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    Like Two Ships

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    Every author has their own style of writing‚ they each express them self with different elements. For instance many authors use literary elements to show the theme or tone. In short story “like two ships” Chris Macy uses literary elements to provide disheartening tone. He uses setting‚ characterization which turn out insecurities that cause a missed opportunity. As the reader we know that they both are interested in each other ‚but the characters do not know. Setting is used to place them in

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    Some Like It Hot

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    Some Like It Hot In “Some Like It Hot” by Lawrence Lessig‚ he talks about piracy and what piracy is. It talks about the different types of items that people use piracy for. Piracy is when someone makes their own copy of a product that has its own copyright. I think that piracy is wrong for a many reasons. Including: it brings down the economy‚ the artists that create the piece are not getting paid for it‚ and piracy is also considered stealing. First‚ I am going to discuss how piracy brings

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    My Likes and Dislikes

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    The subject calls upon me to make an open confession. Let me take courage and confess what I like and what I dislike. My likes and dislikes arc rather limited. The first thing I positively dislike is the nerve racking discipline imposed upon the youngers by the elders or by those in authority. Why should anybody bother my life with do’s and don’ts? Why should I not be left entirely to myself to choose my own ways ? Why should a father‚ who himself smokes‚ call upon his child to refrain from smoking

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    Think Like a Man

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    Teana Lawrence ENC 2001 Mini-theme 1 When the previews of Think Like a Man was showing on TV before the movie came out‚ I was too anxious to see it whenever it decided to drop in theaters. The day I finally watched it‚ it was how I expected it to be. The movie was funny‚ entertaining‚ and thriller all at once. Think Like a Man is the movie version of Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like a Lady‚ Think Like a Man”. After watching the movie‚ I immediately wanted to go to the store and purchase

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    Living Like a Weasel

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    in life that made you see yourself‚ the way you live in a whole new perspective? That special moment where it felt like lightning struck you and you changed your perspective of life? For some of you might have been the birth of your child or the moving to a different country? To Dillard it was the unexpected encounter with a weasel. Annie Dillard was born in 1945 and it seems like she always had a thirst for reading‚ writing and overall literature. She studied literature and creative writing and

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    Faith Like Potatoes

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    Potatoes are an excellent metaphor for Angus Buchan’s book‚ Faith Like Potatoes. A good-looking stalk may hide a rotten crop under ground. As is taught by Christianity‚ you may be successful in this world without God‚ but there will always be that Christ shaped empty space in your heart that only God himself may fill for any one person to be happy. Angus Buchan was born into Southern Rhodesia‚ which is now modern day Zimbabwe. He grows up as a Christian and is slowly drawn away from Christ as

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    painting is like a pizza

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    St Petersburg I always thought art was just a picture in a frame. Now after taking history of visual arts‚ and intro to art‚ I now see that there a many different types of art than a painting. I’ve been browsing through the book‚ Why a Painting Is like a Pizza by Nancy G. Heller and I thought I would share some of my thoughts on this. Nancy says that‚ "art depends both on visual balance for much of their overall appeal and‚ though both can be judged by established standards‚ pizzas and paintings

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    Life is like a Menu

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    LIFE ISLIKE A MENU Life is like a huge Menu---Full of choices at each stage to choose from. So many different items and so many choices to make and so much confusion.The Only difference is that the choices are not listed out systematically as in a menu card. We get what we order. Whenever we go to a restaurant‚ we order meals of our preference and avoid what we dislike and so relish the meal. Life is the same. If we choose what we like to do‚ we will enjoy our life . Sometimes we may be influenced

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    At first glance it may seem that Emily Dickinson has written a simple poem in “There Is No Frigate like a Book”. However‚ further analysis reveals that she believes reading is a gift to all. Through observation of the poem we find her fascination with reading and the poem’s ability to take her reader on a journey; as well as reveal how reading can take us on any journey we wish to embark. The theme of the poem is that when we use our imagination while reading anything is possible‚ even travel to

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    Soto Like Mexicans

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    Like Mexicans Gary Soto (1952 -) My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice‚ she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey‚ they don’t work como burros‚” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that‚ honey!” For the good advice‚ she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies‚ hijo”—she would say— “Look‚ my son. He marry one

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