The two essays I chose for my final portfolio were Maira Kalman’s “Back to the Land” interpretive essay and Josh Neufled “A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge” interpretive essay. I found it quite easy when it came to deciding which two interpretive essays I would have to choose for evaluation because I was able to analyze both the purpose and audience clearly in the two essays. Also‚ with both Kalman and Neufeld’s essays I received positive responses‚ and felt that I could confidently write about both
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Help me please. Introduction It is easy to compare two characters—and do a good job of it—if you remember four points: * The Purposes of Comparison * Why * What * How These four points interrelate‚ but let’s start with the most important: the purposes of comparison. You can compare any two things—an apple and an aardvark‚ or a slug and a skyscraper. It’s easy to compare things like that: a slug is ___ whereas a skyscraper is ___. You could fill in the blanks without
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In our lives we experience different struggles and different problems. Each of us has our own trials in life. There are different types of trials‚ its either easy‚ moderate or hard. But how do we response in these trials? When we encounter the easy and moderate problems‚ we can easily survive it. But when we encounter the hard one‚ we always say we can’t do it. We can’t survive it. When I was a bit younger than today‚I always thought having problems and solving it was
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Madison Davis English 30D Mrs. Reimer February 12‚ 2011 Looking for Alaska The main theme in John Green’s novel “Looking for Alaska” is that there is more to life than can be experienced through any one person or experience‚ and that we will never truly understand everything that happens to us or the ones we love. We just have to accept these things‚ whether they be good or bad‚ and hope for the best. The novel is written in first-person perspective‚ through the eyes of the main character. His
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Looking for the root This discussion post centers on possible causes of learning disabilities‚ specifically that of dyslexia. Common symptoms of dyslexia are difficulty in the areas of speaking‚ pronunciation‚ reading fluency‚ decoding‚ comprehension‚ and word retrieval (Society for Neuroscience‚ 2012). However‚ in languages such as Finnish and Italian‚ which are more consistent in their relationship between letters and sounds‚ the only evidence of dyslexia may be slow reading (Society for Neuroscience
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In Gary Soto’s essay‚ “Looking for Work” he explains his fascination with the “perfect family” as a child. He watches television shows and wants his lower-class Mexican-American family to be a typical middle-class “white” family. In order for his family to achieve this he believes that money and wealth are the answer. Gary then goes around the block to find little jobs he can do. He gets some money and then meets up with his best friend Little John who wants to look for work too. Gary then recalls
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everywhere around us. This idea is portrayed in the Prescribed film “Looking for Alibrandi” and my ORT The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick. The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is a reaction‚ both are transformed. This quote by Psychologist Carl Jung is clearly evident in both texts looking for Alibrandi and The Simple Gift. During the opening scene of the film looking for Alibrandi there is a Qantas plane taking off or departing likewise in the
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I am Sorry… My best friend Robel was the smart student in engineering department of his University‚ he was scoring high all years until he graduated. For graduation day the university invited different engineering company and lot of other companies to open opportunity for the student to apply and get hire to one of those companies. Robel was the first student to got hired in one big industrial engineering company. Since he was excited to help his family he start working after a week
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Alice Tully is 17‚ working in a coffee shop until she can go to university. Affectionate‚ eager to please‚ loved by her boyfriend‚ cherished by Rose who fosters her‚ she has modest ambitions. Alice wants little more than a quiet life‚ something that‚ as a child‚ she may have forfeited for ever. It is understood that some grown-ups kill each other. This is regrettable and not to be encouraged‚ but who knows what any of us might not be driven to under pressure? The law and the public regard murder
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To my Dearest Daughter Jose‚ I am writing for a number of reasons‚ As your father I feel really guilty for not being there for you and your mother for so long but If there is one message I would want you to hold in your heart always it is this you are loved unconditionally. that my love for you is not decided based on how you act‚ what you say or what happens on any given day. There are no conditions and the love is given freely to you Jose. I had never thought about what it would really feel like
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