Matthew Chavana English IV AP Chavez 15 February 2013 Response Paper #1 In Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” and Donald’s Hall’s “My son‚ my executioner” there is a glimpse into a dysfunctional relationship. We see this unconventional outlook from a child’s point of view and from a father’s‚ both faced with the tribulations which their corresponding father/son bring upon them. Hall’s “My son‚ my executioner” very much disturbed me as the speaker blatantly poisons the beauty and innocence
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Obesity Response In his article‚ Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚ Wil Haygood talks about the obesity problem among the people of Manchester Kentucky. Haygood observes that Manchester is one of the unhealthiest places in Kentucky. However‚ the people of Manchester are far from eager to discuss or even acknowledge this problem. Haygood places much of the blame for the obesity problem on the local people being uneducated about the risks being obese can pose
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show someone who is very hypocritical. Tartuffe is all about wealthy people and the problems they have to deal with. Its major focus is on people with no common sense that fail at something but then come out with a serious result. The different responses we get from all the characters in the play to Tartuffe‚ the most sarcastic‚ phony character‚ is to help the readers understand that a lot of people can not be trusted in this world and will take advantage of you if you give into these individuals
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The piece is a critical analysis of an advertisement from Burger King for a promotional product in Singapore in 2009‚ to examine how women are represented as a social group. It is a response to the prescribed question‚ ‘How and why is a social group represented in a particular way?’ under ‘Power and Privilege‚ it corresponds part 1 (Language in Cultural Context) of the course. The piece highlights the purpose of an advertisement‚ and how this particular advertisement draws on gender and culture stereotypes
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Response to the Fountainhead The excerpt of the brought me into the scene of a drastic debate between a unique young student and a strict dean. It is no doubt a conversation of age‚ as well as principle. Roark‚ a highly personalized architecture student‚ was facing the awkward situation to be expelled from his university because of his terrible performance and random attitude towards his final project. He received an interview from the dean who was trying to find out whether Roark was aware of
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Pride and Prejudice Reader Response To me personally I found this book to be beneficial in understanding the ways of society throughout time. Within Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice‚ Bingley and Jane’s relationship proves that social pressures essentially inhibit people from fulfilling their true identities‚ and their true desires. Whether it manifests itself in the pressure to marry for security and convenience‚ or the pressure to attain affluence and culture‚ the social norm erases individual
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Response Essay In reading the three articles‚ “From Degrading to De-Grading” by Alfie Kohn‚ “And Now He is Nothing” by Michael Specter and “Dilma Rousseff” by Simon Romero my impressions of each article varies from one of unbelief to affirmation. As compelling as the ideology of not grading is‚ the practicality of implementation would be enormous. The assumption that Lance Armstrong is now nothing can it really be so easily dismissed? Finally‚ Dilma Rousseff rise to power as a right of previous
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Spamalot Response A play about a King on a quest for a magic grail‚ by the sound of that it seems like this is just some ordinary play‚ but no this is Spamalot. Spamalot is a comedy where everything is humorous and light hearted. There are many things I love about this play including the set and costumes‚ these two elements really made the play better to me. However‚ one improvement that could have been made was the lighting in the play. As the curtains of the theater opened up I saw a big
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Response Paper: Saying No to College For many high school students‚ the obvious choice after graduation is going to college. But why has this become the norm? With many students being conditioned at a young to prepare for college‚ there might not seem like any other choice. As college tuitions continues to rise and the job market continues to decline‚ young adults have started to rethink the choice to attend college. After all‚ there have been many successful people who have not graduated
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