COM 1102: WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE Fall 2013 class time: M W F 10:00 am office hours: M W 11:00-11:45 am; M 5:00-6:00 pm and by appointment office: 626 Crawford phone: 321-674-8370 email: lperdiga@fit.edu website: my.fit.edu/~lperdiga turnitin.com course number: 7023849 turnitin.com password: Hangman Class Schedule 9/11 E. Annie Proulx‚ “55 Miles to the Gas Pump” (87; 578-579) 9/13 Mark Twain‚ “The Story of the Good Little Boy” (615-619) Due: Peer
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Vote of Thanks Important speech given at the end of the function and the content is based on what the speakers say and on research [know who organized the function including the sponsors] • 45 seconds to two minutes • Short • Show appreciation to speakers • Show appreciation to organizers • Thank the main speaker first • Thank each speaker if the list is short • Thank the organizers OPENING PARAGRAPH Honourable [name]‚ Respected [name]‚ Mr Chairman‚ our most valued invited guests‚
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“Parsley” revisits a horrific moment in Caribbean history and‚ in doing so‚ highlights the manner in which language and ideology can combine to produce political violence. The poem dramatizes the slaughter of thousands of migrant Haitian sugarcane workers by troops following orders from General. In Dove’s poem‚ the Haitians are killed because they could not pronounce the letter r in perejil‚ the Spanish word for “parsley” (Line 8). The first section‚ “The Cane Fields‚” is narrated in the voices of
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gypsies‚ homosexuals‚ the mentally ill‚ or physically disabled. All people not of the "Aryan" race were slated for death. In the midst of one of the most horrific events of the 20th century‚ Oskar Schindler risked his life and fortune to save the lives of approximately 1‚200 Jewish people. Schindler was a brilliant businessman‚ who made a fortune in Nazi-owned Poland‚ but he was unable to achieve success in the post-war world. He was a member of the Nazi Party‚ who socialized with SS officers in
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The play All My Sons‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ contains many strong themes. The focus of the play‚ however‚ is the inescapable past‚ denial and blame amongst characters. The recent events of the small American town in which the Keller family lives drive the play. Not until after the tragic death of a loved one do the main characters come to realize what is most important in life; loyalty to family‚ friends and society as a whole. All My Sons is a play about the past. Many characters are dealing
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alike‚ they are most definitely not. Kate Keller of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons and Gertrude of Shakespeare’s Hamlet are both very different characters who share but very few similarities throughout the two plays. Ones knowing of their partner’s crime committed‚ one’s action of lying‚ and their different levels of intelligence‚ all prove that the two women are both different. Incorporated in both Hamlet and All My Sons‚ are mysteries. In Hamlet of course‚ is the mystery of Hamlet’s father’s
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In Hanif Kureishi’s "My Son the Fanatic"‚ Parvez loses his relationship with his son to a religious cult‚ but is then faced with a bigger problem of alcoholism. It begins as a father-son-brother relationship but then ends as a stranger-to-stranger relationship. Parvez no longer knows who his son is and feels as if he has lost him‚ which begins to drive him mad and turn to whiskey as an escape. In the attempt to understand Ali’s‚ the son‚ new philosophy of life Parvez instead pushes Ali even farther
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All My Sons Essay One of the major themes of All My Sons by Arthur Miller is the relationship between family‚ friends‚ and even society. A closely related topic to this is individuality and how each character has separate goals‚ ideas‚ and attitudes towards the other characters and situations in the plot. Arthur Miller once said‚ “We are all separate people”‚ and characters from All My Sons‚ such as Dr. Jim Bayliss‚ Ann Deever‚ and Chris Keller‚ Support this concept. Dr. Jim Bayliss is a doctor
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Voces Latinas Rita Moreno On December 11‚ 1931‚ I was born in Humacao‚ Puerto Rico as Rosa Dolores Alverio. Rosa Maria‚ my mother and hardworking seamstress saved up every penny for us to move after her and my father divorced. At five years old‚ my mother and I moved to the next chapter in our lives in New York City. As coming into the United States‚ my mother changed my last name to Moreno after my stepfather. One day while I was dancing to a record in my living room‚ my mother’s friend
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girl‚ would like to propose the vote of thanks to each and everyone who have contributed for the overwhelming success of today’s program. I should first thank the chief guest Mr. Man Mohan Singh‚ IAS‚ who in spite of his busy schedule‚ accepted our invitation and has came here to this program. I extend grateful thanks to our guests of honor‚ Mrs. And Mr. K. Vijay and Mrs. and Mr. Raghuram for making it convenient to attend our program. My grateful thanks are directed to all the distinguished
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