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resolution

January 17, 2017 clairebClaire

When I joined the AP English program three years ago, as a grade 10 with little experience and high hopes, I was terrified. When I returned last year, as a grade 11 with more worries and[…]

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a breaking of convention to obtain happiness – polished critical

January 15, 2017 clairebClaire

 Discuss the significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance.

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le cygne (polished personal)

January 10, 2017 clairebClaire

What do the texts suggest to you about an individual’s capacity for self-sacrifice in the face of compelling circumstances? (in response to the poem Dancer by Alden Nowlan)

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we tried to leave this pretty how town

January 1, 2017 clairebClaire

The following is my personal response to the poem [anyone lived in a pretty how town] by e.e. cummings. It explores the themes presented in the poem regarding the transition into adulthood and the drastic[…]

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to value oneself

December 28, 2016 clairebClaire

The following serves as both my blog and my “representation” of what I have learned/experienced through our novel study, particularly concerning the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

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(for) the genius

November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 clairebClaire

The following is an emulation of the poem The Genius by poet, singer, and author Leonard Cohen, an incredibly talented and thought-provoking man who passed away on November 7th of this year. His music, his[…]

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what’s in a name?

October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 clairebClaire

“People’s fates are simplified by their names.” — Elias Canetti There is figurative and literal power in the naming of individuals, whether that be through the name they are given at birth or through the[…]

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umbra

September 10, 2016September 11, 2016 clairebClaire

um·bra /ˈəmbrə/ noun    — the name given to the shadow cast by a celestial object that entirely blocks out illumination        (when my anger gets the best of me) ○ ☾ ○[…]

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A Fulfillment of Self-Perception Found in Illusions – Polished Critical

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 clairebClaire

PROMPT: Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusions and reality. (June 2014)      An individual’s[…]

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Orchestra

January 11, 2016 clairebClaire

The following personal response is a short story inspired by Italo Calvino’s “The Distance Of The Moon,” in which a man fantasizes about spending a month on the moon with the woman he lusts after. When he does[…]

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