The following poem is about my journey through life, along with my perspective as a developing musician. This was inspired by the song Reverie in F minor by Dennis Alexander, which is currently my soul song,[…]
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My Days of AP
Author’s Note: Hi everyone, first of all, I’d like to apologize to the people who I told about my initial idea of this blog. I was going to use flower imagery while comparing a certain[…]
Polished Personal: Limitless Love
Polished Personal Responding to the excerpt “From Julia” Prompt: Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about an individual’s capacity for self-sacrifice in the face of compelling circumstances. Limitless[…]
Polished Critical: The Descent into Illusion
The Descent into Illusion Prompt: The role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality (June 2014) The preference for illusion over reality is a result from an individual’s self-perception[…]
In Search of Peace
The following poem is Dan Almagor’s response to the ongoing violence of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Although I personally have not experienced times of war, I wanted to write a personal response based off the stories[…]
Dan Almagor’s “We Shoot Children Too, Don’t We” AP Rhetorical Analysis
Prompt: Read the following poem carefully. Then write an essay in which you discuss how such elements as language, imagery, structure, and point of view convey meaning in the poem. (1993) In his poem “We[…]
The Fragility of Love ~ Character Perspective on Lysander
Prompt Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform. Lysander to Hermia: “Ay me! For aught that[…]
The Wars – Idealism and Truth
PROMPT: A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works, a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal[…]
Barely Bilingual
When people look at me, they see my ebony black hair, my dark brown eyes, my pale skin; Asian features. “Are you Chinese?” they ask, curious. “Yes.” I reply, automatically. “So you can speak Chinese[…]
Growth Through Flowers and Plants
Growth Through Flowers and Plants “The lilacs grew with no care given to them, and in the early summer they hung like bunches of mild mauve grapes from branches with leaves like dark green hearts,[…]