Name:Wendy Moderow Date:12/30/14 EN46b Unit 6 Critical Analysis Essay Grade: _____/100 Directions: Compose a critical analysis essay that focuses on an essay's theme and how the literary elements contribute to the development of the theme. Your critical analysis essay must focus on one of the following essays: "How to Write with Style" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (from Unit 1) "The Organization Kid" by David Brooks (from Unit 2) "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King (from Unit 3) "I Have a Dream"…
The Struggle to be an All – American Girl ELIZABETH WONG “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl “by Elizabeth Wong is about how a mother wants her kids to learn their native language. It’s still there the school I want to 10 years ago, even with the new painting and fence. Am talking about the Chinese school on Yale Street. My brother and I used to go to Chinese school, because their mother wanted them to learn Chinese, but we really wanted to play with our friends. We walk to school with tears…
The same holds true for the essays written by Elizabeth Wong and Robert Zoellner. Each of them uses the modern symbols of the English language to write their thoughts through a short story. Elizabeth Wong writes her essay, “The Struggle to be an All-American Girl”, to share a short story about her childhood growing up as a Chinese…
In "The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl," Elizabeth Wong explains three common differences between Chinese and American schools. The scent of the schools, the subject material, and the language are all reasons the character in this essay liked her American public school over her Chinese school. While sitting among her classmates in an empty auditorium, the only smell present was the scent of Chinese medicine and imported faraway mustiness. She demised this smell and longed for the scent of French…
In the article “The Struggle to be an American Girl” chose to speak only English and forgot her Chinese language, but she finally regretted. However, I decide to bilingual because of reasons. First, being bilingual is helping me in my job. Due to there are a lot of Amharic speakers and English speaker around the place I am working right now, I can communicate and interact with many customers every day. In addition, all of the employers are English and Amharic speakers. As a result of I am bilingual…
dangerous and highly addictive narcotic that has become the greatest drug threat on the East Coast. To raise awareness of the repercussions of heroin use, NCADA created a commercial on February 3, 2016 called “All American Girl” and aired it during the Super Bowl. In the commercial, a girl is seen leaving behind everything she once cared about including sports, school, friends, family, and more. The commercial illustrates the sacrifices an addict will make to continue getting their fix. It dissuades…
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League While America was at war in Europe, many Americans were stocking up on supplies like food, water, and clothing while worrying about shortages of these materials necessary for living. “America was in the middle of World War II. Baseball was at risk because, as citizens saw generously paid athletes "swatting balls while their loved ones were dying on foreign shores," interest declined and criticism went up” (Peterik, Adam). With top notch players participating…
The Girl with All the Gifts came very recommend by a coworker with similar tastes in films. He thought this would a film I would like since he feels it's an interesting take on the tradition zombie film. Which is something I do agree with, though I don't hold in the same kind of regard as he does. The Girl with All the Gifts feels like its trying to get me to like by being as much like other zombie stories that are popular. The Fungus, and the Carol character being the most egregious. In the somewhat…
Katie Jordan was a college graduate and seemed to be a very trust worthy person. She started working for Aramis Properties when she finished college. This was her first job so she was very excited. Katie was happy and eager about the opportunity that she was given and wanted to do a good job so that she could move up within the company. Katie was hired as an onsite property manager. Her duties were to show apartments to prospective tenants, collect rent, and supervise a maintenance crew. Katie was…
Promoting a sense of the true American spirit is a popular tactic for many companies to sell products because of the innate and contagious pride in one’s nation. Almay created a commercial featuring Carrie Underwood that appeals to this idea in order to sell makeup. Carrie begins by describing the embodiment of beauty in America, while an impressive scene of a mountain complete with a cascading waterfall fills the background. The song “All American Girl” plays with a video of Carrie performing it…