Amber Lynn Elsenheimer Mrs. Hand English III Honors 21 April 2013 “To You‚ Stranger” Follow up Essay Walt Whitman is considered one of America’s most influential Poets of all time. He wrote In a way that the “common man” could appreciate using free verse and a simple vocabulary. In my poem‚ “To You‚ Stranger”‚ I imitate Walt Whitman’s style and tone‚ appreciating his originality as a poet. In multiple poems I have found that Walt Whitman sees brief‚ chance encounters with strangers
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Growing Up The process of growing up is a bittersweet process that everyone has to go through. The many layers that are within that process can affect‚ not only your appearance‚ but also your mentality and how you see yourself as a person. In Knowles novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ the main characters‚ Gene Forrester and Finny‚ learn how to compliment each other throughout their friendship during their process of growing up. Their friendship and bond grows immensely‚ but more importantly‚ both boys learn
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“A Process of Breaking Down” Julia Greenburger 1/9/13 The Crack up‚ an essay by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is an elaborate description and analysis of the mental break down the author experienced and the depths of its causes. After a life of struggling to succeed and failing multiple times‚ he suddenly reconsiders why he needs to succeed at all and whether it is what he really wants. Fitzgerald’s breaking down was a process of losing all
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Rashomon and Blowup: A Study of Truth In a story‚ things are often not quite what they seem to be. Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon and Michaelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up are good examples of stories that are not what they first appear to be. Through the medium of film‚ these stories unfold in different and exiting ways that give us interesting arguments on the nature of truth and reality. Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon tells the story of a murder. It flashes back to the event four times‚ each time as
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Locked Up Almost three years ago I went to court and was locked up for 11 months. It all started in high school. I was in the 9th grade for the second time. I didn’t really hang out with anybody but Kayla and Trey. On October 31st Kayla and I went to 4th hour as usual and were planning on what to do that night for Halloween. Next thing I know Trey walks up and sits across from me. We start talking as any other day‚ Trey mentions if I still need a phone. Trey sets an I-phone on the table in
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6-13-11 “completely different”: Class and Identity in Michael Apted’s 49 Up I would like to argue that in 49 Up‚ Michael Apted is suggesting that identity is formed through class. I believe the film unmasks the characters of society to show the role class plays in the formation of identity. Firstly‚ I would suggest that the film is arguing that class is predetermined by family history. I feel that the film reveals that social standing is based on parental wealth and ranking and birthright. Secondly‚ I
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Directions for Essay #1: Fall 2014 Primary mode of writing: Exposition supported with Process‚ Definition‚ Narrative‚ or Comparison/Contrast. Each paragraph must be supported with at least one brief narrative‚ but the essay as a whole may not be one long narrative. If you find your topic sentences beginning with terms that suggest time or chronological order (“Then‚” “Next‚” “Afterwards‚” “Finally”) then you need to restructure your essay to arrange your material logically‚ not chronologically
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“Standing Tall” Short Response The diction used in “Standing Tall” reveals that the speaker’s tone towards Martin Luther King Jr. is confident/supportive. The first few lines of this poem describe a comparison of actual kings and Martin Luther King Jr. This serves the purpose of signifying Martin Luther King Jr’s role/ leadership during the time of the Civil Rights Movement. In the poem the speaker states‚ “But this King stood strong stood proud stood tall.” These choices of words are very positive
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Standing Nude with Hut Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting “Standing Nude with Hut” (Nackte Frau mit Hut) represents a female figure standing alone without any clothes inside a room. Though she’s unclothed‚ she wears a black round hat‚ some pieces of jewelry and pointy red shoes. The black color used for the hat was also used for the pubic hair of the Woman‚ which emphasizes its rectangular shape. Geometrical forms painted in different tones of green‚ yellow and a vivid blue
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ever increasing decay on the world. The Dakota access pipeline will increase the rate fossil fuels are consumed by oil refineries and petroleum plants for oil companies and governments seeking to profit from the faster transportation of oil. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are one of many tribes and citizens protesting the pipeline until the government re-assesses the pipelines effects on the environment and cease construction. The distaste of the pipeline lies with Dakotas Access’s malicious practices
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