Word Count: 256 Response to Literature Essay Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles in which a generous act is punished by King Creon. Haimon‚ Creon’s son‚ plays an important character in the story. In scene three‚ lines 55-94‚ Haimon uses his persuasive skills in talking to his father King Creon. He blatantly expresses about his opinion towards him‚ Antigone‚ and what he thinks Creon should do. He does this effectively using the rhetorical device of Pathos. Throughout the story‚ Haimon is saying
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sMorgan Serughetti Ms. Briggs Foundations 1 4-20-15 A Small Place Essay Response In the book A Small Place Jamaica Kincaid uses powerful diction and specific imagery to empower the identities and culture of the native people living on Antigua. Due to the British colonists and tourists visiting their island she uses her sarcastic voice to convey that she and her fellow Antiguans are angry and have been oppressed‚ because the British are eliminating the native culture. With the great diction she
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Response Essay What does it mean to find yourself? We often identify ourselves as nice or smart‚ but is that really all we are? No‚ we’re much more. The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle is about a strong‚ adventurous‚ independent‚ and fierce character‚ Aethelflaed. In this novel Flaed will have to transition from childhood to adulthood‚ which is never easy. Flaed is portrayed as a fierce adventurer. In this book it shows she is an adventurer by saying‚”... she and her brother had been free to go out almost everyday”(3)
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Jessie Morschauser Professor Hallstrom English 100 September 9‚ 2014 981 words Summary/Strong Response Essay Losing someone close to you can feel like losing a part of yourself. A piece of you goes missing. Imagine living your life with them there and then having them ripped away from you. It really is as horrible as it sounds. In “The Unmothered” Ruth Margalit explains her experience of losing her mother to cancer. She tells about what it’s like on certain days of the year such as‚ her mother’s
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Political Quiz Response The result that I received in taking the Political Idealogy Quiz was not one that I expected. I had expected to lean more in the other direction than I actually had. It does not feel to me like this quiz accurately reflects my stances on the matters that were shown in the questions. For this short essay‚ I will not be sharing what I made on the quiz because I would much rather keep a great majority of my political stances to myself than share them. The reason I do not think
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Section 4 Assignment Response to a Critical Essay of the Play Willy Loman‚ a character in the play‚ Death of a Salesman‚ is a man who desperately wants to be successful‚ but has to deal with many setbacks in his life. He‚ like most others‚ has both positive and negative personality traits. The way Willy sees himself‚ as well as the way others see him changes between the beginning and the end of the play. At the beginning of the play‚ Willy sees himself as being successful and well-liked. This
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Response to Literature Essay In the poem “Street Corner Flight‚” Norma Landa Flores explores the nature of hopefulness in the lives of two young boys living in an impoverished neighborhood. The poem begins with a sad ton‚ focusing on the hardships the young boys face. They are trapped by the difficulties that accompany poverty. By the end of the poem‚ however‚ Flores’ tone becomes hopeful that the boys might have a different future‚ a freer future. Flores’ hopeful tone reveals her message that
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‘Hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature’ The Outsiders – Text response essay In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton‚ we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and their life grows and gets harder‚ we are shown their true colours. Some of them change for the best‚ and some for the worst. Hard times include a large variety of matters. Based on the novel that we are
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On Friday‚ September 30‚ 2016 at 0806 hours‚ this writer spoke with Ms. Sandra Reyes via phone. Ms. Sandra Reyes is the mother and reporting person for M-1 and M-2 (Jessica Reyes). Ms. Sandra Reyes is a Spanish speaking individual. This writer was assisted by Officer Roman for the translation and interpreting of the conversation along with Mr. Bryan Reyes‚ who is the brother of M-1 and M-2. Ms. Reyes‚ reports M-1 and M-2 often leave the home without permission. She also reports this is not the
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1. Why does Cisneros father believe College can be worthwhile for her? Cisneros father believes college can be worthwhile for her because it will help her to meet an intelligent husband who will be able to support her and take care of her. Her father really believed in the traditional Mexican values that women were meant to become someone’s wife and not to work to support the family. 2. In paragraph 8 Cisneros writes that her father represents the public majority which she envisions as the audience
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