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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines By Thomas C. Foster ISBN # 006000942x Response Questions Introduction: How'd He Do That? How do memory, symbol, and pattern affect the reading of literature? How does the recognition of patterns make it easier to read complicated literature? Discuss a time when your appreciation of a literary work was enhanced by understanding symbol or pattern. –‘’When small children, very small children, begin to tell you a story, they put in every detail and every word they recall, with no sense that some features are more important than others. As they grow, they begin to display a greater sense of the plots of their stories – what elements actually …show more content…

In the Japanese light novel “Akuma no Eros,’’ Miu Sakurai acts as the young, virginal, innocent female and Satan acts as the both attractive and illusive older figure with corrupt values. The story revolves around Miu Sakurai; a high-school girl who is in love with her classmate, Shion Amamiya. Miu summons Satan through a book and wishes for Amamiya to fall in love with her and Satan demands her virginity in return. Satan’s spells do not work on Amamiya because he is revealed to be the archangel Michael who ends up confessing his love to Miu without the spells, but Miu has feelings for Satan at this point and Satan is more than willing to make the still maturing teenage girl decide between living her normal life or marrying him and living in hell. Thus Satan robs Miu of her innocence while fueling his desires. Chapter 4 -- If It's Square, It's a Sonnet Select three sonnets and show which form they are. Discuss how their content reflects the form. (Submit copies of the sonnets, marked to show your analysis). –My three sonnets that have been marked consist of two Shakespearean sonnets and one Petrarchan sonnet. For Shakespearean sonnets, there are three quatrains and a couplet; the couplet makes the final statement …show more content…

It’s achievable by anyone All you have to do is work hard Out came hegemonic culture The American Dream… To be white To be born into privilege To not have to worry about people deeming you dangerous because of the color of your skin To be society’s definition of a “man.” To me, hegemony is just a fancy word for inequality What are my dreams? No, my reality A young woman at the age of 31 raising her kids in The Bronx, New York City borough A woman who wanted nothing more than a bright future for her kids A woman who tried getting a job to make ends meet The worst thing that came out of that innocent little box? Suffering. Pain. Death. A woman brutally stabbed to death in a racial hate crime A woman I called ‘’mom.’’ Then there’s me A girl at the age of 17 A high school dropout In a homeless shelter with two small children to take care of Race? Class? Gender? I’m going to get a decent job. Race? Class? Gender? Appearance? I will make life better for the three of us! Race? Class? Gender? Appearance? Socioeconomic Status? Hope? But only in my dreams… Chapter 10 -- It's More Than Just Rain or

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