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The choice of words used were effective as it has an emotional impact on the reader and was extremely simple to read, which can appeal to a wide range of people of all ages. The use of dialogue at the beginning of the story made it more dynamic and added an element of interest from the get go. His most impressive writing skill may be his ability to breathe life into his characters creating a vivid mental image for readers. “Who Moved My Cheese?” is in no doubt applicable to the ups and downs of…

The articles, Anorexia Nervosa: Friend or Foe? by, Lucy Serpell, Janet Treasure, John Teasdale and Victoria Sullivan and Bulima Nervosa: Friend or Foe? The Pros and Cons of Bulimia Nervosa by, Lucy Serpell and Janet Treasure as well as the documentary, Dying to be Thin by, Larkin McPhee, generated a very strong personal response during my review. Growing up, my life was consumed with eating disorders. My oldest sister battled with anorexia nervosa (AN) and four of my closest friends during my…

life was like and how he changed and grew throughout the novel. At first, Equality 7-2521 did not feel proud of what he was doing until the end of the novel where he found pride in his individualism. Having the novel written in diary form gave the reader a better understanding of what Equality 7-2521 thought of and how he felt towards his “brothers” and the way everyone lived. Diary form reflected Equality 7-2521’s individuality as he had the free decision to write whatever he wanted just as he…

Ilechukwu INT-211A Reflection Paper. Session 1 Journal. Life for me has been a blend of good seasons and not-too-good seasons; and as it is expected, they come and go. But the interesting thing is that they leave behind lessons and wisdom to be gleaned if my mind is sensitive. I will say that, I am a product of the lessons I have learnt from my own life’s experiences, be they good or bad, or resulting from unwise decisions or sheer ignorance of mine. At the start of one of such experiences,…

In essence, rhetoric forms the basis of an extremely important skill set that everyone should be given the opportunity to learn and benefit from. Heinrichs combines the art of rhetoric with modern culture to make lessons more appealing to young readers. He uses relatable, realistic examples to prove his ideas and shows how to use rhetoric in real life situations.…

When I originally listened to Choplin’s Prelude in Minor E, my initial response to the piece was that its goal was to evoke sadness. My first impression was that it gave a very dark, lonely tone while I listened to the Prelude. When I listened to the piece, I pictured someone going through a difficult time and dealing with a lot of sadness. I imagined the individual to be walking home on a very dark and gloomy day. The weather brought out their sadness even more. I sensed that the issue they…

help create the reason behind their stories. William Faulkner and Tom Whitecloud are both writers who expressed their stories using plot and structure. Plot is the ideas or reasons as to why certain things happen in a story, elements of plot help the reader understand the story. For example, the suspense, conflict, exposition, rising action, crisis, resolution etc. of the story. Whereas structure, on the other hand, is the way the writer arranges the story’s plot. The structure is the gestures,…

wander it? Well, there is some poetry that can give you a better understanding about life,ourselves, and how to handle situations that come across our path. Inspiring you and motivating you to do your best. This types of poetry can really give the reader a deep knowledge about how to challenge the unknowns. Guiding you on how to work on your up and down moments. Poet Erin Hanson writes poetry that explains the cruel reality of life and also poetry that attracts all walks of people and their…

Being considerate and helpful to others is what makes you have a humanity. “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a story about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge who was tremendously greedy and was visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future to make him see what his selfishness had caused him.This story has multiples themes, such as social justice, the true meaning of humanity, etc. Greed overtakes the humanity of those who possess it because it pushes away everyone you love and…

Literary critic, Kenneth Eble, analyzed Gatsby’s character himself and states that: “Gatsby, the ‘mythic’ embodiment of the American dream, is shown to us in all his immature romanticism. His insecure grasp of social and human values, his lack of critical intelligence and self-knowledge, his blindness to the pitfalls that surround him in American society, his compulsive optimism, are realized in the text with rare assurance and understanding. And yet the very grounding of these deficiencies is…