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    Catharsis: noun, plural An outpouring of grief leading to a cleansing. I’m not exactly sure what I feel at the moment but lying here in my room, utterly alone, I’ve given it some thought and I’ve decided to begin my transition from the stage of grief to experiencing a cleansing. It’s time for a new me. Too long have I sat here in this cold, empty room, drowning in my tears. Too exhausted to function. Dark rings surrounding my eyes and hair resembling someone who’d been dragged through a bush

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    Many science fiction shows, films, and novels today have been influenced by science fiction novels from the past. A few examples are Frequency,The Butterfly Effect, and A Sound of Thunder relating to A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. These films all express Bradbury’s idea of the butterfly effect and that time traveling can change the past, therefore changing the future. Although they share the same idea, they each have different outcomes. A Sound of Thunder was written in 1952 by Ray Bradbury

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    For years literature has been probed and prodded by students, teachers, scholars, and those just looking to pass the time. What all these readers can agree on is that any single work can be interpreted in a myriad of ways. Readers can derive interpretations on completely opposite sides of the spectrum, which can even go so far as to spark conflict or debate; thus, supporting Lemony Snicket’s argument that, the most “passionate and interesting pieces” of writing “divide” people in their opinions.

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    Mending Walls, a Psychoanalytical Criticism More times than none, authors write concealed meanings that they want the reader to discover. Like Norman N. Holland describes “literary criticism is about books and psychoanalysis is about minds” (Holland), psychoanalytical criticism focuses more on the mind of the reader and author, rather than the word for word meaning of the sentences. With Mending Walls, Robert Frost wrote it in an open style of poetry; not focusing on rhymes, but constructing each

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    Credibility has become an expanding issue in our modern life; many people fake different stories about random stuff in order to get financial benefits not caring about the harms of these lies on the community in general. People, especially students, have the passion to look up information about our world from political issues, economics, disasters and many more things. Students are also required to do many researches during their educational journey. We look up information using internet and searching

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    Over the past two weeks of the quarter, I have learned a significant amount through studying topics and artists I was previously ignorant to. Going into this class, I didn’t even know what confessional writing and art was. However, from the readings and class discussions, I have been able to develop an understanding of not only what confessional writing and art is, but also how the genre is impacted by gender, and used as creative expression by certain artists. Of all the readings we have read throughout

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    Interpretation using Literary Criticism: One of the ways in which a reader can assess and judge the various aspects of an author’s works is through literary criticism. By doing so, the reader is able to notice the different factors that come into play into the forming of a piece of literature. To interpret Chris Van Allsburg’s works and how they relate to one another it is helpful to use different types of literary criticisms. Sociocultural Criticism According to Shelby A. Wolf in her book

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    In his essay “What Written Knowledge Does: Three Examples of Academic Discourse”, Charles Bazerman presents a four part model through which we can analyze written works. This four part model includes the object under study, literature of the field, anticipated audience, and the author’s own self. Furthermore, we can apply Bazerman’s framework to different works. These works, though facing a difference in subject matter, nevertheless fit into this framework. The framework can be used to compare two

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    In her essay “Deconstructing the Text: Sherlock Holmes”, Catherine Belsey dissects the short story “Charles Augusts Milverton” in accordance with the deconstructionist techniques presented by Robert Dale Parker his book “How to Interpret Literature”. She presents the text as if it is hiding its contradictions, and shows us that a deeper look at the text’s ideology and its image of women, will decenter it, expose its contradictions, and reveal to us the multiple meanings that can be found within a

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    International Christian Academy Lot 4505 Extra Street, Fourth Estate Subdivision Sucat, Parañaque City, 1700 Values III Bible – Is it reliable? Group Members/ Researchers John Somontina Jung Jee Won Alfred Capati Cianna Sumayo Ryan Gimenez Martin Libo-on Table of contents Chapter I – Introduction. * Background of the study. * Statement of the problem/ Problem statement. * Significance of the study. Chapter II – Review of related literature. Chapter III – Methodology

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