"Chicago‚" written Carl Sandburg is a rousing piece of writing about the lives of people in Chicago and about the city as a whole. In 1894‚ Carl Sandburg’s father‚ a laborer in the railroad yards of a small Illinois prairie town‚ secured a pass for his son to see Chicago. The enormous vitality of the city‚ as well as its economic injustices‚ left a deep impression on the young man that would emerge later in his groundbreaking poem "Chicago." As the son of a Swedish immigrant laborer‚ who in his youth
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Watching TV Makes You Smarter By STEVEN JOHNSON The Sleeper Curve SCIENTIST A: Has he asked for anything special? SCIENTIST B: Yes‚ this morning for breakfast . . . he requested something called ’’wheat germ‚ organic honey and tiger’s milk.’’ SCIENTIST A: Oh‚ yes. Those were the charmed substances that some years ago were felt to contain life-preserving properties. SCIENTIST B: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or . . . hot fudge? SCIENTIST A: Those were thought
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Introduction. When people speak about style they usually consider texts of verbal art [cf. 14] and it is believed that on the whole only masters of style deserve special investigation and of course masters of style are usually those who are writing artistic texts. But as is absolutely clear any text is characterized by a certain style [4]‚ and it doesn’t matter whether it is good or bad because even if the person is writing in a neutral way [17;18] all the same it is the stylistic
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How do the environmental conditions in Things We Didn’t See Coming set a dark and hopeless tone? When reading Steven Amsterdam’s “Bold‚ original and sneakily affecting” novel; Things We Didn’t See Coming readers are made aware of the environmental changes in the dystopian world that Amsterdam presents. As the chapters progress in the novel a different environmental event happens or can be predicted to happen. Although environmental conditions seem to make a world the environmental conditions described
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Essay One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Chief Bromden (Chief Broom) Chief Bromden is the narrator of the story. In the first chapter‚ we find out about his physical appearance. He is very tall‚ strong and a half native American. He pretends to be deaf and dumb‚ but actually he is not‚ because he says that the black orderlies of the mental institution think that he is deaf and dumb‚ because he never says anything. He seems to be a very awkward character‚ because of his size and people’s attitudes
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In Steven Kurt’s informative article‚ “Why do some people dismiss ADHD?” Steven Kurt describes the lionized truth behind the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Kurt describes how it’s linked with school dropouts‚ teen pregnancy‚ and drug abuse. He has a PhD and is part of the ABPP (American Board of Professional Psychology). Stating that not treating ADHD properly is the main problem‚ he suggests getting the disorder treated rather than discarding the possibility of it. In this paper‚ I will
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come through‚ due to the connections made with the concepts of identity‚ place‚ relationships‚ acceptance and understanding to oneself and other people. These aspects of belonging are demonstrated through the free verse novel‚ ‘The Simple Gift’ by Steven Herrick‚ and the fairy tale of ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Anderson. In the very early stages of ’The simple gift’‚ Herrick displays sixteen year old‚ Billy Luckett’s‚ sense of alienation by using his first person character to highlight
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Scary Movies An American short story published in 1995 written by Steven Amidon. There have always been racial problems in America‚ which is no wonder since the Americans took black people as slaves a long time ago. However‚ in the beginning of the 20th century the process of solving the racial issues in America begun. Nevertheless‚ it was a very difficult process‚ which really has not come to an end yet. The story takes place in a suburb of New York in the year of 1968. The main character is
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In V.S. Pritchett’s "The Fly in the Ointment‚" Harold is a man of strong character. Despite being raised by a self-centered‚ hateful father‚ Harold has a forgiving spirit and a desire to help—even for someone who seems not to deserve it. As the story begins‚ we learn that Harold is wise enough to avoid trouble—a sign of self-preservation. His father’s factory is closing in difficult financial times‚ and Harold arrives with care. Better not to arrive in a taxi‚ he was thinking. The old man will
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During the first course of the year in As Drama and Theatre Studies‚ we have been exploring Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff‚ and My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlott Keatley. Both of these plays allowed us to explore critical factors which make up the course‚ these headings are: practitioner‚ vocal awareness‚ non-verbal communication‚ visual‚ aural and spatial dynamics‚ language‚ plus social‚ historical cultural and political contexts. Finally the plays uncover interpretation and characterisation
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