Who Are You

“To get an education, you’re probably going to have to fight against the institution that you find yourself in-no matter how prestigious it may be” (1). This sentence is the thesis for the article, “Who are you and what are you doing here,” written by Mark Edmundson. Edmundson’s position as the author of this essay is supported by evidence given and from this evidence it is a credible position. The author describes multiple instances where his thesis is proven to be true and because of this…

prefer to fall into a clique. However, there are specific people who would rather be known as a specific and unique entity that carries many distinctive characteristics aside from the ones the surrounding world would assign them. In her poem “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?”, she indicates a struggle between pure Nobodies and pure Somebodies. In the poem, she herself identifies as “Nobody” in both the first line and in the question “Are you – Nobody – too?” (Dickinson 2). Through this she indicates…

Christmas, The Lorax, The Cat in the Hat, and Horton Hears a Who. Three years after How the Grinch Stole Christmas was made they made The Cat in the Hat to show what else they could do and bring in new stories. Five years after The Cat in the Hat was made,…

committed. In order for her to get those hours done, her boyfriend gets his mom to help her out. She assigned her to an old lady’s house, who wants to clean out her attic and needs some help. “Molly has decided to think of this job as indentured servitude” (Kline 52). She just wants to go in and get her hours done as soon as possible. As you continue to read the novel, you figure out that they have a lot of things in common. The author, Christina Baker Kline, builds a strong relationship between…

examples. As someone who isn’t quite fond of poetry, I must admit that reading a poem by Emily Dickinson is both refreshing and terribly confusing. Dickinson’s poems do not have one singular interpretation and their meanings tend to be vague, which can frustrate readers who are used to written word with rather blunt meanings in comparison. Despite this, Dickinson has great talent in making her poems lyrical, writing them in such a way that results in each poem…

young child who can replant it. Dr. Seuss wanted everyone to know that you can make a difference and help stop world pollution and that we should all take care of the environment. See? Dr. Seuss is way more than just nonsense words & rhyming. Dr. Seuss had a real life experience with this. Trees that he really liked were being cut down but not replaced, and things that could be something new were not being repurposed. Then the concept for The Lorax was born. “Unless someone like you cares a…

The American Dream: A Fairytale The play, "Death of a Salesman" was written by Arthur Miller in 1949. In his work Miller expressed the multitude of ways how men were able to achieve the American Dream. Miller worked hard to convey the roles of men, and women during the time just before the end of the 1940’s. Times were getting better after the Great Depression, and Willy Loman had set his course to success. The American Dream is seen as a pathway that is lit with the aspirations of many…

“Who among the gods is like you lord? Who is like you- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?” (Biblica Inc.). ”In the name of God, the Merciful, the compassionate. Say (O Muhammad) He is God the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not begotten, nor has been begotten, an equal to Him is not anyone.” (Islamicity). “ Your Gods and my Gods- do you or I know which are the stronger?” (The Mark). Who is God? Most cultures seem to have one. Is anyone truly been able to prove…

Summary of Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are June 2012 Amy Cuddy gave a TED Talk called “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are” in June 2012 and her thesis of the speech is that our body language have an effect on our strength/weakness and that society should “Fake it till we become it.” In Cuddy’s speech, she explains the importance of body language and accomplishing goals. She informs the audience about how we analyze and judge people based on their body language. She also…

the deaths and diseases. For instance, Upton Sinclair states “They all had to go, even little Stanislovas, who was ill from over indulgence in sausages and sarsaparilla. All that day he stood at his lard machine, rocking unsteadily, his eyes closing in spite of him (Sinclair 77).” Diseases started proliferating everywhere due to the unsanitary work areas. No matter what age you possessed, you still had to work no matter what the industry’s presented. Consequently, this impaired Jurgis’s family…