Ms.Hassenkamp CP English II April 1st‚ 2014 In Our Time Assignment Gertrude Stein was quoted as saying that “… those who went to war missed civilizing and apart of the “Lost Generation.” The Lost Generation is considered the generation of men who were involved in World War I and as a result of their war experiences it caused disruption within the human mind‚ causing cultural and emotional instability. The term civilized or civilizing is another
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Scott Sanders’ The Men We Carry in Our Minds is an assessment of the oppression and common themes experienced by individuals as a result of encultured social constructs. Scott uses a series of imagery heavy narratives to isolate a repeating pattern of “destiny” observed throughout the narrator’s life. While the first series of reflections introduce the subjection of men based on the social implications of one’s skin color‚ the second series of reflections reflect on the ideas on gender equality by
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“The Men We Carry in Our Minds” In the passage of “The Men We Carry in Our Minds” by Scott Russell Sanders‚ the author discusses about his view on men and women. “When the women I met at college thought about the joys and privileges of men‚ they did not carry in their minds the sort of men I had known in my childhood” (172)‚ the meaning is the way one believes women and men are about‚ along with their experiences with women and men throughout their lives. The author’s perception on men is the
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Erika Burk Professor Hall English 102 John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” John Edgar Wideman’s piece‚ “Our Time‚” is very similar to another piece we have read‚ “Our Secrets‚” by Susan Griffin. Much like “Our Secret”‚ Wideman uses his writing to demonstrate that there is more to the world than what meets the eye. In contrast to Griffin’s seemingly unrelated stories about people in the past‚ Wideman uses examples from his own family and personal experience. Wideman focuses on his brother‚ Robby‚ and
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Our biggest enemies is always ourselves People work long hours because they fear poverty. People eat too much because they fear starvation. People get married because they fear being alone and so on. On balance‚ we always fear something‚ but fear never does. We needn’t fear to disappear completely because some degree of caution is to avoid tragedy. While I was thinking about my fear of heights‚ I couldn’t climb high enough. When I thought about a necessary cleaning job‚ I had motivation
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves Stories are fundamental to how we see; understand the world and essentially ourselves. We are the stories we tell ourselves. Or‚ as Thomas King puts it: “The truth about stories is that that’s all we are” (King 2). From stories of creationism to personal experiences‚ historical narratives‚ to social transgression‚ racist indoctrination to works of contemporary Native literature‚ a piece of who we are lurks in the details. This piece of us‚ of who we are has the potential
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If you hear the word monster today a lot of different creatures and story’s come to your mind. But did you ever think about how monsters are created? Timothy K. Beal’s “Our Monsters‚ Ourselves” is arguing the idea of that we are creating the monsters in our life ourselves. He is using many rhetorical techniques to get the readers to not only agree‚ but also relate to what he is writing. Beal’s arguments are well organized and persuasive. The rhetorical techniques ethos‚ logos and pathos strongly
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The Fault in Our Stars: Book & Movie Comparison The Fault in Our Stars is a well written book. After I read the book I watched the movie and I noticed some major differences. Some important scenes that were in the book were not in the movie. The book also has more details which is missing in the movie‚ making some scenes‚ such as Augustus’ death less dramatic and emotional. One important difference would be Kaitlyn‚ Hazel’s best friend from “pre-cancer” life. Kaitlyn isn’t mentioned at all in the
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Why we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others We all do it. Comparing ourselves to one another is just part of human nature but is also a social skill we are raised up with. Our society encourages such comparison. Telling us who’s smarter‚ who’s more attractive‚ who’s more important‚ parents comparing you to your siblings or your peers‚ people telling us we must be better than everyone us etc. But this way of thinking can be harmful. Today I’m going to talk about a few reasons why the only person
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