Narrative Response 1 The Shadow‚ was written by Albert Camus‚ in the year of 1942‚ just three years after World War Two began. Even though throughout the book much of the war isn’t shown‚ Albert Camus‚ was still able to incorporate one aspect of the war‚ racism. While at his mother’s funeral the main character first notices the women sitting next to his mother’s coffin. “An Arab woman—a nurse‚ I supposed—was sitting beside the bier; she was wearing a blue smock and had a rather gaudy scarf wound
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T.S. Eliot Response In T.S. Eliot’s essay‚ “Tradition and the Individual Talent‚” he consistently mitigates the importance of an artist (poet or author) and the artist’s originality. Eliot believes that that the artist should simply be viewed as a medium to the development of a work rather than the work being a representation of the artist. He defines his impersonal theory as a “continual surrender” by the author that values tradition‚ rather than personal emotions‚ to create greatness. This
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The Giver INTRODUCTION The book was great! This book and its story are unique. The Giver is a deftly crafted work‚ both stunningly beautiful and deeply disturbing. Finding myself being imperceptibly lulled by the peace‚ order‚ safety and serenity of Jonas’s world; being awakened by the sickening thud of reality’s steel-toed boot in the gut‚ leaving both him and me breathless and disoriented in the aftermath. This story is haunting and powerful. It’s a raw portrayal of the presumed moral sacrifices
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The Help “The Help” is a rare masterpiece of a film in that it demonstrates the social structure of race‚ gender and class all within an engaging story. I recently came across a joke poster for the film that read‚ “You’re Welcome‚ Black People. White People Solve Racism.” The poster appears to just be ironic‚ funny and perhaps offensive – until you give it some serious thought. The poster’s view is an intriguing one that can tell us quite a bit about its author and how we view racism and sexism
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English Assignment (Summary Response Essay) Nama : Ayu Pradina Boeboe NIM : 16712135 Fakultas : FTI Wilfried Prewo in his article with the title “The Sorcery of Apprenticeship” claims the Germany economy is productive to conduct the nation’s youth training system. The advantages of this training are it is based in the workplace‚ offer a transition from school to traning to work‚ and it also strengthen the tradition of internal advancement. I agree with his opinion which he said this
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Reader Response By: Gisselle perez Book name: The September Sisters Author: Jillian Cantor Genre: Fiction Pages: 356 The September Sisters‚ by Jillian Cantor‚ is a story about two sisters‚ Abigail‚ the oldest and Becky the youngest. They both fight a lot and make each other’s life miserable‚ that’s all they do‚ then Becky disappears in the middle of the night‚ Abby struggles to cope with her own feeling of guilt and loss. Aby meets a new neighbor‚ Tommy‚ who with time‚ discover that love can
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Summary & Response: How It Feels To Be Colored Me Living in a world where it is foreign to be colored was hard for many people of this nature in the 1920s. For Zora Neale Hurston‚ this was not a challenge at all. This high-spirited girl gives an explanation of how it felt to be‚ “...like a brown paper bag of miscellany propped against a wall” (Hurston 197). Written by Hurston herself‚ “How It Feels To Be Colored” gives us a humorous‚ sarcastic-ridden view of what her childhood was like from her
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and/or hiding. I personally think that these are both good options. But I do understand that they can have consequences. Sometimes the consequences can be very little‚ but can also be very big and bad. Lying however‚ is sometimes thought to be a good response at a certain time. Lying can be used as a way to respond to conflict. I am sure that at least once in your life you have lied about something to protect yourself or someone else. In the story “The Diary of Anne Frank” Anne is a Jewish girl hiding
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Response Paper 2 “The Guest” Albert Camus a French Algerian writer who is best known for his political journals. As an individual and politician he was against the French colonization and wanted and independent Algeria (Playwright). “The Guest” story is an example of his struggle against colonization and war. As he describes the situation in the story‚ “Now shiploads of wheat were arriving from France and the worst was over. But it would be hard to forget that poverty”. It means that Camus does
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Dear Mrs Hopkins‚ I am writing to you in response to your recent absurd monstrosity of an article about migrants- it simply didn’t quite fit with me. The points you make in this heartless piece‚ I can not comprehend‚ and I’m sure I speak on behalf of the UK. Starting with how you label the migrants as ‘cockroaches’‚ says a lot about your closed minded views- these so called ‘cockroaches’ are human beings. Their desperation for a normal‚ safe life has resorted them to risking their children’s lives
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