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Always be prepared for any unexpected circumstances, because everything can change in a second. Authors Darley and Latane explains three reasons that why people will not help while is needed. Have you ever experience that your life had a dramatic change in just a second, and that no one was there to help you? Reasons are because or they don 't notice the accident, interpret it, or it 's just personal responsibility. I didn 't believe those reasons until this Sunday when a familiar of mine got…

An Author’s writings reflects his beliefs. One of the many examples of this is Paradise Lost, a poetic representation of the creation and fall of man in the Garden of Eden written by Protestant clergyman, John Milton. It is not a completely accurate portrayal, since many of Milton’s descriptions and theories do not coincide with the Bible. Instead, it is simply a peek into Milton’s imagination of what it might have been like. Paradise Lost, despite being fictional, is heavily based on Milton’s…

Grendel Characterization Characterization is the action, used by authors, to describe the personality and qualities of someone, and is used in books, movies, plays, and other forms of literacy. Characterization can be one of two things: direct or indirect. These different characterizations are techniques used by authors to thoroughly develop and describe a character’s persona. In the story Beowulf, the author, who is unknown, vaguely describes the characters, but includes enough information…

In “ The use of animals in entertainment “ and “elephants and us” an in the CNN video they all talked about different animals and how they should not be used for animal entertainment purposes.Although these sources are all on the same topic, the authors use a variety of purposes for writing and use different structures/methods for developing their purposes. In “ the uses of animals in entertainment” The author’s purpose is to persuade readers about the problem of people using animals as…

What is the Author Saying? In the second chapter of Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken, she discusses the four secrets to making our own happiness. McGonigal begins by stating that there are many theories pertaining to happiness from the field of positive psychology, but they all agree on the fact that “we have to make our own happiness…”(pg. 45) She developes on this idea of making our own happiness by introducing the two separate ways to achieve the goal of being happy. First there is…

1. Who is the author? Benoit Denizet lewis, What is his/Her background? Benoit Denizet lewis is a writer with the new york times magazine, a new york times best-selling author, and an assistant professor of writing,literature and publishing at emerson college. What time period or school of thought does he represent? He represents this time period, and the teenagers in our time period. What assumptions or agenda does the author promote? The author promotes the question of why are more american…

The authors from the four memoirs overcame their childhood obstacles by bonding with family members. Gary Soto accepted working in the fields with his family. Laurence Yep realized that his father accepted him after the rat hunt. Barack Obama accepted his father. Julia Alvarez accepted going to the United States of America. Authors from the four memoirs describe overcoming obstacles to teach readers that it is possible to overcome any problem. Gary Soto accepted working in the fields with his…

"The author to her book" by Anne Bradstreet gently uses the metaphor of motherhood to describe her relationship between her and her books. She utilizes this complex attitude to portray her perception toward her audience. She begins her poem by describing the books as her "ill-form'd offspring of her feeble brain". By establishing her written works as the child of her brain, She cared and nurtured her books until she was ripped suddenly of them by her friends. "less wise than true.....expos'd…

Character characterization can be direct or indirect. Direct characterization is when the author describes a character in a way that the author is just telling the reader flat out. Indirect characterization is when the author uses actions and thoughts to describe a character. Characterization is an essential writing tool because it keeps the reader engaged in what they are reading. The reader has to really analyze the text to make sense of what that character is like or how they are. In…

Authors portray social issues that are sensitive to the public by placing them in their literary works in order to display their importance. Authors such as Atwood and Roth utilize this technique in order to bring forth social issues that deal with race, gender, love, religion, and other issues that people are scared to discuss. These authors bring these topics to light through the use of vivid imagery, detailed characterization, and a well developed setting. The main issues that are touched on…