Thus far‚ English 1101 has been very beneficial to me. I always have a chance to be better‚ and I always have the chance to learn from my mistakes. I have grown tremendously as a writer and expect to keep making good progress as the semester proceeds. This course has helped me gain the edge to make my papers much better than they were before I had taken this class. The hardest thing about writing in my opinion is the transitions between points in my essays. This is the main thing that takes points
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In peace like a river‚ guns are a symbol used for taking authority into your own hands. When guns are used in the book‚ there is always a sense of power belonging to whoever is wielding the gun. From the second chapter where the current land family is being introduced‚ there was a lot of focus on controlling a gun the right way while hunting. Jeremiah‚ Reuben‚ Davy‚ and Sweed were at August Shultz’s cabin. Reuben follows Davy hunting‚ and when Reuben observes Davy holding his gun waiting to
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In high school‚ during my senior year‚ I took the Advanced Placement class‚ English Language and Composition. During the course of this class‚ and when we would write essays‚ we took time to go over the appropriate punctuation needed for these essays and how to accurately place the certain punctuation marks. In my General Studies Writing class at Bowling Green‚ we did not take part in learning any punctuation. We also did not review any form of this. I actually find it slightly strange that we did
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Amir’s Redemption in The Kite Runner The main idea of The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini is redemption. Amir’s betrayal of Hassan is selfish and has consequences that Amir can’t imagine. Amir feels guilty for what he did and what he didn’t do. As Rahim Khan affirms in his letter to Amir‚ “[. . .]true redemption is‚ Amir Jan‚ when guilt leads to good” (Hosseini 302). At the beginning of the story‚ Amir is selfish‚ scared‚ and guilt-ridden. He treats his servant Hassan poorly and doesn’t see him
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Cover Letter The revisions I have made to my paper regarding the mid-term prompt #2‚ if this book should be banned from the high school curriculum across the country‚ include many things. I added more ways of which this book would harm individuals in high school who read it‚ because this is the main focus of my paper in regards to the prompt. I also included more in-text citations from The Bluest Eye to support my claim and my evidence that support it. I included another counter argument that others
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himself through theory and murder. However‚ it is not as cut and dry as the prior statement may make it seem. In fact‚ this morally ambivalent story uses Raskolnikov’s subconscious struggle‚ the effect of love on other characters‚ and Raskolnikov’s redemption to exemplify Dostoevsky’s idea of man’s need for emotional stability. Raskolnikov chooses an isolated life where he may not be bothered. He secludes himself from his family and friend Razumihin. He lives in a “garret... under the roof of a high
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The film is careful not to incriminate Stan “Tookie” Williams for any wrong doing‚ he is seen punching out assorted folk but we’re not given any clue as to his guilt in the crime for which he is imprisoned states Vondie Curtis-Hall. The word redemption can be defined as atonement for guilt or to extricate‚ release and to make good. This film starring Jamie Foxx tells the story of reputed gang leader Stan “Tookie” Williams who while incarcerated experience an epiphany and dedicates his life to
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Since its founding in the 1930s‚ the Rastafarian movement has grown to the point where it has become a major cultural and political force in Jamaica. During its existence‚ the movement has challenged Jamaica ’s neo-colonialist society ’s attempts to keep whites at the top and blacks at the bottom of the socio-economic structure. Because of its controversial actions‚ the movement has evoked responses from observers that range from "hostility" to "curiosity" (Forsythe 63). On one hand‚ Rastafarians
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between texting language and formal writing or essay appropriate language. Students are inventing a language that adapts to the 160 character limit of short messages (Shafie‚ Azida‚ Osman 97). They must shorten their words or make abbreviations in order to send a quick short text; I mean it is called the short message system (SMS) for a reason right? In John Humphry’s article called I h8 txt msgs‚ he is very ignorant and thinks that texting has ruined the English language. He says that the abbreviations
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past‚ Brunei’s population could only read and write in their native terminology‚ but the present population boast a high literacy rate of 94.9 % (Kon‚ 2012). This is parallel to numerous changes to Brunei’s education in the last forty years. This essay will discuss these changes in the country’s development of literacy and the educational system. According to the Economic Planning and Development Department (2008)‚ the literacy rate has increased by 18% since 1978 and United Nations Educational
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