help‚ they should ‘pay it forward’”‚ I agree with him because I recently read the book Give and Take. The giver who pays the support is a smart giver‚ but the giver who only pays it back may become a doormat. The reading quotation describes that Geller received much help from others to reach his goal. He was not a taker even though he did not pay the help he received back. He was a successful giver instead. He knew how to become successful clearly. He said‚ “You see that the folks who are successful
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take away colours? (p. 124 in the book). Jonas is possible to see things beyond what other people in the community can’t see because they don’t have the memories and abilities to see it. For example‚ Jonas realizes the colour red in Fiona’s hair. As Giver said that the community decided to choose sameness‚ so they gave up colours. 7. How would you describe what colour is to someone who has never experienced it? It is very tough to describe. However‚ translate feeling into colour might help. For example
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world that is filled with pain‚ starvation‚ terror‚ and war; that is a dystopia. A dystopia is an idea of an unpleasant and disaster filled society. The Community in The Giver is a utopia because they want to keep people safe from war‚make sure everyone can have food‚and keep them safe from illnesses and pain. The community in The Giver wants to keep residents safe from wars so they do not become injured‚ or killed. In the book it states“… he lay there in the fearsome stench for hours‚ listened to the
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Rhetorical Questions the movie “Waiting for Superman‚” the filmmaker’s purpose is to show the viewing audience how America needs to improve its school system‚ and raise the standards to move on to the next grade level. I detected the purpose of the filmmaker by listening closely to the opening five minutes of the documentary. In the opening minutes the filmmaker‚ Davis Guggenheim‚ gives examples of how schools and teachers have started to trail other western countries in the education process.
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else than superficial conversations with other people that feed themselves with the same needless data. When we exaggerate the way we live just a little bit we get a society‚ which can be almost perfectly described as the one in “The Giver”. In Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”‚ the author portrays a society in which there is absolute control of the choices made by the citizens. Lowry describes how this community is under the control of an utilitarian type of government that controls what jobs the citizens
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In the middle of the story‚ Jonas begins to experience feelings and emotions. It reminds me of how a toddler is just figuring out how to show happiness and sadness and other emotions. When The Giver first transmits his memories to Jonas‚ he was just beginning to feel and learn for himself. Jonas learns that there are many emotions‚ good and bad ones. Toddlers are also curious‚ and I think Jonas is too. And because of their curiosity‚ they like
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than composing my rhetorical analysis. For my argument of inquiry‚ I had to the annotate my sources before I could synthesize them into an essay. My essay was organized by the different viewpoints accompanied with the supporting evidence I found. In my rhetorical analysis‚ I divided my essay into: the appeals Wacquant was making and the overall persuasiveness of the piece. However‚ I found it really difficult to organize these ideas. There was no synthesis needed in this essay. My writing process
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Alexandria Corcoran Jaren Schroeder English W131 October 17‚ 2012 Cancer Research – A Super Fraud? Is cancer research a super fraud? Is the money being raised by the several cancer organizations being used for good‚ or bad? Does the research the government puts forth really cover what needs to be researched‚ or are they missing something? These are all questions that Mr. Robert Ryan believes he has the answers to. Whether one trusts him or not is one’s own decision. Having only a bachelor degree
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Amanda Sanchez September 8‚ 2014 P. 2‚ AP Lang. Rhetorical Analysis Frederick Douglas In the autobiography‚ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas‚ an American Slave‚ Douglas reinforces the universal human condition of freedom through syntax‚ figurative language‚ and selection of detail. This is demonstrated in the third paragraph‚ which makes it stand out. The stylistic elements used in the third paragraph clearly depicts Douglas’ emotions toward freedom. This is
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Running Head: CELLPHONE USE WHILE DRIVING 1 An Assessment of Cellphone Use While Driving Octasia Gore ENG 137 Ms. Smalls February 18‚2013 Cellphone Use While Driving 2 Did you know about 80% of drivers use their cellphones while driving? Talking on the phone could be dangerous to other drivers and pedestrians. Drivers are constantly on the phone talking‚ texting‚ or surfing the internet. Drivers should have limited use to cellphones while driving to decrease collisions due to
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