Samantha Torres Professor Reyes ENGL-3A 21‚ June 2024 “This is Water” David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water”commencement speech was very interesting because of how well was able to engage his audience. His choice of language‚ anecdotes‚ and humor played an important role in delivering his message successfully. These elements have been combined to create a compelling and persuasive message that the audience can relate to. Wallace started off with a tone that was approachable and shied away from the
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Blind Men and the Elephant poem by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined‚ Who went to see the Elephant(Though all of them were blind)‚ That each by observation Might satisfy his mind The First approached the Elephant‚ And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side‚ At once began to bawl: “God bless me! but the ElephantIs very like a wall!” The Second‚ feeling of the tusk‚ Cried‚ “Ho! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp
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RATIONALE By Aaron Rodriguez Mercutio is a humorous and opinionated character‚ he is also very insightful. Using symbols‚ I show these attributes that he possesses‚ also showing his development throughout the play. With the images‚ I included line references to support the symbols and images displayed. Also‚ I included a background and border to unify all the images and symbols utilized. I hope you will be able to see the character Mercutio in the poster I created. One of the symbols I chose was
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Hills like elephants The short story "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway has a lot to do with making decision in a relationship. The story shows problems within a relationship and a lack of communication between a couple. Throughout the story‚ the couple is trying to argue about having an abortion. The couple has different mindset than each other‚ because of which they don’t agree with each other. The hills symbolize two different situations that the pregnant girl is faced with. Both
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It appeals to ethos and pathos that challenge the viewers to questions morale of the decisions the characters make. For example‚ in a recent episode‚ 14-year-old Debbie —who was once a symbol of innocence for the series—made a bad choice based on her unconscious‚ senior in high school ex-boyfriend‚ not even grasping that what she was doing considered as rape. It was a pivotal moment for the character; she’d finally lost her virginity at 15 years old and trapped in the dilemma of proving her own insecurity
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“This is Water”‚ he presents his audience‚ the friends‚ family and Kenyon University graduates of the class of 2005‚ with a different way to view a situation. Wallace informs his audience how self-centered human kind is and poses an alternative for this self-centered idea. Wallace starts his speech off with a small story of three fish. “Two younger fish are swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way‚ who nods at them and says ‘Morning‚ boys. How’s the water?’ And the
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The Blind Men and the Elephant John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined‚ Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind)‚ That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant‚ And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side‚ At once began to bawl: "God bless me! But the Elephant Is very like a WALL!" The Second‚ feeling of the tusk‚ Cried‚ "Ho‚ what have we here‚ So very
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In the stories written by Hurston‚ Faulkner‚ and O’Connor‚ many of the characters appear to be flawed; the main protagonists all have a distorted mental state. Southern novels often feature a type of grotesque theme. In “ Hairoglyphics in Faulkner’s " A Rose for Emily"/ Reading the Primal Trace “‚ authors Mary Arensberg and Sara E. Schyfter discuss the mental state of Miss Emily in “ A Rose for Emily “ by William Faulkner. The authors state‚ “ Incest between a father and daughter‚ the re-enactment
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Brown‚ many characters are significantly important in the digital world and have a vast impact on “The Rise of the Internet” as seen today. The character Susan Fletcher is dedicated‚ determined‚ and independent this character is and is very influential to all goal-driven women who are to take on the challenges of the virtual world. One of the first things to consider about a character in a novel or story is the consistency of the character throughout the entire novel. Many characters may be dynamic
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In the making of the story “The Most Dangerous Game” it is evident that the author‚ Richard Connell‚ spent a great deal of time formulating the characters and how they would affect the story. The way the characters act also builds on the theme of the story. In the beginning of the story‚ we get introduced to the main character‚ Rainsford. In the story‚ Rainsford would be considered a protagonist because he is the person that we are focused on and he would be considered the good guy. As the story
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