Close Relationships One of the closes relationships that I am currently engaging in is with my boyfriend ST. We have been together for almost three years now‚ and most of the time we are 6000 miles apart. Yes‚ we are in a long distance relationship‚ he lives Xuzhou‚ China‚ and I go to school here in Seattle. During the span of three years‚ we have seen some hardships and struggles‚ and the experiences and memories we share are incalculable. There are times when I am overjoyed and filled with happiness
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This excerpt from Malory’s Morte D’Arthur illustrates the greatness of King Arthur and the importance of following the rules of war and chivalry. King Arthur is betrayed by his close friend Lancelot‚ his most favored knight‚ and by his queen Guinevere. Upon being betrayed‚ Arthur is forced to follow the rules of the time‚ and do as he is expected. When Arthur discovers that Lancelot and Guinevere have traveled to Joyous Garde‚ he swoons in sadness due to the loss of the many other knights lost
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Reflection on Puerto Rican Passages (1995) Puerto Rican Passages provides a comprehensive overview about Puerto Rico‚ and the Puerto Rican population in the United States‚ specifically Connecticut. It touches upon issues such as the history of Puerto Rico‚ immigration‚ politics and economy‚ and social and cultural issues concerning Puerto Ricans. The documentary aims at capturing the reasons for the large number of Puerto Rican population in Connecticut‚ and how their community is often misperceived
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his nail and is interested‚ not concerned‚ about the blood. He originally was disgusted at the site of blood. This act shows his savage-like fascination with blood. Piggy’s development is also dependent on Golding’s use of detail. Within this passage‚ Piggy wipes off his glasses twice. There is a sense of paranoia and urgency in this act. Piggy wishes to disconnect from reality and does not want to admit to himself or Ralph their desperate situation. Piggy was originally the voice of reason
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a deep hole. Lines 1-2: Burnett creates a happy and busy moment in these two lines by using six different verbs. Mary “chirped‚ and talked‚ and coaxed” while the robin “hopped and flirted and twittered.” This passage has a poetic and lighthearted sound to it‚ which is exactly how Mary is feeling at the moment. Burnett then describes the robin’s actions to be as though he were talking. Mary is eager to make friends and have conversations‚ so it makes sense that
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English 121 Assignments 2‚ Close Reading Nick Aitken Nicholas Carr’s essay‚ ‘Is Google making us stupid?’ proposes the idea that the human mind is undergoing another big change. He ponders how the intake and response to information we collect and how we process that information is changing‚ which he leads to question how will it eventually lead to an impact on us as individuals. Irony however is not lost on the author as this work was published on the Internet and does not conform to what he
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Close Reading on “The Cask of Amontillado” Upon reading the dark‚ twisted comedy of “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ the view point of the Montresor can be characterize as an unreasoning‚ satanic murderer. He presents us with an unclear understanding of his actions‚ and his trickery of good and use of Fortunato which by the way indicates the care with which he will plan Fortunato’s death. However‚ close observation demonstrates the Montresor display of a perfect black sense of humor and satire‚ with which
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1. Although Elinor knew before that Edward and Lucy would probably be married‚ she was still very hurt by the news. This entire secrete marriage seemed somewhat odd to me‚ as a reader‚ because Jane Austen doesn’t foreshadow this event in the text. Robert Ferrars and Lucy Steele hardly seem to know each other. It seems to me that Jane Austen just placed this relationship into the plot instead of letting it naturally develop throughout the book. 2. The expectation of an unpleasant event was very
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college to talk about their parents with no respect. Bell Hooks‚ a southern black girl from a working-class background in Kentucky‚ who has never rode on a city bus‚ or even an escalator‚ explains her feelings about going away for college in Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education. She took her first plane ride to Stanford University where she received her bachelor’s degree. She examines and challenges intertwined assumptions about race‚ class‚ and academia. She talks about her parents along with
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Glen Szabo Intro. To Eastern Philosophy Paper 1: Confucius 128. Confucius said: "If your words are grand‚ you will find that it is difficult for your actions to measure up to them." [14.21] This passage appears on page 14 in the text in the section on words and actions. The point that Confucius is trying to make here is that speaking in an exaggerated manner of yourself or your deeds is just as easy as speaking of them in any other way. But it is much harder to actually perform lofty
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