This image of Gary Ligon is designed to make the viewer ask questions. It is ambiguous in its nature and content. The image is the phrase “I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background” repeated‚ becoming more and more distorted until it is unreadable. There are many questions raised by this‚ the main one being what the meaning of it is. There are many possible answers to this question. For one‚ the author may be saying that he feels very self-conscious about his race when
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This is how I Gary Parkes solved a mystery about a robbery on school campus. It was just past 8:30 I walked into my third period and sat down next to Sarah Willis. When I sat down‚ She asked me how I was doing and I answered "Fantastic!" She replied with "Well did you do your speech?" Then bell rang and "I said I wrote 3 pages". She was really surprised since we only had to write 1 page. That’s when Mr. Hawks came into the class and said to open up your textbooks to page 134. So I opened my textbook
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About the author (2006) Gary Soto was born April 12‚ 1952‚ and raised in Fresno California. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and attended Fresno City College‚ graduating in 1974 with an English degree. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines‚ including The Nation‚ Plouqhshares‚ The Iowa Review‚ Ontario Review and Poetry‚ which has honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award and by featuring him in Poets in Person. He is one of the youngest poets to appear in The
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In the excerpt from the autobiographical narrative by Gary Soto‚ the author uses vivid imagery‚ allusions to religion‚ and change in tone to recreate his experiences from his six year old self. Soto begins by involving the reader into the excitement that he feels while glaring at the freshly baked pies‚ he then vividly represents how he transgresses his valued religious principle‚ and steals the pie. He concludes by illustrating the aftermath‚ and describing the remorse that he underwent after realizing
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The setting in the Hunger Games by Gary Ross is a very interesting one. There is massive contrast between the capitol and District 12 is very vast and different. The whole setting gives me a WWII vibe. District 12 being very dreary and poor‚ there are woman doing laundry in big tubs and old men eating chicken bones. They have to hunt for their own food and sell it and also crops are sold. They are the poorest district‚ their reputation is for mining and coal. The bland colours and dirt roads with
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"broken chain" by gary soto item analysis for all grade 7 standards: vocabulary‚ reading‚ writing‚ conventions item analysis for all grade 8 standards: vocabulary‚ reading‚ writing‚ conventions reading standard 1.0 --word analysis‚ fluency‚ and systematic vocabulary development vocabulary practice vocabulary quiz reading standard 2.0 -- focus on informational materials how to fix a broken chain rules of the road: bike safety tips reading standard 3.0 -- literary response and analysis quiz: "broken
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n the reading “The Jacket‚” Gary Soto writes about how clothing expresses your life. He tells about the disadvantages he went through while wearing a specific jacket. The author said‚ “... I described something like bikers wears: black leather and silver studs‚ with enough belts to hold down a small town‚” but instead he got “... a jacket the color of day-old guacamole” (1). He was embarrassed by the jacket‚ and his peers made fun of him. People make fun of others because of their clothing‚ and items
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Gary Soto Timed Writing In this essay‚ Soto uses many writing techniques to get his feelings across from stealing a pie at six years old. Three major writing techniques Soto uses to get his point across are contrast repetition‚ pacing and imagery. Fighting an internal battle with himself‚ Soto uses many cases of contrast repetition to show his internal conflict he has with himself about stealing the pie. Soto starts off by using contrast repetition almost immediately by saying that he “knew enough
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Sociological problems involving our Educational System Gary L. Smith American Public University/SOCI 212 – Social Problems Abstract This paper gives the reader and insight on what is the social impact of our educational system. Going over the problems that have been developed over a time period of educational and‚ social mishaps. Taking what has happen and what we can do to fix the o sociological viewpoints of the problem‚ then take the correct actions to fix the problem.
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Is it possible for people to make comments about me for who I am as a person and not my outer appearance? This is the question I constantly asked myself everyday because most of the time I am bombarded with criticisms on how I looked. To put it bluntly‚ I‚ myself‚ have not met the body figure standard of what a Vietnamese woman should be. My family and relatives have always been saying that a Vietnamese girl should have a slim figure. Since I was small‚ I was that chubby girl‚ who loved to eat delicious
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