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–educational appeal, to make people laugh. You should come and visit the desert but take care of it. Invites you as a recruit to come and protect what’s left of American wilderness. Pg. 17 “Nevertheless all is not lost; much remains, and I welcome the prospect of an army of lug-soled hiker’s boots on the desert trails.” Intended Audience: People new to the desert – first-timers or those who love the desert. Mentions Vietnam and satori – who might the actual audience be? Context: Published…

Hey kiddies! How many of you whippersnappers have heard about Christopher Columbus? What's that? None of you? Well, prepare to be enlightened my young prodigies, for today all of you shall learn more then you would probably want too. Christopher Columbus was a famous Spanish explorer. The reason is famous is because the majority of people in the world believe that Columbus was a brave hero who not only proved that the world was flat, but, also discovered the Americas where you and me…

The Media Monster It seems as if kids today are trying to find a new way of escaping their reality, and making their dreams into something that is not real. For example, tuning into their favorite celebrities social media page, or finding out what the new trends of today consist of, but the media also helps us to find out issues in our political system. Kids today are more awake to social and political issues and tend to rebel more against the current status quo that’s placed in our society…

Abdulrahman Zeitoun did in New Orleans to survive the massive storm, Hurricane Katrina. It talked about how he was stranded there and showed us what his daily life was like. He encountered many problems of saving his own life, but also the lives of others stranded in New Orleans. There are a total of five parts in Zeitoun, but each part doesn't really fit with the part before it. Dave Egger tells the story through the main charcter Zeitoun, as a biographical memoir. It's set in New Orleans…

The entire family, including Sylvester’s father, was not happy about the sudden change. They were expected to move in three days. Sylvester was very upset because he was about to leave his best friends behind. As the family was driving to their new home, Sylvester noticed smoke coming from a factory. “Mother, why is there smoke coming from that building?” “ There are chefs cooking breakfast for the workers, dear,” his mother responded. As the…

With the new online culture created by social media, it has reshaped with different platforms which are used these days. As David Bell (2007) had stated, Cyber culture is intensely creative, putting devices and applications to new uses, selectively adopting and adapting the forms content and uses provided. Currently, as a form of media, it has transcended to the most efficient…

Many of the short stories in Elizabeth McCracken’s HERE’S YOUR HAT WHAT’S YOUR HURRY (1993) contain characters so abnormal that they are seen in circus sideshows. However, the author’s focus is on the response of ordinary people to their encounters with the extraordinary. The subject of McCracken’s first novel is the same, but the approach is different. THE GIANT’S HOUSE is appropriately subtitled “A Romance.” Not only is it a story of romantic love, but it is also the kind of fiction which,…

His main goal was to help the nation, therefore, from 1933-1935, the New Deal…

valley. The author also tries to portray the importance of Mexican American history by focusing on the aspect that we are not informed of our own history. Manuel Maderno biography of Americo Paredes is a clear example of how his contributions brought a new awakening towards the civil rights movement which helped laid the foundation of what a true Mexican American really is. The author informs of Paredes early years to try to evoke a significance on how most Mexican Americans in the valley dint…

The vision’s aspects would be revised based on the wording. The author’s curiosity would question where the wording originated from to make such a statement. Kouzes and Posner states, “When we ask people to tell us where their vision come from, they often have great difficulty describing the process. And when they do provide an answer, typically it’s more about a feeling, sense, even a gut reaction.” Nevertheless, clarification is need when projecting or conveying to others. Perhaps, for…