The short story ’This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona‚’ has various locations or settings. These include different locations on the reservation‚ the airplane‚ the trailer in Phoenix‚ and the long road through Nevada. Do these settings have any influence on the character actions? To further understand how each of the different settings affects the story’s plot we can look at each individual location in detail. As we read the book we are left to wonder if the characters are led to act as they
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William Carlos Williams wrote his most famous poem in 1934 entitled "This is To Say." He is credited with creating a writing style referred to as the minimalist set. His writings show the purpose of building real images. Williams set the tone of his poems with the use of simple words‚ short phrases‚ and plain talk‚ without the typical form or rhyming. So how then is it a poem? Was it just a note on the refrigerator door left for his wife? In today’s time‚ it would work nicely as a tweet. When asked
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What the Bible Says About Fracking A local company has proposed to begin hydraulic fracturing‚ also known as fracking‚ in a rural community nearby in order to extract fossil fuels. The proposal is controversial as some believe it will be beneficial for the community as it will create jobs‚ offer income for landowners‚ and provide energy. On the other hand‚ some are concerned about the environmental impact that fracking will have on woods‚ farmland‚ and the water supply. Some also want to look at
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“This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ presented a story based on the Native American culture‚ traditions‚ and social-economic problems. The author organized the events illustrated in this short story in chronological order with the incorporation of flashback throughout the story which helps to comprehend much better the relationship in between characters‚ potential conflicts‚ settings‚ and other elements of the story. The central element of the story is the trip that
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HOW TO SAY NOTHING IN FIVE HUNDRED WORDS Paul McHenry Roberts (1917-1967) taught college English for over twenty years‚ first at San Jose State College and later at Cornell University. He wrote numerous books on linguistics‚ including Understanding Grammar (1954)‚ Patterns of English (1956)‚ and Understanding English (1958). Freshman composition‚ like everything else‚ has its share of fashions. In the 195Os‚ when this article was written‚ the most popular argument raging among student essayists
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1 Part 3 Section 1 (Of knowledge) of Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature‚ paying close attention to Hume’s discussion of mathematic and geometric certainty. Furthermore‚ the following will ask four substantive questions: What does Hume say about knowledge? How does he say it? Why is the section important to the Treatise? And‚ lastly‚ is Hume’s theory on knowledge persuasive‚ or do his arguments crumble under greater scrutiny? In the section at hand‚ Hume attempts to offer his standard for epistemological
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Although it seems as though he likes Thomas by the end of the story‚ Victor in fact still harbors certain feelings of dislike and contempt towards Thomas. Almost at the finish of the story “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ Sherman Alexie portrays Victor as being kind and friendly to Thomas. Victor feels the urge that he owes something to Thomas and ends up offering to Mr. Builds-the-Fire the precious ash remains of his recently deceased father. As kind as he was to do that‚ Victor
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No‚ Life in the army is nothing like Charley expected it nor did any of the other soldiers. At the end of the first chapter‚ it says “ Nobody thought it would be so bad. Nobody thought it could be so bad. And all the officers and politicians and newspapers said it would be a month or two‚ no longer. It would all be over by fall.” Charley didn’t think the war would be so bad because the press led him to believe this. The war officers and colonials led Charley and themselves to believe that this
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苗亦扬 Should heroes be defined as people who say what they think when ourselves lack the courage to say it? Throughout hundreds of years have people considered heroes as someone who sacrifice themselves physically in precarious circumstances‚ along with innocent people being rescued or justice being promoted. What the definition of hero actually is seems ambiguous to everyone with different religious faith and nationality. As time goes by‚ a group of people who emerge at the most critical occasion
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The short story The Things People Say‚ written by Elizabeth Kolbert examines the consequences of group polarization and cyber polarization using the outbreak surrounding President Obama’s birthplace and citizenship. During the 2008 elections the media spread the concept that President Obama was not born in the United States and that the birth certificate he produced was a fake. The author analyzes not only the falsehood of the story itself‚ but also the larger idea regarding the internet’s interference
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