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Witty Whitman Step 1:      Whitman has cursive handwriting that, I wouldn't say, is very neat. His sentences are hard to make out, but some of the words are legible. Most of these words are in first and second person, never (from what I can tell) stating a name or a date of any kind. This could mean that his letters are very personable and that he talks to the person directly. Talking to whomever he is talking to in first and second person shows that Whitman cares about the people he is associated with, and cares about other opinions. Whitman also has many drawings or sketches of himself (???) in many different forms and different outfits. This could be that he has many different sides to himself and he doesn't just like to be seen as "one-sided". He is pictured in a normal outfit with his seemingly regular face, while there is another picture of him as a skeleton and a sword through his heart (deep). Lastly, the overall appearance of the book stood out to me. It...

American Dream How would you describe the "American Dream"? The American Dream is defined (by a google search) as the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. Breaking this down, this dream would only apply to those who are of US citizenship, which makes sense, but some individuals might not start out as a citizen, making them unqualified for achieving this "american dream". This is what i would leave out of the definition of the American Dream. I don't believe you need to be a citizen of the United States to still achieve this success and prosper within the country, and most who come to America to achieve this dream aren't of citizenship. The American Dream is also emphasizes the fact that working is the way that the dream will be accomplished, which emphasizes employment, overall improving the economy. This makes the people of America feel obligat...

:)IOC PRACTICE(: I'm gonna apologize in advance for my annoying, nasally voice, but hope you enjoy!  Comment, rate, and subscribe! Don't forget to hit that like button! Plan: Recording (again, sorry for my voice and my dad yelling about the USC game in the background): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FuleneQRWKUkKROAqBvuzSriskaONXxN/view Reflection: Criteria A: 8 - I talked about the text as a whole, and the context of my extract and where it fell within the text. I think my response is better than "adequate", but not as good as "effective" Criteria B: 4 - I honestly didn't do much of this, and definitely didn't talk about the effect it had on the reader (NOTE TO SELF - DO THIS) Criteria C: 4 - I stuck to some organization and broke the commentary up into three different parts (labeling each one), but I don't know how coherent it is Criteria D: 5 - I think I spoke well enough for people to understand me?????? ...

Analysis of Translations of Kafka's Metamorphosis: #1: Gregory Samsa woke from uneasy dreams one morning to find himself changed into a giant bug. This translation is the simplest, with nothing open to consideration through the author's individual words (compared to the other translations). The main character had uneasy dreams, and woke to find out that he changed into a "giant" bug. This is the least descriptive adjective of the size of this bug that he has transformed into, which I feel that since it's so simple, it loses some figurative appreciation. This translation is also a bit different with the name of what I would assume is the main character, Gregory. His name is different in this translation than all the rest, making it seem like the translation is the least reliable  towards grasping what the author originally meant to say. #2: When Gregor Samsa awoke from troubled dreams one morning he found he had been transformed in his bed into an enormous bug...

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"A better way to talk about abortion" -Aspen Baker https://www.ted.com/talks/aspen_baker_a_better_way_to_talk_about_abortion/up-next#t-1176 ANALYSIS: Summary: Baker is an activist in the new "spectrum" she created with the term "pro-voice", and wanted to show that the division society creates with abortion (and almost anything else political) doesn't have to single out a person. She talked about the invention of "pro-voice", and how it was the first of its kind with abortion related topics. She created a calling service, kind of like an addiction network, that would just allow men and women to talk about their experiences with abortion, whether they had one or not. She hoped it would create a sort of safe-place for people to share their feelings toward the subject, as well as get emotional help. Since she created the hotline, she talked about what it means to be a good listener (the person receiving the call), as well as good storyt...

HYDE: "He had in his hand a heavy cane, with which he was trifling; but he answered never a word, and seemed to listen with an ill-contained impatience. And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a madman. The old gentleman took a step back, with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway. At the horror of these sights and sounds, the maid fainted." JEKYLL: "Now that that evil influence had been withdrawn, a new life began for Dr. Jekyll. He came out of his seclusion, renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer; and whilst he had alwa...