Journal Entry #1 “Summer” by David Updike 440 Words Summary David Updike’s story “Summer” describes one summer holiday of a boy named Homer. He is faced with the external conflict on an unrequited love. Homer‚ the protagonist‚ is spending the summer at his best friend‚ Fred’s home near the lake. The summer‚ for the most‚ followed the usual flow of ‘athletic and boyhood fulfillment” (para 11) for Homer and Fred. There were the tennis matches and hiking‚ the alcohol and hanging out late at night
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opinion piece ‘Pigeon plague in our cities’ Jo Bonella from the city newspaper argues that pigeons are over populating in Melbourne and are posing a health concern to residents and to themselves. In a blaming tone- she blames humans for feeding the pigeons too much. The author tries to persuade the readers using a series of techniques. The writer asserts that there is an over population of pigeons both in Perth and Melbourne. She uses figures that “there are over 60 000 pigeons in the city”.
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The Revenge of the Pigeon One sweltering day while I was walking through the park‚ out of nowhere something hit me. Literally‚ something hit me! It was white and smelly. At that moment‚ I know that there was a pigeon‚ but I was wrong. Ten seconds had not elapsed when it suddenly got dark. I look into the sky and see something amazing. It was a swarm of pigeons. It was the most bizarre thing ever. We all ducked and ran for cover. Then it began flooding tons and tons of pigeons. They were just zigging
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Jaywalking is a crime. What if a person wasn’t crossing the street‚ what if it was a pigeon? Pigeons jaywalk all the time as they know that a car is coming at them 65mph and nonchalantly walk towards the other side. Pigeons don’t care about street rules; (they make their own). Writing became my jaywalk. As a pen stuck to my hand it became a pigeon walking across a street with no fear. Expressing my creative side as I walk my pen against the dialogue of short films I made and poems about my insecurities
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Thesis statement: The constant change in the world‚ as evidenced by consumerism in the books Rabbit‚ Run by John Updike and White Noise by Don DeLillo‚ gives a false sense of security to the protagonists of the two books thereby blurring the reality they are in and destroying them in the end. *** Don deLillo’s White Noise: Postmodern elements Most postmodern books have been published after World War II. First published in 1984‚ White Noise by Don deLillo explores the emergence of technology
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The introductory story‚ The Girl who Raised Pigeons‚ explores the relationship between a young girl‚ Betsy Ann‚ and her father‚ Robert Morgan and the incurred losses within the family and the surrounding neighborhood. Only nineteen when the great loss of his wife occurred‚ Robert became overwhelmed with the responsibility and loneliness from parenting. Following the death of her mother‚ Robert is consumed by his grief‚ and seeks guidance and aid from the community to raise his child: “I never looked
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human hair and chicken feathers in different concentrations of oil to water. After the using variance analysis with significant interaction‚ the researchers found that there was a significant difference in the amount of oil absorbed by applying groups of samples containing chicken feathers and human hair under the different absorption time. The second objective was to determine whether there is a significant difference in the amount of oil absorbed by the chicken feathers and hair in terms of absorption
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Author and publishers write incredible‚ meaningful pieces of work‚ like the poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” written by Emily Dickinson. “Hope is a thing with feathers‚ that perches in the soul‚ and sings the tune without the words.” The poem is comparing the word hope to a bird. The bird in this poem has a meaning though‚ The bird symbolizes hope in everyone reading this poem‚ and how some days you feel that hope is a useful thing and some days it feels useless. But in the end it never leaving
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literature. Characteristics of gothic literature include ruined sinister buildings‚ dungeons‚ underground passages‚ crypts‚ and catacombs which in modern houses become spooky basements or attics. In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga‚ the authors use spooky setting‚ fantastic plot‚ grotesque characters and use of the supernatural as elements of gothic literatrure. Faulkner and Quiroga use setting as an element of Gothic Literature to foreshadow that
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However‚ not only does this poem relate directly to Dickinson herself‚ but also the American people as a whole. “Hope” is a thing with feathers was written in 1861‚ the year that marks the start of the civil war. During this time period‚ the majority of Americans were most likely looking for hope. Due to the fact that this poem was written during the romanticist era and the civil war‚ it
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