In the stories “I am Offering This Poem” by Jimmy Santiago Baca and “She Unnames Them” by Ursula K. Le Guin‚ the authors explain how language affects us in different ways. Baca shows how words can connect us and provide support‚ while Le Guin points out the limitations that naming can impose on our understanding. These writings illustrate that words can both limit their connection and create barriers that prevent us from seeing the bigger picture. In the poem the author suggests how words can bring
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Sara may be well-intentioned‚ but she and St. Gregory’s are going about things the wrong way. You’re not supposed to let just anyone who wants to‚ take communion‚ much less pray the words of consecration over toast when your friend and former lover is dying‚ you don’t baptize people after they take communion‚ you don’t baptize children just because they ask‚ you don’t baptize people after they take communion‚ you don’t baptize children just because they ask‚ you don’t marry a person of the same sex
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On December 3rd‚ I saw the production of She Kills Monsters: Adventurers Edition‚ written by Qui Nguyen. It was performed by Liberty High School Theatre on the mainstage at the 51st Annual Colorado Thespian Conference. The play was about a teenage girl named Agnes who tries to reconnect with her dead sister Tilly through a Dungeons and Dragons game that she created when she was still alive. With the help of Tilly’s friend Chuck as her Dungeon Master‚ Agnes is able to enter Tilly’s world and get
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Letter to Protagonist in "Will She Fit in?" Dear Susan‚ You didn’t attain the title of partner at Crowne by backing down from difficult challenges and dodging obstacles‚ and I’m certain you will apply the same cool headed and sound approach to problem solving to directly address this unfortunate situation with your client‚ Brian Hanson. Clearly‚ Brian’s actions that evening were inappropriate and a violation of your right to not be harassed. But despite the fact that most everyone in your
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How can she be me? The girl in the photograph does not look like me‚ her face is young and her collarbones peek out underneath the straps of her swim suit‚ how can she be me? Determination is written across her face as she prepares to step behind the blocks for her first race of her second season. She has yet to realize how many hours she will spend in her future‚ swimming the same distance. It was supposed to be just a casual sport‚ something she would do to make friends in the summer. Who could
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Prithee why so pale? Will‚ when looking well can ’t move her‚ Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale?” (Ferguson 1588) Allusion: A reference to something‚ it can be implied or direct. An example of allusion is seen in one of John Donne’s “Batter my heart three-personed God; for You.” Allusion is used throughout the whole sonnet. “Batter my heart‚ three-personed God; for you As yet
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was a single choice she had made. It was one moment. But how could it set so much into motion? She didn’t know‚ then‚ of the negative consequences of her action. She didn’t even imagine them. All she could see were joyous possibilities -- possible happiness‚ possible love‚ possible desire and change and experience and all things new. That’s the thing about optimism‚ it leaves us unprepared. Her possibilities became realities. She had something she was afraid to lose. She had something that was
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middle of nowhere‚ risking her life for three children. This was the childhood story of Mary‚ a character in the story‚ “Too Soon a Woman.” While traveling through some fields‚ when she meets a family consisting of a father‚ a son‚ and two daughters. When the family becomes desperate for food‚ she finds a mushroom and risks her life by testing whether it is poison or not. This act proved her to be courageous‚ selfless and responsible and showed that she was “too soon a woman.” One of Mary’s most
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“The Last Night That She Lived” Emily Dickinson seems to be in dismay‚ contain grief‚ be confused‚ and even jealous that it wasn’t her or another that died in the woman’s place. With all of these emotions in place‚ Justin Bryant’s note seems appropriate. He noted‚ “"The speaker never has one solid and stated attitude toward the woman’s death". She switches her attitudes back and forth throughout the poem in her utter confusion. Dickinson starts by saying it was a “common night” until the death of
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11-27-16 Hell and Back; The Night She Disappeared Everyone has a cause‚ the thing the keeps us going. It gives us the strengths and the necessity to keep going on with life. April Henry‚ the author of the book‚ did a good job at describing every detail about the book that it seem realistic. The book keeps the reader entertained and focused on the base plotting of the story. With a mystery to solve‚ Gabie Klug will reach the end of the line to bring back her friend. The start of the book catches
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