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    local library. My boyfriend and I have a daughter who is now ten months old, we try to read to her whenever we can. I enjoy reading Dr. Seuss books to her, since he has always been a favorite author of mine. I also have always had an interest in mystery and stories of different people’s lives. My parents did not go to college, but encouraged my sisters and me too. In grade school I would always read short stories, if I wanted to read something on my own…

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    Victoria Santiago Mr. Werner American Literary Experience- B Block April 28, 2016 Flannery O’Connor Abstract This paper will analyze the influence that the South Atlantic, specifically Georgia has had on the writing of Flannery O’Connor. The majority of O’Connor’s writing was influenced not only by the geographic aspect of Georgia but the culture and customs and norms of the people that lived there. In theses categories religion plays a very big role, and as O’Connor being a catholic and being…

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    anywhere!” This is going to be an attitude I set out for at the beginning of this next part of my life. If I start to read more books and take more time writing then I can reach any goal I’ve thought up. My reading so far has created thoughts that inspire me to know more and wonder about the future. By doing more reading and practicing my craft in writing, I won’t have to wonder where my life is going. I will have control of it and have thoughts deeper than I could even imagine. By starting to…

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    J.D. Salinger Literature pre-World War Two, was primarily distinguished writing, even most fiction was for the most part politically correct. Then, along came J.D. Salinger, who had rougher writing that was more similar to actual conversation than what most people were used to finding in books. His works also had a much looser chronological order than the current status quo of literature. His characters faced struggles internally, and against society. This made both his novels and short…

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    as a way to express one’s self and to tell a story. Jonathan Swift used this tactic when writing and was able to express his political views on the society he lived in while telling a story. Swift’s extensive, first-rate education gave him the ability to be successful in his later years as an author. He was able to obtain jobs for respected men as well as gain and form the political views present in his writing. As a highly educated essayist, political pamphleteer and poet of 17th and 18th…

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    There are numerous different ways of learning, such as musical, visual spatial, logical mathematical, naturalistic, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. All the learning styles are different, but what is my learning style? This is what I learned about the learning style assessment I took, what I received, and about the different activities that I can work better in. Anyways, the best way of learning for me is linguistic. After taking the learning style assessment, I…

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    Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman. I chose this book because I like love and mystery books. The story of love, which exists between Quentin and Margo, is really interesting. Quentin loves Margo since they were children and this is a platonic love. In some parts of the book, Quentin started to think that Margo loves him, but this is only a thought of Quentin, because she does not make it clear. If she loves him is one of the mysteries of the book because the reader only discover it at the end.…

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    I am a writer. I love being able to create my own stories about whatever comes to mind. I like making stories about mysteries and famous wars. I like to watch movies with action in them and then going back and writing about the movie but with my own twist to the story. I started to do this after my first discovery of a mystery book called The Hardy Boys, by Franklin W. Dixon. Growing up, before I knew how to read, I would enjoy learning about new things and figuring out things on my own. I…

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    The Fortunate Reader: The Value of Organization, Evidence, and Audience In “The Fortunate Traveler: Shutting between Communities and Literacies by Economy Class,” Suresh Canagarajah wrote about his bilingual experience. He was born in Sri Lanka, where he lived and studied until he left to continue his graduate studies in the United States. It was during his early years that he began studying English. His parent spoke English, rather than their native Tamil when they did not want…

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    is a mystery. The people in his time period reported that he disappeared without a trace. All investigations were proven wrong and people at that time period came up with many stories that other people found incredible and false. Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, OH. At one point, he lived in San Francisco. Bierce’s parents were in poverty and weren’t well off with money, however they enjoyed reading. And that is how Ambrose Bierce had a deep love and connection for reading and writing.…

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