Grammatical gender

The book I chose for this project was Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I am going to talk about the first three sections not the whole book, since it is a long book and it jumps around so much it would take a lot longer to talk about. This book is a hybrid of fiction and drama. The first section of the book is “The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing” it is a journal written in the mid 1800s by a sailor stuck on an island while the ship he was on gets repaired. The journal has a total of fifteen entries…

Essay #1; Life and Literature Have you ever wondered how life and literature are connected? We make our own choices just like characters in a story. In my opinion, we are just like characters in a book, we both make our own decisions. In life we also narrate because we are stuck in our own perspective. Life and literature are connected through characterization, conflict, and narration because we are our own author, when we characterize people and narrate going through life and conflict.…

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you've already mastered, you will never grow." This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson holds true to many aspects of life, whether you've experienced it or someone you know has. In my personal experiences, I've noticed this quote coming into play with a lot of things I do and how I carry myself through advancing in the activities I perform and the habits I have when learning new things. Some examples I will present to you include my experiences when teaching…

In “The Stolen Party,” Author known as Liliana Heker uses Third Person Limited point of view to make the story surprising and suspenseful. A suspenseful story will want the reader to continue the story to find the ending of the book, or in our case, A short story. One reason for using third person limited is to know and only care about the protagonist's feelings. If it was first person, there would be no narrator, and we would only see her opinions, and possibly what is not really happening.…

“911 what is your emergency? We will send an ambulance right away.” As thick red colored blood came sputtering out like a waterfall, making a pool around me. The warm sensation of another person’s plasma all over my face and hands made my body quiver. It tasted like metallic when I licked my lips for insurance that I was still alive. The car kept on moving as if it never hit a 112 pound juvenile. People hit someone and are never caught. How does someone hit a human being with their car and drive…

Elements of a Lesson Plan - Suggested Answers | Age/level | Objective(s) | Time | Resources/materials | Classroom set-up | Warm-up | Process (the activity or task) | Assessments | Follow-up | Select the verb that is conjugated into simple present: Angela ________ carrots for her salad. (cuts) Which sentence is written in the imperative? (Listen to your parents.) Select the verb that is conjugated into present continuous: Rather than shoes, I _________ sandals. (am…

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…

Parents have made an impact in our lives, present or absent. Yes! They stress us out and give us headaches when things do not go how they want. Even those who are not there have affected their children. The main character of the book The Usual Rules, Wendy, has mainly been impacted by her parental status. Her biological father Garret left her and her mother. Her Mother was later remarried to her loving and comforting, step father, Josh. The biggest toll Wendy has taken was losing her mother,…

There is about a hundred-year gap between the two stories, as Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” was written in 1898, though published only in 1969, while Margaret Atwood’s short story “Happy Endings” was created in 1983. In spite of the time and even cultural differences, both stories have much in common, as they are devoted to an eternal theme of human relations, of choices and challenges that men and women make every day of their mutual existence. The thesis comes from the statement that both stories…

The poem “Africa” by Maya Angelou seems to represent a woman and her beauty in the first stanza and then transitions into referring to the whole continent of Africa. Angelou describes the hardships of violence and slavery Africa has underwent over the years. She also refers to the fact the religion had been forced upon the people of Africa. Although Africa has been through a lot, it refuses to let that stop it from becoming a thriving continent. Africa will rise up and move on from these awful…