On Borrowed Time

poet and essayist, Charles Simic, in his personal essay, “A Reunion with Boredom”, reminisces about a time with silence and boredom. Simic’s, purpose is to show the true effect of technology on the lives of the user, the effect beeing inability to remain bored for more than a few minutes. He adopts a pitiful tone in order to bring prominence to the fixation of technology in his community. Multiple times Simic helps the reader visualize his thoughts by using analogies. Throughout the essay he…

Willie’s illness and revival are surrounded by mythical and seemingly magical events which impact Dunny’s beliefs and others’ perception of him. Some of these events include Mrs.Dempster prayer over Willie’s “dead body”’ seemingly restoring his life to him. This impacts Dunny’s beliefs because he truly believes that her prayer has brought Willie back to life. this further impacts his beliefs as he thinks that this was one of three miraculous acts that has made Dunny think that Mrs.Dempster is a…

The future is unknown. Thousands of years ago people predicated what the future will hold, of course many were wrong. That's the thing with the future, you never know what can happen. Each individual has his or her own plans and goals for their own future. Whether they fulfill that goal is up to them. "A goal without a plan is just a wish" You need to be prepared for your future and take everything into your own hands. What happens in the future is the effect of what people do in the…

How to Live Life In E. B. White’s “Once More to the Lake”, White describes the tale of his trip to a familiar lake he went to with his son. Since White also grew up at that lake, he experiences moments of déjà vu. The theme of “Once More to the Lake” is written through the author’s tone, his literary devices, and the similarity to “What are Homosexuals For?” Throughout “Once More to the Lake” White’s tone is consistently anxious (Tone Vocab…). Although, at the beginning White seems nonchalant…

Where are the Mericans The short story Mericans is about the time these bi cultural kids spend waiting for their so called awful grandmother inside of the church. In the short story “Mericans" the setting is never specified. I feel like this was done on purpose so the readers can decide for themselves. The setting to a story is one of the most important aspects of a story . The settings develops the characters because they are shaped by their surroundings. It also helps develop the plot so…

effect. The primacy effect helps us recall words because the words at the start of the list are encoded into our long term memory where we store them until it is time to recall them. The recency effect helps us recall words because words at the end of the list are put into our short term memory where we can access them for a short time (about 30 seconds). The words in the middle of the list are not encoded into our long or short term memory, so it is harder to recall them. This all shows us that…

Let Live A high school student sits impatiently in a desk, waiting for the bell to release everyone to lunch. Half an hour later the students return to learn for another three hours before leaving to go work, hang out with friends, and do homework. Hopefully, at the end of the night each teenager will arrive home to sleep until the day will repeat itself over and over. Schedules are crazy between school, friends, work, and family which parents are aware of but many don’t know that children…

Stepping out of the RV for the first time that summer I remember, hearing all of the boats and Jet Ski’s out on the water. Everyone was enjoying themselves and all I could think was why weren’t ours in the water yet. After setting up camp, unloading the RV, and starting dinner, it was finally time to hit the water. Standing on the shoreline, you could see for miles with a perfect view of the sunset as it set just behind…

1. Why is it helpful to repeat a telephone number you’re trying to remember? (p. 178) Because each time that you repeat the number, you are activating your short term memory giving it another 15 to 20 seconds of shelf life. What we have to remember is that short term memory is limited to how long it can hold information, and also how much information it can hold. 2. What is an example of a retrieval cue you have used? (p. 183) I have always been a fan of the Harry Potter books, and…

6. In the story “A House for Us” by Etidal Osman, the author shifts from present to past tense halfway through the story, effectively depersonalizing the conflict between the children and allowing it to portray a larger conflict between countries. In the beginning, the author uses present tense. This part of the story is the part when it is peaceful and safe and the two children are friendly with each other. The use of present tense extends until Rami mentions how Bethlehem is the Lord’s city,…