Writing‚ Technology and Teens Teens write a lot‚ but they do not think of their emails‚ instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them. April 24‚2008 Amanda Lenhart‚ Senior Research Specialist Sousan Arafeh‚ Principal‚ Research Images Aaron Smith‚ Research Specialist Alexandra Rankin Macgill‚ Project Manager PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT 1615
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There are so many things that are important to me‚ but only a few that could greatly affect my life if I didn’t have or accomplish them. The biggest things to me are success‚ family‚ and freedom. These are all things that are essential to my life in so many different aspects. The most important thing to me is success; it’s a thing I must have. Success can mean a lot of different things to different people; it just depends on the person. Success to me is a business standpoint; I have so many goals
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The “Perfect” Life “You think you are the greatest sufferer in the world? Do you know that men are sometimes banished for life? Do you know that men sometimes lose all their yams and even their children?”(Things Fall Apart p. 135) Chinua Achebe creates a character that is fueled and empowered by his fear of being weak in the sense that he refuses to acknowledge vulnerability in any other person. This‚ in turn‚ causes him to be a narcissistic and detached soul. Achebe helps the reader to understand
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Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Ariona Smith Characters • • • • • • Okonkwo- son of Unoka . Stubborn ‚ fears of becoming like his father. Unoka- father of Okonkwo. Naïve‚ Optimistic‚ Ikemefuna- lad of sacrifice so Mbaino didn’t go to war. Son of the murder who killed a daughter of Umuofia Nwoye- Okonkwo’s first son‚ he describes him as lazy. Ekwefi- Okonkwo’s second wife‚ mother of Ezinma‚ loves Ezinma dearly‚ they have a strong bond. Had ten children only Ezinma lived. Ezinma- daughter of
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Clothing plays a role in every person’s life; often people are judged and defined by the types of things they wear. In "Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior‚" Elisabeth Panttaja claims that Cinderella succeeded in marrying the prince not because she was more patient than her stepsisters and stepmother‚ but because she was wittier and utilized the magical powers offered to her‚ namely an enchanted dress. In "A Feminist’s View of ’Cinderella’‚" Madonna Kolbenschlag says that Cinderella tolerates condescension
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The only thing we have in common with them are the masks we wear. But ours are darker. Ours are sliced in half. Like our wrists. Like our hearts. To us it’s simply life. To us‚ game is the only escape. Yet‚ at the same time‚ game over is the cowardly way‚ and we scorn‚ spit on it ‘till our tainted saliva seeps through the false fabric. These little things we do‚ like pulling the knife across our skin and watching the blood well up over the skin and overflow‚ spilling. These little things we do‚
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1.What are the various meanings of "Things" in the title? After reading the short story in “ The things they carried”‚ there were several entities that meant something towards the things they carried throughout the war. One of the explanations of the meaning “Things” in the story represented the various items that were carried in their backpacks during the course of each mission that the soldiers had to face. Whether they needed the items or not‚ they still carried it with them. Some of the object
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said that the best things in life are free‚ I‚ for one‚ fully agree with the statement. To me‚ best does not imply the most beautiful or glamorous‚ or the most indulgent or heavenly‚ but it is those things which I held to be the most valuable and precious in my life. Most people would choose to write about their role model (usually their mother)‚ or the sunset‚ or even the rain. Some would write about food‚ others about clothes. I‚ on the other hand‚ have favourite things of a very different
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#1 Mary Antoinette Alovera AP Literature Ms. Ami Joy Danganan April 26‚ 2013 “Things Fall Apart” is a novel written by Chinua Achebe and in this novel we can see on how the characteristics of the characters are somehow similar due to their environment but as their environment changes‚ their characteristics become different. This story is basically about a man’s tragedy. “Things Fall Apart” is a book in which everyone can relate in some way. It focuses on Achebe’s culture. Like Nwoye and his
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul….. And sings the tune without the words….. And never stops….at all…. And sweetest… in the Gale….is heard… And sore must be the storm That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm I’ve heard it in the chillest land… And on the strangest Sea Yet‚ never‚ in Extremity It asked a crumb …. of Me Dickinson defines hope by comparing it to a bird (a metaphor) .
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