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just simply meet the status quo. In the short story “Woman Hollering Creek”, the character Cleofilas has the opposite mentality as Ana in “Real Women have Curves”. Cleofilas dreams of getting married and leaving her six brothers and father. She imagines that the married life would be much happier and easier like they are in the telenovlas. She believes she is ready for marriage and sees that as a way out of the life she is living. Not a single thought of marriage scares her, she goes into…

I used to imagine a farm as a beautiful property with lush, green grass, neat crop rows, happy animals, and lots of space. That’s what most people imagine. The documentary, “Fresh”, has shed new light on my perspective. Now, I understand that this utopian family farm is scarce in the food industry; It’s practically a myth. Most farms today are crowded, dirty, full of chemicals, disease-ridden, and overall depressing. These “farms” are better known as factory farms, and they’re where most of…

home where someone will not get hurt in the process. People may get hurt when you are using a device in a very social place, for example in school or at the mall. You could accidentally walk into someone or something, hurting yourself or others, imagine that…

Onomatopoeia is a prominent element in the poem “The Sound of Night” written by Maxine Kumin. “The Sound of Night” highlights the sense of sound in place of vision. The reader imagines the sounds being described rather than visualizing what the scene might look like. Kumin’s use of onomatopoeia aids in magnifying the theme and tone of this poem by creating an audible experience which immerses the reader. The main theme of “The Sound of Night” is the premise that when one sense is removed,…

In the article 'Dream Jobs: Movie monster', by Shelly Walden, the central idea of the article is that it is very hard to be an actor who plays monsters. The reader can see an example of this when the author writes "The actor Boris Karloff was famous for playing Frankenstein’s monster in 1930s movies. He often spent five hours a day in the makeup chair. He reported for makeup as early as 4:00 a.m. to be ready for filming at nine. Then he worked up to 11 hours on the set while wearing boots…

Take a moment and imagine that you are in a class listening to a biology lecture. For many of you, the sound of the instructor’s voice is your main point of focus, as it should be. As a normal functioning person, you are able to drown out unnecessary noises and focus your attention. Now, I want you to imagine hearing the instructor’s voice, a humming bird in the window, a pen clicking, a person whispering in the back of the class, a siren from outside, and the pitter patter of footsteps in the…

This story about dyslexia really explained a condition that I knew little about, and how it is commonly misconceived by the general populous. By dictionary (standard) definition Dyslexia is the inability of otherwise normal children to read. Dyslexic children are in a separate category from kids that can’t read due to personal issues: such as poverty, brain damage, or vision impairments. Although there are scientists who disagree, the accepted cause for Dyslexia is the inheritance of a…

Imagine an adult jumping up and down in a puddle. Now, imagine a child doing the same thing. Which one do you think is weird, and which one is the normal? Normally, an adult jumping in a puddle would be weird, but what if I told you the adult jumping in the puddle was measuring the depth of the puddle, and measuring the amount of rain that fell yesterday? I believe curiosity is what drives people to do things that normal people would consider weird. Looking at the sky and wondering what is…

Many people feel that American society is too competitive, but it can be a good thing. Competition encourages people to work towards improvement. It also teaches people how to accept failure. Competition is also beneficial to consumerism. It helps to keep prices fair and lower. Some may see fierce competition as a negative aspect of society; however, they should consider a world without it. In order to make better products, companies need some competition. Take Apple and Android for example.…

Kuipers portrays a character to be living a good life speaking of dandelions, but we find out that the allusion that Kuipers creates is not one that a normal person would imagine just by reading the first line. For these reasons, “The Job Interview” is a more dynamic poem that caught my attention in ways that one could never imagine. Dennigan and Kuipers use similar techniques to set the figurative language and the tone of each piece of writing. Both authors form their poems using…