“Significant Influence “ “Writers write to influence their readers‚ their preachers‚ their auditors‚ but always‚ at bottom‚ to be more themselves.” the person who has had the most significant influence on me is my mother. This influence goes way beyond the usual “I have great admiration towards my mom because she is the best.” My mom has been the sole guardian of me for as long as I can remember and her actions have turned me into the person I am today. My mother is one who leads
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Symbolically Significant In the classic novel‚ The Awakening‚ Kate Chopin tells the story of a woman who is conflicted between her mind and her heart. Edna Pontellier struggles to discover what lay ahead‚ and what was more important – her happiness or her family? Throughout her novel‚ Chopin uses different symbols to represent the inner conflict Edna experiences. Edna soon discovers the happiness that is contrasted with freedom‚ and is eager to begin her life as a new woman‚ but is hesitant because
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Ana Montes ENGL 0190 WP #1 Mrs. Ziegel Last year around fall time‚ when the air was getting cooler‚ and leaves were different colors was when a significant moment occurred for me. My best friend Brittna and I were at a park near a river‚ shooting her senior pictures. I was the photographer and she was the client. The itinerary was to complete the photoshoot and eat! It was the perfect time to take photos‚ because the temperature was at a stage where people could wear a thin sweater if they wanted
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believe whatever I want to believe and allows me to walk out those beliefs without restraint. Veterans alive or fallen have fought for these privileges and fought for our rights and our freedoms to explore all of these liberties. In our national anthem‚ it says “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” We live freely in this land because of the brave souls that fought for it. There are a multitude of veterans everywhere and in many families‚ they deserve our gratitude and respect because
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Imagine if there was no electricity‚ no computers‚ no cars‚ no smart phones. What if there was no “I” or “you‚” or anything that allowed people to stand out from one another? In the novel Anthem‚ Ayn Rand creates a dystopia that is true of all those things‚ but still proves that liberation and hope can be found among the suffering and despair. She is able to do this through the actions and thoughts of the main character‚ Equality 7-2521‚ when he finally realizes society is not what it seems to be
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Essay Question 1 By Gabrielle Trede “It is a sin to write this.” begins the story of Anthem. By the end of the story‚ Equality 7-2521 has a different moral assessment of his actions‚ but was the eventual assessment of his actions correct? His eventual evaluation being that of seeing this as a breaking of bonds with collectivity‚ an achievable freedom and disregard of the Council. In all terms‚ this judgment is correct‚ indifferent to the few flaws it may have. This can be proven through
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Anthem‚ written by Ayn Rand in 1937‚ takes place in an ominous future. In a time when society becomes the great “We” and deprives men of their identities‚ knowledge‚ and freedom‚ one man stands alone. Equality 7-2521 had the audacity to go against the rules of the City Council. The story of Equality’s courage is similar to that of the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. When God gave Adam and Eve the Garden of Eden he gave them one simple rule: “Thou shall not eat of the tree of knowledge
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YOUTH AND GANGSTERISM Gangs are an international phenomenon and it as impacted on many countries across the globe. The growth and development of gangs are linked to questions of security‚ housing‚ health‚ resources‚ jobs‚ poverty and above all‚ solidarity. Asalam-u-Alaikum to my teacher and fellow class mates‚ today my topic is youth and gangsterism. There are two types of gangs; street gangs and organised gangs. Street gangs are small-loosely gangs made up of youngsters‚ who encourage on
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Poetry is a way of representing values and beleifs of the Author through poetic techniques such as Personification‚ Repetition‚ Alliteration‚ Rhythm‚ Antonym‚ Synanym‚ Assonance‚ Rhetorical questions highlighting on the authors ideologies . ’My country’ by Dorothea Mckellar written in 1904 and ’ The New true anthem’ by kevin gilbert written inhave both contructed two different representations of Australian landscape. This essay will compare and contrast these two Australian poems‚ explaining how
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Place of special significance Place that is significance to me is India‚ especially my grandparent’s house and the school that I attended when I lived in India at my grandparents house for several years. When I was five years old my parents sent me to study in India to learn about the traditions‚ food‚ culture‚ religion‚ and languages. While I was going to school in India I lived at my grandparent’s house. The house I lived in with my grandparents was a big nice two story house located
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