Chavez English III Block F March 25‚ 2013 Is the Monroe Doctrine still significant? Think of our country as a brick‚ our founding fathers as bricklayers‚ and our governmental documents as the cement. A bricklayer has to make the cement to lie between the bricks so they will stay together. In other words‚ our founding fathers held our country‚ or the bricks‚ by documents‚ the cement. To me one of the most important documents is the Monroe Doctrine. It still has a humongous impact on our society
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We Wear The Mask My reaction to the poem “ We Wear the Mask” is a feeling of truthfulness. It tells about what people see and what others hide. People that I have met don’t really act like themselves. Like when it says “We smile‚ but‚ O great Christ‚ our cries to thee from tortured souls arise” those are the people who have hid themselves from others. They are people we wouldn’t know that are at home cutting themselves are even attempt to do suicide that only the lord knows. They can talk like
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you might come across this form in American English‚ and most probably in formal texts. Form In most cases‚ subjunctive and indicative forms of a verb are the same. So often you would not notice whether a verb is used in subjunctive or indicative mood. The only indicator for subjunctive is that no ‘s’ is added in 3rd person singular and that the verb ‘be’ remains ‘be’ for all forms in present tense and becomes ‘were’ for all forms in past tense. Use Subjunctive is used in some fixed phrases (formulaic
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In the famous Monroe Doctrine‚ from December 2‚ 1823 during the period in which James Monroe took the presidency‚ John Quincy Adams advised Monroe to lay out an independent course for the United States of America‚ declaring four major points to address to congress. He made four basic statements: the U.S. shall not interfere with European affairs‚ shall not interfere with existing European colonies in the western hemisphere‚ other nations shall not form new colonies in the western hemisphere‚ and
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Essay: Diction and Tone in Poetry In the field of literature‚ authors use various forms of writing techniques to create diction and tone. One way that the author‚ Andrew Marvel‚ of “To His Coy Mistress” uses a unique way of diction to portray several styles of tone‚ in which they shift from one another‚ through stanza to stanza. His diction creates a variety of literary styles that most authors use as a way of conveying a personal message. This diction creates a multitude of imagery that the reader
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Literature Instructor: Trinity Wilbourn February 28‚ 2011 The death of a family pet can be one of the hardest experiences in a person’s life. For those who mourn the passing of their dog suffer alone because they do not want others to see them grieving. This may sound like emotional babble to some people but to others‚ it would come off as a comical mushiness. In John Updike’s poem‚ “Dog’s Death”‚ the dog who dies in the poem and her owner expresses a sense of abandonment which illustrates
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Tone Loc Many of you today may not know of the artist I’m going to talk about today but may know of his work. He is pretty popular with certain types of people I’ll let you be the judge on that. Tone Loc didn’t always have the best child hood in fact a hood is just might what you call it. Tone loc was a very unique some would say typical person as you read more you’ll soon see just how different he is.
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norms of society. A relatable example that was used to show the norms of society and how hard people try to fit them‚ is the body shapes of women. Each culture and time has their different standards for how people should look and act. In 1947 Marilyn Monroe was a beauty icon but if she was compared to someone thought to be beautiful today her figure would seem too full. Many girls have self-esteem issues today because they cannot perfectly
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How would you describe the speaker’s tone in "Ulysses"? In Ulysses‚ written by Alfred Lord Tennyson‚ is a poem giving courage and hope. In this poem‚ the desire of Tennyson to reach out further more than he can‚ and to get away from the same everyday life are expressed. The tone of the speaker in Ulysses is not soothing but forcing for the hope. This can be seen from the end of the poem‚ “Come‚ my friends‚/ ‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world./Push off‚ and sitting wll in order smite” (lines
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As humans‚ we often think about power‚ but never think about how lonely you will be with it. The poem Ozymandias‚ written by Percy Shelley‚ is a poem about political power. Shelly uses a mocking tone to describe the desire of achievement of morality while criticizing the arrogance of Ozymandias for wanting dominance and demand praise. The setting is complex in this poem; despite that‚ there is a two people point of view illustrated in the situation. The traveler describes an antique land while Ozymandias
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