“The Campus Crusade for Guys‚” she explores the gender gap between males and females applications for college admission. The question of whether affirmative action for boys has begun. Karnasiewicz begins her article by presenting the opinion of child psychologist and advocate for boys‚ Michael Thompson. Thompson’s response‚ “I would be horrified if some lunkhead boy got accepted to a school instead of my very talented and prepared daughter just because he happened to be a guy” (909). Karnasiewicz
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Technology’s Takeover In the question‚ there are two sides. Bradbury starts the characters and Montags journey on a pro technology side. One character that is pro technology is ironically Guy Montag’s wife‚ Mildred Montag. Mildred loves the technology and insists on having Guy buy her TVs that mount to cover whole walls and give her a ‘family’‚ replacing the idea of getting an actual family. This TV parlour replaces the family room where instead of having a family‚ one has TV’s. Instead of inviting
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In the short story “A Duel”‚ Guy de Maupassant writes a descriptive tale about a countryman of Paris France‚ and his trials with an distasteful Prussian officer. In this short story Maupassant uses his figurative language to portray the distraught and demoralized city of Paris. Maupassant’s use of irony‚ figurative language‚ style‚ tone and other elements make this story captivating for the readers. Maupassant uses a delightful flourish to this writing by expressing an underdog situation for the
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Montag’s traits shows effort into helping others but majority of his personality comes out as cruel and selfish‚ making him a bad character. Guy Montag has influenced Faber “I feel alive for the first time in years.” (pg. 131) Faber wasn’t true to himself for years and finally felt some joy. As well as Clarisse when she said “social to me means talking to you about things like this. (pg. 29) Clarisse‚ so queer compared to the other did not have many people to be “social” with. Regardless‚ this character
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Intro: Rhetoric the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing‚ especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. It goes more into depth throughout the book‚ and actually covers the different aspects of it in chapters 1-19. Chapter 1 covers the basics of writing: the purpose‚ the audience‚ and the qualities of writing. Chapter 2 covers the different strategies for successful reading‚ whether it is orienting your reading‚ first‚ additional‚ and mastering reading
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refuses to be happy with her average‚ middle-class life because she believes she deserves better‚ which leads her to borrow something she cannot buy‚ and ultimately dooms her to an even worse life than she started with. In the story “The Necklace‚” Guy de Maupassant communicates his theme that envy and want of better things will blind you to what you have. Mathilde Loisel refuses to be happy with her life as it is. She is a middle class woman who felt that she should have been born to a more wealthy
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Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books in a 24th-century American city. In Montag’s futuristic books are banned and are burned when discovered‚ Montag has no hesitancy when fulfilling his responsibilities. One night when walking home‚ Montag encounters a girl named Clarisse. Clarisse is completely opposite from anyone he has ever met. Upon the two meeting‚ Clarisse makes him realize the vacancy in his life. Afterwards‚ Montag encounters disturbing events. First‚ his wife attempts suicide. Subsequently
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Pride is a tough thing to swallow. Everyone wants to be the best they can be and never be wrong‚ yet that isn’t how life works. People have good pride‚ which is the pride that shows confidence‚ success‚ and wisdom while bad pride shows arrogance‚ ignorance‚ and self-deceit. Mathilde‚ In “The Necklace”‚ by Guy de Mauspassant shows her bad pride through her dreams of living the high life similar to The grandmother in “A good man is hard to find” by Flannery O’Connor‚ which highlights the grandmothers
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decision in 3...2...1!” Decisions are always really hard to make. They can either be about what to have for lunch or hard decision like where are you going to college or what you plan to do with your life. Well‚ in the stories “Cover-ups” and “Good Guys Always Win”‚ there are 2 very difficult decisions to make. In the story “Cover-ups” it is about a girl named Jenna and a boy named Richard. Richard finds a picture with Jennas and Richards father both in it and they used to be very good friends. Jenna
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TEXTS & MATERIALS Engkent‚ Lucia. Skill Set: Strategies for Reading and Writing‚ 2nd ed.‚ Oxford‚ 2011 ISBN 978-0-19-544169-7 * All students are required to use the following Research Guide for their assignments: * Seneca Libraries. Guide to Research and Citation: MLA Style. 3rd ed. Toronto: Seneca College‚ 2010. Print. * A good quality English-language dictionary (The Oxford Dictionary and the Longman’s Dictionary are recommended.) * A folder/portfolio to keep all your
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