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The story featured in this essay is “The Window” by Brian Evenson. The character is telling his friend about the obscure dream he had, or even possibly a real event that occurred that he is still trying to decipher. He is unsure if it even happened because the details are a little fuzzy and quite literally, out of this world. The character keeps distorting perspectives which does not seem to have a purpose until later, when he describes that at the point he feels an out of body experience. As in…

My Response to Save a Life, Kill a Tree Author: Sallie Tisdale Title of Text: Save a Life, Kill a Tree Sallie’s main idea is that everyone should be more caring about the environment. I believe what Sallie says about how people should care more about the environment and I believe this too, because I know that if people do not stop polluting and ruining the environment, then it will make it harder for people to survive because there will be a lot less wildlife and resources for everyone to…

In the New York Times article "In Defense of Gender," author Cyra McFadden pleads her case for why the attempts to make the English language gender-neutral have gone too far. Furthermore, she addresses different areas in which gender neutralization has become common, including job titles, last names, and pronoun usage. Ultimately, while she hopes that there will be a resolution to this issue of language leaning towards one gender, she concludes that there must be another way that does not…

Linguistic Evidentiality in Arawan, Luchuan, and Livonian An often overlooked yet fascinating aspect of the plethora of languages spoken throughout the planet, is the information they require their speakers to provide whenever describing something. For example, in the English language, there are many nouns to describe humans that do not differentiate between male and female, like friend. However, in Spanish, if one wants to refer to someone they consider a friend, it is necessary to use either…

I chose Brazil for my term paper because I have always been secretly fascinated with the mysterious name, “Brazil,” the culture, the accents, the music and dance. I learned a few things that I did not know prior to the research such as the connection between Brazil and African slaves. I grew up believing everyone in Latin America was only Latin just like I thought all Europeans were only white until visiting and there were Africans there as well. I also learned that the Samba was not the…

The Portuguese discovered a society that did not have an advanced civilization with copious amounts of precious metals to plunder. Brazilian Indians were basically hunter–gatherers, however, some were moving towards agriculture using slash–and–burn techniques to cultivate cassava (Skidmore, 2009 37-38). In the first century of occupation, it was evident that it was difficult to use Indians as slave labor. Brazilian Indians were viewed as docile and had high mortality due to exposure…

laughing and crying at the same time. Then he realized everyone was staring at him with a strange expression on their faces. He picked up one of the churros, took a bit and begged the gods to send something to distract them. And that 's when his phone slash walkie-talkie thing that he made for Reyna, Nico and him started ringing. The music filled the room. "Is that the Avengers theme song?" Annabeth asked Leo, perplexed. "Oh yeah," Leo said, "I almost forgot about this thing." As the other…

Synthesis Essay Race and ethnicity are two categories that have always been put to the test. In both Zora Neale Hurston, “How it Feels to be Colored me, and Brent Staples, “Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space,” they realize the effects their race has on their lives. Both individuals grew up in different areas that shaped them differently. Hurston, raised in Eatonville, Florida, an African American town with few to none white folks. While Staples grew up in…

Violence in the NHL Violence in sports is a very large controversial topic and both sides have very good supporting facts to back up their choice. Some say violence is used as a strategy and some say it is just too dangerous. Sports have always had an aspect of violence in them and everyone loves a good fight in hockey or a big crunching hit in football; plus, it’s sometimes the only reason people watch. Therefore, it would take too much away from big sports, such as hockey, if there was no…

their social structure. One of the diverse things they did for agriculture was that they farmed maize, beans, and squash. The reason this is so unique is because there were a few different methods they used when farming. The first method they used was slash and burn, this was when they would cut down the growth in an area and then burn it, and then use the resulting field to plant their next crop. This method seems pretty interesting for one because for one the ashes left over could be used as…