Reading Log: Alexie – “What Does It Mean to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” Time started reading: 5:27 Time ended reading: 5:45 Before Reading What do you already know about the author/story? I actually do not know anything about the author or story. I have not heard of either before. Notice the title: does it give you any ideas about what the story may be about? Based on the title‚ “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ I was not sure at first whether the story would be a bibliography of his
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about Eternal Consciousness. He does this on page 49. What I believe Kierkegaard means by the eternal consciousness is our ability to think. We have this ability to think and make decisions so we have some sort of control over what we do. This becomes clear when Kierkegaard talks about people going through the world like a “ship through a sea”(Kierkegaard‚ p.49) and a “wind through the desert” (Kierkegaard‚ p.49). It seems by using those two examples he essentially says that if we cant think then we
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started listening to Nirvana‚ and this is what I follow in life. I am a very soft spoken‚ direct‚ honest‚ critical‚ trustworthy and an introvert person who loves dogs and does not know how to say things that pleases others. I have always been an average student who gets marks around 75% in both school and college. I have good work experience with IBM and even some international experience in Singapore because of my research and I work extremely hard to do whatever work is given to me. I am the kind
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What Does the American Flag Mean Anymore? Among all of the current conflicts that have arisen in the United States‚ minor conflicts such as the issue of U.S citizens not respecting the American flag anymore‚ should also be addressed. The American flag stands for justice‚ purity‚ perseverance‚ and freedom; all of which this country has paid a large price to earn. At the cost of many lives‚ freedom was won‚ yet few people acknowledge this. It is uncertain whether or not people actually
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Do you worry about what people say? Around the world‚ a lot of people worry about what others say or think of them‚ but‚ what’s the reason whereby people think a lot about what others say? So‚ according to different references‚ people want to be liked and accepted‚ and in that roll‚ it’s very important what people say about them. But‚ what’s the impact of be worry about what people say? … We’ll see that. Caring about what people say of you it’s normal because it means that you respect the different
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at all costs.” So what does it really mean to be 100% American? When one claims to be 100% American‚ they are typically not going to say it with 100% confidence. Take for instance immigration. In 1970 alone‚ the number of immigrants in the United States skyrocketed from 9.6 million to roughly 26 million. Many people believe that any variation of man born in the United States is 100% American‚ because of where they were born‚ but take for instance‚ you have a friend‚ let’s say his name is Julian
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fear of punishment” (Gandhi). To me‚ this quote means power through generosity and kindness is longer lasting and more genuine than power gained by terror . The first part of the quote‚ “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love” (Gandhi) means that a person can come to power by two ways. One way is by making a person do something because he is afraid of what the consequences will be if he does not do the task. For example‚ in Animal Farm by George
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off the reservations. In addition‚ unlike many authors Alexie uses gallows humor to lighten the darkness in some of his stories. Most of Alexie’s stories do not deal with life on the reservations; most of his stories are life experiences that can influence readers to overcome situations in life. Alexie’s short story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” is a powerful written novel that brings two ex-friends together to overcome challenges in life. This story is about two characters Victor
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1668 (Stanford: 2014). He was educated by various Jesuit tutors and taught rhetoric for 40 years at the University of Naples (Stanford: 2014). The book‚ On the Study Methods of Our Time‚ published in 1709 was Vico’s response and critique of Descartes methodology (Stanford: 2014). Vico argues Descartes method reduces knowledge of all disciplines and gives no opportunity to look at probabilities‚ only certainties. Vico believed that Descartes method reduced learning and argued when one only looks at certainties
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To be a snitch means to be a tattle teller. It is also known as being an informer or someone who shares advice. In the latter day urban society snitching is considered to be one of the ways of getting yourself in unwanted trouble. Like they say don’t go sticking your nose in other people’s business‚ snitching is exactly the opposite of it. Growing up in today’s urban society it has become a debate whether or not snitching is
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