Oral literature

As a future business leader, I chose to read the book “The mind of the Market” by Michael Shermer When I first purchased this book I didn't know what to expect, I just knew that I had a series of questions from my macroeconomics, sociology, and history class that would like to explore. The author of the book “The Mind of the Market” is Dr. Michael Shermer, he has strong credibility and his writing is enjoyable to read making him the perfect guide to help navigate the world of the market and why humans

From the first poem, “Pedicure,” I was hooked. This book was sweet, funny, sad, and uplifting all at once. Spriggs’ form was always engaging and few poems were the same length or shape. “On Falling” can even be read vertically and horizontally into four poems. Although all poems were refreshingly unique, I liked the overlap of some poems. For example, some poems focused on the moon, a few were based on Zulaikha, or Potiphar’s wife, and a few were interestingly about Laura Nelson, the woman from the

One day, two potters were spinning their wheels. Each potter had an onlooker watching them throughout their work. Both of them are fantastic potters, but they both have their secrets to each magical piece that they create. In the passage, ¨A Single Shard,¨ by Linda Park, and the poem, ¨Turn,Turn, My Wheel,¨ by Henry Longfellow there are many similarities and differences about how the speaker, and the narrator in the story view the potters. For example, in the passage, ¨A Single Shard,¨ , by Linda

This book was not my first choice. I settled on reading “The Tipping Point” before I stumbled upon this one. “The Tipping Point” was interesting but soon got repetitive and annoying to read. As I walked into my local library to return the book, “The New York Nobody Knows” stood out on the “featured” shelf. The first thought that came to mind was, “how could there possibly be anything I don’t know about my own city?” Although it is a long book, I checked it out and began reading. It turns out that

the definition of literature, written by Gerard Steen, which suggests that literature “… is characterized by the domain value ‘artistic,’ the content value ‘fictional,’ and the functional value ‘positively affective,’ or simply ‘divertive’” (115). Describing literature as fictional work is the only fitting part of the definition because everything else simply does not work. For example, having the domain value be one of the arts needs to be excluded because defining literature is a task in itself

Scott 1 Kaleb Scott Mrs. Brown English 2 20 November 9, 2015 Poetry Research Project: William C. Williams Where’s the good at in life? It seems like nowadays it is gloomy, dreary, and sad all day every day for lots of people, and finding the positive is tough. William Carlos Williams the poet has many poems and several short stories that bring out the good, the positive in people’s lives. Williams made poetry about the center of lives and the changed many lives. Williams’ quotes,” Everyone

set apart from the rest, she stood out in a crowd and was capable of things that many don’t even think of doing. Toni Morrison, formally Chloe Anthony Wofford, is an African American author who is known for her fiction novels, plays, children's literature, and sometimes even opera and political essays. Morrison was born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Growing up in the depression was difficult for Morrison and her family, and being African American didn’t lessen any difficulties they faced

The book I chose to read Under The Black Flag it is a book on pirates “the romance and the reality of life among the pirates”(cover page) this phrase expresses the main idea of the book the writer is trying to correct misconceptions and beliefs held by the public about pirates. He does this by reviewing the history of pirates and pointing out where this misconceptions come from. He also reviews where books and shows got it right when it came to the subject like for instance treasure island he commented

To accurately judge a piece of written work like “History Lesson”, by Arthur C. Clarke, one must be educated and experienced in detecting the use of literary elements and their effectiveness. Through examination, I have concluded that “History Lesson” is an excellent piece of work that displays its high quality through it effective use of several literary devices. The fictional sci-fi short story exhibits its excellence through its notable presentation and use of a theme, irony and symbolism. The

During the second half of the course, a large chunk of time was spent evaluating aestheticism in the literary works of the Victorian era. The aestheticism in the works came in the form of either in artforms and in the way the work sounds. In the Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, a paradox is presented in the way the poems sounds compared to the imagery given in the text. This paradox is so evident, when the Goblin Market was first published, many confused it for a children's story. Listening to