EDPROFST 707 ELAINE WILSON (Elle). I.D. 3712978 ASSIGNMENT 2 # Essay form‚ using reader response theory‚ describe your aesthetic and efferent response to each novel. Draw on your knowledge of past literary and life experiences to expand upon your responses. A couple of years ago my friends thirteen year old daughter had received The Hunger Games book as a gift and was so excited after reading it that she insisted that her mother read the book. My friend decided to read the book and she read
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essay and said “hey Deborah Tannen’s argument makes sense.” Like my audience‚ I never really thought about it that much. I want to come across as someone that wants things to be less confrontational and to see things from all sides. I want the audience to see that there are more sides to a story than two and to open their mind to all kinds of different views without jumping to a fast conclusion. The Argument Culture is an excerpt from Deborah Tannen’s book. Deborah Tannen is a best-selling
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The Power of Presidency The power of being president‚ and all the endless decisions that comes with it. Barack Obama has the final say of the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branch. These three branches make up America’s politics. Now the president can’t govern a whole country all by himself‚ he needs help. In irony the president may be called the most powerful man in the world but his politicians also control the outcome of his decisions. The president needs to take into consideration the
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The Concept of Power Existence – Does it Exist? 1) Many people at different times have felt the need to attach the label “Power” to something. So it must exist. So it should be studied. 2) But it has different meanings in different cultures‚ so it must be many “Things”. Study – To Study or Not? 1) Due to this complexity‚ students think that its study will lead to no conclusion. 2) This is a paradox. So there is not enough evidence that a systematic study will give a lot of scientific understanding
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Response to McCloskey’s “On Being and Atheist” I respect individual worldviews‚ as I desire people to respect mine. At the same time‚ I do have the freedom of agreeing or disagreeing with ones that are deviate in nature from my own. One prime example is the worldview of H. J. McCloskey. Although I respect his worldview‚ and understand his reasoning behind it‚ I also disagree with it as well. McCloskey’s views are one of an Atheist. I am a Christian‚ and consider myself a theist who believes in
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Frank Herbert once said‚ "Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible.” In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the title character seizes “absolute power”‚ making him “absolutely corruptible”‚ which ultimately led him to his eventual death. In the play‚ Macbeth‚ the title character‚ seizes absolute power over his people when he brutally kills the real king to be crowned the new king of Scotland. Achieving power in this way allows him to be consumed by guilt and fear at first
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A Response to Sandy By: Marjorie Kirk Subway tunnels flooded; streets flowed with streams of trash; houses that stood for more than fifty years collapsed like top hats in the hands of turbulent children. Sandy left a great mark on this country. This country‚ in exchange‚ proved its ability to stand united in the face of adversity and exhibit the strength it gained since faced with similar scenes of devastation seven-years-ago in New Orleans. “Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national
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Social Power and Education Social Power/Education The focus of this essay is to expand on the concept of social power and education. The phrase "social power" has been used by political scientist and philosophers to refer to the power that is exercised by individuals or groups within a society. The question of power in the educational context has troubled educators‚ off and on‚ for years. Ambitious students have attempted to change the landscape of education by injecting the power of the student
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Lance Hollingsworth Summary/Response English 1010 In the article‚ “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” by Stephen Marche we are informed of the negative effect social media can have on out psychological self. “Social media – from Facebook to twitter – have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity‚ new research suggests that we have never been lonelier.” (Marche 60) What is loneliness? It is a psychological state. Marche stated many times that loneliness
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the nightfall. I feel that this poem was great. And how dare someone call it pointless. My question to you is‚ Did you acutually read it. This poem not only speaks of the beauty of eveything‚ but she talks of nature mainly the sun setting. This poem consists of metaphors and personification. It talks of the birds chirping in the mornings‚ the scent of the flowers‚ and how we all should wake up ready for a day’s work. This poem is no where near pointless‚ but actually great with it’s diction‚ writing
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