Journal Entry #3 – A Clockwork Orange Burgess’ novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ carries many themes prevalent to the time-period of the novel’s release. In a futuristic city governed by a repressive totalitarian super-state‚ humans have become machines or lower animals. The main protagonist of the story‚ Alex‚ asserts his free will by deciding to live a life of debauchery and violence before being robbed of his free-will by the government. When A Clockwork Orange was written the war against Communism
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Triple Entry Journal for “Points of Difficulty” The Triple Entry Journal allows you to engage with difficult parts of a text in a meaningful way. Rather than avoid the difficulty by skimming over it‚ use this chart to confront the difficulty. Read a passage carefully and determine exactly what is confusing or ambiguous to you. Identifying the difficulty is the first step in resolving it. Since the difficult parts of a passage are often the most significant‚ understanding them leads to a deeper comprehension
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Journal Entry #1‚ “Soldier’s Home”‚ By Ernest Hemingway‚ p. 187‚ word count SUMMARY The short story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway talk about Krebs’s internal conflict. He is a soldier from Oklahoma who experienced the monstrosities of The Great War. He enlisted in the Marines in 1917 and did not come back home until the summer of 1919. When he came back‚ though‚ he was not himself anymore. He does not want to talk to anyone after telling lies to the people and his friends about what happened
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Journal Entries 1.)A noble "Moor"‚ in the service of the Venetian State‚ Othello is introduced to us in the very first scene by the term "Moor"‚ when Iago complains that Othello has made Cassio his lieutenant and not him. We also learn from Iago that Othello has a relationship with the fair Desdemona. Respected by the Duke of Venice‚ who is the first to address him by name (Othello in Act I‚ Scene III) and who sends for him when Cypress is threatened by Turkish forces‚ Othello is continuously
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Field Journal Entry- Coping Among the most constant and most influential stressors in my life‚ lies school‚ specifically assignment deadlines and exams. Previously‚ I had “priority” classes‚ which I held higher than others and worked my hardest on them. Lately‚ however‚ all eight of my classes have become “priority‚” adding to my stress. No longer do I have a class in which I can take my time for all of them require my utmost and undivided attention and effort if I am to keep my grades. And‚ since
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Ender’s Game Journal Entries Chapter 1: Question 2 Ender is a third‚ a third child‚ he is monitored by the government and can think like a adult‚ for example he could predict what would happen if he didn’t beat up Stilson and ran away. He is harassed daily both physically and mentally because he was a third‚ no one will be able to understand the humiliation Ender faces unless you to are a third.‚ so when it came down to the fight with Stilson‚ he just wanted it to stop‚ even though it means
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Journal Entry #1 Most of my high school experience has not been pleasant. I have struggled with depression and anxiety‚ as well as physical health problems since the end of sixth grade. My attitude and attendance in school have been inconsistent up until the end of last year; my second junior year. Up until that moment‚ I thought that school was a complete waste of time‚ and that the only thing our education system was meant to do was condition people to give up their individualism and turn them
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Emma by Jane Austen Journal entry 1 The beginning of ’Emma’ is set in a small imaginary country village called Highbury‚ in around 1814 and the mood is playful and happy. The main characters in this scene are Emma Woodhouse the persona‚ Mr Woodhouse‚ Ms Taylor and Mr Knightly. Emma Woodhouse is described as ’Handsome‚ clever‚ and rich’ and happy because she ’had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her’ The writer portrays how she is used to having
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Journal Entry#2 It was finally the next day. I was thinking about our plan all night yesterday. I started to doubt that the plan would even work but I kept my hopes high. I came out of my cabin and I knew that I and Billy would escape this night. I was approached by the guards and they told me to pick up cotton near Bobs castle. As I was picking up the cotton I thought to myself that I would now escape and I would never have to do this ever again. I was finally finished picking up all the cotton
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Trash journal entries Gardo – First entry It worked! I convinced sister Olivia to take me to the prison. I knew I had to freshen up and could not go to the prison the way I was. They would not let in a kid from Behala looking like this in‚ but where I came from was not what mattered. I looked like a walking trash bag and these days the way you dress is how you are judged. Whether you are treated with respect or complete contempt can depend just on your clothing. So I knew I needed to change‚ I
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