During F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story‚ Winter Dream Judy Jones was displayed as a villain‚ she was nothing more than a spoiled child who was raised into a pampered ill-mannered young woman. Despite her attitude Dexter was taken with Judy‚ and dreamed of marrying her someday. I chose to write a creative story from Judy’s point of view‚ adding irony to the story. My classmate Douglas Brodbeck pointed out that‚ “Dexter achieved everything he wanted to except for his final goal of being with Judy‚ and that
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Winter Break Essay European Exploration vs. Every Other Exploration Prior to European exploration‚ there were already many other explorations going around the world. For example‚ we have the Vikings of which people have theorized that they indeed discovered America centuries before Columbus actually did. There is one further piece of evidence that displays even more people discovered America before Columbus: Chinese pottery that were not indigenous to the people at the time. However‚ even though
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Whitney Ellinger Professor Bassett L 364 22 July 2013 Response Paper #2 At birth‚ a child is given a name in hopes of making something of them later on in life. In Winter in the Blood‚ our narrator is presented as being nameless. Being nameless through the entire book shows how the narrator views himself and how he sees himself relating to those around him. Throughout the book‚ the narrator struggles with connecting to family members and identifying himself and his self worth‚ which ties into
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In the poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden‚ Robert Hayden shows the speaker’s regrets for not recognizing his father’s love during his childhood. In the first stanza‚ the speaker introduces his father. Beginning with “Sundays too my father got up early‚” “Sundays too” suggests that the father woke up early even on Sundays to help his family (line 1). Then‚ the words the speaker use to describe his father makes an imagery of the father having a harsh life. The speaker describes his father’s
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On a cold December day one week before winter break my life was flipped upside down. I was a 5th grader waiting for my mom to pick me up from school after tutoring but‚ my uncle picked me up that day I asked him‚ “Where’s my mom?” “Why didn’t she pick me up?” My uncle redundancy ‚ didn’t say a single word to me during the car ride home. As I got to my house‚ I saw the ambulance outside of my house‚ hoping nothing was wrong. I open the door hope the first responders weren’t there but as I open the
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The man in "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden uses the boy version of himself as an example for other children teaching them that they should never forget to appreciate how hard a loved one works for you or the dedication they show to making sure you are cared for. Also a lesson for adults that they may suffer extreme guilt later in life when it will be to late to free yourself of those type of emotions. I can identify with the emotions he goes through‚ easily placing myself in his shoes seeing
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Sara Nostant Late Winter Trot You can feel the cold breeze against your face. It’s pushing your hair back as you gain momentum. Normally‚ you might feel cold or uncomfortable in the cool air but the adrenaline you are feeling overrides the wind’s harsh bite. Above you‚ when you look up‚ is a path. You take the journey and spot scenery of copious greens and frequent browns. The smell of Christmas trees and recent rainfall is fresh in the air. You can almost smell the dampness and cold. As you
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those that have parents and kids who cannot spend more than a few minutes apart‚ while there are others that do not even speak on a daily basis. For the latter‚ there can be a plethora of outcomes from those strained familial relationships. “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden explores some of those issues and their complexities‚ focusing mainly on a breakdown caused by a lack of understanding of all that a father provides to his family as well as broken lines of communication. Hayden indirectly
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Lashley Winter The Stephanie Marie Burgos Scholarship Essay My parents came to the United States from Saint Lucia to help create a better life for their children. Knowing the sacrifice my parents made to provide more opportunities for us‚ I approach my education and future with the tenacity to achieve. I waste no time and seize every opportunity that comes before me. I am a firm believer that time lost cannot be regained. Though I immerse myself in the opportunities that come before me‚ I
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have an innate conscience that dictates what is right and what is wrong? Society has lowered their moral code thus oppressing the consciousness that is instilled in all humans. The answer to these questions can be found in John Steinbeck’s novel The Winter of Our Discontent. The moral slide of Ethan Hawley’s character is a clear representation of the moral downfall of man. The pressure put on Ethan by his family to be wealthy causes his immorality and corruption to come out. At one point Ethan argues
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