Pan Renllin Professor Li WR097 Basic summary of "The Back of The Bus" Feb 10th‚ 2013 Summary of "The Back of The Bus" In the essay‚ "The Back of The Bus‚” author Mary Mebane shares an usual ride in a bus on a Saturday morning she had which inspires her. The purpose of writing this essay is using her personal experience to demonstrate what it was like and how people were able to overcome their struggle for equal rights under legal segregation
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Response to: Foul Shots In Foul Shots‚ Rogelio R. Gomez writes about his Chicano background and the neighborhood he grew up in. Furthermore‚ he describes himself being stereotyped as one of the “barrio boys” basically meaning that he is considered inferior to the Anglos. In high school‚ the writer states that he was on a basketball team and that there was one day when his coach announced that his team was to “buddy up” with the opposite team. The opposite team was all White and therefore had a
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Response to William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily" In William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily" you are captivated by a journey through the old south. Faulkner paints a vivid image through his deceptive writing skills and his gift of captivating his audience by leading them through a roller coaster of emotion and horror as Faulkner narrates a gripping tale through the eyes of the southern towns people of Jefferson‚ Mississippi. The story "A Rose for Emily" starts off with the demise of Miss Emily’s
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Milove Pierre SYD3020 Response Essay Three of the most pressing issues facing the world today in my opinion are Poverty‚ Healthcare and Global Warming. Poverty is an important issue to address because poverty provokes crime. For example‚ most of the drug dealer and abusers are associated in some way with poverty. People who steal property‚ and end up in prison are also associated with poverty. The poor are easier to get sick due to the unhealthy conditions. The more poor people we have the greater
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Greasers and the antagonists are the Socs. The main characters are Darry‚ Soda‚ Dally‚ Bob‚ Ponyboy‚ and Johnny. Darry is tall‚ muscular‚ smart and very strict towards Ponyboy. Darry yells at Ponyboy and always seems to expect better from Ponyboy. For example‚ Darry yells at Ponyboy on page 49‚ “Where the heck have you been? Do you know what time it is? He was madder than I had seen him in along time. I shook my head wordlessly.” Soda is always optimistic and lighthearted. One of the only things that bring
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A Response to “ Anarchy in the Tenth Grade” Overall‚ I found the argument presented in “ Anarchy in the Tenth Grade” interesting and informative. Author Greg Graffin presents a clear thesis and supports it well with logical examples and sound reasoning. However‚ I also found parts of the essay confusing which makes me wonder about the intended audience of the piece. “ Anarchy in the Tenth Grade” examines how people can relate to being alienated from certain groups‚ and how the author found his
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SUMMARY: At first Liyana walks into her home and spots a woman sitting in her living room. Nobody knows who she is so when “Poppa” gets home‚ they talk. He finds out that she is a cousin of a cousin of a cousin. As tradition “Poppa” had to buy her fabric in order to make a dress. This was a symbol of success from their trip to Jerusalem from America. In retrospect‚ Liyana thinks about her life in America and the memories she had. She sees herself as a “blur”
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Response Essay The Stay-at-Home Husbands’ Feeling The Article Wall Street Mothers‚ Stay-Home Fathers –As Husband do Domestic Duty‚ These Woman are Free to Achieve-“ by Jodi Kantor and Jessica Silver-Greenberg is in most way neutral towards the two genders of this role reversal. The article shows both the perspective of husbands and wives‚ and it looks like that kind of role reversal is fine. However I believe it is unfair for the husbands. This is because sometime the husbands can feel both unhappy
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Response Essay In reading the three articles‚ “From Degrading to De-Grading” by Alfie Kohn‚ “And Now He is Nothing” by Michael Specter and “Dilma Rousseff” by Simon Romero my impressions of each article varies from one of unbelief to affirmation. As compelling as the ideology of not grading is‚ the practicality of implementation would be enormous. The assumption that Lance Armstrong is now nothing can it really be so easily dismissed? Finally‚ Dilma Rousseff rise to power as a right of previous
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The Namesake: Introduction 2. The Namesake: Jhumpa Lahiri Biography 3. The Namesake: Summary 4. The Namesake: List of Characters 5. The Namesake: Setting 6. The Namesake: Summary and Analysis ♦ Chapters 1-2 Summary and Analysis: 1968 ♦ Chapter 3 Summary and Analysis: 1971 ♦ Chapters 4-5 Summary and Analysis: 1982 ♦ Chapters 6-9 Summary and Analysis: 1994 ♦ Chapters 10-11 Summary and Analysis: 1999 ♦ Chapter 12 Summary and Analysis: 2000 7. The Namesake: Literary Qualities 8. The Namesake: Themes 9.
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