DEVON SEYMOUR Subject: Writing in Public Sphere. Professor Bove Topic: Once I was a shopaholic now I’m broke. Second draft‚ 09-23-08 I used to go shopping three times a week. It was mandatory and I need to live. From shirts to shoes to the jeans‚ books‚ Cds‚ electronics‚ and‚ not forgetting‚ the most expensive vacations‚ all was top of my daily planner list. Hitting up the malls‚ fashion stores and boutiques in the city‚ I dropped hundreds and hundreds of bucks. My adrenaline started rushing
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Holden’s childhood. Phoebe‚ Holden’s little sister who he holds dearly to him‚ sees her as a kind and innocent girl who is basically like a best friend to him. Near the end of the book where Holden visits Phoebe’s room‚ he reads some of her writing and jokes from one of her notebooks and mentions‚ “I can read that kind of stuff‚ some kid’s notebook […] all day and all night long. Kid’s notebooks kill me.” (161). This is an instance in which the main character actually experiences some sort of happiness
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1. The image that this creates is that the firemen do not care at all if a house is burning. They joke around saying that they want to pull out some marshmallows and roast them from the burning house. 2. The significance of Montag seeing his reflection in Clarisse’s eyes is that she is not like everyone else. She has a special feature that not everybody else has. 3. Montag had a child memory of one time as a child when there was a power failure‚ and his mother had found and lit a last candle
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we took the elevator up to the 2nd floor‚ Civil court. Inside the courtroom I got an immediate sense of extreme tension. I don’t know if it was the very large bailiff or his even larger pistol or if it was sad faces in the room but something made me feel uneasy. My classmates and I cracked jokes and made up our own scenarios of what would take place once the judge walked in. Before we even had an opportunity to guess‚ the court clerk let out a loud cry of‚ "All Rise!" Then in walked Judge Jupiter
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been to see a movie at the theatres. We grab a bag of popcorn‚ candy‚ and a soda and head into the theatre to find good seats. As we sit into those comfy theatre chairs we start to sink into our movie watcher mode. Soaking up every action‚ line‚ joke‚ sad moment and every movement till the very end. We then leave while the credits are still rolling and then get into our cars and head home. We have covered our responsibilities as a viewer‚ but what responsibility does the filmmaker hold or needs to
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from Taiwan. He told me that he wanted to be a doctor one day so that his grandfather wouldn’t have to leave the house so many times for hospital visits. We shared stories of our own personal lives over the years‚ all of the happy moments‚ all of the sad‚ the good‚ and the bad. The next time I saw him he was sparsely clothed; only a skimpy robe hung around his neck‚ tied around his waist. This time‚ he was complaining of pain‚ of not being able to use the restroom‚ of barely being able to stand. It
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packing goodies together. I’m happy with them as in busy condition‚ they are my relatives still managed to make me and my relatives laugh with their joke. In the forth feast‚ a historic day for my aunt my new uncle’s recently has come to say‚ their wedding. The mother of my aunt and also my grandmother definitely felt happy to get law and felt sad too because her
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Essay Test 1.) At the beginning of the play Walter Lee has breakfast with his son‚ and wife. As the meal continues you witness the deterioration of Walter and Ruth’s relationship. Walter expresses his dreams about owning a business which is an everyday thing for Ruth. She has grown tired of hearing. The disappointments of the ghetto‚ living with four other people‚ and being pregnant with a second child has gotten to Ruth‚ her hopes and dreams are crushed. Sadly‚ Ruth has succumb to reality and can
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1. Having friends brings you merits of life; it’s not worth living without a true friend. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to sapport your answer. Besides love‚ friendship is a relationship that be honored for thousands of years. Terribly to image that how boring and worthless the life would be without a true friend. Having friends brings merits to people’s daily life‚ perhaps a real fellow is not a perfect one‚ she or he is someone who you can believe completely‚ share
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orientation. Classmates began to call Patrick by the name of Patty instead of his real name. He became frustrated and told the students “listen‚ you either call me Patrick‚ or you call me nothing.” He then became known as “Nothing.” It started off as a joke‚ but then became annoying. Patrick always put on a nice face‚ but in reality‚ is hurting on the inside. No one truly knows how someone is feeling on the inside. The indifference between Patrick and his classmates causes him to feel alone and unwanted
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