Evaluation for “the Flight from Conversation” Time flows; things change. The development of technology enables people to both access the world and people more rapidly. We immediately know the news that happen all over the world because of the Internet; we make friends with people thousands miles away through social networks; and we can have artificial intelligence or applications like SimSimi to accompany us when we are lonely. With time‚ these connections can start to replace real face-to-face
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The story "Flight Patterns" by Sherman Alexie begins as the main character‚ William‚ wakes up to the sound of his alarm and prepares for his day of travels. It is in the first few paragraphs of this short story that I initially question why this literary work is entitled "Flight Patterns". As I turned the page‚ my question is later answered. Although‚ it was not answered before reading seemingly pointless information about Williams life‚ such as: his taste in music‚ his weekly exercise regimen‚ he
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Every day‚ thousands of planes take to the skies‚ transporting people all over the world. In the process though‚ these huge planes use massive amounts of fuel and greatly add to global warming and pollution. Discouraging non-essential flights is a good idea‚ but not at the expense of limiting the use of cars. Surely we can cut back on both. Travelling by plans has truly made our world feel a lot smaller‚ but not all travel is necessary. For example‚ already‚ technology and the Internet in
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I woke up on the cold morning of September 9‚ 2001 I had to get ready for a flight to San Francisco for a chorus competition. I took a shower the night before‚ so I got dressed in a blue polo shirt with the chorus symbol on the top right‚ jet black dress pants ‚and black little flats with a black bow on the front top. I went downstairs to have breakfast I cooked eggs‚toast‚and beacon as I waited for my dad to wake up so he can take me to the Atlanta airport‚ I watch some YouTube on our 74inch TV
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1. What is the old man doing in the opening paragraph? In the opening paragraph‚ we can find out that the old man does three main activities: catching the homing pigeon‚ resting with the bird and looking at the granddaughter’s movement. In the first activity‚ we know he stands under the dovecote through the preposition ‘above’ in “Above the old man’s head was the dovecote” and the action of watching pigeons are described by a series of phrases such as “full of strutting (walk proudly with head
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In the novel Flight by Sherman Alexie‚ the narrator Zits says‚ “Yes‚ I am Irish and Indian‚ which would be the coolest blend in the world if my parents were around to teach me how to be Irish and Indian. But they’re not here and haven’t been for years‚ so I’m not really Irish and Indian. I’m a blank sky‚ a human solar eclipse” (Alexie 5). In my opinion this quote could mean‚ since his parents died or left there is no one to help him learn his background or his culture. He is a sky without clouds
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Tennessee V. Lane Case Before 2004‚ courthouses and other public buildings differed from how they are today. There was one thing that these buildings did not have‚ a handicapped entrance. At this time‚ it could be very embarrassing to be handicapped because you could do nothing for yourself. If you wanted to enter a public building‚ you had to ask someone to carry you in‚ or even worse‚ you might have to crawl up stairs to enter! This was a definite problem that had been around for years‚ however
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At 3:25 p.m. Friday afternoon‚ Leonardo left 525 Apricot Lane after the job was done. He left with a backpack‚ a trench coat‚ a watch to help him keep track of the time‚ and a secret. That backpack carried something so precious and valuable... Earlier that same week‚ Thursday night at 10pm‚ Leonardo set off to 525 Apricot Lane and now he was leaving. Leonardo wouldn’t know what would happen to him after what he did... Leonardo just knew if he didn’t get that bag to the headquarters by Sunday‚ 6pm
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he can never return to his homeland for fear he and his family would be killed. Perhaps Alexie is trying to provide a gateway into his own thoughts on terrorism having shown the reader his changing opinion what a real terrorist is. Having written Flight Patterns in a post 9/11 world perhaps Alexie is trying to convey to the reader that not all terrorists are the same. That there is a possibility that they are simply doing what they have been ordered to do to save their families and
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Throughout the first half of Sherman Alexie’s Flight‚ Alexie introduces us to how a young half-white‚ half-Indian boy perceives himself and the world around him. It is evident that Zits struggles with himself as a person. He does not feel confident in his heritage or in his actions. He constantly feels ashamed and the need to act out to attract attention. These cries for help support my theory that Zits‚ a lost unloved confused 15-year-old boy‚ does not have any sense of identity‚ or idea of who
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