I wanted to ask you again. Since it has been almost six years since I have set foot in your classroom‚ I need to ask: “what is good writing?”. I mostly wanted to talk to you about Sherman Alexie’s essay Indian Education‚ and why I believe that this story is good writing. And how Alexie ’s demonstrates content and form perfectly by creating a story that any English teacher would and should have given willingly an “A” to. First off‚ Indian Education pushes the boundaries of what constitutes what
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Tort Actions The most prevalent tort in scenario 2 is negligence. The first act of negligence would be the glass that was found in Anna’s food that caused her injury. The second negligent act was the waiter’s decision to carry a flaming dish through the restaurant without announcing his presence. The restaurant owner’s negligent decision to not install an emergency exit other than a revolving door entrance caused an elderly woman to be trampled and caused several other patrons to suffer from
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English 1A 26 October 2010 Life of Indian Education Indian education; it doesn’t necessarily mean to get an Indian education rather to be taught how to be Indian. In Sherman Alexie’s short story “Indian Education” the main character‚ Junior‚ is taught the lessons of being an Indian. The story is about Junior’s life in school from first to twelfth grade with a class reunion at the end. Through each grade we see Junior growing up as well as lessons to be learned. Junior finds himself facing many
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Memphis‚ Tennessee is an aspect of setting that is present throughout a section of the novel. The song “Memphis Thing” by Rob Jungklas‚ describes the setting of Memphis‚ Tennesee including all of its bars‚ people‚ landmarks‚ and streets. This relates to the novel because Celie moves to Memphis from rural Georgia to live with Shug who was actively involved in the city. In the novel‚ Celie describes how Shug goes to work in Memphis. The lyrics in lines 1-4 “The boys in the garage bands / the boys playing
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and not pay it. The reasoning the state had was that they thought they should not have to follow any sort of law or tax that was not beneficial to themselves. South Carolina nullified the tariff and didn’t pay them. The north was outraged at this act. The north thought that the if South Carolina was able to repeal the tariff and ignore it‚ who would be able to stop them from ignoring laws regarding slavery? The north and the federal government were offended and angry. An example of their displeasure
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Gentrification” Writer Sherman Alexie‚ in his short story titled “Gentrification‚” tells the story of a white man that did an anonymous favor for his black neighbors‚ which subsequently turned out to be racist in multiple different ways. He relies on satirical elements and questioning the reader in order to convey his message that racism is not solely from white people and that despite this‚ white people are quite often unintentionally and internally racist (meaning that
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William Tecumseh Sherman There were many great generals of the civil war. Grant‚ Lee‚ Jackson‚ all notable names. But one name that stands out is Sherman; William Tecumseh Sherman. W. S. Sherman was born February 8th‚ 1820 in Lancaster‚ Ohio. He was raised by a family friend named Thomas Ewing. He had 10 siblings and was raised as a Christian. However‚ he was never much of a churchgoer and never used his formal christian name. Instead his friends called him "Cump." He went to school
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In life it is important to be prepared. In the story “The Ant And The Grasshopper” by Rob John‚ being prepared is always better than being unprepared. The grasshopper is not ready for winter‚ but the ant is ready. The grasshopper is unprepared in many ways. First instead of gathering food‚ the grasshopper made buzzing noises with his wings. This is important because the grasshopper is wasting his time‚ when he could be preparing. Second‚ the grasshopper spent all morning
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Sherman Alexie makes his life seem interesting by telling us‚ in his story‚ the joy of reading and writing: superman and me. In his story he tells us how he grew up‚ what he grew up doing‚ how his life style was‚ and how he became the man he is today. Sherman also talks about teaching himself how to read. He was a very smart Indian boy who loved to read just like his father did. He stated that he loved his father so much‚ and his father loved to read‚ so he said he would love reading too. He was
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1. What is your evaluation of Scott Fischer and Rob Hall as leaders? Did they make some poor decisions? If so‚ why?(Required) I believe that due to their experience with climbing Mount Everest‚ Hall and Fischer might have lead the people better than other guides but made some critical mistakes. Although they gave the opportunity for people to climb the highest mountain in the world and helped them achieve that goal‚ they made some poor decisions that eventually lead to death of their clients and
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