This poem is very ironic. There are lines that scream irony out. "By glow of the taillight I stumbled back." (Lines 5-6) The taillight of the vehicle is the only source of light on this dark empty road. Yet it is when there is light upon the situation that the man stumbles. We would usually predi...
I've always been a philosopher at heart, overanalyzing situations, people, and nature; questioning values and our existence. Having long discussions that often lead into arguments on various aspects of life inspires me, as I take in other people's perceptions on life and develop my own. Over th...
The textbook that I chose to evaluate was Scott Foresman Reading New Beginnings1. This textbook is for second grade students, approximately 7-8 years old. The story that I chose to evaluate is Franny and Ginny by Pat Cummins and illustrated be Fred Willingham. This story is about two young girls who...
Antonio is Alienated I believe that in the novel Bless Me, Ultima Antonio is an alienated individual. He doesn't seem to act like any of the other kids his age and has been through so much more then they have. For example, Antonio is torn between making his mother happy and becoming a priest, ...
If someone does nothing but sit on the couch and watch television all day, they are considered to be a couch potato. The one thing that couch potatoes are really good at is synthesizing things into their head. It is easy for them to do this because they do not have to think much and it requires no...
Lust Rather Than Reason The short story "A&P", by John Updike, proves that it is human nature for lust to greatly influence one's actions. The main character in this story, a grocery store cashier, finds himself overpowered by the yearning he has for the three young girls in swimsuits that he wat...
A Freedom Worth Dying For The stars above shone upon me with their silent accusations as I slipped soundlessly into the window. It had taken me months to access the codes to allow me such undetected entry into the most highly guarded building in the world. I walked toward the inner door and pau...
This study's purpose is to draw conclusions about the correlation between expressed and demonstrated mate preferences. They examine the sex differences in mate preferences and the relations between ideal and real mate characteristics. Usually males are thought to value physical attractiveness higher...
Choices are never easy and people face multitudes of them in their lifetime. Some decisions to these choices are clear while others are sometimes more difficult to achieve. The poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a first person narrative tale of a monumental moment in the speaker's life- Fr...
One of the many topics that create controversial arguments among people is ESP. Many believe that they have the ability to see things before they happen and believe that they did not go somewhere or do something for a reason. I find this topic very fascinating. I have never thought to look into ...
In John Marsden's novel of Tomorrow When the War Began (TWTWB) the characters face a number of life threatening situations that force them to change and adapt in order to survive in their new, 'war zone', environment. Once the invasion had started, Homer completely transformed as a person. ...
The two articles that stood out was the first story about a kitchen worker named Sekou Siby who was supposed to be the one working on September 11th. Instead, he switched days with a close friend named Moises Rivas, which was the one killed in the north tower that was hit that day. Sekou was Moises ...
Sir Ken Robinson is an English author, speaker and committed supporter of education and the arts. He has been writing educational books since 1977 and contributes very respected texts in the study of art education. "Out of Our Minds" is a book promoting creativity in the work place. Robinson discuss...
Professor Chargois asked me to pick three poems and tell how they changed how I see something in life. I thought to myself, I can do this. When it was time to actually do it, I actually could not fine three poems, at first. I decided to choose three out of the poems we discussed in class. The th...
