Jia Jun Luo 9/23//16 PM Tuesday Tunes Interpretive Response - “Growing Up” In the song “Growing Up” by Macklemore‚ Ryan Lewis‚ and Ed Sheeran‚ there is a dad‚ Macklemore‚ in the story that sings his advice to his unborn baby. The artist’s message is that unborn children will be needing plenty of helpful advice previously used by their parents in order to make them more successful than their parents. “Listen to your teachers‚ but cheat in calculus” is a line from the song and is a powerful example
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The novels I have read throughout my life have had a significant impact on who I am today and what I believe in. In particular‚ the school setwork novels “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom from Grade 8 and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins from Grade 10 have had an effect on my life. “Do I wither up and disappear‚ or do I make the best of my time left?” – Morrie Schwartz‚ in his thoughts after being told he had ALS‚ a neurodegenerative disease. He knew this meant he had only a limited time
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happy. June is getting ready to go to swimming camp. Once she gets there‚ there is another June. “Your name is Fish Eyes.” The other June always teases her. “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a story that shows bullying happening and how June deals with it‚ near the end of the story and June always tries to stay away from Tuesday-- the awful days. Even when the other June makes fun of her and calls her names‚ June is a good hearted person‚ follows every rule her mother gives her‚ and
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the diction to the poems it is a first person and third person perspective. Both of the poems make you feel their struggle and what they’re going through. The words each author use is repetitive and they use it for a specific purpose. In “Work Late Tuesday Night” the women in the poem constantly keeps using “I”‚ “to”‚ and “too”. She uses these words in order to show an excessive reminder of being a working parent. She uses “I” to show that she’s in charge of what she’s doing and that she’s the only
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how human weakness is presented in Othello and Macbeth? In both plays there is alot of dramatic irony but also shows revenge and jealousy... The most obvious subject or theme in Othello is revenge and jealousy. Iago is the main kead to almost everything that happens in these themes. He has been hearing rumours about his wife’s affairs with the moor‚ so he dislikes Othello and must be jealous of Cassio for being lieutenant. However‚ we can never be completely sure what Iago’s motivation is to
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Poverty and Dignity: The implied theme of the tension between poverty and dignity in Tuesday Siesta‚ One passage that stood out to me is when the Mother said “If you feel like doing anything‚ do it now‚” said the woman. “Later‚ don’t take a drink anywhere even if you’re dying of thirst. Above all‚ no crying.” I perceived this as though the Mother has a strong sense of self dignity‚ and also is very reticent. She was telling her daughter to not let anyone see her sorrow or her simple need to quench
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reluctance to be there through the highly negative emotions displayed on her face. Josie is represented as feeling trapped by her culture; she desires the white Australian society but cannot fit in there either. In Mitch Ablom’s non-fictional novel “Tuesdays with Morrie”‚ his favourite Uncle passed away from stomach cancer. Mitch vows to become important‚ and by remarks such as “I buried myself in accomplishments”‚ he commits to lead a life of materialism. The metaphor of burying himself signifies the
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After reading the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie‚ Morrie one of the main characters leaves the reader with many “lessons” to live by. On their twelfth Tuesday together they talked about forgiveness. While Mitch was massaging Morrie’s feet‚ Morrie said “There is no point in keeping a vengeance and stubbornness. These things I regret in my life. Pride. Vanity.” And “Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” These are two aphorisms or advices that Morrie had interpreted in the book to live
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Wisdom is an absolutely valued and loved trait in our community and is associated mutually with the elderly people. In both texts‚ King Lear by William Shakespeare and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom‚ one of the main characters in both texts‚ King Lear and Morrie Schwartz‚ were experienced to develop intelligence afterwards undergoing suffering and troubles. However‚ both these men began their investigations in different ways. Morrie infinitely emphasized the worth of community and comfort‚ meanwhile
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The problems started on October 24th 1929 when the stock market started to crash‚ this day is also known as Black Tuesday. On October 29th The Stock Market went down another 12%‚ this was the final blow that led to the Great Depression. People lost there jobs which led to them not being able to pay there bills they then lost there house‚ and had to sell what they had‚ such as their cars‚ TVs and so on so that they could afford food. The president during the beginning of the Great Depression was
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