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If I were to describe my understanding of these issues when I first began this class in one word it would be: fragmented. I have been studying many of these issues, whether it be poverty, environmental justice or economic and political disenfranchisement; but it was, and often still is in a very separate and fragmented approach. Partly, because of the nature and structure of the academic classes and subjects are taught through different departments, I had only approached these issues from very…

The Girl Who Won For most kids, growing up is pretty tough. For Julia Alvarez, it was even harder. The twisted paths of adolescence became blurred and incredibly confusing to Alvarez after she was, along with her family, forced to leave her native Dominican Republic for the strange United States. This culture shock was difficult to digest at the beginning, but then Alvarez became fueled by the bullies who taunted her accent and the missing pieces that being a “Dominican hyphen American” left in…

The question "who am I" is by far the most important question that we can ask ourselves in our daily lives. It not only relates to the subject of identity but the everything and everyone who has a certain effect towards you in life. Even though identity is not the only attribute that defines and/or shapes us, it does, however, represent a big part of who we are. In my life, a numerous amount of events, people, and decisions have assisted in influencing me to be the person I am today. Simple…

This is the class “Introduction to Theatre,” one of the best class in CU Boulder. The class basically teaches every basic elements of the theatre, which are, theatre element structure, the origin of theatre, the kinds of stages, and etc. I have profoundly learned so much materials for the great professor (Rebecca), TA (Jash), and also my fellows. I would say theatre class could change my new perspective looking to theatre in general. Throughout this paper, I would personally tell about the…

I am the first of my family to have attended college. While this prompted quite a bit of fear and anxiety when starting my college experience, it also allowed me to grow exponentially as a person. For the first time, I was without clear guidance, my parents and friends could not be there to hold my hand through the tougher decisions. As such, I had to force myself to learn to make decisions completely on my own initiative. For the first time, I allowed myself to learn and embrace topics, not…

I. SUBJECT The Lord of the Flies by William Golding takes place on an island during World War II, when a plane that is transporting a group of boys crashes. Two boys that were wandering the island meet. Ralph is a blonde haired boy, and Piggy is a plump, short boy with asthma. Ralph and Piggy signal all of the children on the island to come by blowing a conch. Once the conch is blown, a scrawny, tall, redheaded boy named Jack shows up with his choir that he leads. Jack approaches with a sense…

Lord of the flies, by William Golding, is an adventure on a different island. The first person that we hear from is the main character, Ralph. He and his companion for this book, Piggy, end up on this island full of boys, who are seen progressively later on. The first thing that they find as significant on this island is the conch, which will be a symbol of unity for all the boys for a small part of this book, even though this conch will stay till later in the book. Immediately through dialogue…

writer. I lacked organization, details, and consistency especially in my introductions. My introductions were stale and choppy, and if the subject was difficult, my introductions were vague. My writings were poor, but I have persevered and became an entirly different writer. My introductions started to contain consistency and order. I obtained a knack for parallel structure and being coherent or unified. My introductions became logical and smooth flowing. I was…

Introduction to Music Studies One point that really resonated with me was in Dr. Carolyn Hart’s speech. She mentioned that sometimes God will block our intentions, our plans, with a red light in order to get us to turn in the direction He wants us to go. I was very encouraged and impacted by this idea, that particular week and the week before I had been feeling quite discouraged, I wasn’t feeling at home in Wheaton, I was feeling overwhelmed by the large workload and the (small) amount of…

J.D. Salinger: Influential American Writer “An artist 's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else 's” (Salinger 198). JD Salinger was an extremely influential writer in the 20th Century. Though he did not write many works, he is still a very well known author in American Literature. He is mainly known for The Catcher and the Rye. There is a strong relationship between his life and his literature, and there are many connections between the two.…