The murder‚ also to be committed via drowning‚ is no longer a random act of evil‚ but becomes a crime motivated by greed: when the false priests proposes to elope‚ he tells the heroine to bring “the gold where eer it be” (l.10)‚ and he even goes as far as demanding that she hands over her expensive clothing before he kills her (l.21-36). May Collins clearly fell for a regular marriage impostor. Ironically‚ this greed gives May Collin the opportunity to trick the impostor and save her life. She appeals
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When I was 9 years old‚ I found a paperback copy of Scott Westerfield’s Uglies on my brother’s desk. This forever changed me. Before that‚ I had been only known my reality. I had not understood the limitless possibilities of the mind at this age. I had watched television shows sure‚ droopy-eyed in the evenings‚ consuming the static with youthful satisfaction‚ but this experience was nowhere near the immersion of literature. I had trouble learning to read‚ initially. I often found myself struggling
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In the poem “On Turning Ten” there are many words that Billy collins uses to make have different feelings. Some words he uses are”this is the beginning of sadness” and”i’m coming down with something”. He uses words like to makes us feel the “sadness and sickness” of the kid as he turns 10 years old thinking about his childhood and all of the things that hw has to say goodbye to. For example his imaginary friends Some other lines that he uses are “you tell me it’s too early to be looking back”. This
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Luke Gladen-Kolarsky Hensley Acc. American Lit September 19‚ 2017 What’s brown and sticky? A stick. In his poems “Marginalia” and “Introduction to Poetry‚” Billy Collins uses metaphors to argue that students who annotate without real engagement detract from their experience of reading literature whereas those who annotate for their own satisfaction become more fulfilled. Collins’ “Marginalia” and “Introduction to Poetry” show the ways writing can be enjoyed when one annotates for one’s own contentment
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general and explains the comical‚ serious and memorable‚ then poignant parts of life. Laughter is something that pleases the mind. Throughout our entire lives‚ we search for things that make us feel‚ even for the slightest amount of time‚ happy. Billy Collins writes‚ “Chalk dust flurrying down in winter‚ / nights dark as a blackboard” (Page 535). He is referring to happy times as a teenager. Being more than happy when the snow comes and school is out. Having nothing but time to be out of the house
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Throughout life‚ many people have different writing experiences; the good‚ the bad‚ and the ugly. We started off writing when we were in grade school and still continue to do so. So why does a first year composition instructor asks us to relive our high school experiences? One of my bad writing experiences was I never was a good writer in general. I didn’t really like writing essays‚ because my essays usually end up being boring and repetitive. Sometimes I am unsure on what I should be writing
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“The Ugly Tourist” “The Ugly Tourist”‚ which originally appeared in Harper’s in 1988‚ became the opening chapter of “A Small Place”. The author is Jamaica Kincaid and she grew up in Antigua. Kincaid states in her essay “The Ugly Tourist” that “a tourist is an ugly human being”. These are strong words. You can sense the anger in her essay. She defines both what it is to be a tourist as well as to live in the gaze of tourists. The title introduces a key word used multiple times throughout her
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Oranges‚ have you ever felt something for someone so much you would do anything for them. I think this story is a good description of this because this person cared so much for this girl that he was trying to go out of his way to do this one thing for her and had to give up the only thing he had. I think this poem can be taken many different ways‚ but the way I see it is that he cared so much for this girl that he would give up everything for her. I take it as a lesson for people to learn not to
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Technology: The Good‚ The Bad‚ and The Ugly Writer’s Memo: For my research paper‚ I would really like to discuss how modern technology is taking away our intelligence. I read a statistic the other day that read‚ 19% of child between the ages of two and four can operate an Iphone application‚ but only 9% can tie their shoes. This quote startled me and caused me to realize that we‚ as humans‚ are slowly loosing are ability to do simple tasks such as learning to tie our shoes. There is so much
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In my six weeks at Port Elliot Primary School I feel that I have excelled past my own expectations and gained vital experience and knowledge. In my Personal Learning Plan I addressed the need to further my experience with Shasta my student with severe birth defects‚ improve my ability to tweak lessons as they are unfolding and improve my recording strategies. In the weeks following my Personal Learning Plan I spent most mornings with Shasta getting to know and understand his morning routine I also
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