Critical Response Essay Fred’s Dilemma 1. - If Fred were a Utilitarian‚ what would he do? Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory where right and wrong depends on the consequences of one’s actions for everyone who might be affected by them. In other words‚ utilitarian individuals are trying to bring the best system to the society than any other system. Sometimes utilitarianism is summarized as "the maximum well-being for the maximum number". We know that life is full with situations
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"The Story of An Hour" Reader’s Response After I read the short story "Story of an hour" by Kate Chopin I was surprised about marriages from back in time‚ and how women barely had any rights. The story expresses a woman’s hurt‚ and pain towards the supposed death of her husband. The news takes her by surprise‚ and she becomes more depressed with her life. Kate Chopin uses profound language to depict her pain and sorrow. When Mrs. Mallard hears the new’s about her husband’s death she is appalled
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11 June 2013 A Critical Response to “Delicate Friend” The essay “Delicate Friend” written by Lauren Jackson is about her social addiction to cigarettes. Lauren’s mother would smoke cigarettes with her friends in the kitchen of their home while gossiping and keeping the children out. Lauren was jealous of this secret group and saw smoking as the bond that brought it all together. Lauren sought to be part of something and she saw cigarettes as the answer to this problem. While perfecting the art
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Section I: Significance of Title: The Scarlet Letter. In the story‚ Hester Prime Committed Adultry‚ and her punishment was that she had to go through out her life for 7 years wearing a shinny scarlet red A. The book could be considered a Metaphor because the scarlet letter was Hester’s symbol of punishment. It was a way for the townspeople to judge Hester literally and figuratively as a woman‚ when it is clearly shown that the townspeople were no better (if not much worse) than Hester. You
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Antigone Response "In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God." Psalm 10:4 In the Greek drama‚ "Antigone"‚ written by Sophocles in 442 BC‚ a blind prophet named Teiresias tried to change the stubborn mind of Creon‚ the king of Thebes. Creon was determined to punish his deceased son‚ Polyneices‚ for being a traitor to the kingdom by not giving his body a proper burial. Teiresias tried to teach Creon otherwise. Creon always listened to the wise
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Urinetown Response Coming into this show I knew exactly who I wanted to observe/analyze‚ John Watkins. He played the character of Cladwell and I was really excited to analyze him since last semester I wasn’t allowed to. I believe his work on stage definitely helped the given circumstances of the show. He seemed to understand what it meant to be a powerful business man who was exploiting the resources of the poor during the water shortage. I could feel his presence as an audience member whenever
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Assignment 1.1 Summary and Personal Response to “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” By chin Uva‚ Professor‚ Dr‚ Atia Yasmeen‚ Course: English Composition 115 Date: Feb 11‚ 2012 Suki Kim who came from Korea‚ tells in this essay that is named “Facing Poverty with a Rich girl’s Habits” about why she and her the richest family moved to Queens‚ New York in the early 1980’s. When she was enrolled the seventh grade‚ her millionaire father bankruptcy overnight. After her father lost all
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Write a response of 150-200 words to one of the topics listed below. Your journal entry must be well organized and contain correct grammar‚ spelling‚ and sentence structure. (Your work will be graded according to the Grading Form for Chapter Journals‚ pictured below.) You will not need to perform outside research to write this journal entry; after completing the assigned reading for the week‚ respond thoughtfully with your reasoned and measured opinion‚ using the chapter reading as context.
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Stephany Lopez Period 6 9/9/12 The Scarlet Letter: Free Response Question 4 Kemmy Nola proposed the idea that sometimes when people lack the feeling of completeness they begin to look for that feeling in other relationships‚ sex‚ and material things. It’s easy to say that by Dimmesdale being in a constant state of moral confusion he lacked this completeness. He looked to Hester who also lacked a sense of completeness with her husband gone. Dimmesdale fell in love with Hester and through their
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A Response to “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Everyday millions of children around the world fight for survival due to starvation‚ lack of shelter‚ and proper healthcare. World poverty increases significantly daily‚ and innocent children lives are being affected and destroyed. The fact that the child cannot address their world poverty issue hands on‚ should encourage people to give back to communities that are less fortunate. In “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Peter Singers argues
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