Call on Me

Eating dog food for dinner. What a revolting idea to many, but in Ann Hodgman’s “No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch”, that is exactly what our minds palate is in store for. Hodgman spins a tale of selecting many different brands of dog food to try out as her bemused and hungry dog looks on. She attempts to inform her readers about the many styles of dog food and at the same time make them laugh at her reactions to each bite. Hodgman is writing not only for people who love dogs but to anyone who…

Throughout the song Call Me When You’re Sober by Evanescence there are themes of relationship issues, the person the singer is speaking to is assumed to be a man who is, the cause of the problems in the relationship in the song, and this is all told from the perspective of a woman. This essay will analyze this song and how the man in the song led to the end of his and the woman’s relationship. Within the first stanza, there are already signs that it is the man’s fault that the relationship…

Buddhism is an ancient discipline, but it still managements to intersect with modern religion at a lot of junctions. In the 20th and 21st centuries, especially, the teachings of the Buddha have become more prevalent, not only in Buddhist circles, but also in non-Buddhist treatment of certain events, philosophies and concepts. The products of these intersections of modern writing and Buddhism demonstrate a strong leaning towards secularism, and neo-spirituality – both of which are essentially the…

According to traditional stereotypes men are solid and prevailing, whereas females are submissive. In the Exemplification paragraph, “Don’t call me a hot tamale” By Judith Ortiz Cofer, reminds me of How people stereotype each other by Gender, and plays an image in my head of how many portray Gender stereotypes. It is known that society teaches Women to wear dresses, serve food, and take care of babies. On the other hand, men are taught to do any hardware, labor jobs and anything that…

his wife. It took about three weeks for me to even fill comfortable sleeping in my own home. I became so jumpy and paranoid getting in and out my car until I just had to tell myself, enough is enough. I was no longer going to let some women make me afraid to live in my own home. It’s not like Michael had a key or anything. I stop by the health food store today and picked up some miso paste, portabella mushrooms, spring onions, shrimp, and seaweed to make me one of my favorite soups. This…

Raymond Caver’s “Call If You Need Me” told the story of Dan and his wife Nancy trying to revive their relationship after they have both been involved with other people. The prominent imagery from Dan’s narration allowed the reader to understand the complex emotional state of the couple. This point of view allowed the reader to see how Dan judged Nancy actions’, as well as his own, before the initial timeframe of the story as well as throughout the story. Access to Dan’s thoughts informed the…

mother call me on a three way call to tell me what had happened. Supposedly one of his baby mothers had called the police on him. Supposedly one day while he was laying on her living room floor, she walked past him and intentionally stomped his hair and when she tried to take off running, he grabbed her by her hair. She called the police, and filed charges against him. I was devastated. I didn 't know how long he would be locked up, and neither did he. He would call me with a collect call every…

For an hour I was helping him turn the truck on and off to hopefully have it turn on, but we had no luck. After about an hour and a half of sitting in the dentist parking lot trying to turn on the truck. “Dad, just call…

interaction we have with each other. Although technology makes the world faster, it causes issues within relationships and families. Technology is everywhere and anywhere, from phones to computers to television, etc. With all these cellular devices, it leads me to talk about how cellphones causes lack…

myself to head out. It was not an early morning flight but you would think because of my early preparations. I sat and watched the time slowly moved like it was taunting me. “Tick, tock” slowly it went around the face of the clock, as if I was not already anxious. Finally the time came and it…