Assignment Week 2: Greasy Lake Discussion Questions 1. How can the reader tell that the narrator grows and changes during his adventures? How can you explain the change in the narrator’s outlook? The reader can tell that the narrator changes throughout his adventures by his shifting disposition come conclusion of the story. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator illuminates the glory days of his teenage years‚ filling the reader’s head with images of "torn-up leather jackets" and "lemon-flavored
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her own life and personal experiences. The Thin People is one of her best poetry which was written in 1957 and was also known as "The Moon Was a Fat Woman Once". A lot of interpretations were made toward this poetry. Some people argue that this poetry takes on the holocaust issue‚ the victim of World War II‚ while other people think that it is more about her concern towards the recent trend of skinny models shown on television. Actually‚ there are a lot of evidences which indirectly show us that this
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Once More to the Little Store They were surrounding me with shades of yellow and black; I stood in the middle of a sunflower garden. I wanted to pick a flower for my mom‚ who was inside of our apartment. I searched around the hoard of flowers until I found the perfect one. Then it fades to black. This exact clip was cut out of my childhood and remains imprinted in my memories for some unknown reason. Every person has one of these “clips” in which they have a vivid memory of one place or time
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Heffernan’s tone throughout the article is very objective. Heffernan says‚ “Fantasy life and real life should‚ ideally‚ be brought into balance- but no student who is making decent grades needs to get off the Internet just because it would look more respectable or comprehensible to be playing chess‚ throwing a Frisbee‚ or reading a George Orwell paperback.” In this quote‚ her tone is objective to the student who believes that she is addicted to the Internet. Heffernan shows through this quote
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Rhetorical Analysis A college education is valuable and its quality is of the highest importance to most Americans. In his essay‚ “On the Uses of a Liberal Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students‚” Mark Edmundson utilizes ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to effectively deliver his argument that the current educational system‚ especially in college‚ revolves around consumerism which in turn has negatively impacted students‚ teachers‚ and universities in general. However‚ although
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Ryan Zull Professor Rodgers English Comp 102: Tue-Thurs. September 16‚ 2012 A Character Analysis of the Round Characters in “Greasy Lake” T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” deals with three young and naive teenagers who think they are invincible and hardcore characters. I know we call all relate to this feeling of being bad when we were teenagers. Staying out late‚ driving down the highways with our radios blaring‚ thinking to ourselves this is what life is all about. Because of the
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Architecture must be taken as the language with emphasis not only on the construction of "words" but also the meaning of "spiritual" decoding. He also urged (Carol Blair 1999) to "look beyond the symbolism of the rhetorical text and to examine the rhetorical importance of eloquence with its consequences and its partisan - the material power of eloquence" beyond the aims‚ intentions and motives. "In distinguishing between what the text means (symbolic level) Dependency)‚ Blair reminds
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with his opinion. One of those insulted people being Liz Addison. Addison’s claim argues that college is yes‚ much different‚ but in a positive way‚ especially in the community colleges. All together in her one sided- argument‚ she includes several rhetorical devices to persuade‚ inform‚ and emotionally prove her claim. These devices being ethos‚ and pathos‚ gives her a strong foundation and effective argument to the liberal audience she is writing her article to. In the very beginning of Liz Addison’s
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and view corporal punishment to be highly barbaric and inhumane. However‚ in order to shed light on our current situation‚ Jacoby discusses the dangers that we face though our criminal justice system a nd shows concern that imprisonment is doing more harm than good. In effect‚ Jacoby looks to the past for solutions‚ and despite knowing the liberal views of his audience‚ refers to the Puritans ’ use of flogging to display historical background of corporal punishment in America. Furthermore‚ Jacoby
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A man once lived. A man who was unlike all others. In body‚ in mind‚ in soul‚ he always exceeded. The fact became obvious quickly. And it only grew more so with his age. It was clear he would accomplish much in life. But exactly how much‚ exactly what he’d become… people did not have a chance to guess.. A young boy was born in an average household. Worry came along with his birth‚ as the boy refused to cry‚ though no other issues were found which put the surroundings at ease. His family quickly
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