Alyssa Huntt ENGL 1101 Valerie Wayson December 9‚ 2011 The Life That Once Was Sixty years ago‚ the United States was bursting at the seams that post-World War Two fears had sewn into place. The economy was booming‚ automobile production was taking off‚ families were close-knit‚ and values were important. There was a certain mystery and adventure about what life had in store. Now‚ the United States is on the verge of a breakdown. The economy is teetering on the edge of failure‚ more families
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acAnalytical Questions Regarding an Argument’s Structure Once More to the Lake By E. B. White Examine the argument’s opening statement? In the first paragraph Mr. White story speaks of a man’s memories in the summer of 1904. This man began to remember trips to the lake he took with his family and of his father. This month long camping trips were an annual event to the lake; in Maine. These trips always took place in the month of August. He talks about‚ his siblings and himself getting ringworm
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers: In the poem A Contemplation Upon Flowers by Henry King the comparison of the life of a simple flower is made to the life of a human‚ in the sense that we both are born‚ we both live‚ and we both must die. Majority of people fear death‚ but the flowers accept death with open arms and a smile. This poem by Henry King praises flowers for not only their humble lifestyles but also for their acceptance of death. Henry King uses the literary device of personification
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MEMORANDUM FOR: xxxx SUBJECT: xxxx 1. The book I selected was Myrer‚ Anton. Once an Eagle. New York: HarperPerennial‚ 2002. Myrer enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and participated in the invasion of Guam where he was wounded and later discharged. Interestingly‚ he was born in Worcester‚ Massachusetts‚ not far from For Devens. This book has been described by some as an anti-war novel. Given the experiences of the author‚ there are understandably many real and graphic descriptions of the
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In the story “It used to be green once” written by Patricia Grace mum is the main character‚ Mum is a interesting character because of these reasons. I found mum interesting because of the way she dressed‚ she used to dress in a purple dress made out of a Japanese bedspread and the way she raised her children. She would often drive around in an old cruddy car and toot to let people know she was coming. Mum was a very shameless person. She did not care about what people might think of her. Her
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story It Use To Be Green Once by Patricia Grace is a short story that I enjoyed toughly not just because it was a story I could relate to ‚ but impractically because of the mother in the short story. I enjoyed reading about the way she handled her whanu (family) ‚ the way she acts towards others‚ her positive attitude ‚ the way she showed love towards others and finally because of the fact she never changed despite winning the lottery. I enjoyed reading It Use To Be Green Once because the mother had
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Once More to the Lake The essay “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White was about a man who had a great sense of nostalgia after he reminisces old childhood memories of a lake in Maine. The author begins to feel a sense of immortality and is in denial of the fact that he’s not a child anymore. He begins to realize that we cannot relive or recreate our childhood‚ only visit the locations it took place. Throughout White’s essay‚ he begins to convey his confused and deniable emotional roller coaster
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[pic] The book Once was written in the first person which means the narrator was talking about himself (I). I think it was important that the story was written in the first person‚ because if it had been written in the third person (she/he) it would have been a different story. I would have liked for the setting to have been described in more detail‚ because I didn’t think it was described in much detail and to it’s full potential. I liked this story‚ because it was
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Homework on “Once More to the Lake.” White says that he seemed to be living "a dual existence" as a father in the present and as a son in the remembered life of the past. Point to some moments when that dual existence seems most natural and to some when it seems more difficult to maintain. What seems to explain the differences to him and to you? Ans; Some of the moments when that dual existence seems most natural are when he got back there at the lake with his boy‚ he knew that lying in bed
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A contemplation upon flowers Tone The speaking voice /persona is philosophical as he follows what is initially an individual problem to a universally applicable conclusion. It moves from admiration and confusion at his his own recalcitrance ( hard to manage and understand) to one of acceptance and peace. Mood The mood of the poem is deeply reflective one as the poet contemplates his own mortality. Major themes Death and life- our lives are but a cycle that culminate ineditably in depth. If
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