Basis point

between users who make 75k or more a year and users who make less than 50k a year (Rainie). At one point these numbers were slowly closing at the turn of the century, but since 2010, the margins have…

person omniscient point of view to help develop his theme. It 's written from the perspective of a little boy probably the same age as the ones trapped on the island. Not a boy on the island either but one detached from above. This helps show us how the boys are feeling about each other and how they are perceiving the events on the island. We know that Ralph was good friends with Piggy on the island but it wouldn 't seem that much better if the story was written from a different point of view.…

Why would an author or in this case a cartoonist write/draw himself into the story? The use of self-insertion adds to the effectiveness of the writer and in this instance, Art Spiegelman uses the concept of self-insertion to effectively tell the story of the Holocaust and tell the story with a post-memory twist. Primarily, the use of self-insertion creates a sense of ethos with the audience. Rather than acting as a regular character, the cartoonist sits in for the reader herself. Acting as a…

outside of his work station, and he can only hear the commands of his employer. He receives orders without seeing beyond the task. Bartleby is stuck in a confined space and refuses to move because he can not see beyond where he is, nor can he see the point of being where he…

experiences, she gives the point that there shouldn’t be a single story to anyone because they underestimate the victims of it and overlook their true stories of who they are. She proves this point by using a powerful yet playful tone. Adichie first describes her point on the effects of a single story by using a strong and powerful tone. In the middle of the essay she talks about her experiences at home. She talks about how her cousin died because he couldn’t…

soft clothes and buttoned shoes. ” This quote tells what Miss Strangeworth was dong when she woke up from her nap. The author uses words like soft, old, carefully, and sweet to prove the point even more that appearance doesn’t matter. Even a sweet, little old lady can be evil. Another quote that proves this point is, “ Her hand did not shake as she opened the envelope and unfolded the sheet of green paper inside. She began to cry silently for the wickedness of the world when she read the words:…

Sasha (Miss Lynch): Sasha, you are super talented. Sometimes you shock me in the dressing room by saying something so teenager-ish, because you play Miss Lynch so well I forget you are not an actual 40 year old women! You do an amazing job on stage performing, and you are an amazing friend backstage. You are so relatable and a sweetheart, I find myself laughing every time I’m around you. Keep shining and making people laugh. I will miss your bright personality and I hope you never change. Jenna…

3 October 2015 Andrew Young Kirkland's Assistant Manager 801 Industrial Blvd Smyrna, TN 37167 Kelli Jarrell-Pence Kirkland's District Manager 1016 Glenbrook Way Hendersonville, TN 37075 Dear Mrs. Pence: I am writing to you today regarding the budget of our store. As you are well aware during this time of year we are gearing up for our big holiday season. Since this is the time of year when we typically get more stock in, each week we are running into a problem. Our cardboard influx…

After each painted dial their paint brush would lose its shape, so after each time they used their brush they were encouraged to touch their radium covered paint brushes to their mouths to fix them to a perfect point once again. For fun, the young women would also paint their nails, face, and teeth with the radium they had and find a dark room to be in to make faces at each other just for laughs on their free time. Within months, the effects of the radium began to take place in them. They could…

In a school as massive as Boston University, it is difficult for any one individual to become a prominent, widely recognized social figure. Yet somehow, people all over campus recognize junior Barron Roth. Donning a backwards black hat, a long black t-shirt with “Official” plastered in all caps across the front, white jeans, and white Vans with no socks, Barron sails past the windows of Boston University’s West Campus dining hall on a sky blue skateboard. A tiny gold cross swings from his neck…