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    In this comic‚ the satirist is trying to persuade President Obama. The cartoon’s has the Obama quote “I’m confident there is a middle ground here on which to base a compromise” to depict how Obama thinks it’s possible to find a middle ground in Congress. This cartoon relates to our in-class discussion of the legislation creation process is‚ and how hard is to get bills passed when neither party wants to negotiate. It’s telling him to stand up against the Republican Party. The message of the cartoon

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    Art Critique of Café Terrace At Night Café Terrace at night is an oil canvass painting by the famous Dutch Artist Vincent Van Gogh. In the Painting‚ Van Gogh depicts the exterior of a side walk café on a starry night. We also see many people wandering on the streets or sitting on the terrace of the café. In the corner‚ we see a tree looming over the cobbled street. As it is taken place at night‚ we see that both of the buildings are illuminated. We also see a horse and a carriage

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    Kim Kardashian On the Issues For the first time since the brave Hilary Clinton‚ we have another woman running for president. Ladies and gentlemen‚ Kim Kardashian. Kardashian has plenty of prior accomplishments she has already made including things like her families reality TV show which has lasted eight seasons with three spinoff shows. Kardashian and her other two sisters also have their own chain of stores named “DASH” which have three locations‚ the first in Los Angeles‚ the second in Miami

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    Monika Pareek Professor Abraham English A 10th February 2014 Chaucer And Estate Satire The meanings of the word “estate” defined by the Middle English Dictionary is ‘a class of persons‚ especially a social rank or a political class or group; also a member of particular class or rank’. The idea of the "estates" is important to the social structure of the Middle Ages. (Mann‚ Jill. Chaucer And Medieval Estate Satire. Introduction. London: Syndics of Cambridge University Press‚ 1973. 1-7.Print.)

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    Satire is a sort of glass‚ wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own” (Swift). Jonathan Swift‚ a satirical writer during the eighteenth century‚ made an excellent metaphor revealing that satire is written in such a way that the author exposes only what they want the reader to know. This same metaphor reigns true even today in modern satirical writing within the structure‚ tone‚ and what the writings are used for; dependent upon the point of view‚ I personally choose

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    Mike Braspenninckx Mrs. Anderson English 11A Date 10/2/12 Beowulf Beowulf was considered one of the greatest hero’s to ever live he was considered to be a god with his super strength and his abilities to do anything that one man would die for. But others would like to think otherwise about all of that. Some would like to underestimate him and his “godlike powers” Some people thought that Beowulf was a god because of his strength in the tale of Beowulf they say “clutched Beowulf with his claws

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    Homelessness in America A major issue in America right now is that we have so many homeless people. They are blocking doorways and walkways‚ begging for spare change. America is supposed to be one of the richest countries in the world‚ yet there are so many people out there with not even a cent to their name. What should we do about it? First‚ we have to house them. We should send all of the homeless people to landfills. There they will be able to gather cardboard boxes and any other necessary

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    Horace’s Satires Writing satires established Quintus Horatius Flaccus‚ poet and philosopher‚ as the quintessential free thinker during the time of Augustus (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus). Horace’s satires‚ apparently humorous‚ tackle social issues in such a way that his said satires have remained of interest from when it was first published to modern day. The reason I refer to Horace’s satires being apparently humorous is that I find it difficult to detect the humour. British humour

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    1. When Annie Dillard says “I’ll do it in the evenings‚ after skiing‚ or on the way home from the bank…” she is referring to writing‚ and how writing is something that you have to take on completely and make it your whole life. 2. The most climactic event of Dillard’s narrative is when the female moth goes into the flame of the candle and her body is shriveling and crumbling away. She connects it with what she sees in the bathroom because the hollow body of the female moth didn’t crumble and became

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    of this speech. There are three main types of satire‚ gentle‚ barbed and savage. Gentle satire also known as horatian laughs along with the subject. It uses wit‚ exaggeration and self-deprecating humour and often critiques social vice through light hearted humour. Some well-known examples that use gentle satire are often parodies of songs‚ movies or shows. Barbed satire laughs at the weak like political cartoons. The last main type of satire is savage‚ which is cruel and aims to destroy someone

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