has control over being gay‚ because they argue that being gay is a choice that one person acquires later in life. In John Barrowman’s “The Making of Me‚” he goes out on an exploration to try to figure out what actually makes him gay. During this exploration‚ he comes across some things that could be the answers to his questions. Personally‚ my reaction to “The Making of Me” is understanding of that
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selected was “What it’s like to be a Black Girl (For those who don’t know)”. This is a poem written by Patricia Smith. The three elements of the poem that I found to be engaging were the tone‚ the content‚ and the language that the author uses. This poem struck some feelings in me. Therefore I am taking a descriptive approach to my response. As a black woman I felt somewhat belittled by the tone that this author uses in this poem. She speaks about the idea of being a black girl as being someone
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been crying. David wanted to talk to her so he drove over to her house and picked her up so that they can go get something to eat. They got into the car and Susan asked David what they did to Mr.Griffin. David told Susan that Mark tried to scare Mr. Griffin but it did’t go as planned and Mr.Griffin didn’t get scared as Mark thought he would. Susan‚ concerned asked a lot more questions in regard to Mr.Griffin. Which resulted in her knowing that Mr.Griffin was still in the mountains tied up. Susan knew
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of “What it’s like to be a Black Girl (for those of you who aren’t)” by Patricia Smith‚ is just that‚ an explanation. From the first three syllables “First of all‚” the author gives a sense of a story being told. She uses jagged sentence structure and strong forceful language to also show the reader the seriousness of her topic. Smiths poem gives the audience an insider’s view into a young black girl’s transition into black woman-hood at a time where both being a black girl and a black woman was not
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The two poems‚ ‘What it’s like to be a black girl’ and ‘Child of the Americans’ are of great inspiration to the readers. The two poems relate especially with the African Americans‚ who face many life challenges‚ together with these being discussed in the two poems. This caught my interest as the subjects and events talked about in both poems are real and happen in the society each passing day. In the poem what it’s like to be a black girl‚ the choice made by the girl is desirable. She is determined
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What I like about this novel is that it’s not like a novel that I have read before. I first want to remark that I like the time frame of the novel taking place during the Second World War and in the setting of New Mexico. I enjoy how the novel begins about a young boy who is conflicted with the pressures of parent opposed expectations. Needless to say‚ Antonio the main character has to grow up to be a man on his own without some kind of guidance from brothers who are away at war during the early
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Patients Like Me is a free data –sharing social network (1). This online community allows patients to communicate and share their health experiences‚ find others with similar conditions and exchange their medical research and clinical data. Patients Like Me is designed to help its members to quantify data about diseases through detailed questionnaires and survey tools (2). By creating this type of social network‚ the founders believed that information can change the outcome of the disease and help
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To: Jame + Ben HeyWood Re: Patients Like Me: An Online Community of Patients Patients Like Me is an online community that allows patients to share information with other patients who suffer from similar diseases. The widespread request for a General Platform is under consideration because it can potentially reel in profit in term of knowledge for the online community and greater cash flow for the company. Background PLM is a community with over 80‚000 members who share information with and learn
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Case: Patients like me‚ 23.09.2013 1.Why do patients join PLM? Patients like me(PLM) is a social network which covers different diseases. Members get access to a large database of information about other people who has the same illness as them selves. They also have access to forums‚ which lets them communicate with other patients as well. This enables patients to get information about their disease and gain new insight‚ the possibility to ask for practical advice‚ which doctors do not know about
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The author’s purpose in this work was to convey a message to the reader that we are not as in control of our own lives as it may seem. Griffin makes the argument that people’s lives our extremely intertwined with one another’s and that many of our actions have unforeseen consequences‚ many of which we choose to ignore. The author’s audience appears to be any of the general public who seek to question the world around them. I find this writing particularly interesting because I have always been fascinated
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