sense of curiousity and renewed perceptions of ourselves and the world. A self-discovery can emerge from a process of confrontational encounters‚ allowing the individual to realise their fundamental purpose of exploration. The memoir ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ by Ernesto Che Guevera‚ follows Guevara’s endeavour around Latin America‚ where he discovers the social injustices foregrounding the continent. He is exposed to many provocative‚ yet intensely meaning experiences‚ leading to new understandings that
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Throughout a child’s life‚ especially a girl’s‚ they must face the decision to be their own person or give into peer pressure. In The Semplica-Girl Diaries by George Saunders‚ sisters‚ Eva and Lily face opposing opinions upon serious social issues. Told through the father’s diaries is a story of fitting in with society and how it affects the youth. After going to a party‚ Lily starts to yearn for things that her family can not afford. But with a stroke of luck Lily is able to get the things that
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Introduction "A Madman’s Diary" is China ’s first modern short story. The author Lu Xun has been well respected and regarded as one of the most well-known political figures in China (Goldman 446-461). Lu Xun has been praised as the warrior against traditional culture and feudal system. Unique narrative structure "A Madman’s Diary" is very special in its narrative structure. Its setup is very different from the traditional narration in that it avoids the use of classical Chinese. Furthermore
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After reading Lu Xun and Gogol’s "Diary of a Madman"‚ it is apparent that the writing style and the choice of themes treated in Lu Xun’s "Diary of a Madman" are influenced by Gogol’s "Diary of a Madman"‚ but Lu Xun presents the story in a more penetrating and elaborate way to accentuate the themes. Before revealing how Lu Xun incorporates Gogol’s ideas into his work‚ we first examine the contacts between Lu Xun and Gogol. Lu Xun’s writing career began from his indignation and poignancy toward China’s
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such as myself are rarely in the position to be forced to fight against the power. While it is difficult to put myself in the mindset of someone who would deem it necessary‚ I am aware of some injustices that I would rebel for: democracy‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of religion. The first thing that would make me want to fight back against any government is if my right to vote was inhibited. Just because I’m a minor and can’t legally vote doesn’t
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The video selected is the Freedom Riders History. This video sparked my interest due to the title. Many questions come to mind. What is a freedom rider? What did they do and why do they have a history? While viewing the video I was overcome with a lot of emotions. My first emotion was sadness. I experienced a feeling of extreme sadness‚ it is truly a shame that a country that was established under God had so much hate. Did the Americans who were white during that time forget that we are supposed
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only a strong leader‚ but also a strong speaker whose words paved the future in a significant manner. “The Four Freedoms” speech was delivered by President Roosevelt on January 6‚ 1941 during his third term as a President. During this time period‚ many countries were unstable and were in danger because of the war that was occurring. However‚ President Roosevelt’s speech‚ “The Four Freedoms” delivered in the State of the Union Address was a remarkable
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The love of equality undermines freedom. Alexis de Tocqueville‚ has plenty to bring to the table with his cerebral perspective of liberty. His idea of freedom is to have equal opportunity but not equal outcome. Another word for that would be the ‘quality of condition’: the opposite of egalitarianism‚ in and of itself. Although Tocqueville does not believe that the American public can use their consumptive freedom properly‚ he states “the Americans entertain the same opinion with respect to the majority”
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A diary is a book kept to record daily events or a person’s thoughts and Impressions. A diary can be a useful aid to memory. If a person is in the habit of forgetting his appointments‚ or something that he is supposed to get or do‚ there is nothing better than to jot these down in his diary and his memory will be aided when the time comes for him to use it. A pocket diary is the most convenient to carry about everywhere. A diary gives us an intimate glimpse of the writer‚ his feelings and the
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My weakness as a writer is that English is not my first language‚ therefore writing is difficult for me. For example‚ I make grammar mistakes‚ my vocabulary is not that strong and sometime I take too much time to brainstorm. Also‚ sometime it is hard for me to come up with ideas. However‚ I always re-check my grammar and I also use thesaurus to improve my writing. To me‚ I think my strengths as a writer is that I work hard to improve my rough draft and I also give myself enough time to finish my
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