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Papers on English
Defending Against The Indefensible: Understanding Communication
Number of words: 1065 | Number of pages: 4.... he writes, “ It is a form of stupidity when to accept without reflection someone else’s definition.” He wants people to realize that definitions are not god given, and that to question the validity is acceptable. Upon looking in a dictionary at any word you will see that all have several meanings. The same may apply to our lives, while one definition may apply to you another may not.
The ability to question a definition is a crucial part of communication. For example: in the practice of law a case might call for someone to define the freedom of press, and that very definition may mean two completely different things to t .....
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Black Like Me
Number of words: 1749 | Number of pages: 7.... those he knew prior his experonce the book was published and released.
John Howard Griffin began this novel as a white man on October 28, 1959 and became a black man (with the help of a noted dermatologist) on November 7. He entered black society in New Orleans through his contact Sterling, a shoe shine boy that he had met in the days prior to the medication taking full effect. Griffin stayed with Sterling at the shine stand for a few days to become assimilated into the society and to learn more about the attitude and mindset of the common black man. After one week of trying to find work other than menial labor, he left t .....
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Working Together
Number of words: 505 | Number of pages: 2.... in the group would have to be willing to openly hear the other person's side and give an honest judgement of it. Even though someone might not want to give an opinion usually everyone leans toward one direction or another on any topic.
The cons are the disagreements, well that could also be a plus. When you work with a group it is a free ride. Everyone needs to participate for an effective collaboration.
It is always better to work by yourself. This is an error because an individual opinion is one sided and close minded. I certainly agree that people usually lean towards one side of a topic. But I also believe that major ide .....
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The Yellow Wallpaper 3
Number of words: 352 | Number of pages: 2.... the woman’s only chance of freedom.
Slowly detaching from reality, Jane becomes the woman within the paper not only because of her obsession with it, but because of its parallel to her own life. In her final step toward insanity, she tears the paper off the walls to release the woman and herself. When her husband finds her, with the wallpaper and her sanity about her feet, she forcefully exclaims, “I’ve got out at last...in spite of you and Jane. And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back.”
She completely disconnects from “Jane” and disconnected, simply .....
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The Hidden Story In Green And
Number of words: 954 | Number of pages: 4.... the first, is the meaning “go.” As in a traffic light signal, most people associate green with the word and action “go.” This can be interpreted as meaning Gatsby should go for his dream without hesitation. It implies that Gatsby and Daisy are meant to be together and nothing should stop Gatsby from his destined happiness and love with Daisy. It inspires hope for Gatsby that he is on the right path, heading towards the best years of his life. He believes that things will soon be as they once were, only better. ““I’m going to fix everything just the way they were before,” he said nodding determinedly. “She’ll .....
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Hamlet- The Role Of Women
Number of words: 1133 | Number of pages: 5.... not court ophelia the only place they are together is in Ophelia’s bedroom "He hath, my lord, of late made tenders Of his affection to me"(pg 17 line 99). Hamlet visits her bedroom at night and makes love to her. Ophelia believes this a relationship but is too young to know what a real relationship is. Hamlet writes her letters to make her believe that letters are a representation of Love. Ophelia did not refuse Hamlet everything that Hamlet wanted from Ophelia he got. She stops thinking for herself and allows men to think for her. Ophelia allows Hamlet to "make love to her" because Hamlet wants to. Men in th .....
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A Child Called It
Number of words: 694 | Number of pages: 3.... severe option of the abuse. When his mother attempted to make him eat his brother’s stool, he held his head away just long enough to get it taken away at the last second as his father drove up from work.
The games that his mother would make him play would turn deadly. He had to fortunately thank God that she was a former nurse. For example, she told him that she was going to kill him, and played with a knife as if she was going to. The knife slipped out of her hands and struck him around the chest area. He bled profusely and she bandaged him up and nurtured him for a little while after until she saw he was able to support .....
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The Odyssey
Number of words: 859 | Number of pages: 4.... the beating that we gave you, you damn cannibal?” (Ody IX 520) Since the Cyclopes is Poseidon’s son and Odysseus shows hubris about hurting him, Poseidon hate for Odysseus grows. This provokes Poseidon to not let Odysseus and his crew from returning home at all. Odysseus then, begins to learn that hubris only gets him disliked by the gods even more when his companions dies from Poseidon’s curse. Odysseus begins to mature to be more humble and thankful for the leadership and luck that the gods have given him, after he realizes why he lost his companions. When he arrives at an unknown island he meets the god of the wind. The go .....
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Shakespeare
Number of words: 1026 | Number of pages: 4.... the they lay eyes on each other. Romeo
and Juliet's love is a perfect blending of body and soul.
The obstacle which is a feature of the amour-passion
legend is partly external, the family feud; but is partly a
sword of the lovers' won tempering since, unlike earlier
tellers of the story, Shakespeare leaves us with no
explanation of why Romeo did not put Juliet on his horse and
make for Manturia(Mahood 392). If Romeo would leave Verona
with his love Juliet both will live with each other and
could be in love till they are old and gray, but instead
Romeo leaves with out his love and die young with each
other.
T .....
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Culture Clash
Number of words: 982 | Number of pages: 4.... I would see Hong, and his father have a discussion on Bruce Lee in their own private language. Every word that Hong spoke flowed smoothly, and was interpreted well by his father. Hong’s father also spoke in Cantonese, and argued against what Hong thought of Bruce Lee. They had an interesting debate in Cantonese. There was never an incident in the misinterpretation of language. As a result the family was in a stable condition. During this time my family had problems. My brother and I would speak English 75% percent of the time, while my mother would speak both languages, my father speaking Vietnamese. At dinner we would social .....
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