Crucible Critical Lens An anonymous source once stated‚ “When fighting the Dragon‚ be fearful of becoming the Dragon itself”. This quote means that one’s trepidation of becoming or saying things that one’s contrary to. This quote is true because often times contradiction and hysteria can occur which leads to a change in opinion. The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer equally prove this quote to be true through the use of literary elements or techniques. Characterization
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Personal Essay Rewrite For most of my life‚ family and God have been the two things I value the most. As I’ve grown up‚ I have begun to value my friends who have been there for me through it all‚ the money that I work hard for and also the education that will get me where I want to be in life. As I started to figure out my strength and weakness‚ I realized my strength is what makes me who I am today. As for my weakness‚ they motivate me to be a better person than I already am. In high school I decided
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Personal Experience Essay Reminiscing on my life‚ I realized I have made many mistakes. I never listened to what my parents told me. If I had only listened to what they tried to teach me and took it into consideration on what I was being told‚ I would have saved myself a lot of trouble and time. However‚ I decided my own path and did things my own way‚ not following the guidance of my parents. I still remember what my parents told me like it was just yesterday. They told
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The Personal Essay Have you ever questioned what it really takes in order for you to be capable of learning? Maybe you attain certain things by fighting battles‚ taking risks‚ creating drama‚ violence‚ falling till you hit rock bottom or maybe it’s affected by you r success‚ aiming for goals‚ using power‚ changing for the good‚ putting yourself in others shoes‚ or even maybe through studying/analyzing things before acting upon it. In my personal view I believe both negative and positive experiences
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A Brother’s Murder": A Painful Story That’s as True as Ever 1 In the essay "A Brother’s Murder‚" Brent Staples writes about his younger brother‚ Blake‚ who took a very different path in life than Staples did. 2 The essay starts with a phone call in which Staples learns that Blake has been murdered‚ shot six times by a former friend (517). The essay goes on to tell about the conditions in which Blake grew up. The neighborhood in which the brothers lived was violent‚ and young men grew into dangerous
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PERSONAL ESSAY: “Are there any significant experiences you have had‚ or accomplishments you have realized that have helped to define you as a person?” “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”- Kelly Clarkson When I was still a kid‚ I used to feel insecure and unloved. Having a big sister who’s always in the spotlight‚ winning several competitions and quiz bees‚ it was really hard to garner my parents’ attention. I was always the little girl in the sidelines- the envious little girl who’s
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Name_____________pd____ What’s your lens? Take a look at the image below. Describe what you think it is? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What might determine what you see in the above shape? Is there a right answer? This illustrates the concept of CRITICAL LENSES. A LENS is the perspective we use to interpret and assign
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Critical Lens – Cheat sheet! Your task: to write a Critical Lens essay using TWO of the characters from The Crucible. First‚ let’s review the task of the critical lens: Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay‚ provide a valid interpretation of the statement‚ agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it‚ and support your opinion
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Chris Hartwick Personal Essay I have thought about this for a couple of days and I am still wrapping my head around the idea of putting it on paper. Being forty -five‚ I have a lot of experiences both good and bad but it is not as easy as I thought to pick just one. I decided to pick one that I have been experiencing every day for the last year and a half. At most this is an abbreviated version of my experience. I have been unemployed twice since September 2010. The first job I was laid
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Marena Cassetta 3/8/12 Period 8 Tito/Brill Hamlet Essay Alexander Solzhenitsyn once said “Good literature substitutes for an experience that we ourselves have not lived through.” By this Solzhenitsyn meant that literature often gives us scenarios and conflicts that we might not experience in our lifetime. This is shown through the literary work Hamlet by William Shakespeare. After reading Hamlet I disagree with this quote because authors often exaggerate the truth to
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