Grammatical tenses

The issues of migration and labor have very complex definitions on the US-Mexico border and those definitions are based on two important aspects which are race and gender. Race in simple words is the social construction that defines a specific group of people with similar and different physical characteristics; and gender refers to the roles, identities and practices that society makes for each interpretation of the sexes. Being part of a specific race is one thing that an individual carries…

People’s actions are often influenced by society’s expectation of them. Characters such as Viola and Olivia from William Shakespeare’s comedy, Twelfth Night, and Britomart from Edmund Spenser’s epic, The Faire Queene, are used to critique society’s conception of the masculine and feminine that expects women to be subordinate. These characters are confronted with various opportunities to assert themselves; however they must first overcome obstacles created by the general taboo against women…

The function of a narrator in any story is to do just that, to narrate the story. However, skilled authors realize that narrators do so much more than simply narrate: they are an essential component of how the story is expressed. Decisions such as having a third person, first person, or omniscient narrator are critical to point of view. In the case of this story, if the narrator had been Sonny himself, the story would be significantly one dimensional; having the brother narrate provides a…

In Shakespeare 's sonnet "Sonnet CXXX," the blazon is constructed in a very peculiar way. Mary Wroth, in sonnet 42 "Pamphilia to Amphilanthus," interprets the blazon within herself rather than her love. Both uses of the blazon depict a time in which love is of the essence. However, in both sonnets, the person in which they are describing is forever unknown. Shakespeare attacks the blazon of his sonnet and creates an anti-blazon, while both sonnets are still in singular perspectives. In…

Narrative Essay Every individual has certain identities that help make him or her particularly unique to society. As for me, there are a few identities that I find essential to my self-construction. Being born in another country, I was raised differently than many of the people around me. I did not grow up with luxurious things nor did I have everything I wanted throughout my childhood; however, I would not want to change the lifestyle I grew up with. My family lived in a small town in which…

After reading the book tuesdays with Morrie, I began to research Mitch Albom. I came to find out that the real reason he wrote the book was to help Morrie pay his medical bills. While reading the book, it touched me in ways I could never imagine. One of the main reasons I think Morrie Albom wrote this book was to show you that although you are going through a rough time in your life always see the positive in things. Mitch and Morrie rekindled their relationship by having one final “class”:…

So, essentially, even if the courts where it is, is very favorable, and the law judge and the Salem judge, if the program doesn’t have the support of the person above, it’s not going. Interviewee: Yeah, it almost doesn’t matter that it has of Jay Blitzman, for example, he has been there a long time, longer than Chief Justice has been a court judge, it doesn’t matter. Interviewer: Do you see any other place where it could sit, in terms of the child advocate program, DCF, DIH – Interviewee: We…

The short story “Blowing up on the Spot” by Kevin Wilson, is made to be magical fiction. The protagonist, Leonard, has a very lonely life in the short story, his little brother Caleb, is a talented swimmer with issues of his own since the passing of his parents. Joan, who is the girl he sees every evening after Leonard returns home from work is his only friend he seems to have, who is always there to talk to him. Leonard learns to find himself and forget the daily struggles of his over bearing…

The short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is told from the point-of-view of the narrator. Speaking in first person, the narrator describes a particular night in which he meets Robert, a blind friend of the narrator’s wife. Because the story is written in the first person, the reader is able to see what the narrator is thinking as well as speaking. Furthermore, because of the point-of-view and the brutal honesty of the narrator, the reader is given a chance to connect with the narrator and…

In the chapter four of The Willpower Instinct, the author Kelly McGonigal talks about human morals and the consequences we bear as a result of falling into brain traps. In the chapter she uses simple analogies to help us understand our impulses. The chapter talks about how strong morals can cause epic failures and create misunderstandings. The author describes in great details the concept of Moral Licensing and the effects of it. Researchers defined it as a right you giving yourself to make…