My dear Mi-hur, It is wonderful beyond words to hear from you after this hiatus, though I wish it had been under different circumstances. I doubt you will be surprised to hear how many emails I have received in the past week that were –– if less eloquent –– very like yours in substance: How could your country do this? How could you be so foolish? I suspect your own horrified questions, like theirs, are essentially rhetorical; that you do not expect replies. As a matter of fact, though, I do know what has overtaken my country. To explain it I am afraid I have to digress rather substantially. After you left for Seoul and I dropped out of graduate school, I comforted myself, as better men have before me, on the seedier corners of the Internet. In my green years I had amused myself by sparring with Usenet creationists and spamming Goatse links; now, I spent my hours of free time browsing 4chan. I can tell you exactly when I saw it, for I pasted it into a Word document, and have not modified it since. I have checked –– Date Last Modified: October 26, 2013. It was a string of greentext on /pol/, 4chan’s politics discussion board; I have pasted it below, but at this point I might have typed the whole thing from memory. >be 14 and horny >be dating cute chick >she won’t put out unless you accept the eschatological doctrine of Chhoteling >get down on your knees in from of her >swear on the name of brahman that we are bound to destroy the world with laughter >pray for the arrival
In Love Letters, Section 1, Megan Foss takes us back into her past as a heroin addict prostitute. She shares her story as a young woman living in the streets while boyfriend, Darryl in prison. Their relationship was inseparable, they had spent every moment possible together. During her free time, she wrote him letters on a tablet with yellow paper discussing everything her surroundings and public media. She never mailed any letters, due to it confirming the reality of him being gone. Therefore, she made herself believe that she was saving all her letters for when he would get back at night. In addition to the fear of judgement, she never stepped foot into a store to purchase a stamp to mail her letters. She felt denied by society around her
Exerting personal anecdotes on the way the internet has changed him; Carr begins his book in a subtle manner. He begins describing one of his first dilemma’s, “I had become trapped, not unhappily, in the “upgrade cycle” I retired the aging Plus in 1994,
Abigail Adams thinks the place is ok. The text states, "The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments in proper order." This proves that the people working have to keep the place in order, but it takes alot of people. The text states, "The lighting of the apartments, from the kitchen to the parlors and chambers, is a tax indeed." This proves that the lighting could be expensive looking and may cost alot to keep the lights on. The text states, "Fortunately, a straggling man came up with us, and we engaged him as a guide to extricate us out of our difficulty; but woods are all you can see from Baltimore until you reach the city." This
In his essay “The Net Is a Waste of Time,” novelist William Gibson analyzes the hidden potentials of the Internet in both its vastness and affect on society. He writes this piece at the dawn of the Internet, and during this undeveloped phase, he discusses its multitude of facts as is and will be. As hinted in the title of his essay, Gibson takes the stance that the Internet at its early stages is a waste of time -- an impressively large and complex waste of time -- but a waste of time nonetheless. He is ultimately concerned with how we are choosing to procrastinate through the Internet, and that our growing attachment and dependence on the Internet reveals a “fatal naïveté” (697) about us. Gibson also brings up the true enormity of the Web even at its premature standing, detailing how “the content of the Web aspires the absolute variety. One might find anything there. It is like rummaging in the forefront of the collective global mind” (697). Despite his concerns on what the Web might become, Gibson realizes that at the time of his writing, the Web was at a stage much like the larval stage of a butterfly’s life -- seems unassuming, but as he himself puts it, “The Web is new, and our response to it has not yet hardened” (697), and that there are “big changes afoot” (696).
cratic. Political upheavals in various countries like Afghan, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Cuba, Iraq, etc. A
Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls; 1948 United States) is a melodrama film that revolves around a woman’s love for a man who does not acknowledge her existence. Like the other films Max Ophüls directed in America, Letter from an Unknown Woman focuses on “impossible love” (Danks, n.d. p. 98).
Facing death at any age is difficult, but for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and John Sullivan, it came early, resulting in two essays retelling their experience. In their accounts of these situations, the author can see they both want to emphasise that death can come in very unexpected situations. To My One Love, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, begins on page 17 of 50 Essays by Samuel Cohen. In her essay, set in present day, she has flashbacks to her relationship with a boy “from the wrong side of town” named Nnamdi. They were in a loving relationship against their peers’ wishes. When it came time for them to separate due to education in separate locations, they had ended the relationship, but not before Nnamdi had promised that them
This is General Herondale , I am ropter for Marne River in France. Percy, my troops are growing weary but we are still keeping our spirits lively for the love ones back home. Many great men discuss past few months we honor their death because they were serving called their country with liberty, freedom and justice for all people in the world. Many have that have been wounded hospitals have been filled some of them have been blinded by the mustard gas they are in great pain and agony. I wish I could put them out of their misery but that would mean that someone would be losing a father a son or brother . I regret to inform you. That Russia has recently dropped out of the war I feel that they have no sense of liberty or honor or loyalty in the matter of fact
In your letter, you asked me to tell you something of what I am going through. I can not go into too much detail, because all outgoing mail is censored by our officers, but I feel it is time I tell you something of the war.
Thank you for your post to the forum, and giving us ideas to consider. You stated. "Today, though an extraordinary republic remains, the exceptionalism has lost some of its brilliance.” I would be lying if I proclaimed I did not agree. We had, and still have, a remarkable country regardless the amount of atrocious decisions we have made. I do agree with you in that our country has declined in its brilliance. Although you stated we have lost some of the exceptionalism, and proceeded to enter an insightful quote from Charles Murray, you did not attest to what has made it lose its brilliance. I would be very interested in hearing your views on the matter. Concluding your paragraph, you professed America as the greatest country on earth. While
as the rest of us rush to keep plugged in The more forward-looking view is to accept the role of the Web as a mind-expander and wonder not at the bad but at the good it can do us” (Do Not Fear the Cybermind).
The 1993 movie directed by Kaige Chen, Farewell My Concubine, addresses the Chinese political issues during the war against Japan via interpersonal issues of an opera troupe of young male actors. The movie is as long as it is engaging. With two orphan boys who are raised to act in an Opera for their entire lives, dedication obtains a whole new meaning. Dieyi's training to act as a woman and to reflect femininity in his whole life increases the dissension that is observed within the film as well as its connections to the politics of China. The use of ghastly sound effects, close-up cinematographic techniques, and military involvement combine together in this movie to create a devastatingly dramatic experience.
I found that Love Letters was an exceptionally persuasive piece for Megan (otherwise known as Mickey) Foss to originate from the dregs of society to a respectable and acknowledged position, for example, an English instructor is an incredible story. I discovered her blend of road slang and the dialect of "instructed" society to appear as something else and therefor a decent read.
My name is Tien My Chau and I live at 2282 36th ave San Francisco, CA 94116. Today I write this letter to let you know that right now I still looking for a job and I live with my Dad but he did not provide food for me because he did not have any income. I also have my own foods tamp to buy food for myself.
Romantic language in literature has been used for ages to express authors' feelings for another human being. This language has been developed through out the years to create ways in which different types of romantic emotions can be expressed in writing. From the breath taking romantic novels of today all the way back to the first writers of the Bible and the romantic books of Song of Solomon and Psalms, romantic language has not only been used to express human emotions but also the role of these emotions in the culture of the times. There have been numerous authors who dared to go beyond what their society would have viewed as politically or morally correct. Anne Bradstreet is one of these authors;