A look back at “Salvation” by Langston Hughes Our story begins like many other stories with a setting‚ main character‚ and a catchy introduction. Like many other stories it attracts the reader’s attention with something vague‚ making the person reading the story want to continue on further into the piece. This reading is like many other’s which portray real life situations‚ and show a different culture coming from a first person point of view. In the story‚ the main character‚ Langston‚ is a
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In the Ted Talks that I watched for this class‚ Shultz spoke on why we are stuck in the feeling of being right. Shultz says that we find ourselves stuck in a feeling of being right because of how we feel emotionally when we are wrong. Being wrong feels the same as being right until you realize that you are wrong‚ and then it can be devastating‚ embarrassing‚ and even funny at times. She called this “error blindness”. Shultz notes‚ that the second reason we are stuck in being right is cultural
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In the article titled‚ “One Word‚ Two Words‚ Pink Words‚ Blue Words” by Debuk‚ the concept of gendered language is addressed. The article discusses the gender-marked patterns in language used everyday‚ the consequences that result from these patterns‚ and proposes a solution for these consequences. While the ideas proclaimed in the article are sound‚ there are some issues one could bring up in regards to whether or not the suggested solution would merely reinforce the problem‚ a fact that the author
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In the TED talk‚ “The Power of Introverts” speaker Susan Cain suggests that introversion should be encouraged and embraced. She believes that by allowing individuals to work individually‚ it can help maximize their skills in school and work. She explains that introverts aren’t shy‚ but they respond differently to stimulation. As an introvert‚ I empathize Cain’s personal experience of being an introvert‚ but some of her reasoning is questionable. However‚ the idea that introversion should be accepted
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that he needs to stop living in the past and decided to forget about Martha and take on the responsibility of a leader. The most shocking part of this chapter was the way the men handled the death of Ted Lavender‚ specifically Cross’s reaction. The soldiers all took his death way too lightly. Ted was killed right in front of them and killed at a time they were least expecting something like this to happen. The way the soldiers handled this was almost inhumane. Then as
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SALVATION by Langston Hughes "I hadn’t seen Jesus and that now I didn’t believe there was a Jesus any more‚ since he didn’t come to help me". That final paragraph in Salvation does show the truth that- nobody in the church knows the boy’s secret because he did not see God. What people had told him before and what he saw are opposites. Disappointment is certainly. It is the feeling we all get when something or someone fails to live up to our expectations. Everybody‚ at least one time in their lives
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Over the years I’ve witnessed to some gifted public speakers. People like Ted Kennedy (yes I’m met him a few times) who had a power and forcefulness to his voice that painted mental imagery so strong you would swear you can see his words. John Bingham from Runner Magazine‚ he had jokes‚ but could captivate his audience through a shared passion that made strangers feel like they knew each other. Retired Chief Terry Savoie who delivered a speak at an awards banquet with the slogan “life ain’t fair…win
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“Island” poem wrote by Langston Hughes‚ Langston Hughes is very popular writer who know for an identifiable rhythm or beat. His poems always make reader aspiration in many ways‚ example his dreams makes readers to think about hidden dreams and lost dreams. “Balloon of the Mind” by W. B. Yeats who is also a popular writer too who received the nobel prize for literature in 1923. However‚ both poems have way different topics where there is no related to each other but the idea of the themes are the
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2:30-3:45pm September 12‚ 2013 THE EXPERIENCE THAT SHAPED WHO I AM TODAY People wonder and try to guess what made me the way I am today. I’ve been confronted by elderly strangers‚ being asked the same question almost every time. Questions like: “Why are you so nice?”‚ “Why are you so different from others?”‚ and “Why is the way you dress unique?” I give them all the same answers‚ I tell them I am who I am today because of my past experience. I never go into details about telling
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In the Poem Cross by Langston Hughes‚ he shows how mixed races encounter hardships. One major hardship that mixed races encounter is identity problems. Langston demonstrates how not embracing a specific ethnicity causes him to show spitefulness toward his “white old man” and his Caucasian heritage. Langston also shows how identifying with his “Black old mother” and his African American heritage can cause bitterness because he did not know his true identity. At the end of Cross Langston struggles
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