Arthur Johnson Western Letters – Professor Fayard Response Essay 2 10/29/12 Arthur Johnson Western Letters – Fayard 10/29/12 Response Essay #2 Francois-Marie Arouet De Voltaire shows in many instances in Candide that he does not buy into the idea of the Enlightenment. With Voltaire’s simple mockery of the idea of a perfect world with a perfectly good God‚ it is evident that he does not appreciate the idea that everything happens for a reason. Despite Voltaire holding these extremely negative
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Personal response. Nurzaida Syaza Zawawi IB 95 I would strongly disagree with the statement “uniforms interfere with students’ freedom of self expression” as I am positive that uniform would somehow trigger students to excel academically. Students are teenagers who tend to be fashion-victims and their desire to be up-to-date with the flow of fashion would never fade away. Hence‚ they may be less likely to take school seriously as most of them are keen to look good rather than to have fantastic
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Meagan McGee Psychology 1300 Awakenings The movie Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro portrays the true story of a doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ and the events of the summer of 1969 at a psychiatric hospital in New York. Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ who is a research physician‚ is confronted with a number of patients who had each been afflicted with a devastating disease called Encephalitis Lethargica. The illness killed most of the people who contracted it‚ but some were left living
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Response Paper: Antigone‚ “A&P‚” and “Good Fellows” In reading the stories‚ it was hard for me to decide and choose what exactly I wanted to focus on. But after brainstorming common themes and comparing the plots‚ I narrowed my focus to choice making and what it meant for the characters in the stories. I noticed that making choices and dealing with the “consequences” and aftermath of these choices were prominent in the stories: Antigone by Sophocles‚ and “A&P” by John Updike. In Antigone
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Movie Review: Freedom Writers We are here! And we matter! With the help of their English teacher‚ the high school students‚ known as Freedom Writers‚ at Woodrow Wilson High set out to prove their significance in the world. In 2007‚ Paramount Picture studio released the drama Freedom Writers‚ directed by screenwriter Richard LaGravenese‚ and starring Hilary Swank‚ Scott Glenn‚ Patrick Dempsey‚ along with young unknowns in the student roles. The film portrays the real-life Erin Gruwell‚ a white
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Immediate responses: After reading All the Way for the first time I immediately recognized its historical importance‚ even if it wasn’t in the light I‚ personally‚ would have liked it in. I couldn’t help myself but notice the racism‚ which I think I was actively looking for. One of the subplots focuses on MLK and his quest to get a Voting Rights Act‚ or in other words LBJ’s decisive handling of the african american population and his party. In the play‚ this game called politics‚ there are a number
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Summary Response Paper In this article she is talking about online dating. She believes that there is nothing wrong with it and sees it as just another method to meeting new people. She states that people have been going on blind dates for as long as the mind can remember so what is wrong with setting up your own blind date? She says that the stigma against online dating with the people in the twenty something age group is interesting. This is interesting because it is that age group that came
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Josh Fuentes Ms. Apshaga English 4 April 2012 Critical response The article "The Wife-Beater" by Gayle Rosenwald Smith appeared in the newspapers‚ Chicago Tribune‚ and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The article states her view on the term “wife beater”‚ and the blindness of youth under the age of 25. In this article‚ she also explains that the sleeveless undershirt is not the problem; just the term is what bothers her. The author hates how the name upsets her and how folks under the
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The title of Will You Please Be Quiet‚ Please? Is ironic because what is actually required in many of the relationships depicted is more communication. Discuss. PLAN: Topic Sentences: Many of Carver’s characters show a glimmer of communication in their relationship‚ it is ironic that the miscommunication can break a relationship. Very interesting -so they are communicating a sensible amount‚ but in the wrong ways with each other. Although almost all Carver’s characters have a sense of
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English 10 per. 6 10/9/2012 "The Necklace" Response All you hear now a days is "I want‚ I want‚ I want". Guy De Maupassant wanted people to recognize this‚ so he wrote "The Necklace". in "The Necklace"‚ the author shows us to be thankful for what you have by using irony. Mme Loisel has it all‚ except for money. She refuses to see that she has a good life. When Mme Loisel finally does get a fancy necklace‚ she loses it and has to pay it off for the rest of her life. Making it miserable.
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