Miss Brill

puts it away. Despite her loving the fur, she allows other’s opinions to control her, which shows she cares deeply for the thoughts of others and intensely feels criticism. “But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying” (17). Miss Brill, alone in her dark apartment, cries over her despairing and lonely life. Moreover, she realizes she is not a vital actress…

Miss Brill is spending her Sunday like she does every Sunday, enjoying a day in the nearby park where she imagines that she was the center of attention. She lives alone so she personifies objects, for example, the piece of fur that she spoke to. In the first…

 The Grandfather’s last words seem to cause anxiety because he opened up to them that he was a conspirator/ traitor amongst his own people in that he accepted the part that was given to him without a fight. However, his lasts words of advice to his family was that his way wasn’t a way to live. The Grandfather’s words caused a lot of concern because they have always thought their father lived right, hearing those strong words come out of his mouth gave them somethings to worry about. The…

I am writing this final Letter of Reflection to discuss my background in reading and writing about literature, my strengths and weaknesses in writing, changes I have noticed in my writing style, process, and abilities this semester, and why I have chosen to revise my Initiation Story, poem research paper, and essay on Death of a Salesman for my final portfolio. While in high school, I took College Prep English courses as a freshman, sophomore, and junior. In those classes, I was required to…

Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom. Laffan Michael, The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916–1923, Cambridge University Press. Presenting the War in Ireland, 1914-1918, in Paddock T (eds) World War I and Propaganda, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2014 Newspapers Irish Examiner, Saturday, August 23, 2014, Fog of War: The lies that lay behind WW1 http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/fog-of-war-the-lies-that-lay-behind-ww1-283223.html Independent.ie Anita Guidera, Women at…

Symbolism can be found in your dreams and everyday real life. Whether it is present in a piece of art, in a book, or in a movie; symbolism’s main goal is to provide a deeper meaning. Symbols are often repeated throughout a story and their meanings are not always clear (Duckart). Critical thinking may be required to decipher a symbol, but getting a story, or artworks full message is only accomplished by reading in between the lines. Movies and art work in the same way as books, they don’t rely on…

This year in English 10H has allowed me to hone and improve my reading and writing skills. With this class, I have been able to be challenged far more than I would have had I not chosen to stick with an honors class. My writing has improved leaps and bounds over the course of the year due to the large amount of papers we wrote that covered vastly different subject matters. The first paper we wrote to start off the year was a thesis essay based on an independent novel that we read over the summer…

Paul D. Cottingham Fr. Kurt Messick Epistemology September 13, 2014 Kant’s and Hume’s epistemology Immanuel Kant and David Hume were notable philosophers within the modern era, each with their own respective ideology and philosophy; Kant was influenced by rationalism, crafted a theory after the Copernican Revolution explaining the role of human reason in obtaining knowledge, whereas Hume, who was influenced by skepticism, put an end to pure reason and an end to the Enlightenment Era. In the…

Every little kid grows up dreaming of playing in the NFL, NBA, MLB and so much more. Only 7.6 million of those kids go on to play varsity sports in high school (Koebler). Seven percent of those athletes go on to play a college sport without pay (Scholarshipstats.com). Less than two percent of college athletes go on to play in a professional sport (Cheney-Rice). Eighty-six percent of college athletes live in poverty after graduation (Hayes). If the NCAA paid them for their contributions while…