In the story "War" by Timothy Findley‚ it is evident to the reader that the title is not actually talking about the war that is in the story but is talking about a different type of war. In the story the reader learns that the war that is being referred to is the war between Neil and his father. Neil is going though a tough time because his father is joining the army and this is hard for him to understand. Throughout the story the reader is trying to find out what the title really mean and it becomes
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David James Duncan’s A Mickey Mantle Koan Reader Response This essay was by far my favorite essay I’ve ever read. It really hit home with me because I have a brother that I am super close to and we spent a lot of our time as kids playing any sort of ball. I believe Duncan’s heartwarming essay was to alert people about the concept of searching for happiness in “the finer things” when for the most part; happiness can come from the simplest things. This was something that really hit home for me because
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“THE COLDEST WINTER EVER” Reader Response by: Prayogo Algi Utomo 1014025025 Sister Souljah’s style is like no other that I have read‚ her style is so real and honest. I can quickly understand about the novel (The coldest winter ever) I do not have to think twice about this novel like I do in the other novel that have different language from mine. As I read this book I feel like I am in the Winter’s world. Sister Souljah grew up in the underclass urban areas in New York and knows how Winter feels
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Vanessa Duell 2/1/15 Mrs. Brothers AP ELA 11 Associative Reader Response for “A Rose For Emily” It must be hard for a person to really love someone and only that person‚ and then that certain person dies. Miss Emily goes through a trial of changes throughout this short story. None of these changes had a positive effect on Miss Emily’s life‚ and her life just seemed to keep getting worse. I can connect to Miss Emily in some ways because I know how it feels to lose a loved one
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Readers Response to John Updike’s A&P In the summer of 1961 we meet Sammy. Sammy is a 19-year-old clerk at the local A&P in a small town‚ and one day a few girls walk in‚ in their bikinis. Everyone in the store either stares at them lustfully or averts their eyes uncomfortably. When the manager gets back he scolds the girls and tells them that they cannot come back in there dressed that way again. So Sammy quits. I personally enjoy this story because of the dated wordplay and the character
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Never To Forget- The meaning of the title "Never To Forget" is very significant to the story of the Holocaust. The title simply means to forget what we know would not be human. It is very important that we never forget the Five Million Jews that lost their homes‚ property‚ freedom‚ dignity‚ and finally‚ their lives. We must always remember what happened to the Jews. Every time someone thinks of saying or doing something to a fellow human being we must remember the Holocaust. We must never
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Reader Response Chapter 1-6 Before I actually opened the book‚ I knew that 1984 by George Orwell‚ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ and We by Yevgeny Zamyatin are the three most famous anti-utopian novels. Utopia sounds like a nice word to me‚ I was expecting a “brave new world” before I opened the book. However‚ the descriptions in the book crashed my imagination. What a world it is! I was surprised that where’s no emotion in the world. Children are not raised by their parents
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Expository Writing 6 November 2013 Reader Response to “For Whom the Bell Tolls” John Donne’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is a very deep poem‚ and it’s difficult to understand if you only read it once. It focuses on how all humans have a connection to one another; if one person dies‚ the entire population is affected. In 1623‚ Donne was extremely ill with malarial fever‚ and he wrote the meditation during recovery. He observed that every death diminishes the fabric of humanity. He wrote about the
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Most readers of Benito Cereno will be surprised when the African conspiracy is finally revealed. Although Melville begins the novella with ominous imagery‚ the text is designed to lead the reader away from the true events of the San Dominick. The point of view of Benito Cereno is the major tool Melville uses to trick the reader. The story is written in the third person‚ but expresses Delano’s thoughts and observations. Most readers will trust Delano’s judgement‚ and his observations of Don Benito
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Particular techniques are used in the poems: ‘Leaving Prince Charming Behind’ and ‘This is Love’ by Karlo Mila to challenge the views of what love actually means which is held by society. ‘Leaving Prince Charming Behind’ is about a girl that was in a relationship which appear perfect on the outside‚ with a partner that played the perfect role but did not feel comfortable in the relationship‚ while ‘This is Love’ is about a girl who had all these misconceptions of love and is guided by her partner
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