Stationary process

Gwendolyn Brooks's poem "kitchenette building" is really impressed me, because I found myself understanding it in a different way each time I read it, sometimes pessimistically and sometimes optimistically. Brooks uses the word "kitchenette" in the title so that the reader can have a clear idea about the size of the building and the conditions of people who live there. Brooks also uses words which have connotation to help us understand the theme and the tone of the poem. The poem is about poor…

Women in Literature class granted the students an open door towards a new world of literature, teaching students the importance behind each reading, specially the importance and identification of objective correlatives which can be found in every piece discussed throughout the class. “Objective correlative” is the way to express emotions through the usage of objects or events that share the burden of sentiments. Placing an object instead of an feeling or idea can sometimes be the right way to…

Clinical Reflection #1 Genita Balkissoon Western Connecticut State University Describe the clinical situation, i.e. VNA, school rotation, homeless shelter, hospice). Provide clear examples of clinical activities. Include your actions, thoughts and feeling both positive and negative. Discuss any circumstances that made you feel uncomfortable or triggered emotions. The Visting Nursing association was only something I had heard about from the case managers at the hospital I work in but…

After reading The Odyssey, many students today question their teachers: “Why did we read that?” and “How will this help me?” The answer to those questions are of the very conspicuous topics, silently covered by the book. One of which is the wise advice of considering other’s opinions and suggestions, and the next is the subject of the long journey and how it is still very substantial in today’s book and movies. In Robert Fagles’ translation of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, the themes of…

The Quiet Character: A Force to Be Reckoned With As I was reading This One Summer, I was fascinated with how both the author and illustrator created, and defined each of the characters in their own way. Mariko Tamaki seems to put less focus on certain characters. At the same time Jillian Tamaki creates strong visual imagery on those same characters. Specifically speaking, why does Mariko Tamaki put less focus on Evelyn's character, yet Jillian Tamaki portrays her with such strong imagery?…

Review the story you chose and answer the following questions in complete sentences, as provided for use by Cumbria University: 1. What is the title of the text and what is the text about? The title of the text is “Man May Love” by Robert Sharp. It refers to a young patient who falls in love with a nurse while at the hospital and asks her to marry him, but the nurse makes fun of him and refuses because many patients have asked her the same question before and was also against hospital…

How do you feel about writing a literary based essay? OPTION 1: I feel pretty good! I’d really like you to stay out of my way and let me just try it out. CLICK HERE. OPTION 2: I feel kind of nervous. I’d like more guidance as I write my essay. CLICK HERE. Dig for Evidence and THINK, THINK, THINK Introduction Grabber Sentence -- Every day you measure some ones worth wither it’s about what they did or what they said. Link Sentence – This trait is also present during the great depression when…

Michaela Cullington’s essay, “Does Texting Affect Writing?”, discusses three hypotheses on whether texting carries a negative, positive, or no effect in academic writing. While she was undergraduate student at Marywood University, she wrote this essay in 2010 in response to the bias held by teachers, authors, and students on the effects of texting. Perhaps during the year of 2010, the significant increase of texting led her to write this article. Because technology and electronics perpetually…

William Zinsser, the author of “Simplicity,” was clearly a very simple man. He has figured out that clutter is a common theme in writing. In his essay, he makes it clear that clutter and “fuzz,” in writing can distract and bore a reader. To further prove that William Zinsser is a simple man, he writes and edits three of the same essay to make it easier to understand. One was written in 1980, another in 1998, and finally in 2006. In all three of the essays, the first paragraph remains the…

“I start writing without having very much of a plot in my mind or on paper- only a very hazy idea of what the pattern on the book is to be. But it seems to work itself out as I go along, quite naturally and inevitably. I prefer the word pattern to plot as it sounds more natural and even better if I dare use it is Hopkin’s word “Inscape”- while plot sounds arbitrary, heavy headed and artificial- all that I wish to avoid. One should have a pattern and then fit each piece in keeping with others…