...Famous Last Words...

does each of the three authors suggest is the appeal of “getting famous”?(one or two paragraphs) In Voice the beginning of the text is filled with positive imagery, with her voice being called a gift and likened to “a hothouse plant...luxuriant, with glossy foliage”. The effects of her voice are also described as positive. “Applause flew around it(her voice) like flocks of red birds” makes the experience and attention of being famous seem glamorous and almost magical. Look at me: Living in a society

live and be happy. This is a quote of Countee Cullen, an African American poet that became famous during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s. He has written many famous poems that have influenced African Americans throughout time. This was a hard time for blacks to be themselves, so when he said he has a meeting with life he really is trying to say that one day, he will finally be himself. Among his famous poems, there are two poems that are very powerful, called ¨Tableau¨ and ¨Incident¨. The poem

already famous poet, Edmund Spenser, kept the love based poems alive by continuing to write in the 15th century; he went on to change how they poem rhymed and had his style of writing named after him. Enough with its history, a sonnet is a structured poem that consists of 14 lines. There is no limitation on how long each line has to be in size; but they do all have one thing in common, there must be ten syllables per line. The poem is then divided into three quatrains; which is just a big word for a

Looking For Alaska is a dynamic novel which was published in 2005 by Dutton Books, and is written by world famous John Green. The story which John Green tells is about a group of intelligent but lost teenagers, who are freshmen in Culver Creek Boarding School. The story revolves around Alaska Young, Miles "Pudge" Halter and Chip "Cornel" Martins. These teens are contrary to shallow, more or less opposite; and their thoughts are as deep as the Mariana Trench. Their complicated way of looking at life

"Kind", "lovable", "pure", and "guardian" were some of the words to describe the meaning of angel. Of course religious wise, angels were spiritual beings that were "messengers of god", but they had different roles in different religions. Besides the names of the spiritual beings, there is not much other meaning

reasons; Alaska Young’s central moment in her life was her mom’s death, Pudge is obsessed with people’s last dying words and Alaska ends up dying herself. However, even though death is found on every page of this novel, after Alaska dies they celebrate her spirit. So even though the dominant theme is death, it inextricably relates to life too. Because of Alaska’s mom’s death, Pudge’s obsession with last words and Alaska’s death, death is the main theme of the novel. The trigger for Alaska’s death begins

Have you ever wondered how a Signature could change a country entirely? LBJ did just that. LBJ was born in the Hill Country of central Texas, He lived in Texas his whole life. He taught Middle School at age 20, But then after earning his teaching degree he went to go teach at Houston High School, In you guessed it, Houston. LBJ signed the Civil Rights act of 1964, Because of Principle beliefs. He strongly believed in not having segregation. If principle decisions are based on strongly-held beliefs

talk to the world. And I want the world to pay attention to me. I feel important with a pen in my hand. I feel like I might grow up to be somebody important. An artist. Maybe a famous artist. Maybe a rich artist. That's the only way I can become rich and famous. Just take a look at the world. Almost all of the rich and famous brown people are artists. They're singers and actors and writers and dancers and directors and poets. So I draw because I feel like it might be my only real chance to escape the

easily. Most songs that are popular worldwide are easy to remember because they constantly repeat the same sounds. The repeating sound is referred to as ‘rhyme’, and according to Cambridge dictionary it means two or more words with the same final sound, or the use of such words, especially at the end of lines in a poem or song. The Billboard charts show weekly population of songs or albums in the United States. If a song were placed in high rank on this chart, it would mean the song is popular in

America to make a change in the nation's segregation laws, and to give the Negro equal rights. One of the first examples of Dr. King’s brilliant use of the metaphor in “I Have a Dream” can be found in line twenty; here he compares “the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence” to a “promissory note”. One which promised that all that “all men, yes black men as well as white men would be guaranteed the...rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. He goes