Alyssa Huntt ENGL 1101 Valerie Wayson December 9‚ 2011 The Life That Once Was Sixty years ago‚ the United States was bursting at the seams that post-World War Two fears had sewn into place. The economy was booming‚ automobile production was taking off‚ families were close-knit‚ and values were important. There was a certain mystery and adventure about what life had in store. Now‚ the United States is on the verge of a breakdown. The economy is teetering on the edge of failure‚ more families
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The short stories It Used to Be Green Once by Patricia Grace and Revenge Gardening by Sue Harper have many differences. The children are all ashamed of their mother because of how she acts and the car she drives in the beginning of the first story while in the beginning of the second the child is very proud of his mother and her garden. How well the children listen to their mothers is very different between the two‚ because in the first the children always obey the mother even when they don’t want
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OnOnce More to the Lake White‚ E.B. “Once More to the Lake.” The Norton Reader. 13th ed. Linda Peterson et al. New York: W.W. Norton and Company 2012. 79-83. Print. In E.B. Whites essay “Once more to the Lake”‚ E.B. White writes of childhood memory going to the lake camping with his father as a young boy and now taking his own son to the lake. Most of the essay is very descriptive detail of memories camping at the lake as a child and White conflicting growing older as he makes new memories with
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Riza De Asis Jenn Kepka WR 121: TR 1:00 p.m. April 23‚ 2013 Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience A young plain Jane‚ who is cheerful but sometimes sensitive‚ who loves smiling with chubby cheeks‚ had a dream to fulfill. Since I was twelve‚ I had been dreaming to travel around the world especially to the Western parts in the world map. When my parents happily told the whole family that my one and only brother‚ Robert – who is 4 years older than me - would be going to Seattle‚ United States of America
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In the story “It used to be green once” written by Patricia Grace mum is the main character‚ Mum is a interesting character because of these reasons. I found mum interesting because of the way she dressed‚ she used to dress in a purple dress made out of a Japanese bedspread and the way she raised her children. She would often drive around in an old cruddy car and toot to let people know she was coming. Mum was a very shameless person. She did not care about what people might think of her. Her
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers: In the poem A Contemplation Upon Flowers by Henry King the comparison of the life of a simple flower is made to the life of a human‚ in the sense that we both are born‚ we both live‚ and we both must die. Majority of people fear death‚ but the flowers accept death with open arms and a smile. This poem by Henry King praises flowers for not only their humble lifestyles but also for their acceptance of death. Henry King uses the literary device of personification
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to speak evil of the ways of God and all professors for God’s sake‚ we shall shame the faces of many of God’s worthy servants‚ and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going.” This excerpt thoroughly depicts what Winthrop believed would be bestowed upon them if they were to wander from their path. The speech he gave was also thorough in what he expected from his followers. I felt like he was very cunning in his depiction of the
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nce More to the Lake E. B. White’s Once More to the Lake is a very well written essay. The back and forth reflections of his childhood to adulthood is engaging. The way he compares his child self to his son arrests the whole essay. White’s story captures the essence of childhood memories. Reflecting beautifully will bring beauty‚ this is what White did. Retrospect is the main idea of White’s Once More to the Lake. Throughout the essay‚ White constantly reflects on his childhood and days at the
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Once More to the Lake The essay “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White was about a man who had a great sense of nostalgia after he reminisces old childhood memories of a lake in Maine. The author begins to feel a sense of immortality and is in denial of the fact that he’s not a child anymore. He begins to realize that we cannot relive or recreate our childhood‚ only visit the locations it took place. Throughout White’s essay‚ he begins to convey his confused and deniable emotional roller coaster
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MEMORANDUM FOR: xxxx SUBJECT: xxxx 1. The book I selected was Myrer‚ Anton. Once an Eagle. New York: HarperPerennial‚ 2002. Myrer enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and participated in the invasion of Guam where he was wounded and later discharged. Interestingly‚ he was born in Worcester‚ Massachusetts‚ not far from For Devens. This book has been described by some as an anti-war novel. Given the experiences of the author‚ there are understandably many real and graphic descriptions of the
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