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People take their abilities and lifestyle for granted every day because they have not experienced having very little and being limited in their everyday lives. Many do not know what it is like to lose something or have so little so they do not appreciate the small gifts and opportunities in life that can easily be taken away. “The things we take for granted, someone else is praying for.” This quote is explains how the food fortunate people eat every day, the clothes bought regularly, and cars people

I remember when I first came to the Wilkes University, one of my edifier (?) (Friend, teacher, mother) told me "Don’t judge your class in the beginning, judge your class at the end of course”. In the beginning of my classes I was very nervous about how to write an essay. However, I believe my writing skills has effectively improved. To be honest, English 101 wasn’t an easy class for me in the beginning. College writing is entirely different from high school writing. I always have trouble with grammar

A Reflection of the Past Ten Weeks in FYI 101 When I started college at Augustana in August and walked into my first day of FYI 101, bright and early on a Monday morning, I did not know what was in store for me to learn in the following ten weeks. Coming into college I could not write in a proper, college way. I did not know how to properly cite sources that I used. This included in text citations and work cited pages. I also would write every essay in a five or six paragraph format instead of writing

The semester has been a learning experience and an adjustment. The Gender Bending in Rock, Pop, and Hip Hop course was an eye opening and informative experience. It not only taught me about gender bending, various talented artists, and styles of music but also a multitude of writing techniques and elements. These writing elements have helped me further strengthen my writing ability. There are two elements that I have found to be extremely helpful throughout numerous writing assignments are citations

Throughout my academic career, I have always been aware of that writing is one of my greatest weaknesses. But, this semester English 120 class has helped me gain more knowledge and acquire skills that would improve my writing significantly over the course. I have learned different techniques such as how to annotated lengthy papers, how to cite sources in MLA format. I can carry over all tools I have learned in this course and re-purpose them for intensive writing classes I take in the future. Every

“Cathedral” narrates the story of a blind man (Robert) who recently lost his wife and traveled to visit her relatives in Connecticut. In his trip, the blind man visited the girl who took care of him back in Seattle ten years ago, and who has developed a very special friendship with her ever since. This girl, who took care of him all summer, is now married to a guy named Bub who is not enthusiastic about the visit, but annoyed. The author of “Cathedral”, Raymond Carver, describes Bub at the

Formal Writing: High School Compared to College Do you keep a journal? Do you even write? What kind of grades did you get in high school? What kind of grades do you get in college? Writing papers has always been a difficult task for me. In high school is when the difficulty become noticeable and my English grade dropped tremendously. Once I got into college my writing skills did not get any better. College became a hard and I was blaming it all on my English classes. The first part of this essay

As children, many are not used to being near or around children with special abilities. This lack of interaction gives people a different view about these kinds of people. At the store, there may be scenarios in which the disabled person may have an impulse, or show behaviors that are not common. The reaction that occurs after this event can range from scared to weirded out. People aren’t just used to being a part of these occurrences, and some even attempt to blend in, just like the speaker does

Anyone who has read Raymond Carvers “Cathedral” knows that the narrator is not looking forward or welcoming his guest into his home. Also, he is not being very sympathetic of what this man’s condition that he lives with is, being blind. The Narrator must learn to be more sympathetic in his life, and should learn from this experience, with this older bling man. Raymond Carver uses his narrator non-sympathetic ways effectively throughout the story, developing of the narrator from the beginning to the

Othello Analysis Othello is a story of jealousy and manipulation. The story of a man who believes that he deserves to have everything he wants. If anything gets in the way he may ridicule, manipulate or even fight to move it. Othello uses several different types of elements in the drama. Symbolism, Irony and Conflict are all elements that can be found in Othello. We will discuss each in detail later in the essay. The audience views characters in Othello in many different ways especially when