Asian writers Nick Joaquin Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín (May 4‚ 1917 – April 29‚ 2004) was a Filipino writer‚ historian and journalist‚ best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. He is considered one of the most important Filipino writers in English‚ and the third most important overall‚ after José Rizaland Claro M. Recto. Joaquín
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_THE DIARY OF A GLADIATOR_ 12/05/58 Dear Diary‚ Today was possibly the worst day in my entire life. I shall start from the beginning. When I woke up I felt an uncontrollable need for freedom. I had the bad feeling in the bottom of my stomach and I couldn’t get rid of it. I felt terrified‚ captured. I sneaked out of the house and ran. I ran from myself‚ from the thoughts in my head. I needed to clear my mind. It felt like a huge and terribly real nightmare. An endless nightmare. I ran and prayed
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emotional reactions or mental visualization of the tone or imagery can help create the overall meaning for a poem. Adding one of these or even both can help visualize the readers mind into better understanding how the writer wants to convey the meaning of a poem. The poem “Cinderella’s Diary” is a short poem that is supposed to be about Cinderella’s life‚ taking place after “happily ever after”. It goes to show that not everything has a happy ending. The very beginning of the poem starts with Cinderella
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Running head: THE WRITERS STRIKE 2007-2008 THE WRITERS STRIKE 2007-2008 Richard J. Moson Full Sail University The Writers Strike 2007-2008 The Writers Guild of America is a labor union that represents the thousands of professionals who write what we see and hear on our televisions‚ in movies‚ and. The guild combines the efforts of two different US labors; those east of the Mississippi are included in the Writers Guild of America‚ East. Those members in Hollywood and southern
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Getting our future back on the rails- slowly In the newsletter‚ ‘Getting our future back on the rails- slowly’‚ that was received by households in the local area; the writer emphasizes the need for change and promotes the idea of sustainable living through community action. The direct‚ persistent tone serves to assert the notion that the community would greatly benefit by a shared garden. The proposal contains 3 images of which all support the writer’s philosophy. Commonly‚ all are directed
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Assessment 2: Text Analysis Response- Examine a turning point “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta “Looking for Alibrandi” is a contemporary novel about a 17 year old Catholic girl‚ Josephine Alibrandi‚ who was in her final year at school. Her life was turned upside down when her father came into her life for the first time‚ her close friend committed suicide‚ family secrets came out and she encountered love. During the course of the novel she had to deal with issues such as
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Text Response 3 The poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks describes the frailty of life from the point of view of a few guys playing pool. They know that the choices they make will affect them in far greater ways in the future‚ yet they still wish to do what they do because life will end no matter what.. For some inconsequential reason the guys continue to “[l]urk late… [s]ing sin… [t]hin gin… [and j]azz June” (Brooks 3-7). They know that what they are doing is wrong‚ because of the fact that
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Diary entry Dear diary‚ It was my first day at the school today. It was a ridiculous school the students were crammed into small dark rooms with teachers that seemed very uneducated. The children were not much better. Many of the teachers at the school had a really bad teaching strategy and proceeded to teach the children by ramming tonnes of text books in their faces and hoping that they learn something from it. I feel rather sorry for these children forced to learn in a very old fashioned
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and GATE student I have always been an advanced writer. When I was ten years old my mom enrolled me in the local university’s GATE Summer School Program at the behest of my third grade teacher who was aware of my love for reading and believed that a good reader makes for a good writer. I attended Gate Summer School at Azusa Pacific University for four summer in a row‚ learning about music and culture‚ but most importantly how to become a good writer. I wrote research papers on Ancient Egypt‚ biographical
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