Accelerated Reader

Amanda Stevenson Dr. Sigler EN 102 14 October 2015 Fraternally Inseparable: The Journey from Vanity to Oblivion Despite the common belief that the sinking of the Titanic was purely unlucky misfortune, In “The Convergence of the Twain”, Thomas Hardy uses the prevalent isolation, indifference, and lack of foresight to convey that pride and vanity ultimately lead to ruin. Hardy uses the Titanic and Iceberg as a specific man versus nature conflict in order to Each stanza within the poem is…

Throughout the book Where Am I Wearing? author Kelsey Timmerman is constantly changing his personal view of globalization as he can never figure out if it is for better or for worse. After traveling to Honduras, Bangladesh, China, New York, and Cambodia to see where his clothes were made and what the working environment is actually like there, Kelsey understands better why globalization is good and bad for the world’s people and economies. Kelsey Timmerman argues for globalization and against…

realized what he was, the power that came with being the clone of El Patron got to his head. Living in the estate, he was the prized possession of the most wealthiest and most powerful man in Opium. As Matt gets accustomed to this new lifestyle, the reader begins to see the sudden change in personality. Perhaps the moment that defined this change was at the birthday party of El Patron. “Let her go,” said Tam…

This year at Roxbury Latin how many of you have worn a suit that you bought after going to a store and merely trying it on and subsequently purchasing it because you fit into a certain range of measurements. This in 1820 would have been a novel concept, for the fine clothing business was exclusively reserved for the upper classes of Boston society. This was due to large amounts of work and skill that went into making a custom suit. The process consisted of: basic measurement taking, the original…

Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”In the story the narrator tells us how he watches an old man in his sleep planning to kill him when his eye is open.The narrator kills the old man and hides his dead body under some floor boards.The police come and the man feels guilt and admits his deed. The narrator isn’t crazy because he says he isn’t crazy and he planned the murder.Nevertheless the narrator…

In his nostalgic poem “Blackberries”, Yusef Komunyakka allows the reader to better connect with the speaker’s problems by the use of first person point of view. By allowing the young boy to express his stream of conscious directly to those listening to the poem, we get an intimate glimpse at his transition from innocence. The poem begins with the boy recalling his time spent picking wild blackberries. He enjoys this act, and how it leaves his hands stained “like a printers/Or a thief’s before…

Generally-speaking, Ehrenreich employs a large array of metaphors, in order to better foster a conspicuous relationship between the kitchen’s features and bodily organs. In further elaboration upon this reality, the author sheds light upon the dire conditions of the restaurant’s workers by elucidating upon the crude features of the human body; for instance, the extensive elaboration made upon the small intestine, which is, in turn, home to arguably the most obnoxious digestive processes, is…

It gives the readers multiple different perspectives of how the siege is dealt with and how these people try to survive. Arrow is a soldier who questions her life and doesn't like to refer to herself as a killer. “I am Arrow because I hate all of them. The woman you knew…

The article I decided to pick for this assignment is by the media publication Complex and the interactive journalism piece is called "Project Runaway." The piece is about the behind the scenes making of Kanye West album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy." Complex Editor-in-chief Noah Callahan Bever would be with Kanye West for six months in the making of the album to do a cover story about it. Now what I really love about the interactive piece is how immersed you really feel in the piece.…

The first sentence of the “We Wear the Mask” starts off with “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- This debt we pay to the human guile” This is exactly how the Marquis Evremonde is described as. The man with a “face like a fine mask” as said in chapter 2 book 7. He is a man who hides all emotions like those who wore masks in the poem, hiding. In the poem “Acquainted with the Night” it talks about rain and the night which goes along with motifs in A Tale…