Walter Lord is an American author who was born on October 8‚ 1917. He is best known for his book “A Night to Remember”‚ which was written based on the true story of the ship Titanic. The main point of the book “Day of Infamy” was based on the attack on Pearl Harbor and the days leading up to the event. Anyone that was there at Pearl Harbor go on about their day‚ and had no idea what was about to take place. An event such as Pearl Harbor was difficult to write about and did not hold my interest.
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Introduction: The Narrative paradigm is an ideology created by Walter Fisher. The Narrative paradigm is defined as “a theory of symbolic actions—words and/or deeds—that have sequence and meaning for those who live‚ create‚ or interpret them” (Fisher). If you trace humanity back to it’s roots‚ you will find there has long been word of mouth accounts of history. Things that are spoken about time after time‚ only to finally be notarized in some way shape or form. Whether it be writing on the wall
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Monster‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ is about a 16 year old Harlem boy named Steve Harmon. Steve gets tried for murder in a court of law because he supposedly was involved in the burglary/shooting of Mr. Nesbit‚ the convenience store clerk on December 22. Steve is wrongfully arrested‚ and spends time in jail awaiting his verdict‚ which he is found innocent for after a long trial. While in prison‚ Steve put his time to good use and wrote a play word for word based on his trial. This book falls under the
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1. Fr. Walter Cizek faced many trials throughout his many years in Soviet Russia. Among the most testing of these trials were his years spent at the prison in Lubianka‚ being interrogated as a “Vatican spy.” Kept in isolation and left to his thoughts for years on end‚ he often turned to God and bible passages for support. However‚ even after all his prayer; he still fell to an interrogator’s methods. Turning once more to more fervent prayer‚ he comes to a realization that he had been praying all
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Have you ever wondered how a poem’s structure can contribute to it’s meaning and effect? Well if so‚ you have come to the right place because today I will be discussing how the poem “Train Tune” written by Louise Hogan’s form and structure contributes to it’s meaning and effect. There are several different elements in a poem that can contribute to it’s meaning; those elements are rhyme‚ rhythm‚ meter‚ punctuation‚ capitalization‚ and many others. All of these elements contribute to how you read a
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Sir Walter Raleighs The Lie is a Renaissance poem which explores universal political and social ideas. The poem was written in the year 1618‚ as the poet awaited his execution in a chamber in the Tower of London. Raleigh says Tell men of high condition‚ that manage the estate‚ their purpose is ambition; their practise only hate. Raleigh speaks of customs no longer followed as he refers to the rich as owning an estate‚ but also comments upon human nature and the universal theme of selfishness and
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experiences that can ever happened to everyone‚ it does not only destroy a lot of things‚ but also affects the people who take part in it. It is said that when a man returns home from war he is forever changed. The short story ’The Red Convertible’ by Louise Erdrich depicts the story of two Native American brothers‚ Lyman and his older brother Henry narrated by Lyman‚ it starts with Lyman has received a large insurance check after a tornado destroyed his restaurant‚ two brother used that money to purchase
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“Tracks” is an amazing novel written by Louise Erdrich. It is a powerful and dark story that is about a native American tribe called the Chippewas who are struggling to protect their land and traditional heritage. The story takes place in the early 1900s where it appears as though the migration of the white settlers and native American Indians have a feud over sacred land. In the story Nanapush and Pauline take turns narrating each chapter in the story. Both have different views and relationships
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Erika English 110 1-21-2014 Arts of the Contact Zone Questions for a Second Reading: 1. In my opinion‚ the introductory story Pratt is telling about her sons and their baseball cards not only gets the reader interested in what is to come‚ but also gets them thinking a little about how worthy their education system. It sparked my interest to learn that her sons were learning their phonics not in school‚ but by reading the names and statistics of players on baseball cards. Later on‚ Pratt
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In the poem titled “The School Children” by Louise Gluck‚ the author utilizes an industrious tone and the symbol of the apple to establish the understanding that it is hard to maintain individuality in a society where one is expected to conform to the masses. Continuing to conform can only lead to a loss of one’s sense of self. In the first line of the poem‚ the speaker states‚ “The children go forward with their little satchels” (Gluck). The term “satchels” is used in this line and is a small bag
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