Bridges

In Hope’s Boy by Andrew Bridge, he reflects on his decade spent in the foster care system and puts a spotlight on the horrors of a system that attempts to save children, but condemns them to physical and emotional abuse. As a seven year old, all Andy wanted was his mother, Hope. They shared such a deep love for one another that nothing in this world could tear that love apart. Being trapped in poverty and continuously being faced with tragedies, all they had were each other, until they didn’t…

Cody was swinging in a baby swing on the playground. He was holding on with both hands in a firm closed grip on the chains. His mother was pushing him and the swing. When the swing was pushed, his feet was bent under the seat. When the adults where talking, Cody would look to the adult that was speaking at that time. Cody mother asked him to go play with the other children. He yelled out “NO”, while shaking his head no. Then he told his mother “push”. Then mom stated pushing him again on…

American Dream affect everyone at some time, with our parents, and their parents and so on. They had the trouble of coming to America to make something of themselves. In the book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the play A View from a bridge, by Arthur Miller, portrays this very same American dream by using two similar but very contrasting characters. George Wilson and Marco are exemplary examples that display the idea of the American dream is a meritocracy where they could rise to…

put a name to this separation of thought: intersectionality. In my Sociology class, we spent the last week discussing the topics we talked about on Tuesday and actually wrote a paper on the idea of intersectionality. We read an excerpt from “This Bridge Called My Back” entitled “A Black Feminist Statement”, which dived into the ideas of intersectionality. It showed us that if we look only at gender as “female” v. “male”, we neglect the unique struggles of a Black woman or a gay man, for…

I chose the topic of struggling readers and strategies to help them overcome their difficulties. After searching through many books over the allotted time for this course and talking with my colleagues I was recommended Comprehension strategies: Bridges to strategic reading by Tanny McGregor. This book focused on providing students with concrete ways to understand reading comprehension and how best to apply what they have learned to their reading. McGregor (2007) focused on metacognition,…

Buena Island (YBI) are receiving an improper Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rate. San Francisco and Oakland are separated by a toll bridge and are less than ten miles apart, yet are considered to be two different military housing areas (MHA). The two MHA’s have significantly different BAH rates. There are eight counties in the bay area with a total of six toll bridges with a total of five MHA’s in a very compact area. Ultimately, members who are stationed at YBI are being forced to make…

In ‘A View from the Bridge’, Arthur Miller examines the ideas of manliness, hostility and aggression. Eddie, the main protagonist has a very peculiar view of what it means to be a “real man”. Eddie is prejudiced, sometimes even spiteful towards those who do not conform to it. Threats to his honour or ideal image of masculinity, in the form of malice and aggressiveness are the cause many tense disagreements throughout the play. Manliness, as well as hostility and aggression are integral in the…

allows the audience to discover Eddie’s blinded love for Catherine. Arthur Miller cleverly structures the play in a way that insignificant events build up to reveal Eddie’s duplicitousness; the ultimate reason for the tragic ending of “A View from the Bridge”. The use of rhetorical questions in this scene builds tension in the atmosphere as Eddie’s excessive sarcasm and apprehension towards Catherine and Rodolpho’s relationship alarms Beatrice about her relationship with Eddie. “You mean it’s…

e f e f/ g h g h, making it smooth and powerful. When readers read this poem, they will feel the poet’s deepest sadness and the true feelings in his heart, it is like the poet was lamenting his pain to readers. The poem, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, is a Petrarchan sonnet form. Its rhythm scheme is a b b a / a b b a/ c d c d c d. This scheme divides the poem into two: the first eight lines and the next six lines. The first eight lines describes the scene in the early morning while the next…

An Analysis of Postman’s View on Education In Building a Bridge to the 18th Century, Neil Postman explains his views on how we can improve the future by looking to the past for inspiration. One of the topics he spends a great deal of time discussing is education. and how the education of the young should change. Postman believes that people should be educated to be skeptical as philosophes of the 18th century believed. He has five suggestions on how this should be carried out. Before…