I swung the bat vainly as the softball flew towards me. It was May‚ and I was struggling through the softball unit in gym class. As expected‚ the bat missed by more than a foot. “Try aiming a little lower‚” my teacher instructed. I began to go red as I missed yet again‚ even though I was trying his advice. The pitcher wasn’t very good at throwing the ball‚ so several balls kept simply hitting the ground. However‚ I was missing the softball every time that the pitch was at least somewhat tossed well
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Sight and Blindness When Desdemona asks to be allowed to accompany Othello to Cyprus‚ she says that she "saw Othello’s visage in his mind‚ / And to his honours and his valiant parts / Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate" (I.iii. 250252). Othello’s blackness‚ his visible difference from everyone around him‚ is of little importance to Desdemona: she has the power to see him for what he is in a way that even Othello himself cannot. Desdemona’s line is one of many references to different kinds of
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Love in all its forms‚ from blessed matrimony to crippling betrayal‚ has been the poet’s canvas‚ marred by violent‚ disconnected‚ bold strokes‚ with a lot of detail but no form. How can one define something that is so unique for the individual beholder‚ and yet common themes run deep and have become metaphors more easily attributed and immediately understood than the word ‘love’ itself. The first point of note is the familiarity of the language used by John Clare in the nineteenth century
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10th Grade‚ English Sight or Blindness? Throughout the play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles makes several references about sight and blindness. Even though Tiresias is a blind man‚ he is the one that knows the truth and is insinuating that Oedipus doesn’t want to face it. Oedipus develops into a character blinded by all the greatness that Thebes has given him. The oracle prophesized by the gods is the main reason that led him to become the tragic hero of this play. First and foremost‚ Sophocles’
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Personal Narrative The blaring ring of the alarm clock runs through my ears‚ marking the end of my pleasant six-hour sleep. I’m looking at the time and fumbling my hand next to me‚ managing to hit the snooze button and relapse back to my sleep. Repeating this several times‚ I eventually decided to get up‚ and turned off the alarm. I grabbed the towel lying on top of my chair‚ and turn around only to sneak a glance at the time. I stumble through the bathroom‚ flick the light switch brace
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Miranda English 1‚ Per. 3 Mrs. McCue Personal Narrative “The happiest place on Earth‚” the loud speaker announced‚ as we walked into the gates of Disneyland. My best friend‚ Megan and I‚ were going to Disneyland for the very first time all by ourselves. Our moms’ were going to be hanging out at the hotel across the street‚ downtown Disney‚ etc and wanted us to check in with them by text message every hour. “Look at all these hot guys‚” Megan whispered into my ear. “You’re
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sitting in the Ed Landreth Building for the first time since the summer before my junior year of high school‚ when I attended the TCU All State Choir Camp. I reveled in the sights and sounds of the music department; every sound felt familiar to my entire high school choir career. It became fifteen minutes until the recital began‚ and my friend Taylor and I quickly walked into the Pepsico Music Hall. “Just wait!” She told me with excitement. “You’re going to love it.” Time went on‚ and I spotted Dr
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Explore how the poet conveys his intimate experience of love in this poem First Love’ by John Clare is a poem written about unrequited love‚ and how love can die. To show this‚ the poet used poetic techniques‚ such as metaphors‚ contrast and images; however the tone and the pattern of syllables in the stanzas also played a major part. The first stanza has 8 syllables in each line‚ which expresses an optimistic feeling‚ showing that his life is full. The second one‚ though has a pattern of
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Shameeka Herring 10 February 2013 Personal Narrative Essay A Frightening Experience When I look at pictures of myself ‚ I realize how much I’ve grown and changed‚ not only physically‚ also mentally as a person in the last fifteen years. Less then one year after graduating high school ‚I received some frightening news‚ I was pregnant. I had dreams and so much potential‚ this would surely detour me from my goal in life of
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Literacy Narrative – Fahrenheit 451 A moment when I as a writer felt an influence towards my ability to be literate was in my tenth grade English class‚ reading the novel Fahrenheit 451. Never before had I shown such appreciation and willingness to understand for a school assigned book‚ in truth my interest with school readings had been deteriorating due to the consistency of papers and assignments.. For years any school readings were easy to understand and majority held interesting tales‚ yet
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