Who Am I? My name is Lillian Smith‚ I also go by Lilly. I’m not a straight A student‚ an athlete‚ or someone who people look up to. I’m just your average 16 year old girl Junior trying to make it through High School at the moment. I’d rather not say that "I’m still trying to find myself" because i’m not really lost‚ i’m taking things slow and figuring out them along the way. Teachers think of me as a student who rarely gets things turned in on time and procrastinates until the last minute. When
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In Saul Bellow’s essay‚ Hidden Within Technology’s Kingdom‚ a Republic of Letters‚ he reveals to us that by the 1930’s the media was beginning to make the written word obsolete. Most of Americans are losing their since of literature. Bellow tells us of how Oswald Spengler‚ one of the most widely read authors of the early ’30s‚ taught that our tired old civilization was very nearly finished. His advice to the young was to avoid literature and the arts and to embrace mechanization and become
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Explain your response: I consider myself an adult in some ways because I am breaking away from my family; I live on my own. As a young adult‚ I have developed post-formal thinking; according to Perry‚ I have moved from the dualistic thought to relativistic thought. For example‚ I am an adult when arguing with my mother‚ and I just let her say anything she has to say instead of being egocentric. I understand arguing will not take us anywhere. I am in this predicament with my mother‚ and I no longer
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Is the ghost in Hamlet really a devil? Uploaded by xsparklyvix (1188) on Sep 5‚ 2005 ‘The ghost that I have seen may be a devil’‚ Can we be sure about the ghost in Hamlet? What are your conclusions on this matter. William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a drama‚ which has been renowned for its content and depiction of characters. Over the years‚ it has gone through many variations of interpretations and criticisms. One such criticism is the nature of the ghost who takes the form of Hamlet’s
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Is Bullying Really Worth It? Everyday around the world‚ about 160‚000 students skip school because they are afraid they will get bullied‚ even to the point of having suicidal thoughts. About 7 percent of high school students have attemted suicide. However more than 14 percent have thought about it due to the bullying involved in there everyday lives. Bullying continues to happen everday making it a very important reacurring issue that needs to be stoppped. There are many high school students that
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The book‚ Taming Your Gremlin by Rick Carson‚ is about how to silence or “tame” the inner critic or “gremlin” we have inside us. It’s the narrator inside of our head. The first and most important step is to “simply notice” or become aware of the gremlin and it’s affect on us. It’s only after we’ve successfully tamed this gremlin that we will find inner peace and fulfillment. The main theme of the book was to “simply notice” and become aware of the existence of your gremlin. In fact‚ the book says
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Format 3 definitions (10% each) – about 3 sentences; what is it and what is its significance? 2 short questions (10% each) – 3-4 sentences; answer the question‚ explain significance 1 essay (50%) – suggested format: an introduction stating your argument‚ three paragraphs each addressing a particular aspect of your argument supported by examples from readings and lectures‚ conclusion (i.e. what did you prove). Contents Possible Definitions and Short Questions Globalization definition (notes)
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Yasmeen Qureshi English 1A Mr. Hart 22 October 2013 “Bullet in My Neck” Response Essay It is not easy to get over the trauma of being shot‚ let alone to forgive the person who is responsible for the shooting. It also depends on the situation in which one is in‚ in that moment and how he/ she gets out of it. In the case of Gerald Stern‚ a poet on his way to a conference‚ he and his companion Rosalind Pace were cornered and shot at while stopped at a red light for no apparent
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A Clockwork Orange Response Part 3 Chapters 4-7 A theme conveyed in the last chapter of Anthony Burgess’s novel‚ A Clockwork Orange is about the transition from his childhood to becoming an adult. From the beginning‚ Alex was a violent‚ cruel‚ and immature teenager and now embraces a new image of living a peaceful and mature lifestyle. Most importantly‚ he intentionally wants to change his true image so that his future son will be able to follow his footsteps. This is a prime example of how Alex’s
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