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The Secret Chord Reading The Secret Chord A Novel by Geraldine Brooks was like reading about the biblical character King David for the first time. Author Ms. Brooks brought King David’s character to life. As I read, I hardly realized that the novel is over five-hundred pages. Brooks carefully built upon the biblical story of David. What I appreciate is that Brooks did not omit information rather she expanded on the facts colorfully and creatively. Some of the expansion is based on theory. However

While all the other children are in school learning, and being; for the most part, obedient and civil youngsters , the seven dropouts “being cool” at the golden shovel in the story “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks do not realize the amount of damage their doing to their futures by living the lifestyles they do. The work is a condensed yet concise statement on the recklessness of youth who are like cars without brakes in the frenzy of youth. They do not anticipate an accident awaiting them in their

I do not think that Brooks had the intention of winning that game; it was actually a way to play with the heads of his players. By having a poor performance just days before going into the Winter Olympic Games, it gave the players on team USA a reality check so that they knew that they were not the best of the best yet. A lot of coaches would not have exposed their team against the top team in the world like that but by requesting the challenge, Brooks was able to give the players a

Sarah Newcomb Intro to Literature 11/22/10 "The Mother" Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, "The Mother" is an introspective look into the internal struggle of a woman who has had an abortion. The poem is very powerful and conveys a vast array of feelings and sentiments on the subject such as regret, love, and disappointment in one's self. The poem is largely successful due to it's tone, which is achieved through the personification and choice of diction. To begin with, lines one and two state the

After reading the short article by David Brooks, I did not feel surprised by his comments. The statistics of the college-educated and high school educated single family homes astonished me. Also, the fact that in the 1970s and 80s there was no difference in parenting seen at all between the two classes. Do you agree with Mr. Brook’s research suggesting a divide between college-educated and high-school-educated families? I would have to say I agree with Mr. Brooks research. I don’t think education is

I think David Brooks conveniently analyzed the state of most recent grads. Most grands are sent out to dreadful job markets that were built on borrowing or credit. Typically, the grads are coerced to derive this because this generation has been supervised and trained to think and play on one playing field. But once in the real world they find themselves lacking the skills they need for survival and have to figure it out own their own. Mr. Brooks’ intent is to show a problem that all young people

This case I read this week is about Christine Brooks who is the regional claims manager for one of the country’s largest insurance company (Lester & Parnell, 2006). A company based out of New York but had different zones spread throughout the U.S. When the economy took a turn for the worse for the financial division of the company in the early 2000’s and corporate decided that some of the company’s zones needed to be reorganized. The Westchester Zone that Christine was in charge of was to be consolidated

gave the country a strong presence within the hockey world. Going into the game against the Soviets in the semifinals of the 1980 Olympic games, Herb Brooks gave one of the most inspirational speeches known to date. This speech was portrayed word for word in the Disney film, Miracle, released in 2004 directed by Gavin O’Conner. Although Herb Brooks’ rhetoric sounds as if he is referencing the Cold War, that did not seem to be the case. Herb’s rhetoric seemed to be solely hockey driven: his significant

"We Real Cool," Gwendolyn Brooks uses denotation and sound devices to suggest that although some African-Americans may often think

movement were George Ripley and his wife, Sophia Willard Dana Ripley. The Ripley’s decided to create what they believed to be a utopia in Western Roxbury, or modern day Boston (Smith). They named this community The Brook Farm Institute for Agriculture and Education, or Brook Farm. Brook Farm was one of the countless experiments trying to create a utopian society in the United States around the time of 1830 (Gordon). George Ripley was a member of the Transcendental Club. This was a group of ministers