The Bedford Reader

Ishmael is amazed by the riches of New Bedford, but describe it as a“queer place” and wonders where the wealth all came from. Then he assumes it was the whaling industry that made this place so successful. Something to point out is how he reference the whalemen as “us,” and giving himself a credit. The readers can assume that Ishmael either might have been a whalemen for a while or have a long family history in whaling industry. Back to New Bedford, Ishmael goes on to describe the town a “dearest

Nelsen Carmona The Sweet Choice Obesity rates are rising steadily and aren’t dropping anytime soon unless someone takes a stand and puts a stop to it. That is what the government is attempting. The weight of a person depends on a person’s own opinion, but not many people are caring about themselves. The reason behind this epidemic are all the sugary drinks, all the unhealthy foods, and the rising prices on healthy foods. Taxing sugary drinks would be a good step to a first attempt at preventing

stories 'The Answer is No' by 'Naguib Mahfouz', and 'Eveline' by 'James Joyce' are basically about the decline of the marriage proposals by the women. These stories took place in the male dominated society. Naquib Mahfouz, in his story, make the readers understand the amount of suffering of the women taking place in the society. Also, he is quite successful in analysing the young girl's psychology, and how she can escape the trap that she was put into by the man. The title of the story itself suggests

Much of life results from choices we make.  How we meet every circumstance, and also how we allow those circumstances to affect us dictates our life.  In Anton Chekhov’s “The Lady With the Little Dog," we are given a chance to take a look inside two characters not unlike ourselves.  As we are given insight into these two people, their character and nature unfolds, presenting us with people we can relate to.  Even if we fail to grasp the fullness of a feeling or circumstance, we are still touched

Angelou uses descriptive language to draw the readers in, she gives detail by detail of how the boxing match took place and all the emotions that were running through her. For the most part the writer is credible, she explains how the black community in her town came together to listen to the radio,

When people think of major issues in the country, they think of poverty, environmental problems, or violence. An issue that most don’t think of is the issue of gender. Gender is not a frequently talked about topic in society because it happens to be a controversial one. This is due to the existence of the two conflicting sides of the issue. One being that they agree with all the changes going on with gender while the other being that they don’t fully agree. Through my own experiences and those of

especially in a largely populated city like New York. In Neil Smith's book The New Urban frontier the reader learns about riots, homesteads, storefronts, and populations affected by gentrification, in his examples he expands on the class struggles of the Lower East Side. Not coincidentally, similar situations have occurred distributed though New York City, and the first example that comes to mind is, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. For this reason it is easy to observe similar situations in neighborhoods

An overall audience may be friendly, neutral, or hostile towards your argument. "Often times you will find that your audience is just too diverse to be categorized. In such cases[,] . . . make points that [you] think will appeal to a variety of readers." (Kirszner

Symbolism –Rendering The Hidden Meaning of The Story Symbolism is an important element in reinforcing the meaning of a story. It is a kind of formalist strategies which helps the reader understand the images that the author is trying to say in words. Symbolism is widely used in “The Story of An Hour” and “The Cranes”, which use conventional symbols, literary symbols, and even allegory. “The Story of An Hour” is written by Kate Chopin. Mrs. Mallard hears of her husband’s death from her husband’s

Course name, professor’s name, and date are Lopez begins to centered near the identify and bottom of the page. question Goodall’s assumptions. Marginal annotations indicate MLA-style formatting and effective writing. Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2006). This paper has been updated to follow the style guidelines in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. (2009). Levi i Outline pages are numbered with small roman numerals. Outline