What do you find most striking about the poem Kubla Khan?’’Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.’’ - Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In this essay I am going to discuss one of the most famous and very striking poem Kubla Khan which was written by Coleridge. The poem is about the nature of creativity. Coleridge describes the dome of pleasure which he sees in his dream while he is opium- induced. While he
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The most challenging about writing The worst subject in school for me is English and now English in college is my worst class. Writing is challenging for me especially essays. This can be frustrating and hard to overcome as a writer. No one in high school taught me how to write essays and this is why I am in English 0305/06 in college because of my writing is not good. I do not prewrite on my essays because it takes time and I do not understand the writing process of it. When I start writing
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guilt of taking part in the downfall of Joey Doyle’s murder. This is what initiates the awakening of his conscience. “I thought the most they were going to do was lean on him a bit. Get him to talk.” His misguided allegiance with Johnny Friendly and the mob prevent him from developing his own judgement. Therefore he is trapped between staying loyal to a man that “took him to ball games as a kid” and speaking out the truth about the corruption that surrounds the waterfront. His struggle and indecision
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In the article “Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚” Wil Haygood emphasizes how the dangers of obesity are rampant in small towns. Specifically‚ how their surroundings are contributing to the alarming obesity rate in this charming little town of Manchester. While Haygood depicts how the locals “celebrate the joys of community closeness‚” he also reveals how “it is one of the unhealthiest places of all” (407). In fact‚ he points out that an estimated 52% of the 2‚100
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we need to make a decision. Depending on different people with different personalities and habits‚ some people like to make a decision quickly on her/her own‚ while other people always like to ask for opinions from his/her friends. Although sometimes we need to follow our hearts when we face some hard-to-decide questions such as deciding to date girlfriend or boyfriend‚ many other times we should get other people’s suggestions and think them over. In my opinion‚ a person should never make an important
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Each individual is unique and interprets their identities in different ways. Most of the time‚ personalities are built around how you are raised. I consider my identity to be focused around my socio-economic class. There are many factors that make me‚ me. However not all of them are considered main roots. My identity is revolved around me being a female high school student who has had occuring complications with my health‚ being raised in a low income household with no relation to a religion. People
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What Makes Interstellar a Good Movie. With genres varying from horror and comedy‚ romance and sci-fi‚ everyone has his or her favorite movie. Their favorite movie is the one they think was so good and entertaining that they would watch it time and time again. However‚ other people may view the same movie as horrible. So what makes a movie truly good? How can philosophers help us come to a universal meaning “good” in the movie industry? Philosophers such as Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and Socrates can give
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Your ethical responsibility to Mrs. Jones as her employer would be to reserve her job position as she has stated she plans to continue teaching and would be back after summer break. Since Mrs. Jones has informed you of her plans they should be respected. Mrs. Jones’ ethical responsibilities to the school are to first‚ to be straightforward with her employer. Although she stated that summer break would be enough time for her to adjust to motherhood‚ if she started to even have the smallest doubt
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leading to the outcome of two lovers death due to lack of decision making. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet come to many points in where story changing decisions come into play in which Shakespeare relates them to faith. In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare implies that when making decisions take your faith back from the stars and make a true decision that you believe in because Romeo takes his faith back from the stars and makes a decision of his own. Although Shakespeare may utter that Romeo and
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plate. A less obvious priority of Lincoln’s was overcoming the people’s (and his own) doubts of his capabilities. With little experience in government and administration‚ Lincoln had to quickly adapt to his new environment and teach himself how to make decisions and build a government that would benefit the nation. Once he got his feet on the ground‚ Lincoln’s first and foremost priority was preserving the Union that was dissolving right before his very eyes. When rumors of the South’s secession began
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