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everything automatic or instant. For example, instead of writing a handwritten letter to someone, we text, and instantly the message is received to the person on the other end of the line. Personally, when it comes to taking notes, I prefer to write them down. I’m sure other…

“Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes” is a comprehensive study of how data collection within ethnography involves thought, participation, and the realistic illustration of important scenes. Emerson delves into the how’s and why’s of ethnographic field notes to demonstrate that ethnographic research is about immersing oneself and creating an analytical and descriptive record of one’s observations. This research is unique because the researchers become a part of the society to understand what is…

A Fan’s Notes, by Frederick Exley, begins at a bar called The Parrot. A bar where Frederick Exley, the main character, frequents in his hometown of Watertown, New York. There, he recounts his weekly life as a teacher at Glacial Falls – the crooked set-up of a school system he belonged to at that moment - and his drunken weekends watching football in his hometown bar. Exley then writes of an incident - what, at the time, he believed to be a heart attack. He is rushed to the hospital, where he…

Notes of a Native Son is a collection of essays written by African American twentieth century novelist James Baldwin in 1955. The essay begins with two major events in the main characters’ life: the death of his father and the birth of his father’s youngest child. At the same time it describes the current social and political affairs that were taking place in the country. James Baldwin essay embeds the hybridity of the intersection of oral and written forms typical of the late twentieth century…

In Fyoder Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment, many characters deal with internal conflict causing them to commit large and small crimes. Dostoevsky introduces a variety of characters, each of which has their own value that they contribute to the book’s theme. Each character has his or her own opinion which crimes are necessary and what deeds are evil. Some characters need to commit crimes just so they can survive in this harsh world, while others commit crimes because they think it will…

The Underlying Theme in Crime and Punishment and The Stranger Both The Stranger by Albert Camus and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky explore the criminal mind and its psyche. Each novel addresses the spectrum of emotions an individual deals with within their mind after committing a murder. Both books are centered on one criminal act that allows the reader to delve into the thought process of a convicted murderer, each varying from one another. In The Stranger, Meursault is seen as a…

While flipping through the cause and effect stories in our textbook one caught my eye in particular. The poem “Suicide Note” grabbed my attention with its bold title of the heavy topic of suicide. The style in which it was written, as free flow poetry, was also intriguing since all the other essays took the form of motionless paragraphs. “Suicide Note” was written by Janice Mirikitani and can be found starting on page 364. The poem’s thesis, though, not explicitly written, is that pressure to be…

Daniel hasn’t taken any treatment anymore, so which mean Daniel will be same as his own father as he doesn’t taking any treatment. In contrast, Graham doesn’t want to be same as his father Frank in Haslett’s story, “Notes To My Biographer. Graham has the mental disorder from Frank, and Graham has been taking the medication for family’s sake including his partner Eric. Frank doesn’t have doing this for family because he think it isn’t necessary. Haslett says, “Your…

James Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son’’ is in its essence an homage to the life of his father and a therapeutic exercise for Baldwin to deal with his father’s death, and his own concerns and premonitions about the future of his own life. Baldwin realizes that while he spent the majority of his life resenting and hating his father for his opinions and actions, which to Baldwin did not make any sense at the time, he now realizes the validity of his father’s opinions and the rationalization of his…

that France was the strongest country and needed to be dealt with first. Must rapidly defeat France before they start mobilizing (Russia was slower). Way to defeat France: Launch surprise attack from the North over Belgium border. Zimmerman Note: Telegram sent in 1917 by Zimmerman (German Minister) to his ambassador in Mexico. 1917: diplomatic proposal from the German Empire offering a military alliance with Mexico, in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.…