A myth is an idea that people presume to be correct however it is not. A myth is a widely held idealized conception of an unproven or ambiguous idea. Myths remind us how things were before in the distant past‚ and serve in explaining our outlook on an idyllic world. Myths have an astonishing impact on society because people tend to comply and follow through with the traditional standards endorsed by society. People tend to accept these misconceptions because these implications are embedded into
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Character Analysis Lincoln Mendoza is a fourteen year old‚ eighth grader that just moved from the hard knocked barrio where he grew up to Sycamore‚ the mostly rich‚ mostly white suburbs. Lincoln is a Hispanic-American kid. His parent got divorced when he was seven and he now lived with his mother. Lincoln was tall but not thin. He was very muscular. When he made a fist‚ his forearm tightened with muscles and his legs and stomach were muscle. His face was brown‚ like coffee laced with cream‚ and
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which is a simile. Another example would be when cars are described as hissing past‚ which is a form of personification. And my last example would be when the fog is described hanging like old coats in between trees which is a simile and imagery. Gary Soto‚ the author‚ had a few experiences that I believe helped influence much of his work. To start‚ he is an American author and poet‚ with parents that are Mexican-American. As a boy he worked in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. His father died
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Have you ever been so sick that you think you are going to die? Or even Liked someone so much for the first time that you are so scared to talk to the person you like? In both of the stories stolen day and 7th grade the characters the boy and victor are both similar and different. The boy is confused and sad while victor is very silly and nervous and shy. They also have problems that are same and different. Victor really likes a girl in his class and the boy is sick with a disease that he doesn’t
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Aldine ISD Summer Reading Response Log High School English III Grade 11 (entering English 3) During the summer you are expected to read and respond to at least three books if you will be in regular English and at least five books if you will be in Pre-AP‚ Pre-IB‚ AP‚ GT‚ IB‚ or Dual Credit English. Personal choice selections for non-fiction and contemporary works may be made from one of the suggested lists that are available on the district web site (www.aldine.k12.tx
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Oranges "Oranges" begins with Gary Soto narrating one of his life experiences in this poem. He remembers a particular experience of walking side by side with a girl. There are two characters a twelve year old boy and his date. When the poem begins‚ the narrator is alone‚ and on his way to go pick up the girl. It was winter time and he only had two oranges with him‚ which his purpose was to share them with his date. The beginning of the poem is not very positive‚ though‚ but rather negative. In
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Three Images in “Black Hair” The poem‚ “Black Hair”‚ by Gary Soto describes a story of an eight-year-old boy imagining that one day he could be like his hero‚ baseball player Hector Moreno. Each image in this poem gives the reader an opportunity to visualize the narrator’s childhood. Three images in particular‚ “The game before us was more than baseball. It was –Hector Moreno quick and hard with turned muscles”‚ “and mother was the terror of mouths twisting hurt with butter knives”‚ and "when Hector
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of direction; during that abandonment a child may go to television for a source of alleviation‚ this will lead to more despair because they will see families that are happy but much different than theirs. For instance‚ in "Looking for Work‚" by Gary Soto‚ he watches a family act differently than his and strives to be equivalent. A paternal figures are absolutely needed in a minor’s life‚ not necessarily the blood parents just someone that they can rely on for support while growing up. Disagreement
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Audience Purpose and Tone Three possible entry points into assessing an essay—and important considerations for writers as well—are the identification of the essay’s audience‚ purpose and tone. “Audience” refers to the readership the writer is writing for—as best we can tell from reading it ourselves. An essay’s intended audience could be the entire world‚ or the entire English-reading population‚ or everyone in the United States‚ or readers of the Washington Post newspaper. It could be
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money‚ the thing that people claim to love the most‚ is introduced into a family‚ it can make things more complicated and even affect their character. In life poverty makes people tend to do desperate things in desperate situations. In “Black Hair‚” Gary Soto discusses a very desperate time in his life as a seventeen-year-old runaway living on the streets. He had a job in the Valley Tire Company moving around tires. But that did not seem to help his situation because he was working like an animal for
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