The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at
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“Where are you Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Oates and “Castle Nowhere” by Woolson offer a strong basis for comparison and contrast in terms of canonical and non-canonical texts through characterization‚ genre/tone‚ setting‚ themes‚ and symbolism. While many of the obvious differences reside in concrete categories like setting‚ genre/tone‚ and characterization‚ there are alluring similarities in theme and symbolism that can allow the reader to conclude the canonization of “Where are you Going‚ Where
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If there was one thing I learned from science fairs--besides learning how to properly record my data--is that friendships require forgiveness. It may seem implausible and absurd‚ but during the science fair two years ago‚ I had finally learned this valuable lesson of forgiving. I would often dwell upon this memory and smile‚ wondering how we had still won that science fair. My teammates were my two close friends‚ Daniel and Raymond. Everything went smoothly at first; we made lots of progress in experimenting
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Oates constitutes the use of allegories to create a sense of suspense in the story. The story depicts the way society was in the 1960s. In this time period‚ there were a lot of controversies that cause a lot of frustration. Many stories written during the 1960s involved a lot of the same things that are in this coming-of-age story. The issues incorporated into “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”
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When I hear the question‚ “Do you have any siblings?”‚ I am forced to reply yes. “An older and younger brother”‚ I explain. Though‚ often times‚ I feel as though I do not have an older brother. As children‚ our differences blurred. Both him and I could run across sandy beaches and green hills with the same laughter coursing throughout our bodies. We could battle against each other in Pokemon and watch Saturday morning cartoons together. Yet‚ with time it became clear to my parents that something
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In Mark Edmunson’s article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”‚ he directs this article to incoming freshman and talks about going to college with very little resources and being the only one in his family to goto college; he also talks about what students need to do in college to be successful. Edmunson thinks everyone should find out who they really are in college so you know what you want to do in your future career. Not just going to college pursuing a career thats not much of an interest
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Mistakes are inevitable. There’s no sugar-coating it or avoiding it since it’s inescapable. In life if there’s one thing that is certain‚ apart from death and taxes that is‚ it’s that no matter how hard you try or how noble your intentions may be‚ you’re going to make mistakes‚ and as a result hurt others and yourself. It’s merely human to and isn’t that what we are? So what does happen after we make the inevitable mistakes we do? For all our justifications of making mistakes because we’re human
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The Worst Mistake? According to Jared Diamond’s text‚ the Agriculture Revolution is thought of being the worst mistake made in human history where as when humans hunted and gathered was the high peak. He also states that domesticating crops brought great confusing creating social classes and inequality between men and women. I completely disagree with this opinion. First of all the Agricultural Revolution was a crucial element when forming earliest civilizations. Second‚ I don’t think that
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composition have stayed the same. For example‚ from the beginning of the semester to now in the mid-semester‚ I have been working hard to complete all my assignments. I have been doing every assignment given to me and finishing it on the instructed due date. In this class‚ you can see on my Midterm grades that I have been doing my work and turning in my assignments on time. I have done every assignment and pushed myself to be better to get the grade I want to achieve. Each time I have been given work
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I have learned much this semester‚ about writing in general‚ some things I have learned about are‚ the many different types of writing essay‚ there are such as‚ what a literacy narrative is‚ what academic writing is‚ how to write a definition essay‚ how to write a rhetorical analysis essay‚ as well as I have learned what‚ ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos are. In addition‚ I have learned what are the issues I have with writing‚ I’ve always known I had issues of writing but I didn’t learn until last semester
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