... words and strange organizations. It was very difficult to comprehend and follow at first. However, I then realize that it would take an unconventional mean of reading to comprehend this unconventional text. " Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel " said Robert Layden. If ... all emotions and analyze it with my heart, not my mind. Similarly, I read the same way. During a course of reading, I tend to be oblivious to narrative and drawn to emotionally-pack-phrases or words. These phrases triggered in me emotions of my own about the ... reading. Using these e...

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... My Journey Begun? I'm currently sitting here at my computer feeling as though I have have just completed reading a story about myself. Stephan Cope's Yoga and the Quest of the True Self resonated something within. Reading his experiences as he journeyed to Realization made me want to scream, "I know just what you mean!!!". ... of inadequacy and inacurracy that I have about my current path, could possibly be my unconscious self (i.e. my True Self) yearning to be discovered. Following the reading of this book, I took the liberty of writing down those topics in which I had had a direct exp...

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... slaves learned about the different routes of leaving plantations. I also wonder about the out coming of our country, if something different were to happen. By just reading this book, we are faced with many emotions to handle. I read An American Slave. This book is good to read after or before The Classic Slave ... leaves little sources to look up. The only things researchable may be famous times and acts, which weren't involved in their lives. This book helps with reading other books. It may require some maturity or taste to like the book. It seems to be very similarly formatted as othe...

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Year in and year out, millions of school aged kids across America read through their school's required reading list with the anticipation of agonizing essays and treacherous tests. While some of the selections on the reading list will make kids cringe, others will immediately win the hearts of these kids. These books will ... quickly become a staple in the literary diet. One of these heart winning books and a popular selection on required reading lists is The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Salinger's novel which The New Yorker calls, "A brilliant, funny and meaningful novel," is the se...

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... , as T.S Eliot once wrote is "leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle with words and meanings." What I believe Elliot meant by that was the intense feeling one can receive from reading a poem. This is commonly related to the readers personal relationship to their interpretation of the poem. Whether it be a stanza or the overall tone, if something in the poem brings ... cry, can make another laugh, simply by the relation to ones self. This is also true for myself. I can be sent into a world of Utopia, or a dungeon of sorrow by reading poetry. It is an intense experience to feel the...

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... office asking for a new position, they describe him as "staring off into space" (1390), while he has the vision of his brother Ben. When I was reading that portion of the script, I imagined Willy's reflections, as a relaxing or soothing experience that calmed him down. On the contrary, when I viewed this act ... the movie they depicted him as a mad man. It is not uncommon, for a movie to display a more emotional viewpoint than a script. Through reading we depend on our imaginations, but in the movie it is all laid out in front of us. This is why our view of the characters ... someone rea...

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... the sexes meant to act? Are they correct? And most predominantly; are they faithful to the fluctuations in human emotion. However the readers modern understandings of gender affect the reading of these questions, shakespeares strong questioning of traditional roles is affect by the understanding of modern gender roles. Macbeth's transgression from male gender roles illustrate shakespeares questions of the faithfulness ... . In shakespeares time things were no different, women were expected to be the submissive, nurturing, caring, emotional and incapable of crime. Shakespeare saw this as ...

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... people can agree that they bring life and essence to their writing. Throughout the collections of poems in Silverchest, Carl Phillips uses symbolism often, in a lot of different ways. Throughout reading the compilation poems of Silverchest, I came across the use of a horse a few different times. This stood out to me in many different ways because I have always had the idea that ... , which ties in with the horse symbolizing sexual energy. He is also talking of a mysterious "he", which links to the masculine energy that a horse symbolizes. As you continue reading the poem, there is a line...

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... "it charges the atmosphere with happy vibration." (p.102) It was interesting to see that music therapy can do so much and that so many people are skeptical. After reading this article and reading the conclusion of some of the studies done and there result I was amaze. Because just to see studies that prove that music boost immune response, it can help you ... people forget there problem or just bring them a little joy that music works deeper than that. There is also a cognitive response to music; Which I had no knowledge of and until reading this article I had no knowledge and understan...

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... Under The Words by Naomi Shihab Nye my preconceived notions on poetry were shattered. For one of the first times in my life I enjoyed reading poetry. Her contrasts of emotions, feelings and thoughts, coupled with her ability to weave a web of words made this book enjoyable. Evidence of her travels as well as her Palestinian- ... poetry very diverse. A common theme I picked out between the two poems: "You Have to Be Careful" and "What He Said to His Enemies" is trust or lack there of. After reading "You Have to Be Careful" I received the impression that the author was looking for someone...

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... claims that we are moving to fast for our own development and she states this "functional immaturity" as if it is a light bulb in our own heads going off. While reading its like a sense of enlightenment moves over and empowers the reader. Its as if she makes the reader feel he is being let in on a secret ancient proverb, which is ... she did I do not believe this essay would have been as persuasive as it is. The essay had very major flaws that can easily be identified in its structure. After reading this paper my eyes were opened. It was a very persuasive paper. The author demonstrated ...

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... read poems like the Bell Jar and "Metaphors" to get a taste of what Plath's psychological foundation was, or her unfortunate oven suicide. In "Metaphors" we explore Plath's feelings on pregnancy. Reading this poem one is able to look a deeper into the psychology of Plath, and what she is feeling at this time in her life. She puts her psychological state in ... ill feelings. Green apples also could refer to their ripeness. The unripe "green apples" could be describing her feelings of not being ready for the pregnancy. Another feeling received from reading this poem was that the speaker d...

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... be in nature, such as taking walks and picking flowers. Even though Lawrence's writing styles and descriptions had a great impact on the understanding of the novel, there was a downfall in reading it. Lawrence often used the words love and hate freely and together, associating them with one person. At one point he would love Miriam and the next hate her. Although ... anyone who can deal without an extremely happy ending. It was a very interesting book, which brought a new view of family problems I had never encountered before. The constant conflict kept me reading, and wondering what wo...

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... to the critics and readers of Stowe. He asks them to look at those individuals whom "find unstilted treatment, look to see if their eyes are dry when they are reading this or that chapter." While Stowe does not literally paint, she does create a world and characters in which the reader is emotionally moved. In the case of Stowe, her works ... . As Sand states in his review, "one shudders in thinking she exists". Stowe reaches inside of humanity and pulls out those characters that leave a lasting impact on her readers. After reading Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, it is easy to agree with Sand...

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... meeting them. You form a conclusion from that moment that will determine how you feel and express yourself to them in the future. I do the same thing with a book. If I start reading it and don't feel something grabbing at me saying, "Read me, read me, I"m good!", then there's not anything there, no feeling, no desire to read on. In some instances I have ... got there or color in phrases I liked (Fadiman 86). I read books for the fact that I enjoy them. If it were to be a topic that I didn't care for, my interest in reading would be low. I wouldn't take from a book what I should if I did...

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Meaning in poetry is created from the reader making the connection between the literal and the metaphorical, and in doing so, "reading between the lines." At first glance, Yeats" poetry may seem to be merely spontaneous emotion, however, after close literary analysis, it is clear that Yeats" poetry is often fairly systematic ... " often drew parallel's between ideas within his poems, and also, between poems. These regularly reiterated ideas are clearly uncovered when analysis is applied to Yeats" poetry, which indeed, on first reading appears to be predominantly spontaneous emotion. As part o...

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Stepping into the Battle Living today all anybody is worried about is the war with Iraq. I feel confused and lost with all the talk of terrorism. Reading a good book can usually help get my mind off today's troubles. Instead of happy tales I personally love to read novels about the old wars. I've always wanted to travel back ... . War has two sides, death and victory. Shaara made it a point to get those two sides across and he did it, while showing the emotions and activities for both. Normally reading books for an English class is never a good thing, because they normally don't deal with re...

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... like a drug that the reader longs for and the feeling of this drug is only achievable by continuing to read. The strong appeal to Pathos drives the reader to keep reading. While Baldwin's short story was rather somber, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" has a nagging, annoyed tone. John's wife reflects on her own situation and becomes frustrated: " ... world of the book by having the reader continue to read. The desire to rid themselves and the characters within the story of this annoyance forces the reader to continue reading until the problem is resolved. Authors be...

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... , while the hidden connotative message behind this irony is considered of all the positive factors art contains. This controversy brings argumentative responses, depending on the way the reader feels while reading this quote. Imagery PEEL The poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" looks up to the beautiful ideals in humanity. It implies perfection among our civilization, and the ... tones to the paragraphs, that the disorientated, puzzled girl has felt. Syntax PEEL A fragment from "How to Read a Book" by Virginia Woolf, talks about the great pleasure of reading poetry. The Happiness of o...

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... the degree of success can be affected negatively is the behavior that reduce the control of mind. The time you have should not be wasted by reading emotional stories or useless newspaper articles. For example, reading a love story does not give you any consciousness or help you to sublimate the love feeling you have. It takes you into it without your control ... ...

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... scene as seen in Trifles, by Susan Glasspell. This also ties into the rule that all plays exist in time, so by nature they are required to begin and end. Reading the beginning of a drama is like opening a door. You are presented with information or a scenario, and until you walk into the room, you do not have a full understanding of what ... cannot truly witness a drama unless you see it performed. While my personal mentor, Robert Rosenthal, has taught me that there are other ways that drama can be witnessed such as reading the play in book form, or discussing it with a class full of hi...

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... water. There are about seven billion people on the planet so that means that over one seventh of the planet does not have access. If an American, for example were reading this ad, this fact would most likely come as a huge shock to them because the great majority of the people in the U.S. have very easy access to clean drinking water ... of what it would be like if that convenience was no longer available, leading them to feel sorry for those who dont have it. Other viewers might become angry by reading this when they think of how some people live in excessive luxury while others lack s...

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... would sometimes make fun of me about it, or my teacher would just pick a new person to read very quickly. In my opinion, she should have encouraged me to keep reading instead made me feel inferior. Sometimes I think that a great deal of my feeling inferior comes from being the younger sister. I always wanted to be like my sister growing up. She ... acting or any subject in school. It was not until sixth grade that I realized; my passion and determination all lied in sports. I realized then that, I did not like sitting inside reading or going to class. I didn't have the attention span fo...

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... be looked at quite differently and with some compassion. Different theories have been made to explain how this may occur in some sort of unwritten pattern. The problem is the reading doesn't really answer any questions on what too do or give any clear direction and or solution for the problem. It just basically explains that there is a problem and that ... their mother, inner self and the communities that they live in. The traumatizing pressure that society puts on boys makes them disconnect from everyone and keep their problems internal. The reading does exclaim that despite all negati...

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... be looked at quite differently and with some compassion. Different theories have been made to explain how this may occur in some sort of unwritten pattern. The problem is the reading doesn't really answer any questions on what too do or give any clear direction and or solution for the problem. It just basically explains that there is a problem and that ... their mother, inner self and the communities that they live in. The traumatizing pressure that society puts on boys makes them disconnect from everyone and keep their problems internal. The reading does exclaim that despite all negati...

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