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“Can you promise me something?” Maybe it was the serious tone in his voice, or, just that particular arrangement of words, but Shawn’s question made Celia panic. “That depends…” she said with hesitance. “Promise me you’ll wipe the extra ice cream off my face before we leave.” Celia instantly relaxed and began laughing. “You know,” said Shawn, his tone heavy with sarcasm, “it’s rude to laugh at people. Especially those with disabilities.” Celia gasped dramatically. “How dare you accuse me of such a thing! I am appalled that you hold such an unfavorable opinion of me.” It was Shawn’s turn to laugh, “Nice vocabulary you got there.” “Thanks,” said Celia, still joking. “It’s new.” Shawn’s smile widened again. “I see. Not literally, of course,” Shawn laughed to himself. “Tell me what this new vocabulary can do.” “It can do anything,” said Celia, tauntingly. “You want to bet?” “I don’t gamble.” “I think you’re just being a chicken.” “Me? Chicken? Oh, no,” Celia leaned forward with her forearms on the table. “No, I just don’t want to prove you wrong again.” “Is that so?” Shawn playfully asked. “Yep.” “Alright,” said Shawn, “I propose a challenge. I’ve been told that it is impossible to describe colors. Now, I don’t know what color is but, if this vocabulary of yours can make me understand what it is and what it’s like, I will… I don’t know… do… something.” “Challenge accepted,” Celia proudly stated. As she began looking around the tiny ice cream parlor for inspiration, Celia…

Finding Forester is a movie written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van San. The movie Finding Forrester is about a relationship between a young student, Jamal, who is from the poor community and an old man Forrester, who has been hiding in his house. Their relationship starts when Jamal break into Forrester’s house. They have become friends. Both have a love for writing and they learn from each other. The director uses some of the Aristotle elements throughout the film such as plot,…

Self-Reflection In the middle of 8th-grade year, my Uncle Michael had a seizure and was put on life support. Even though the whole family knew that he had Kidney Failure and Diabetes, we prayed for a miracle. The whole experience happened rather quickly. In my family, it is our belief that if it is God’s plan let it be, so if it was His plan for my uncle to still be here, he would be. All of this happened a week before Thanksgiving, the time of the year when I should be thankful for what I have,…

Despite being exhausted from the day’s events, I didn’t sleep much at Char’s. Not only did I not have my sleeping pills, but my mind was whirling with possibilities of what Aiden and Mason meant by “tomorrow.” Which is today. Meaning something is happening today. And I still don’t know what it is. But I do know that I’d rather have nothing happen. Of course deep down, I really wish I could tear Kaitlyn and Ryan a new one for messing with me, but I can’t. I had all night at Char’s to think…

In the first half, Cole sets up gentle contrasts between the rider and the leaves, then the leaves and the snowflakes. In the second half of the poem, it has more anger and aggression, with contrast between the poet and the dying soldiers and the soldiers and the snowflakes. The poem also follows a strict rhyme scheme with the rhymes in groups of three: lines one and four, lines two and five and lines three and six. The form and structure of this poem is free structure which means it has no…

connects to this naturalness so that they can accurately experience the emotion and passion of the poem. A close study of “Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night” and “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” shows the reader there are very little similarities between each poem’s verbal structure. In Dickenson’s poem, she has sprinkled her rhyming words throughout the poem in no particular order; however, this informal “sound” yet important choice of words seems to tie it all together. For example,…

There are a lot of adjectives that are used in the poem to suggest the innocence and purity of the boy, which juxtaposition is used by the adjectives and verbs used to describe the invincibility and strength of the Nettles. The poem explores the connotations of the word ‘bed’ and ‘bed of nettles’ and there is a stark contrast to what we associate a bed with and what the bed represents in the poem. Line 1 tells us that the boy’s aged “three” to indicate the boy’s vulnerability, which is then…

1. The Short Story and Poem: A Comparison of Literary Forms Reflecting on this week’s literary readings, as well as your own reading experiences, identify at least one major similarity and one major difference between the forms of the short story and the poem. How do the differences between these literary forms affect how you read and respond to them? In your response, include an example of at least one poem from this week’s readings. Describe the connections between (a) the poem’s form…

Poetry in the past years has become a focus on the craft and skill of what the poet is able to use while writing, which can create very beautiful poetry. However, a very strong form of poetry is the kind that relate to people and look into humanity of people along with their psychological state. A poet that was best at doing this is Galway Kinnell. Galway Kinnell is an exceptional poet that grew up in and lived in Rhode Island. He died in 2014 at the age of eighty seven years young. He had…

The connection the readers discover between the passage and their understanding allows readers to feel more in the moment. Also, it creates a bridge between their personal experiences and the experiences in the poem. While using a rhythmical format can be significant, like making the passage flow smoothly and to create memorable rhymes, it may not have any impact on the reader’s understanding or perceptions. Most of the time readers need to be able to get in touch with their emotions or reflect…