Biloxi Blues If one were reading a simple plot summary of this play‚ it would appear to be a typical story of young men entering the army. Six boys deal with leaving their homes for a place that seems like the middle of nowhere‚ a stern‚ intolerable‚ and borderline insane sergeant‚ repulsive army food‚ and each other‚ while training to be shipped to World War II. Biloxi Blues is the Tony Award winning second installment of a comic trilogy depicting Simon’s life and his journey to become a writer
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The comical‚ semi-autobiographical and prejudicial play written by Neil Simon‚ Biloxi Blues‚ captured my attention years ago. This play was actually the sequel to Simon’s‚ Brighton Beach Memoirs‚ however‚ it isn’t necessary to have seen or read the first of the sequel‚ but the play does pick up or continue with the main character and others heading to boot camp. For me‚ born into a military family‚ and then marrying a retired military man‚ the choice to read and write about this play was quite easy
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the opening. It captures the audience’s attention‚ I like how you started with a question and listed the variety of feelings that you had felt. I think you did a good job at clearly and correctly introducing the short story “Sonny’s Blues” and giving a short summary. Your point in telling the story is clear; you want to let the readers know how important family is and how you should always be there for them. You used a lot of good details by giving the reader background knowledge on how the problem
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In America most people generally think that blue collar workers are less intelligent than white collar or professional workers. Sadly this commonly held belief is just as prevalent today as it has ever been. In spite of the fact that there is evidence to the contrary this assumption still causes people to be stereotyped and treated differently. Mike Rose‚ in his article “Blue-Collar Brilliance”‚ reprinted in “They Say‚ I Say”‚ provides both personal examples and results of clinical tests that
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Chapter three in Reservation Blues brought about some very interesting dialogue between Thomas and his new acquaintance: Chess. Invited to the Flathead Reservation to play at the Tipi Pole Tavern‚ Coyote Springs gave a drunken performance on stage. During the last length of their show‚ Thomas pulled Chess up on stage in a duet-serenade kind of thing. After Chess‚ and her sister Checkers‚ aided the three in putting their gear away‚ Thomas and Chess began to converse. I found the dialogue between them
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Burning Blue by Paul Griffin This Girl named Nicole Castro gets acid thrown in her face one day at school. She has to have surgery and has to go to a therapist. She befriends a guy named Jay. Jay is secretly a hacker; he can hack almost and anything. He is afraid that the FBI is on his trail of hacking. Jay’s dad is an art critic and seems to be drunk most of the time. Jay’s mom was killed in a car accident‚ his father was driving and he was also intoxicated at the time. After Nicole and
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Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield is a New York based that is involved with the delivery of finances‚ health care services and long –term insurance countrywide. Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield revealed that the company had learnt of an apparent breach against their system where hackers were able to gain illegally access to its customers’ information on September 10‚ 2015. According to the company’s spokesperson‚ the information accessed included claims and financial payment information; names of clients;
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Blue Collar Brilliance-Summary and Response The article “Blue- Collar Brilliance” of Mike Rose argues that path for obtaining Intelligence doesn’t depend on what type of work we do either white collar or blue collar. Important point is to use your intelligence to perform best. He focuses on the point that intelligence in blue collar worker is due to experience‚ the power of body and brain to work together to solve a certain problem which white collar worker gain through formal education. “Solution
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Introduction: Island of the Blue Dolphins is a very well written book by Scott O’Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins is a historical fiction. It took place at San Nicolas Island70 miles from the coast‚ west of Santa Barbara. It’s based on a true story about a 12-year-old girl called Karana who is stranded on an Island and must work out how to survive. Her main enemies on the Island are the wild dogs and she lives in fear of the Aleuts. Summary: One day‚ Karana and Ramo spot red sails while they
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TITLE: ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLOHINS AUTHOR: SCOTTO’DELL PUBLISHER: PENGUIN GROUP PUBLICATION DATE: 1960 MAIN CHARACTERS Karana: She is the protagonist. When the Aleuts invade her homeland and the natives fled‚ Karana and her brother are left behind to fend for themselves. SECONDARY CHARACTERS Ramo: This was Karana’s younger brother. He is however killed shortly after the island is deserted by a pack of hungry‚ wild dogs. Ulape: Karana’s older sister. Ulape manages to escape with the natives
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