I decided to take snack on one of the many apples I had in my basket. Although once I bit into it‚ I was horrified to see a worm squiggling and squirming around inside of the apple. I spit out what I had already eaten and threw the apple to the ground as I screamed. Dropping my basket‚ I bolted out of the fields‚ not caring that my family was right
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At the start of "Looking for Alibrandi"‚ by Melina Marchetta we are introduced to a seventeen year old girl by the name of Josephine "Josie" Alibrandi‚ who is in her last year of high school. By the end of the book it is made obvious that Josephine has gone through many dramatic and important changes‚ including achieving her emancipation‚ discovering her family secret‚ accepting her culture‚ and meeting‚ and having a relationship with her father‚ Michael Andretti. All of these changes‚ and others
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