In this excerpt from the memoir “The Color of Water” written by James McBride‚ after questioning his mother’s often emotional response to the mass‚ Mcbride finds out the reason is because one can find refuge in God because he is without judgment or hate. As most children do Mcbride first questions why his mother gets passionate during mass‚ as he rarely sees his mother on this kind of emotional level‚ and she is blunt yet effective in her response to him. Consequently‚ God’s quality of looking past
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Jennifer Macias 8/25/12 English 121 Roberta Fabiani "The Plug-In Drug" Reading Response The Plug-In Drug is a very good story that get’s you thinking about a lot. It makes you think about all the times you’ve ever watched television and if you were actually controlling the amount of time you spent watching it or if you were sucked into the television set and had a temporary spell on you. The only thing about this story is whether this writer based it all on facts or a matter of opinion? Marie
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Reading Response: Malcolm X 1. Subject: This reading is about Malcolm X gaining inspiration to learn how to read and write during his time in prison and the many wonders of the world he learns of through reading. The topic is Malcolm X’s passion for learning and the main ideas are what he learns about which drives him to fight for the nonwhite man. The setting takes place in Charlestown Prison and Norfolk Prison Colony where Malcolm X was imprisoned in 1946-1953. Characters included in the reading
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SOC101 Classical Sociological Theory Sections 107 and 108 Reading Response Questions for Wednesday 5 November: Durkheim on DoL (III) The following questions pertain to The Division of Labor in Society (pp. 201-6‚ 258-74‚ 277-303‚ 309-19). Pp. 320-31 are recommended. Please respond to each question in two to four sentences. Use brief quotes and/or page citations to support each answer. 1. According to Durkheim‚ what are the primary causes of the division of labor in general? Increase in material
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Serrano‚ Edric “HIDDEN INTELLECTUALISM” Reading Response Journal In the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff‚ The Author is telling us that knowledge can be seen not only from academic thinking but also in the form of “street smarts”. Graff explains that we know some “impressively street smarts” but does not do well in school‚ but Graff argues that “street smarts” are just as important as “book smarts”. Many people think that it is such a waste‚ that “street smarts” should be taking
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I am having a hard time with this reading response because this was the book I was the most excited to read for this class but I really struggled to like or even finish the book‚ which is very disappointing. Regardless of the notes we were given about the story in class I felt as if I had no idea what was going on during the first third of the book and after that I continuously wondered if I had missed very vital details to the story because I was so confused to begin with. Despite the interactions
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Reading Response In the novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” by Mark Haddon a young boy diagnosed with autism named Chris tries to uncover the murder of his neighbor’s dog. The story is written from first person point of view which is Chris’. By doing so the author allows us to step inside Chris’ mind and understand how he views and analyses things. If the novel were to be written in any other point of view it would not be near
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answers by experiencing different stages in life until we find our true self? Not knowing why you and your mother look so different can affect one’s sense of identity like it happened to James McBride. This is why throughout his autobiography The Color of Water‚ he concludes that in order to find his true identity he needs to learn about his mother’s past.
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The Way To Wealth Reading Response Benjamin Franklin’s‚ “The Way to Wealth” essay talks about the taxes in which Americans had to pay but ways to make their earnings worthwhile. One of the steps to wealth is the line between getting help from others and helping ourselves. The essay informs of the extent to which outside people or institutions assist people on the way to wealth. The essay starts off with some old fashion‚ “hard work pays more” sayings. “ . . . neither the estate nor the office
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Reading Response #2 Benjamin Franklin’s principles are comparable to the Mary Rowlandson’s orgins in way and also diverse in some ways. In Benjamin Franklin’s The Autobiography‚ Franklin holds alloy of importance on educations and improving one own self‚ and how it can benefit to anyone. Franklin is a person who believes if he constantly read and educates himself he will improve his own work and archive hid dream. Compared to Puritan constant belief in the bible and her faith in god will
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