Both writers from “Dreams from my Father” and “The Life you Imagine” used various writing strategies to convey their challenges and experiences. To me‚ the strategies both authors used were very effective in getting the point across to their readers. Colloquial language‚ figurative language‚ academic vocabulary and descriptive details are examples of some common strategies they put in place. Jeter used rhetorical questions and colloquial language to convey his experience about his goals and dreams
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My Brother Sam is Dead is about a family where the oldest son is a patriot and is fighting in the Revolutionary War. The parents and the younger brother consider themselves to be Loyalists. Of course they disagree on the oldest brother’s‚ Sam’s‚ actions. This story takes us through daily life with Sam away. Some major events are the dad‚ Life‚ being taken away by cowboys‚ Sam dying and Tim‚ the youngest brother‚ witnessing many gory things and having to step up and be a leader in his family. The
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Harriet Tubman was an extraordinary heroine. There were numerous challenges in Harriet’s life through which she persevered. Harriet’s early life played a major role in shaping her into the person she became. Harriet was encouraged to make the long‚ tiring journey to freedom and succeeded. After achieving her own freedom‚ she decided to go back to slave states and lead other slaves to freedom. Within Harriet’s early life‚ she endured various terrible events. Several occasions occurred during Harriet’s
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MOVED MY CHEESE? -DR SPENCER JOHNSON Why this book? I chose this particular book because I heard that it was about how to deal with changes in life and I thought this might help me learn how to actually deal with the changes in life and work better. About the author Dr. Spencer Johnson‚ born on January 1 1998‚ is known for the value tales of children’s books and for his 1998 motivational book “Who Moved My Cheese
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The unit that I am preparing is to analyze Christopher and James Lincoln Collier’s (1974) My Brother Sam is Dead. My Brother Sam is Dead is set from 1775 to 1779 during a very volatile and complicated period of the American Revolution; it was not clear which side would win the war. As the story unfolds‚ the consequences of the war prove devastating to the Meeker family: the rebelliousness of Tim’s brother‚ Sam‚ and the pacifist politics of Tim’s father‚ Life‚ result in the ironic deaths of both men
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Jimmy McPerson Mr. Teacher AP US History 14 August 2013 My Brother Sam is Dead Analysis In the novel My Brother Sam is Dead‚ written by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier‚ a headstrong lad by the name of Sam Meekers joins in the rebel cause in the Civil War much to his fathers chagrin. Tim Meekers‚ Sam’s younger brother‚ struggles to come to terms with himself and to firmly grasp his own point of view on the war throughout the novel. The novel focuses on Tim‚ a young boy trying to
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The American Revolutionary War is Brutal “Principle‚ Sam? You may know principle‚ Sam‚ but I know war.” (Collier and Collier 21). In the book My Brother Sam is Dead Mr. Meeker is Sam Meeker’s father. They disagree on whether war is beneficial or just simply awful. The authors have Sam join the war and his father against the war. Mr. Meeker knows about the terrible things war does to people. First‚ war turns families against each other. If one is stuck in the middle of sides‚ like Tim‚ it
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My Brother Sam is Dead By: James Collier & Christopher collier My Brother Sam is Dead tells about the struggles of Sam‚ Tim‚ Eliphalet‚ and Susannah Meeker. The Meeker’s ran a tavern in the small Tory town of Redding‚ Connecticut. Their story begins in April of 1775 during the American Revolution. Sam was Tim’s older brother. Sam had been away at Yale University for a year‚ but he decided to join the Patriots army. This caused any problems for the Meeker family‚ especially since they are Loyalists
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between “Andrea Del Sarto” and “My Last Duchess” It is interesting how to poems from the same author can present the same themes in such different ways. We will be comparing‚ Browning’s “Andrea Del Sarto” and “My Last Duchess”. There are two topics that have important roles in both poems; these are art and the role of woman. Browning shows us women in very different roles in these two poems. He also presents art in both poems from different points of view. In “My Last Duchess” women’s role is
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With the newfound acceptance of homosexuality‚ the border between male homosocial relations and homosexual relations has become fuzzy. The distinction between male homosocial and homosexual desires are what I will be exploring in My Fair Lady. In the classic movie My Fair Lady the relationship between Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering displays both homosocial and homosexual characteristics‚ and models the triangular desire defined by Eve Sedgwick. Higgins invites Colonel Pickering to his
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