"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented." That quote is from Elie Wiesel in his Nobel Peace Prize Speech. I agree with the quotation. In the story Night by Elie Wiesel‚ many elements correspond to the quote and to the idea of silence and complicity. Wiesel says in his book that many different people were silent because they were not directly affected by the Holocaust‚ and thought that if they did something
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The essence of a literature‚ in most cases‚ parallels life’s mysteries. As Ernest Hemingway put it‚ “To be truly memorable‚ a book must have at its core one of life’s great quests: the quest for love‚ truth‚ or power.” In other words‚ the very heart of a text must show its readers the pursuit of self-fulfillment. Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ reveals through the customs and traditions of Ibo culture‚ as well as the choices and consequences made by each character that a body of work is only
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Bernadette Devlin once explained that‚ “To gain which is worth having‚ it may be necessary to lose everything else.” In other words‚ she is saying that everything has a price. Nothing comes free. In order to get‚ one has to give. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ Clarisse and Montag satisfy Devlin’s stance because they both strive to get away from the dystopian society and have to sacrifice their family‚ friends‚ and even their life. Clarisse‚ who is a pariah‚ gives up a “normal” life in order to
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6. "It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams‚ for the purpose of improvement." -- John Steinbeck Step one: rewrite the quotation in your own words. Find synonyms for the important words. It is the responsibility of the writer It’s the author’s job to expose our many grievous faults and failures to reveal our regretful mistakes and to hold up to the light to bring to our attention
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Critical Lens Essay According to Bernadette Devlin‚ “To gain which is worth having‚ it may be necessary to lose everything else.” In simpler terms‚if one wants to acheive something that means a lot to them‚ they might just have to lose everything else they have. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ this quote rings true. Hurston shows that by using symbolism and a bit of irony throughout the story. As a young woman‚ Janie wanted love‚ true love. In the beginning of the novel
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Words? According to John Berger‚ photographs from August 6th‚ 1945‚ are “images of hell.” (316) That was the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Japan‚ killing countless innocent civilians and severely burning others. In his essay‚ “Hiroshima‚” Berger faces the idea that our culture has “abandoned” the “concept of evil.” (320) Countless pictures seem to be the only thing left of that day‚ and from Berger’s perspective‚ the true meaning of that event has been hidden
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Ethical Lens Inventory The ethical lens inventory exercise is very useful and something that I have lost sight of over the years. I was first introduced to this concept when I first applied for a sales position over a decade ago. After completing the exercise‚ the results of my answers places me in the Rights and Responsibility Lens. Since no one is perfect‚ having blind spots is inevitable‚ my blind spot as a result of my answers states that "belief that motive justifies method." My strengths
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Tony Cottone 11/23/12 English Critical Lens Essay Fyodor Dostoevsky’s quote‚ “…fear is simply the consequence of every lie”‚ illustrates a feeling one gets when one is untruthful. When one lies‚ fear fully takes them over because they are unsure of what the outcome will be of their lie. They will be filled with fear and anxiety waiting to see how their action of being untruthful affects their environment and their life. From my experience of literature‚ I can
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carefully constructed version of reality. The documentary “Through a Blue Lens” (1999)‚ directed by Veronica Mannix‚ was created to showcase to teen aged students the less romanticised side of drugs‚ and presents three representations; drug addicts‚ the police and the down-town east side of Vancouver‚ known as “skid row”. The main group represented in “Through a Blue Lens” are drug addicts. In the documentary “Through a Blue Lens”‚ drug addicts are represented as people who can come from anywhere and
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In the 2009 Afghanistan surge‚ the “bargaining paradigm”‚ defined by Allen ‚ best reflects President Obama’s decision making process by which he used the ethical lens of “deontology”‚ discussed by Shaw ‚ as the moral compass of his decisions. The war in Afghanistan started after the September 11th‚ 2001 attacks in the United States while President Bush was in office. President Obama was inaugurated as president on January 20th‚ 2009 and he picked up in the middle of a long war in Iraq and Afghanistan
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