A Series of Unfortunate Events

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    David Pattenaude Professor Kiefer ENGWR 300 6 September 2016 Summary of "Self-Definitions" William T. Vollmann, in the first section titled “Self-Definitions” of his book Poor People, through a series of interviews, research, and self-examination attempts to define the concept of poverty and what makes people poor. In the introduction of the book, the author states that he is looking for the “similarities and differences in the experiences of being poor" (Vollmann 2). He admits that while other…

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    Wicked Gender Analysis

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    In the past accusations of witchcraft ran rampant causing panic wherever it went. 75%-90% of those tried and executed during this occurrence were female as opposed to the 10%-25%, which were males. It was apparent that women were linked to negative beliefs about dangerous magic and association with the devil, or judged based on systems of power in communities and courts worked against women rather than men. The concept of Gender plays an important role in shaping ideas about witches. In the…

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    Death Foretold

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    report facts of who, what and where, were involved, and how events turned out. The novel opens establishing this tone, in the very first line “On the day that they were going to kill him” Nasar woke up at five thirty in the morning (Garcia Marquez 3). From just this one line, the narrator achieved necessary and specific details; someone has been murdered and everything else is going to decipher the circumstances and effects of this event in reverse plot form. Then the third line in the opening…

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    of realism. Crane’s realism was influenced by the death and loss he experienced as a child, which manifested in his literary works. Crane is known as a pioneer of realism, which is a literary genre that tries to reflect the nature or reality of an event or thing. When Crane was only 8 years old, his father died and in 1871, his mother died on December 7th (Baird, Biography…). These experienced of death and loss shaped cranes bleak mindset and pint of view of things in the world. We see this if…

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    New Deal Dbq

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    In the spring of 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a series of programs, plans, and public projects in response to the failing economy. The latter are collectively known as the New Deal. The crash of the stock market in 1929, in conjunction to various other unfortunate events, sent the United States in a downward spiral with no hope of recovery. 13 million Americans lost his or her job, those who sustained were met by a 40% reduction of their income. FDR’s programs, plans, and…

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    We should empathize with them and acknowledge their weaknesses and help those in need instead of putting them down and excluding them. After Lia’s unfortunate incident, the Mercy Medical Center Merced now offers an interpreter service for families in need of translators in several different ways including in person for patients at the hospital, over the line on the blue phone service that is available…

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    Killing Mr Watson

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    book. The way characters jumped in and out was not what I expected. After warming up with a few chapters, I started to admire the uniqueness of this format. Although there is an underlying bias, each character offered a different perspective of the events. While many were muddled by the language of the people, I loved it. I felt like the phonetically spelled words of…

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    Tragedy In The Birthmark

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    deny his fate of killing his father and marrying his mother told to him by the Oracle of Delphi. In the end, his rash anger began the series of unfortunate events by unknowingly killing his father after a random squabble at a crossroads. By the end, Oedipus unintentionally married his mother and fulfilled the prophecy he so desperately tried to oppose. These events led to him gouging his eyes out and being exiled from thebes. His flaws ultimately led to his…

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    The majority of the world’s population have all participated in a form of dissociation. Whether its daydreaming or meditating, people have found a way to briefly disconnect themselves from their present lives, where they are able to find peace or an understanding. For some though, this is a nightmare turned into a reality that can’t be escaped. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a disorder that can be described as, “Two or more distinct identities or personality states are present, each…

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    Questions are a powerful tool. They lead to insight, inspiration, revelation and change. However, if a question is misused, it can not only be extremely unhelpful, it can be ultimately damaging. For that reason, when embarking on a dramaturged life, it is important to ask the right kind of question. What exactly is the “right kind” of question. Well, in this context, the “right kind” of question is a neutral question. The neutral question is one of the greatest tools and is capable of leading…

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