Carrie Archer I was born on March 4‚ 1891 at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights‚ New York. My father Clark Archer was a gynecologist and surgeon and my mother‚ Matilda Speldman‚ was a young woman of refinement. I am the oldest of six children including Barbara‚ Katherine‚ and two boys‚ Rogers and Lyman. The youngest child‚ a girl named Matilda‚ died at one year old. We children were respected and deeply loved by our parents and were brought up to be loving and thoughtful. We were given excellent
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lines expressing how fed up she was with not feeling normal. 3. Allegory : by there being a deeper meaning behind her words rather than her literal meaning. Its purposes had greater depth than just shutting her eyes. 4. Imagery: by “The stars go waltzing out in blue and red‚ And arbitrary blackness gallops in” giving you a mental image. 5. Allusion: by going back and showing that God or religion has had zero impact in her life. Analysis 1. "I shut my eyes and all the
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Mental perseverance influences people by helping them achieve success. This is supported by the works Are You a Loser‚ Fever 1793‚ Generators Power Puerto Rico‚ and the Perks of Being a Wallflower. Mental perseverance is shown throughout the article titled Are You a Loser. The article highlights the experiences of successful people‚ such as Edison‚ who said he “didn’t fail 1‚000 times‚ the light bulb was invented with 1‚000 steps” (Scholastic 2). This quote says Edison had failed a thousand times
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Summer Reading Description To be completely honest‚ this year was one of the first years that I actually did summer reading. I usually never do summer reading‚ the last time I probably did it was back in 6th grade and even then I had read a Judy B. Jones book a day before school even started. I decided I would do it this year since I want to do better in school‚ plus my mom and my girlfriend kept pushing me on until I started it. When I finally started summer reading I decided I would do one
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case was also found in one of the famous writer on the Victorian era‚ Roald Dahl. The story of a childhood that passed by him regarded as a trigger of ideas for Dahl in composing children stories that are very well known until this time‚ such as Matilda‚ George ’s Marvelous Medicine‚ The Witches‚ Charlie and The Chocolate Factory‚ and some of his work that is quite popular. Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff‚ Wales‚ on September 13‚ 1916. He was born from a family to a Norwegian. He was the son
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Different Types of Power Power‚ everyone craves‚ but is it not easy to hold on to once it is obtained. In this essay‚ different forms of power will be addressed through Lloyd Jones’s novel “Mister Pip”. Mister Pip is about a young girl named Matilda and how a book‚ called “Great Expectation”‚ helped her‚ and changed her life forever. This novel‚ “Mister Pip‚” shows different kinds of power and what words can do that actions sometimes fail at‚ and that words can bring someone power and freedom
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A Portrait William the Conqueror William the Conqueror: First English King Dominique Joyner Period 3 March 10‚ 2013 William the Conqueror was the first Norman king of England. During the time of his reign as Duke and King‚ William I strengthened the relationship between the English and the French. William the Conqueror’s conquests improved the prosperity of both England and France. William I was born 1027 in Falaise‚ Normandy. He is the illegitimate child of Herleva of Falaise
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Representations of the "Australian Persona" Mateship’ A key element of what is presented to be the Australian character is that of camaraderie‚ base friendliness towards everybody‚ and egalitarianism‚ the belief that everybody is equal and should have the same opportunities‚ treatment‚ etc. as everybody else. As such‚ Australians are very supportive of democracy‚ compulsory voting‚ and are generally‚ in most cases‚ unprejudiced towards each other based on such trivialities as‚ for example‚ social
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Anthony‚ and Matilda J. Gage. This was the beginning of change in how women viewed themselves as equals. Stanton’s declaration criticized the hypocrisy of the Declaration of Independence‚ which states that everyone has inalienable rights to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit
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Creative Analysis: “My Papa’s Waltz: The Sequel” As reader-response critics have long noted‚ opening up discussions of a poem to accommodate multiple interpretations can reveal striking things about how individual readers’ assumptions and cultural positions affect their understanding of what they read. “My Papa’s Waltz: The Sequel‚” a poem that expands Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ My Papa’s Waltz‚ better supports the original poem’s theme of mourning a beloved father as opposed to what some believe
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