“Living in Two Worlds” by Marcus Mabry is a short story in which he writes about the discomfort he experiences traveling between the two worlds of poverty at home and richness at Stanford. Mabry goes to school with a full scholarship and lives a pretty decent life while his family live in poverty in New Jersey. Some of the things that the author compares are geographical differences between the two world, social differences, and his guilt feeling toward his family. The author writes about geographical differences between New Jersey and Stanford.…
This article is an analysis on student’s food journals while in college. Harris used one hundred and thirty-six different papers to find out why students were failing their diets. This article goes on to debunk how college life is why people’s diets are bad. Harris points out that students are just using this as an excuse to eat more and not feel as guilty. Students continuously made excuses throughout their papers as to why their eating habits were so bad.…
Some People is a book, which combines a series of performances by Danny Hoch. Hoch takes on the role of numerous characters in different situations. The characters vary in gender and ethnicity, while the performances consist of singing, rapping, narrating and acting. There are 10 performances presented in Some People, which can be evaluated for its content. Danny Hoch’s performances attempt to entice both the emotion and the intellect. The book begins with the Hoch playing the role of the Caribbean tiger, a Jamaican DJ, who collects calls and replies to them live on radio. This act does a fairly good job of entertaining the audience, however, it is also convenient for Hoch, as it stirs up the audience members’…
The last possible theme that I think is good for this book is to never have fear and if you do have fear, you won’t survive. One event that supports this theme is when Uri tells the other orphan boys that if you have fear you won’t survive on the streets. This is true because if the boys had fear to steal the food from stores and people they would mess-up a lot or not even do it. If that happened, they would either get caught and killed, or just end up…
“Paul’s Case,” by Willa Cather tells the story of a young boy who is disillusioned by his suburban lifestyle. A constant nuisance to his teacher’s, Paul belittles the world around him with a sort of arrogance. He sees his life as gray and ubearably plain; he only takes comfort in the luxuries of the world as is evident when he is dressing for his job ushering at the theatre; he was “always considerably excited while be dressed”. There, Paul is no longer the suburban boy from a lackluster life; there he is at ease, at home. This work exemplifies short fiction in that the elements work well together, Paul’s situation or, for the sake of the story, his case is plausible and the story bears new insight at each read.…
In “I am Writing Blindly,” Roger Rosenblatt analyzes why a man would choose to write to his wife during his last dark moments aboard a submarine. If I were faced with a similar situation to those Rosenblatt describes in his essay, I would write to three individuals who have had an impact on my life. The first person I would write to would be my grandma. I would choose this person because my grandma raised me since I was born. She treated me with an abundance of care that I thought she was my mom. Whenever I’m sick, I would go to her house and she takes care of me. My grandma is always my number one fan. She never missed a basketball game, concert, award ceremony, homecoming, prom and my birthdays. I’ve always celebrated all of my birthdays…
Dinesh D’Souza, the author of Staying Human, is originally from Bombay, India. In 1983, he earned his Bachelor’s degree from Dartsworth College. D’Souza is known as a leading conservative thinker, who wrote for numerous magazines, notably the National Review (McGraw-Hill 816). Dinesh D’Souza has generalized Staying Human to inform as well as voice his opinions about the rapidly changing inventions among the human race today, which serves as a rational project to human life in its entirety. D’Souza aimed to point out the specifics in racism and cultural relativism.…
In the essay, Myth of Adolescence, Alex and Brett Harris incorporate their thoughts on what they feel about what teenagers actually go through during their period of `adolescence.` They go on to compare this phase to an elephant. They say that an elephant is a powerful beast that can be restrained even by a piece of twine. According to Alex and Brett, young teens are the elephant and our twine is the concept of adolescence. Unfortunately, these low expectations end up limiting teens for no reason. Teenagers, between the ages of 13-18, are held back by society and aren't able to excel in life. The essay, Myth of Adolescence, states that the socials expectations are becoming obstacles for teens. We as teenagers, need to erase the invisible shackles…
Perfect By Ellen Hopkins The book Perfect is an extremely accurate and realistic interpretation of the struggles many young people face during their unpleasant years as teenagers. Centered around the lives of four very different high school seniors; they all have one thing in common: hardships. Some more severe than others, but all in all, they are hardships. Cara Sykes is dealing with not only her parents awful idea of what is right and what is wrong, but also the fact that her brother Conner attempted suicide.…
In 1960 Arthur Radebaugh envisioned the police station of the future, the police station of today. Radebaugh’s illustration of this future police station was featured in his Sunday comic “Closer Than We Think”. It is here that Radebaugh depicts a police station run less like a police station, and more like “a sort of always-connected war room” (Novak). In this edition of “Closer Than We Think”, the precinct is adorned with television screens, perhaps broadcasting live-feeds of the surrounding area. A dispatch officer is seen barking commands at another man through a TV screen.…
Who am I without him? In the story of, “Who am I without him?” by Sharon Flake, deals with character in my perspective. I chose to deal with character because there was a lot of character in this story.…
Life is not simple. You won’t know what challenges come to your life in the future so you can only think what you had been through in the past. When I was a student in High School, I was a shy person; just doing what my parents wanted me to do and never cared about what was happening around me until I was encouraged to participate in a contest. The Nguyen Thuong Hien Prize in presentation was the most important event that changed my life.…
What was a main theme in the novel and how can it be applied to my lifestyle?…
In cultures that value outspokenness and overt confidence, shyness can be perceived as weakness. To a heartless observer, a shy individual may be mistaken as distant or arrogant; it is quite unfortunate that shy people get treated like this. It sometimes starts within their families. Interesting intro so far. What’s thesis, and what are points that indicate cause or effect?…
References: Carducci, B. (January – February 2000). “Shyness: the new solution.” Retrieved July 15, 2011, from http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=38&did=47642272.…