Alexander Nelson
Professor Edsen
English 1300-04
27 August 2012
Critical Response #1 In my viewing of the reading Graduation and video of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I witnessed strong and very powerful leadership by both the community and leader. When Mr. Donleavy steps up to the podium he doesn’t get much of a standing ovation as well as the respect I was expecting to see. As he begins to speak only a few of the students make some eye contact while others sit slouched in their seats not making any effort to pay attention as to what Mr. Donleavy is saying on how he will contribute to the school. Even the reverend and the lady sitting next to him were not showing any support as to what Mr. Donleavy had to say. Angelou’s purpose for using Mr. Donleavy in the story “Graduation” was to possibly show the civil rights movement. It was a group of African American children that took a stand and didn’t agree with what was planned for them in the near future. They the students wanted to do something different, and when Marguerite took that stand she didn’t just take a stand the whole room stood behind her. Marguerite took a very bold stand, and said she didn’t want to accept the typical stay at home wife, clean and cook every day, she wanted to go to college and get a quality education. When she took the floor, every single student’s attitude changed quickly. All heads looked up as if they were distracted by something in the room. Smiles began to surface on faces, as
Yolanda Williams English 0301 Professor Matthews “Salvation” Langston Hughes argues that religious indoctrinations could result in spiritual alienation. One point Langston Hughes makes in his essay is his experience of being “saved” only caused him to be disappointed in himself. Hughes says “I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved.”. This results in his lying to the church and his feeling of guilt for doing so. The “saving” of Hughes eventually leads to his loss of…
2) According to Sowell, what is the new China doing now which its citizens did not do before? What is this “new” model of economics used by China? Is it really new? Why is it successful? According to Sowell, China is “lifting a million people a month out of poverty” by creating its own wealth. It’s not the Chinese government that is raising the country. In fact the government job consists in redistributing the wealth (created by the people) through taxes. China started to grow again when the capitalism…
EN102 McCLOUD ASSIGNMENT: CRITICAL RESPONSE ESSAY |SUGGESTIONS: | |Read the text thoroughly. | |Spend time analyzing/evaluating the author’s argument based on the criteria we have discussed in class.…
. Journal Guidelines: How to Summarize and Write a Critical Response for Journals Part I: SUMMARIZING When you summarize, you write a general restatementof the main ideas of the original story using your own words. Therefore, the summary will be shorter than the original work becauseit will not include all the details but will highlight the main idea. Steps in writing a summary: 1. Read the story/article as many times as necessaryto determine the main idea. 2. Look for the writer's purpose in writing…
Critical Response In the article, “Why I’m Raising My Son to be a Nerd,” featured in the Cable News Network (CNN) the author states his concerns with raising his son in the growing world where being smart isn’t exactly considered trendy. As he states, “We know because of our culture's negative attitude toward nerds, our kids are discouraged from being bookish from an early age.” Society views nerds as embarrassing and old-fashioned. I agree with the author of this article. Receiving a good education…
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/us/politics/house-vote-isis.html?_r=0 This article talks about the ISIS issue in the middle east and what the Obama administration and Congress are going to do about the issue. The resolution that was passed by congress after Barack Obama personally pleaded for support, will have United States military supply and train Syrian rebels to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria or ISIS for short. One of the important points about this is that American Troops…
Critical Response Activity The article, “Revealed: The sex-education update Ontario badly needs: Cohn,” is written for the Toronto Sun by Martin Regg Cohn. The main idea of this article is that the sex-education system is being changed and people will need to accept it and see how beneficial it is. Cohn used a more casual approach, making the article seem like more of a blog post. He used strong arguments and did a good job of making the reader agree with his opinion. The main idea in the text…
ARC131 H1F 3rd October 2012 Mikaile Ibrahim FIRMITAS, UTILITAS, VENUSTAS A CRITICAL RESPONSE TO VITRUVIUS & ALBERTI Throughout history, the makings of an architect have changed by stark proportions and so did the requirements of the finished creation. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (80 B.C.E), famously known as Vitruvius, wrote in The Ten Books on Architecture of how the architect must possess wide knowledge and expertise in many fields of study, and that his buildings must encompass firmitas…
Christian Crespo Professor Hirst English 111 October 17 2014 The Title In Pornography, Obscenity And The Case For Censorship, Irving Kristol focuses his essay on the growing pornography industry and its acceptance as part of the American culture. Kristol is a well-respected conservative that wrote columns for the New York Times and Daily Telegraph. Although this piece was written and published in the early 1970s, this topic remains controversial and debatable among politicians and media. He presents…
Shinn English 1301: Composition I 15 April 2013 Response to Ruggerio’s “What Is Critical Thinking” After reading Ruggerio’s “What Is Critical Thinking” I was able to understand the difference between a critical thinker and a non-critical thinker. The issue I came across with this essay is how Ruggerio emphasized that you are either one or the other. Take myself for example; there are situations that come about where I will fall into the critical thinker category. There are in turn some instances…