The Horizontal World‚ Debra Marquart In her essay‚ Marquart characterizes the upper Midwest. She uses both positive and negative strategies to do so. She describes the landscape itself as a negative place while its people as good‚ positive people – she switches back and forward between the two. She starts out her essay by describing a road in the Midwest‚ a road that according to her is “lonely‚ treeless‚ and devoid of rises.” She then says that the road “curves in places that it [feels]
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Debra Marquart uses her poetry to explore ideas of identity and projection. Specifically‚ how people tend to project their own stories and ideas onto passing strangers. When interacting with or observing a stranger there is no context to what they were doing before you crossed paths. Marquart’s poem is clearly not talking about herself when she creates these interesting backstories for a person she has no understanding of. This is exemplified by the statement‚ “I think of the one to whom bad news
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greater than credited. Debra Marquart illustrated the history of her small town. Throughout the passage described in first person narrative by Debra‚ herself‚ explained her story of what she has seen and been told. In “Horizontal World” author Debra Marquart applies vivid imagery‚ unique diction‚ and a personal anecdote to convey the importance and uniqueness of small towns. First‚ Debra Marquart uses vivid imagery to emphasize the small details that make a town unique. Debra opened the passage with
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memoir‚ The Horizontal World‚ written by Debra Marquart‚ is an excerpt that demonstrates Marquart’s indirect expression of love for the Midwest. Through her development of changing tones‚ which is propelled by diction and an appeal to ethos‚ she is able to advance her message about the unknown yet special qualities of the Midwest. Debra Marquart uses a change of tone from the beginning of the passage to its end in order to juxtapose the two contradictory perspectives of the Midwest. Marquart clearly
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Author Debra Marquart in her memoir “The Horizontal World”‚ writes about North Dakota and how she confesses her love for it in a very indirect way. There were very many considerable amounts of situations in her hometown and visitors would think that the land is plain and unimpressive. Debra includes many strategies to characterize the upper Midwest. Some of these strategies include imagery‚ tone‚ and syntax‚ also‚ diction‚ personification‚ and pathos‚ and lastly‚ ethos‚ logos‚ and audience. Imagery
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DEBRA AND MONA is a tender and dramatic character driven story of self-discovery‚ healing‚ and recovery. The plot easily engages and is driven by two strong and compelling female characters‚ aptly‚ “Debra and Mona.” The plot is driven more by the inner goals of the characters rather than by an external goal. The tone is dramatic‚ but tender. There are solid themes about surviving and second chances. The story is skillfully told with subtext. The broken wings and shattered photo glass is symbolic
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Memorist‚ Debra Marquart‚recalls what it was like growing up in North Dakota in her meir The Horizontal Winds. Marquart’s purpose is to characterize the Midwest as the opposite character that T.V has made North Dakota out to be. She use exaggerated diction to importune a humorous tone in her audience‚ the readers of the memoir and anyone who has had a false view on what North Dakota is really like. Marquart begins with introducing the idea of how television‚ more specifically television comedians
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Affiliations: Debra Jane Fine (early-fifties) is the Founder and President of Fine Capital Partners L.P.‚ a hedge fund with approximately $1.5 billion AUM (Assets Under Management). She is also the Founder of Fine Capital Advisors LLC‚ and investment advisory firm and the hedge fund’s general partner. Debra started Fine Capital in 2004‚ after serving as Director of Global Equities at Loews Corporation‚ where she managed a global equity portfolio. Prior to Loews Corporation‚ Debra was a Principal
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Abstract Horizontal violence is a negative phenomenon that is increasing significantly in the hospital setting. It is defined as bullying‚ verbal and physical aggression that occurs to employees in the workforce. Horizontal violence has harmful effects on nurses as it lowers their self- esteem‚ and makes them feel as if they have no power in their career. This phenomenon also negatively impacts patient centered care and safety as nurses are more vulnerable to making medication errors and careless
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In the memoir‚ The Horizontal World written by Debra Marquart‚ she describes growing up in the Midwest region. By using literary devices‚ she tells the readers about her profound love for the area‚ even though it may seem to the blind eye as a boring and lonely place to visit. Literary devices such as allusions and charged diction suggest that the Midwest has a unique beauty that not everyone notices‚ or bothers to notice. By using these literary devices‚ Marquart is able to convince her readers
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