(Posted below are my brain spew notes) Introduction -So, defeating judgement. My point is to illustrate the kind of judgement to defeat, both internal and external, and how Personally I work to rid myself of[…]
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Woman (and other short snippets of scattered thought)
A brief preamble: for my last AP piece, I desperately craved something free flowing. I have done so much structured writing, and yet I have all these disjointed thoughts bouncing around my brain. I plan[…]
Manipulation for the Sake of Safety (Polished Critical Essay)
Prompt: …The role of honesty when an individual experiences tension between optimism and reality Text: A Streetcar Named Desire A lack of honesty is not always born of malicious intent. It is instead created[…]
Blink (Polished Personal Response)
Assignment: What do these texts suggest to you about idealism and truth? Creative Piece from photo depicting a young couple in their side mirror. The photo was taken by Elliot Erwitt. Theme Statement: Upon coming[…]
Allen Ginsberg’s “Kaddish” AP Rhetorical Analysis
AP Poetry Analysis of Allen Ginsberg’s Poem “Kaddish” Read the following poem carefully. Then, write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the techniques the poet uses to convey his attitude toward the places he[…]
Personal Response to Allen Ginsberg’s “Kaddish”
Poem: Strange now to think of you, gone without corsets & eyes, while I walk on the sunny pavement of Greenwich Village. downtown Manhattan, clear winter noon, and I’ve been up all night, talking, talking,[…]
Desires of Love – A Helena Character Perspective
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform. (Jan 2011) “Your wrongs do set a scandal on my[…]
Fallen Angel (Critical Response to the Stone Angel Symbolism Prompt)
Prompt: A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself… Write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about[…]
R and G are Dead discussion
Death in literature is often presented as loud and glorious. It is dedicated to showing us the aftermath, or afterlife, of the the proverbial “next step”. The sheer amount of variations on the hereafter could[…]
Free Choice: Myself(s)
As a kid, I used to imagine that I would sit in a room with myself(s). Older and wiser, they would take time Out of their busy schedules To talk. Ten enters. She nods and[…]