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    (for several reasons) are the frontrunners of their religion (i.e. priests‚ bishops‚ and various religious leaders) in history and in current society. Therefore‚ they don’t practice what they preach. Going back to the context of the poem‚ a bishop basically criticizes the female character because of her “vulgar” choice of clothing but in return Jane responded the foul words in a defensive way‚ more like sending the bishop a message that just because she wears that kind of clothing it doesn’t automatically

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    Digital Divide – by Claire Bishop Response by Lucas Olscamp Claire Bishop sets out to examine the idea the largely the genre of “digital art” has been ignored and somewhat consciously forgotten by the world of contemporary art. Bishop also suggests that much of the ideology and history behind the “digital revolution” is also reduced‚ removed‚ and ignored; that digital art poses the necessary questions to our society today on the “troubling oscillation between intimacy and distance” (1) and that

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    Luc Brubaker Professor Kovak English 110 Reading Journal 9 12 November 2012 Reading Journal 4‚ Prompt 4 “At dark‚ shadowy intersections‚ I could cross in front of a car stopped at a traffic light and elicit the thunk‚ thunk‚ thunk‚ thunk of the driver - black‚ white‚ male‚ or female - hammering down the door locks(Staples 34).” Throughout the whole essay‚ Staples gives different examples of how society views him as a menace without even actually knowing him. A lot of the people he encounters are

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    (AGG) According to the author Francois Crepeau‚ there is a refugee camp in southwest Algeria that is fully equipped and supplied by international assistance‚ but this is not always the case for every camp around the world. (BS-1) Staples describes how refugees have many conflicts in the novel and it is then proven to be true in the article Refugee Camps. (BS-2) The novel shows how living in a refugee camp can affect how a girl will reunite with her brother and father. (BS-3) The author also uses

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    Luc Brubaker Professor Kovak English 110 Reading Journal 4 23 September 2012 Reading Journal 4‚ Prompt 4 “At dark‚ shadowy intersections‚ I could cross in front of a car stopped at a traffic light and elicit the thunk‚ thunk‚ thunk‚ thunk of the driver - black‚ white‚ male‚ or female - hammering down the door locks.” Throughout the whole essay‚ Staples gives different examples of how society views him as a menace without even actually knowing him. A lot of the people he encounters are quick to

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    it takes to get ahead and get his way. This have happened very often in the history of the world‚ specifically recently with the whole church molestation and child abuse scandals surrounding the Catholic Church. These were instances when Priests‚ Bishops‚ Cardinals‚ and other people of moral authority went against all that they claimed to stand for‚ much like Tartuffe. This theme of morality and ethics in Tartuffe reminded me greatly of the child molestation and abuse scandals that fell over the Catholic

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    September 2013 Deepening the essay “Just walk on by” by Brent Staples   In the front part of the essay “ Just walk on by”‚ Brent tells a few little stories which are talking about how bad racism is hurting him. He is hurting for racism as a child‚ as an adult‚ as a student and as a journalist. People are giving a mark of bad people on him. However‚ in the last paragraph‚ he “whistles melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi....” (qtd. in Brent) and “Even steely New Yorkers hunching toward nighttimes

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    The article I have chosen “ A Brother’s Murder” is by Brent Staples. I have chose this article because it is a moving subject. This article is about the day a brother looks back on this day happening to be the day he received the news of his brother’s death. This article starts off as a memory of this day and explains what happened and some of the things the brother was dealing with. “ It has been more than two years since my telephone rang with the news that my younger brother Blake just twenty-two

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    The poem One Art by Elizabeth Bishop has a conversational tone conveying an obvious particular notion--at first. The first refrain serves to declare victoriously an opening statement that‚ "The art of losing isn’t hard to master" (Bishop Line 1). As the poem advances‚ repetitions of the first and second refrains reveal themselves as helpful incantations. At first‚ this villanelle appears as a no-nonsense tutorial equipped with literary imagery on how to get over losing things‚ places‚ opportunities

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    “Bishop’s carefully judged use of language aids the reader to uncover the intensity of feeling in her poetry.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with the above statement? Support your answer with reference to the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop on your course. Elizabeth Bishop’s use of language in her poems has allowed readers to grasp a better understanding of feeling in her poetry. During the beginning of Bishop’s career‚ she was often referred to as a ‘miniaturist’. Her concentration

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