Since the time I read them‚ they never came out of my mind‚ and they grabbed my attention since I read their titles. “The Penalty of Death” by Henry Louis Mencken and “Execution” by Anna Quindlen‚ are the essay that affected me the most from the River Reader book. Maybe because I thought about the death penalty before‚ or maybe because their words affected me and my way of thinking. The thing that I am sure about that both of the essay touched my emotions and feelings in a way that let me never forgot
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acceptance and family. Anna Quindlen worked a story on homeless people trying to find an answer to this very difficult topic. Quindlen met people who would socially be termed ‘homeless’‚ but Quindlen learned that maybe the conventional term does not quite cover it. A home can be a perfectly square house with a white picket fence and a golden retriever in the front yard. However‚ Quindlen learned that maybe the material is not the main basis of having a home. For example‚ Quindlen met Ann at the Port
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“A Quilt of a Country” an essay written by Anna Quindlen‚ conveys a message about the suffrage that builds up behind the tragedies we witness‚ connect us a country‚ the author discusses this as seen by her use of real-world events that affected our nation‚ yet‚ brought the people together. Within the article‚ Quindlen mentions the 9/11 tragedy to provide of a more realistic emotion‚ one people can connect to. That tragedy had affected the people‚ it led to devastation from the loss‚ but also led
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Beginning as a assignment reporter‚ Anna Quilden had an opinion column in the New York Times. She left her job as a reporter which caused her to receive much criticism. In the Commencement Speech‚ Anna wants everyone to learn that being themselves is okay‚ and not to worry about other’s opinions; Anna does this with rhetoric and other literary devices. The author’s tone is very inspiring and energetic‚ yet hurt and upset at how she used to live her life. Throughout the speech‚ Quindlen’s attitude
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Daniel Schafer‚ the author of Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African princess‚ Florida Slave‚ Plantation Slaveowner‚ hopes to convince the reader that Anta Majigeen Ndiaye is an heir to the royal lineage by describing the state of Senegal before and during the time she was born up until her arrival in the United States. He stresses the political‚ economic‚ and social factors by stating that the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries of Senegal featured numerous wars and slave raids. Rivalries heightened
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be the greatest love story ever written. First published in serial form from 1873 to 1877‚ Anna Karenina created quite a stir in Russian society. The overall reaction was positive and passionate‚ and with the novel being published right after Tolstoy’s magnus opus‚ War and Peace‚ it officially confirmed his reputation as one of Russia’s most important writers. Two plots run side by side in Anna Karenina. The first is that of Levin‚ a landowner and country man who comes to the city to propose
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Obaydi British born Anna Wintour‚ born on November 3rd 1948 is the current editor in chief of world renowned fashion magazine ‘Vogue’. Having started her career in fashion in the early 1970’s working at Harpers and Queen in London‚ Anna Wintour has decades of experience in the fashion industry and is seen as one of the most influential figures in the fashion world. Anna Wintour was born to a father who was editor of the ‘London Evening Standard’‚ it was quite clear that Anna adopted her stern and
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Project in English Project in English Submitted to: Prof. Gary Garay Submitted by: Sofia Mae N. Sabas Submitted to: Prof. Gary Garay Submitted by: Sofia Mae N. Sabas Story Review: Anna and the King Highlight Setting: Siam Characters: * Anna Leonowens * King Mongkut * Tuptim * Louis T. Leonowens * General Alak * Prince Chaofa‚ King Mongkut’s Brother * Princess Fa-Ying * Queen Thiang * Geoffrey Palmer as Lord John Bradley * Anne Firbank
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to make use of Anna Karenina’s minor characters to create new themes in the novel. First‚ in the theme of love‚ he pairs up Levin’s brother Sergei with Kitty’s old friend Varenka. Second‚ he uses Veslovsky’s character to show how he affects Levin’s tendencies towards his relationship with Kitty. Veslovsky is perceived in Book 6 as someone who is always trying to ruin the moment for Levin and Kitty. Furthermore‚ we can also see in Book 6 how Tolstoy compares the personal life of Anna and Dolly. He
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Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster) is a British widow who has come to Siam with her son Louis (Tom Felton) to teach English to the dozens of children of King Mongkut (Chow Yun-fat). She is a strong-willed‚ intelligent woman‚ and this pleases the King‚ who wants to modernize his country to keep it safe from the threat of colonialism‚ while protecting many of the ancient traditions that give Siam its unique identity. The King and Anna discuss the differences between Eastern and Western love‚ and the King
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