Angelica Garcia Mrs. Ferguson English 71‚ Section 1438 Chapter One Essay Assignment #1 10 Sept. 2014 Essay As a student I have a fixed-mind set. I try to avoid situations where I know I will fail just because I’m scared to look dumb. I don’t want to feel like a failure so I rather just pass the task on to someone else who is capable of doing it. I used to believe I was great at math and it became my favorite subject. It was my favorite subject up until the fifth grade. Before I entered fifth grade
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Strange Fruit Music has been very important part of people’s life since long time ago. Throughout the history‚ we could observe how people at those days used music as part of their lives. People became happy when they sing and listen to music. People were comforted by music when they were in deep sorrow. Furthermore‚ people sang music when they work‚ harvest‚ and worship god. We could see how our culture is closely interrelated with music. “Strange Fruit” is the music that was composed to reflect
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The book begins with "The Author’s Apology for his Book." This portion of the book‚ written in verse‚ aims to explain the author’s purpose. He wrote the book‚ he writes‚ not for the benefit of his neighbors: "I did it mine own self to gratifie" (5). He acknowledges that people had differing opinions about whether he should publish it and what he should include‚ but he decided to proceed and instructs those who aren’t interested to refrain from reading it. He then defends the style in which he has
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This reading has to do with reliquaries and the artist that surrounded them as well as their sometimes strange shapes. When talking about reliquaries no one ever mentions how it actually came about. When reading this excerpt it mentions how patrons would usually make their own workshops for specific works of art and hire artist they thought would be good for the job. The patrons seemed to be very involved in the creation of these pieces of art even though they didn’t physically make them. It seems
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A child who is securely attached to its mother will explore and play freely while the caregiver is present‚ using her as a ’safe base’ from which to explore. The child will engage with the stranger when the caregiver is present‚ and will be visibly upset when the caregiver departs but happy to see the caregiver on his or her return. The child feels confident that the caregiver is available‚ and will be responsive to their attachment needs and communications. Securely attached children are best
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these dreams as inspiration for his poetry. One image plagued his dreams‚ which was the idea that war was a sort of "mouth of hell‚" and it was this image that inspired Owen’s poem Strange Meeting. Owen’s poem is also reminiscent of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s The Revolt of Islam‚ which also depicts a journey through a strange land. Wilfred Owen’s main objective when writing his poetry is to shed light on the gruesome and horrific reality of being a soldier‚ which counters the nationalistic propaganda that
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Vonnegut starts off by writing a novel about his experiences with the war and the bombing of Dresden. After he completed the novel about war‚ he then starts writing a novel about Billy Pilgrim. Billy was born and raised in Ilium‚ New York. He becomes an optometrist and gets drafted. After the war‚ he enrolls in optometry school again and gets engaged to Valencia during his senior year. Billy experiences a mild nervous collapse and gets admitted to a veteran’s hospital near Lake Placid. He gets discharged
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The First Thanksgiving I believe the first Thanksgiving revolved around the pilgrims and Native Americans who were known at the time as Indians. It did not become an annual festival immediately. This historical day was not called Thanksgiving Day at the time; it was later declared a national holiday in the early 1800’s by a one of the first presidents of the United States of America. The pilgrims suffered some devastation which lead them to a feast of thanksgiving with the Indians. The first Thanksgivings
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First Strange Experience at Boot Camp Boot camp can be a scary and interesting experience. One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was go to boot camp. I was so afraid of being around so many new people‚ but I decided that I should experience new things and see the world. I also thought it would be good mentally and help me succeed in Life. What I didn’t expect was that it would make me a secure person. New people always make me kind of shy and my first day was no exception. It was around
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Strange Meeting It was mid morning when I was sitting in the park‚ as I looked across the way I saw an object that resembled a wallet. I walked over just to see what it was‚ and sure enough it was a woman’s wallet. Popping the latch open‚ I examined to see if there was any sort of identification that could lead to the real owner. Sure enough there was a Colorado drivers license. The wallet belonged to an eighteen year old‚ red haired‚ brown eyed‚ Jessica Sheldon. Jessica seemed like your average
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