creativity‚ and individuality. Lamentably‚ individuality is a treasurable aspect that has begun to be discouraged in modern society. One of today’s trends is to conform to societal pressures and hide one’s true self‚ as seen in Langston Hughes’ “Salvation.” Based on a true experience‚ Hughes exposes how he lost faith in religion as he witnessed his church’s “big revival.” The motif in this piece portrays how children conform to the societal whims rather than expressing their personal beliefs. During
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“Salvation” by Langston Hughes is a narrative telling the readers about his experience as a 12 year old in church being “saved” from sin by Jesus just like his aunt and others were. His aunt said to Langston‚ “When you were saved you saw a light.” He believed what his aunt had said since she had been already saved. Langston remembered what his aunt told him when he was at his Auntie Reed’s church sitting on the mourner’s bench during the children’s meeting‚ “to bring the young lambs to the fold.”
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Reaction Paper on School Etiquette Etiquette is a key of having peace and harmony‚ in every time and every place one should observe order and rules. Since we enter school we are bound to obey rules and regulations of the institution we are with. Badly some of us know the rules yet we do not obey it. Some of the etiquette we should observe is always be on time‚ as a student we should always be on time‚ we should practice not to be late. As a student we should not act like barbaric people‚ when
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The Itching Pressure to Conform It is no secret that humans want to feel accepted. Growing up and reaching adolescence‚ feelings start to change and the way people see you suddenly becomes a priority. In the essay‚ “Salvation”‚ Langston Hughes narrates his vivid memory of a religious revival with his Auntie Reed‚ a committed Christian. Hughes successfully demonstrates how emotionally straining it is to be expected to conform. Hughes fell into peer pressure at a church revival‚ resulting in him
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SONA 2015 Reaction Paper Philippine President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino delivered his sixth State of the Nation Address on Monday‚ July 29‚ 2015 at the Batasang Pambansa in front of joint session of the Upper and Lower House of the country’s Legislative Branch of Government. Some students will surely give their reaction paper with the Pres. SONA as part of their assignment. The State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno S. Aquino started at around 4:00 PM (PST) and concluded after two
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REACTION PAPER: The Miracle Worker 1. The central issue of the Miracle Worker was Miss Sullivan teaching Helen a sign language. When she taught Helen for the first time‚ it was difficult for her but she still pursues to teach Helen. After weeks of practices‚ Helen successfully learned very much‚ can now communicate and the time passed by she also successfully graduated from college. 2. > In classical conditioning in this movie was when Miss Sullivan and Helen were in their new room where Helen
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1. GUIDE TO WRITING A REACTION PAPER I. SUMMARY/SYNOPSIS – What are you reacting to? GOAL: Show that you understand the opinion‚ main ideas‚ and supporting ideas in thedocumentary piece youre writing about.Identify all of the basic information about the piece‚ including: • The title of the piece • The topic or subject of the piece. In other words‚ tell what the piece is about in aword or a phrase. II. ANALYSIS/EVALUATION – What are the strengths and weaknesses
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social Darwinism. Sumner said‚ “The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted‚ on the contrary‚ it is a necessary condition of many forms of social advance…. Millionaires are the product of natural selection.” The Salvation Army advocated the Social Gospel. Author Charles M. Sheldon asked his readers to consider “What would Jesus do?” in regard to society’s problems. Explain the difference between social Darwinism and the Social Gospel. • What did each
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Many people now do not get satisfied by buying just a couple items. Anna Quindlen discusses in her essay “Stuff Is Not Salvation‚” how people are obsessed with buying unnecessary things. I agree with her that many of us now spend so much on useless things‚ and the less families buy the happier they seem to be. There seems to be plenty of people addicted to shopping now. They buy and buy even if they cannot afford it. I believe this also has to do with the amount of places we can shop at now
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Salvation was written by Langston Hughes. Describe the story of Hughes‚ who lost his faith. When he was going on thirteen at that time‚ he was accompanied by his auntie reed in the church revival. He was there to see Jesus Christ at the revival because old people have told him that he would see Jesus Christ. Hughes and Westley are the only two boys that left on the mourner’s bench. Westley‚ disappointed and lied was saved. Westley left Hughes alone on the bench. Hughes suffered a range of emotions
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