Grammatical tense

Of Mice and Men and Code Name Verity are both novels that highlight the struggles of two polarizing characters throughout troublesome points in history. The authors both carry the plot in similar manner while presenting two characters that have to do what is right to save their friend from further persecution. In both stories, tragedy is foreshadowed whether it be from previous sinister events or the tone of the novel transitioning to a more somber one. However, these two stories are not exactly…

“His Girls”- Question # 4 “The 1950s were a decade of prosperity for the United States. Conformity became the norm, and a conservative code of dress and behavior…dictated what was appropriate” (142). This is the background of the time the story, “A&P” written by John Updike, takes place in. Updike writes about a boy named Sammy who finds himself, while still in the stages of transitioning from a boy to a man a “boy-man” (Schneider). Sammy’s character starts to reveal itself when he is taken…

Influence of Mood and Type of Learning on Ability to Learn Understanding how we learn is essential to improving the quality of education each student receives. There are many factors that may help or hinder a student when they are trying to learn. The two that were focused on most prominently in this study were mood and the type of learning implemented. The two types of learning are intentional learning, which takes place when explicit instructions to learn and remember are given, and…

JC Second Person Personal Pronoun Sing. Sub. /yu si weh ah mean? / “Do you know what I mean?” /yu mussi born back a cow/ “You 're an idiot” (Pensacola Studio, 2014) /yu di ' guh work todeh? / “You went to work today?” Pl. Sub. /unu di ' hear di school bell? / “You heard the school bell?” (Jamaicansinting, 2012) Sing. Obj. /mi lob yu/ “I love you” (Wells, 1973) /me good yu know, but look “I’m Great, but not as good as you” At yu, di better one/ (Pensacola Studio, 2014) /ow yu…

“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.”- Bryant H. Mcgill. I chose this quote because it relates a lot with Romeo and Juliet and how they love each other and when they do something wrong they forgive each other with love. Romeo and Juliet are good at forgiving each other and they also have a great amount of trust with each other. Romeo and Juliet are in love because, Romeo comes back for Juliet after he was banned from Verona, Romeo would rather be dead…

Robert Frost moved to England in 1912, it was here that Frost was inspired by British poets Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, and Robert Graves. With the help of his peers, Frost wrote some of his best works in England. Frost was an unsuccessful farmer, so he went back into education from 1906 to 1911 at the New Hampshire Normal School in Plymouth, New Hampshire. New England is where a majority of Frost’s poems are based in. New England is where Frost was able to flourish in his writing career, so…

"In Defense of Gender", written by Cyra McFadden describes—in a satirical fashion—the nonsensical, all too often ubiquitous neutering of the English language across the country, both spoken and written. McFadden brings to light the issues that arise, as oppose to lessen, when gender-specific components are removed. I found myself in agreement with the author on many, if not all, of the points addressed within the article. To disassemble the English language—both written and spoken—and then…

I had to be very consistent when building my character’s identities to make them believable. I had to make it clear to my audience, why the character was acting the way they were. I also had to avoid cliches because the audience tends to see cliches as superficial. In term of my characters motivations I wanted to make my main character, Scarlet, not know how to live independently or act politely around people. Therefore, I created a situation where she was spoiled as a child. Scarlet’s…

In her memoir, Sonia Sotomayor expresses the emotional and commemorate events from her childhood through adult life that helped her become the persevered and intelligent woman she is today. At the age of eight, she was diagnosed with type one diabetes, which implicated that she had to learn over her childhood how to apply her insulin shots on her own. The parents were always arguing because the father was an unreliable alcoholic, and the mother a nurse who worked long hours. To avoid conflict…

On January the third, as we began our American Literature class, our professor put the whole class into groups. Everyone was assigned to write an essay about their group’s hobbies, accomplishments and goals. The people in my group are Klovis, James, and Spencer. The first person’s hobbies, accomplishments, and goals we are going to discuss is Klovis. The hobbies that Klovis enjoys we learned are drawing and watching anime. The things that he likes to draw are anime characters from movies,…