“It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap‚ button your lip; can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.” (Speak. Pg. 9‚ Paragraph 4.) Everyone at some point in their lives have felt that terrifying feeling of dejection‚ sorrow‚ anger‚ frustration and pain. Whether it is an action done by one or an action done by others‚ there is always the fear of being judged‚ to which people decide it is best
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Response: Connecting to two short Stories In the short story „The Outsider“ by Graeme Lay as well as in „The Red Sari“ by Apirana Taylor the author demonstrates the existence of things in life the main character‚ but also the reader might not be aware of. Possibly don‘t want to be aware of. The awareness of both things have a great impact on the main character. In „The Outsider“ a young girl called Justine is confronted with the cirumstance that not all men have good intentions‚ after beeing
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just true for middle school‚ but also life in the 50s. The book The Outsiders focuses on two main cliques‚ the Greasers and the Socs. One might think that the name represents Greasers‚ and what they have to deal with‚ but the real outsiders are specific people. The outsiders are the people who dare to be different from the stereotype of their group‚ who believe people should be judged on who they are‚ not social class. Major outsiders in the book are Darry‚ Ponyboy‚ and Cherry Valance. Darry is the
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The novel The Outsiders by SE Hinton is a novel about teenage boys that are trying to live their lives to be like the rest of the community. These kids feel like they are the outsiders. Atul Gawande once said “Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But‚ precisely because they are the outsiders‚ they are usually in a poor position to fix them.” In this novel the outsiders would be the Greasers because they are poor‚ violent‚ and they don’t have parents
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Response to Literature The loss of human dignity affects people in different ways‚ but how they procure it defines them. It is a factor that represents how strong or weak they are. This self-worth brings prestige and purpose‚ without it one can lose himself. In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” the characters learn about how different people handle redeeming dignity. Through Bob Ewell and Mrs. Dubose‚ they see the contrast of the strong and the weak‚ and how they seek it. Mr. Ewell’s
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Word Count: 256 Response to Literature Essay Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles in which a generous act is punished by King Creon. Haimon‚ Creon’s son‚ plays an important character in the story. In scene three‚ lines 55-94‚ Haimon uses his persuasive skills in talking to his father King Creon. He blatantly expresses about his opinion towards him‚ Antigone‚ and what he thinks Creon should do. He does this effectively using the rhetorical device of Pathos. Throughout the story‚ Haimon is saying
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Response to Literature: Romeo Makes a Move “You’re a fine piece of real estate and I’m looking to get me some land‚” is a pick-up line and in Romeo and Juliet‚ a tragic play by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo used a pick-up line in order to get his objective through to kiss Juliet. The conversation Romeo and Juliet had‚ was written by Shakespeare in the form of a sonnet‚ a 14-line poem usually containing one of several conventional rhyme schemes. To describe this romantic‚ somewhat intimate first
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Response to Literature Essay In the poem “Street Corner Flight‚” Norma Landa Flores explores the nature of hopefulness in the lives of two young boys living in an impoverished neighborhood. The poem begins with a sad ton‚ focusing on the hardships the young boys face. They are trapped by the difficulties that accompany poverty. By the end of the poem‚ however‚ Flores’ tone becomes hopeful that the boys might have a different future‚ a freer future. Flores’ hopeful tone reveals her message that
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2010 catholic trial – With reference to Source Q and other sources‚ explain the role of writing and literature in Spartan society during this period Pre-Lycurgan Sparta has evidence of being a thriving centre for writing and literature but with the introduction of the great Rhetra the focus shifted to a utilitarian militaristic view although writing and literature did not disappear totally. Sparta contains evidence of being a literate society through Greek writers documentations and inscriptions
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Oscar Ocampo Mr. Woodworth Language Arts 10 December 18‚ 2009 Response to Literature Every great society has strived and prospered due to the laws and principles the civilization has lived by. But when a society removes these principles that are laid out what could result? In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ as a result of a terrible war a plane crashed landed‚ killing the pilots and leaving a small group of boys stranded on an island leaving the boys with no ascendancy
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