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Creative Writing: Who Am I? (547 words, 2 pages)

Who am I? This is a question we have all faced many times, from a multitude of sources. Ever since elementary school when I was asked to write about my family and myself, I disliked self-reflection. This was in part because I did not have the vocabulary to present my ... Read More

A Reflection on the Origins of Anorexia and Bulimia and the Article Am I Thin Enough Yet? by Sharlene Hesse-Biber (704 words, 2 pages)

After reading the article "Am I Thin Enough Yet?" by Sharlene Hesse-Biber, I thought about the origins of anorexia and bulimia. I didn'treally know anyone with anorexia in high school, although we suspected thisone girl may have had it, because she was bone thin. I think that a fewthings could ... Read More

The Personal Code of Conduct I Follow in My Life (1560 words, 5 pages)

Personal Code of ConductEvery person, whether conscious of it or not, has a way they want to act towards others based on how theyve been treated and how they think others should be treated. These are a few things I think are important in how I treat people.Listen. I think ... Read More

A Report on Two Environmental Hazard Cases: The Love Canal Incident and the Gems Landfill Incident (432 words, 2 pages)

Love Canal AssignmentThe Love Canal incident was a very devastating environmental hazard caused by greed and ignorance. Gems landfill is a close to home literally its in Gloucester Township, which is a similar issue. Both expressed threats of chemical hazards, but Gems is that of above ground infiltrating deeper and ... Read More

The Theme of Death in the Poems Because I Could Not Stop for Death, To My Dear and Loving Husband, and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night (967 words, 4 pages)

Death is something that everyone thinks about at some point in time.Death is just a part of life. It's inevitable. While the concept of deathis accepted by some people, it is immensely feared by others. What comesafter death is something that everyone questions and has a different beliefabout. Some people ... Read More

The Reasons Why Prostitution Should Be Legalized in the United States (1033 words, 4 pages)

Many people believe that prostitution should not be legalized in the U.S. However, I believe full heartedly that prostitution should be legalized in the U.S. because its a victimless crime. Prostitution should be legalized because legalizing prostitution would make prostitution much safer for sex workers, other countries already have legalized ... Read More

Why I Think That Lengthening the School Day is Unnecessary (508 words, 2 pages)

How would you feel if the typical school day of all public schools in your city was extended to an extent? In fact, the majority of students, parents, and schools would find this . The mayor of NYC is contemplating lengthening the school day two hours. The significance of this ... Read More

The Emotions We Experience from Reading and Writing Poetry (1726 words, 5 pages)

When we read poetry, we read it because we can connect to the emotions portrayed the sorrow, joy, love, and tragedy illustrated on the page. To quote John Keating from Dead Poets Society, We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race ... Read More

The Importance of Interactive Reading and Writing in the Process of Teaching (457 words, 2 pages)

Interactive reading and writing is a very important process for children in elementary school but also students in middle and high school. Not only does it help children learn more, but it also makes sure they are following along and paying attention. It engages children and gets them hooked into ... Read More

Various Approaches to Interpreting Language, Close Reading and Influences on Identity in Jonathan Culler’s Writings (629 words, 3 pages)

In Fridays chapters of the reading by Jonathan Culler, he details various approaches to interpreting language, close reading, and influences on identity. In other words, these chapters discuss a lot of the same concepts thatwevebeen working on applying in class. It was helpful to get another perspective, and it really ... Read More

My Experience of Reading Danielle Legros Georges’ Poem Still Life with Orbs (540 words, 2 pages)

My poem hunting experience ended a little bit unsatisfactory. Peyton and I gathered a good four water bottles full of water between us and traveled together toward the Boston Public library. I believe our plan was to just pour water everywhere and hope we got lucky, but that didn't turn ... Read More

When I Was Small, a Woman Died by Emily Dickinson: a Comparison of the Original and Edited Version of the Poem (414 words, 2 pages)

The edits made to the poem "When I was Small, A Woman died" greatly impact both the reading of the poem and its overall quality. The dashes in the original provide a breathy quality to the poem that makes the poem feel more intimate and heartfelt. Likewise, the lack of ... Read More

The Portrayal of the Thoughts and Acts of the American People in the 1960’s in Three Films: Dr. Strangelove, Lost Command, and The Love-Ins (1609 words, 6 pages)

Films of the 1960s Showing What Society was ThinkingThe United States of America has gone through a variety of changes transitions throughout its history. A decade in time that has been talked about a lot and has had a great influence on the community at that time was the 1960s. ... Read More

My Work as an Educator: Why I Want to Teach Literacy (1173 words, 4 pages)

When I was younger, I used to own a leap frog. It was something that really helped me learn how to read. I would grab the plastic fake pen and point it to the words on the page and it would read them aloud for me. It helped a lot ... Read More

The Differences between Versions of Emily Dickinson’s Poem When I Was Small, a Woman Died (542 words, 2 pages)

Emily Dickinson's poem, "When I was small, a woman died", tells the story a young man and his heroic death in a time of bloody battle. In the first stanza, the reader discovers that the boy's mother died a while ago, and now he has joined the army, a decision ... Read More

Original and Edited Version of Emily Dickinson’s Poem When I Was Small, a Woman Died: How the Difference in the Number of Stanzas Change the Poem’s Meaning (536 words, 2 pages)

The discrepancy between Emily Dickinsons original When I was small, a Woman died and the version of the poem edited and published by her family is that the former poem has five stanzas, and the latter has only four stanzas, with the fifth removed. One stanza can of course represent ... Read More

Creative Writing: Reading a Poem at Fields Corner (624 words, 2 pages)

When I left my dorm Saturday morning, I had a bottle of water in my hand, and I was determined to find the poem I wanted. I hopped on the bus to Fields Corner, and the whole time I sat there thinking--hoping the poem would still be legible, and hoping ... Read More

The Relation Between Materialism and Love in The Great Gatsby, a Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2380 words, 7 pages)

Richard M. DeVos once said that "money cannot heal rupturedrelationships", and to that should be added regardless of eternal love.Everyone has experienced love at least once in their life a love they willnot soon forget. A novel which demonstrates such an unfading love would be"The Great Gatsby", written by F. ... Read More

The War on Drugs in the Film The House I Live in by Eugene Jarecki (353 words, 2 pages)

Summary The House I Live InThe war on drugs fact or fiction? Well, it depends on how you look at it. According to the film, The House I Live In,directed by Eugene Jarecki, the war on drugs is an overblown scare tactic that has historically not targeted the United States ... Read More

How Children Were Affected during World War I (2081 words, 6 pages)

During the war, lives were changed forever. Many were displaced from their homes and accused of crimes they did not commit. Many more were killed for pieces of their identities. Whether Jewish, Polish, Gypsy or any other race that the Nazis had deemed unfit, each met the same fate in ... Read More

The Experience of Reading Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Identifying with Edna Pontellier (585 words, 2 pages)

Reading The AwakeningI started readingThe Awakeningright after Thanksgiving, so I was in quite an introspective mood when I first started reading. At Thanksgiving, I had been asked all the typical family questions like, What do you want to be when you grow up?, What are you studying?, Whats your favorite ... Read More

Changes in the Gender Role of Women During World War I (4421 words, 18 pages)

In times of anxiety, there is a resurgence in the enforcement and belief in classical gender roles. There was perhaps no time as frightening and anxious as the time of the First World War. The citizens of the world made their best efforts to keep to what they knew for ... Read More

The Reasons Why the Reconstruction Era in America Failed (1143 words, 5 pages)

The Failures of Reconstruction The Civil War greatly affected America through destruction of land, segregation of races, and the poverty of many. The Reconstruction soon following truly showed how poorly America tried to bring everyone back together. Reconstruction was a point in time where America tried to become a full ... Read More

The Use of Racism in This I Believe, a Radio Program Hosted by Edward R. Murrow (334 words, 1 pages)

"This I Believe" is a radio program that is hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow who helps to encourage people to talk about difficult and mind-blowing topics and develop respect for different beliefs from their own. The program was created based on another 1950s radio program of the same exact ... Read More

An Analysis of Identity Crisis in Who Am I This Time, a Short Film by Kurt Vonnegut (869 words, 3 pages)

The in movie, Who Am I This Time, a short film by Kurt Vonnegut staring Academy Award-winners Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken, who portrays Harry Nash. Harry is a great actor at the local theatre in town but is terribly shy and doesnt speak to anyone outside the theatre. The ... Read More

A Review of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, the Debut Novel of Iain Reid (953 words, 3 pages)

Iain Reids debut novel Im Thinking of Ending Things is exactly the way it sounds in a way you wouldnt expect. When I first picked this book up I expected a tragic depressing story about a stereotypical adolescent trying to find himself or herself. While reading this novel, that expectation ... Read More

The Pain of Losing a Loved One in the Sonnet of Edna St. Vincent Millay (739 words, 3 pages)

As an old woman takes time to reflect on her past, the loss of love, and loss of loved ones is present in her mind. This is seen as the main point in the sonnet Edna St. Vincent Millay has written, What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and ... Read More

Love and Revenge in the Novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1633 words, 5 pages)

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about love and revenge. When Hester Prynne has an affair with Reverand Arthur Dimmesdale while her husband is out of America, she does not realize it is going blow up into what it did. This book shows the reader that ones ... Read More

A Song Analysis of If I Were a Boy by Beyonce Knowles (1577 words, 6 pages)

Introduction Beyonc Knowles started her music career at a very young age with a group compiled of her childhood friends. Her father quit his job in the cooperate world to help manage the group. After reaching some success Beyonc later broke off from the group and started the path for ... Read More

A Response Paper to Subcultural Theories: Why People Commit Crimes According to the Code of the Street and the Code of the Suburb (685 words, 2 pages)

Subcultural Theories Response PaperStructural Theories are ways of explaining why people commit the crimes that they do. This can include their Gender, Race, and Religion, where they are from and how they dress or talk. Not all parts of structural theories can fully explain why people commit crimes, but they ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013