Most readers of Benito Cereno will be surprised when the African conspiracy is finally revealed. Although Melville begins the novella with ominous imagery‚ the text is designed to lead the reader away from the true events of the San Dominick. The point of view of Benito Cereno is the major tool Melville uses to trick the reader. The story is written in the third person‚ but expresses Delano’s thoughts and observations. Most readers will trust Delano’s judgement‚ and his observations of Don Benito
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Nathan Egert Mr. Maffey 1H - 6/8 25 April 2013 Reader Response - "My Indigo" "My Indigo" is a featured poem from Li-Young Lee’s 1993 book "Rose". The poem is a relation between Li-Young Lee‚ and the history of the Indigo also known as Indigofera tinctoria. The poem strings together Lee’s search for his identity as a Chinese-American‚ and the origin and value of the Indigo. The Indigo originated in India where it was turned into an industry in 300 BC‚ and then it was later discovered and later
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David James Duncan’s A Mickey Mantle Koan Reader Response This essay was by far my favorite essay I’ve ever read. It really hit home with me because I have a brother that I am super close to and we spent a lot of our time as kids playing any sort of ball. I believe Duncan’s heartwarming essay was to alert people about the concept of searching for happiness in “the finer things” when for the most part; happiness can come from the simplest things. This was something that really hit home for me because
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Vanessa Duell 2/1/15 Mrs. Brothers AP ELA 11 Associative Reader Response for “A Rose For Emily” It must be hard for a person to really love someone and only that person‚ and then that certain person dies. Miss Emily goes through a trial of changes throughout this short story. None of these changes had a positive effect on Miss Emily’s life‚ and her life just seemed to keep getting worse. I can connect to Miss Emily in some ways because I know how it feels to lose a loved one
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“THE COLDEST WINTER EVER” Reader Response by: Prayogo Algi Utomo 1014025025 Sister Souljah’s style is like no other that I have read‚ her style is so real and honest. I can quickly understand about the novel (The coldest winter ever) I do not have to think twice about this novel like I do in the other novel that have different language from mine. As I read this book I feel like I am in the Winter’s world. Sister Souljah grew up in the underclass urban areas in New York and knows how Winter feels
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Readers Response to John Updike’s A&P In the summer of 1961 we meet Sammy. Sammy is a 19-year-old clerk at the local A&P in a small town‚ and one day a few girls walk in‚ in their bikinis. Everyone in the store either stares at them lustfully or averts their eyes uncomfortably. When the manager gets back he scolds the girls and tells them that they cannot come back in there dressed that way again. So Sammy quits. I personally enjoy this story because of the dated wordplay and the character
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Expository Writing 6 November 2013 Reader Response to “For Whom the Bell Tolls” John Donne’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is a very deep poem‚ and it’s difficult to understand if you only read it once. It focuses on how all humans have a connection to one another; if one person dies‚ the entire population is affected. In 1623‚ Donne was extremely ill with malarial fever‚ and he wrote the meditation during recovery. He observed that every death diminishes the fabric of humanity. He wrote about the
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Reader Response Chapter 1-6 Before I actually opened the book‚ I knew that 1984 by George Orwell‚ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ and We by Yevgeny Zamyatin are the three most famous anti-utopian novels. Utopia sounds like a nice word to me‚ I was expecting a “brave new world” before I opened the book. However‚ the descriptions in the book crashed my imagination. What a world it is! I was surprised that where’s no emotion in the world. Children are not raised by their parents
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THIS IS VERY INTERESTING BOOK ABOUT A PERSON WHO IS A SAILOR SET A VOYAGE FROM BRISTOL‚MAY 4 ‚1699‚ HE SET A VOYAGE TO SOUTH SEA.WHILE HE WAS TRAVELLING A VOILENT HURRICANE ARRIVED AND DRIVEN THEM TO NORTHWEST DIEMEN’S LAND.BY AN OBSERVATION THEY WERE FOUND IN THE LATITUDE OF 30 DEGREES AND 2 MINUTES SOUTH.TWELVE OF THEIR CREW WERE DEAD BY A IMMODERATE LABOUR AND ILL FOOD;THE REST WERE IN VERY WEAK CONDITION.THEIR SHIP WERE DESTROYED. THEY FOUND IN WATER. THEY WERE SWIMMING IN THE WATER.GULLIVER
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Antigone The Second Stasimon Reading Response (Lines 584-629 / Pages 42-44) Instructions: Complete the “Reading: Antigone” specifically the section titled the “The Second Stastimon” (Lines 584-629 / Pages 42-44). Respond to the following questions. All responses must incorporate direct textual evidence (such as quoted passages and reference to specific lines or pages from the text) to support your answers while using the “quotation sandwich method.” Each response should include enough information
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