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- 831: Book Report On Strunk And Whit
- ... sentences off properly. On the other hand, White is talking about things like placing yourself in the background, don't overwrite and don't overstate. Although Strunk's rules deal more with the mechanics of writing and White tends to talk about the presentation of the writing, it comes together to make the book complete. From the book I have learned some things about writing that I did not know, but I have also refreshed my memory on some things that I already knew. Strunk states that we should form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. This ...
- 832: Black Female Bodybuilders
- ... physically perfected bodies to be judged by a panel of mostly white men. They will flex, pose, and strut back and forth as the crowd cheers them on. Throughout the evening each will perform a personal choreographed routine designed to demonstrate their physical prowess in action. The audience watches them march single-file in groups of three, four, and five across the stage while an off-stage announcer booms their names ... Queen Latifah, Salt n' Pepa, and Lil' Kim, black women speak a definitive, very public position vis-à-vis the expression of their bodies. Similarly, the accomplishments of black female bodybuilders are redefining both their personal and black women's collective image in relation to a legacy of images that preceded them in history and in popular culture. Perhaps more than any other sport, bodybuilding is a triumph of control, both ... top black female bodybuilders have white partners. When I described the advertisement's images to a black female colleague, the stereotype of the domineering black woman is immediately what came to mind for her, the personal transformed into the political. On the popular Amos 'n' Andy radio and television shows in the 1950s, through the character of Sapphire Stevens, the wife of George "Kingfish" Stevens, black women were depicted "as ...
- 833: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Different Business Structure
- ... other income, including claw back of past pay as you earn (PAYE). As the sole trader is self-employed, he is able to defer Income Tax and reduce his National Insurance contributions. The owner s personal assets can be transferred to a spouse (or any other relative). However, the assets may be required to be returned by the court if it is satisfied that they were transferred to defeat creditors that ... level. The registration level is currently £50,000 for a twelve-month period). The main disadvantage for being a sole trader is the unlimited liability factor. The sole trader is putting at risk his entire personal fortune including his house, car and any other personal assets in his possession that are outside the business. This is because there is no distinction between the individual (the owner) and the business. The law does not recognise the business as an artificial ...
- 834: Camera Techniques Used In Shakespeare In Love
- ... as: zoom, tracking, and following pan. The use of zoom allows the viewer to concentrate on details previously invisible as the shot tightens. For example, in the beginning when Will is first introduced he is writing something on a piece of paper. The camera the zooms in to the piece of paper where we discover Will is writing his name over and over again. The use of tracking draws the viewer into a closer, more intense relationship with the subject: moving away tends to create emotional distance. For example, in the opening scene ... out one picture while fading up another on top of it. In the film it was used to show mood. For example, after Will speaks to Viola from her balcony he runs home and begins writing his play; he is obviously inspired by his love for her. The dissolve in this scene is used to show exactly what Will is writing and his reaction as he is writing. The use ...
- 835: Admiration Of Anne Bradstreets
- ... Bradstreet are most notable with their relationships with people. My thoughts on Benjamin Franklin s work were unfortunatly on the negative side. To sum his writings up, they were long, boring and not concise. His writing varied heavily. He was known for writing on one topic and then changing to another then skipping to yet another. The following paragragh is an exerpt of his writing s to show the long, varied writings that changed from subject to subject: I have been the more particular in this Description of my Journey, and shall be so of my first Entry into ...
- 836: The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities of Life
- ... can no longer play the role they have chosen for themselves" (Bookshelf 95). From Hollywood movie stars to professional athletes, people have and will continue to lead false lives, under the public spotlight, concealing their personal travails. In literature, the preceding statement has held true numerous times, in works such as Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Minister and respected citizen, Arthur Dimmesdale, was perceived as an upstanding member of the community who preached the word of the heavenly Father. But before the public, he was only camouflaging his dark, hidden secret, which was the sole cause of his sufferings. Hawthorne successfully portrayed the personal agonies one would suffer by cowardly holding secrets within oneself. In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne set out to show the consequences of leading a double life. Arthur Dimmesdale, to the people of Boston, was a ... To support Hawthorne, critic Seymour Gross stated, "Dimmesdale must struggle to make himself a fit receptacle for God's grace before his "A" can be purged" (338). Dimmesdale himself gave us a glimpse into his personal sufferings, by asking the Lord to ease the hell in which he lived daily. He begged God for his help and forgiveness by staring skyward at the heavens and saying, "O Thou to whom ...
- 837: D.h. Lawrence
- ... of the natural, whole human being, opposing the modern society. This opposition of society was used to write books, stories, poems of the heightened sensation and emotion he felt. D.H. Lawrence believed in organic writing. Most of Lawrence s writing reflected nature. The nature in his book came from his own experiences he had while traveling abroad with his wife or just on the nature of where he grew up. His most original poetry, published ... U.S. and the Mediterranean region. Also, the most significant of his early fiction, Sons and Lovers, dealt with life in a mining town. Another wonderful example of the nature in D.H. Lawrence s writing would come from The Shadow in the Rose Garden. In this book, the images he has given to a person, make it seem like they really are there. She closed her sunshade and walked ...
- 838: How to Write An Essay
- ... method of communicating diversified views about any subject. These subjects could range from social issues and moral dilemmas to analyses of literature. However, in order to retain the efficiency and clarity of the essay, standard writing and structural procedures must be followed. Five-paragraph essays must follow a set writing process, include proper essay structure and paragraph structure. The proper method to writing a five-paragraph essay includes prewriting and brainstorming, outlining, a rough draft and a final revision of the paper. Before writing the actual paper, one must follow prewriting procedures. This procedure often includes brainstorming, ...
- 839: How The Garcia Girls Lost Thei
- ... it gives you different view point s from each of the sisters . It may also detract from the narrative because of the fact that it s confusing to the reader . This is a style of writing that has been recognized and analyzed by critics . Julia Alvarez is a well- known writer and in a way , mirrors events that happened in her own life , in her book . Looking into her life , it ... would make it easy to read for a people to read here . There is mixed language , and there is really no strong presence of Spanish being spoken . Alvarez is a interesting writer because she uses writing as a tool to find out what she is thinking , and to understand things ,while developing books that are fun to read . If you take this book for example , it s what she thinks about ... Latina and American culture . Most of her stories have hints of her Dominican roots but she show s her experiences with human insight . Even though her books may be seen as for Latin people , her writing is not targeted toward a certain ethnic population. The narrative is a reflection of Alvarez s life . It s as if she s speaking to the reader through the characters she created . Julia Alvarez ...
- 840: The Great Leapfrog Contest And
- ... short stories, The Good Corn written by H.E. Bates and The Great Leapfrog Contest by William Saroyan techniques such as characters, point of view, setting and structure work together to explore the issue of personal conflict and establish tension between the main characters in each story. An examination of these techniques allow a more enhanced reading of the texts and in turn evoke a particular response from the reader. In the short story The Good Corn there are three main characters which are portrayed in such a way as to allow a tension and personal conflict to be created but only after the reader is positioned to respond favourably to the characters initially. Joe Mortimer and his wife are introduced to the reader first and the relationship established between them ... In The Good Corn the introduction of the character Elsie to the Mortimer s life sets in motion a turn of events that causes a rift in the Mortimer s relationship and also initiates a personal conflict in the character of Mrs. Mortimer. The character of Elsie is developed in such a manner as to portray her as flirtatious with her asking Joe how do I bring my thumbs over ...
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