“Virtual Love‚” Meghan Daum‚ a freelance writer‚ claims people become to comfortable with the security that online communication provides. Daum‚ herself‚ experiences this first hand. Through Daum’s experience with PFSlider‚ she is able to inform her readers about the troubles that may arise if you become engulfed in e-mail affairs. Daum’s relationship simply began as a flattering e-mail written to her by Pete‚ an admirer who lived hundreds of miles away. After exchanging a few messages‚ Daum quickly developed
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to continue any further if the connection between the two individuals is no longer going anywhere. In the article “Virtual Love”‚ Meghan Daum describes how a single email led her to fall in love with a man named Pete‚ whom she had only communicated with over emails and through the telephone. When the two finally meet and begin to spend quality time with each other‚ Daum begins to notice that there was no common ground between the two of them when they were together in person. The relationship that
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Zack Freeman ACP W131 -Period 4 Purcell October 12‚ 2010 Comparative Critique: “Virtual Love” and “Too ‘Close to the Bone’” In “Virtual Love” author Meghan Daum told a story about an event that once occurred in her life. This event was one of love‚ mystery‚ and disappointment. One where she had inexplicably grew fond of a stranger just because of a simple question that he sent to her through an email message because he had admired her work. She knew nothing about this man and yet she continued
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Meghan Daum is a writer who lives in New York and has a busy life. One day she received an email from a fan of her writing. She called him PFSlider or Peter. Pete emailed her to show is admiration of her writing. When she replied to his email he was very surprised. Then on he occasionally emailed her. She was very hesitant to continue replying to his emails but she did. She didn’t admit it but she was addicted to the communication by email with PFSlider. After the continuous emails‚ they
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distrustful about their age‚ sex‚ gender‚ and name. In the essay Virtual Love‚ the author describes how she did not want the other person to know her real self. “Pete knew nothing of my scattered‚ juvenile self‚ and I did my best to keep it that way” (Daum‚ 305). In many cases‚ they may even lie about their marital status. In such instances‚ a real life relationship would be better. This way they would be able to rule out some of the dishonesty with his or her dating partner. Sometimes‚ a person may
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mail relations with Pete were. According to Daum‚ her online courtship was similar to an epistolary one from long ago because it was a relationship that was free from other people and interruptions. The internet proves a shield from real life dating by not having to deal with the real life hard ships that people face in a relationship in person. I do concur because online dating is easier and makes conversation come more naturally. The differences Daum perceives between PFSlider and Pete according
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Meghan Daum‚ "Kaayva’s So Not Happy Ending‚" http://www.meghandaum.com/2006-la-times-column-archive/63-kaavyas-so-not-happy-ending In summarizing this article‚ be sure you focus on what Daum thinks rather than what Viswanathan did. This will let you use signal verbs more gracefully. Be sure you focus on the main ideas. The story of Viswanathan’s action is the evidence for the main point or claim or thesis‚ not the main point itself. If you are unfamiliar with signal phrases‚ be sure to
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Essential Question #3: What was Jonestown Massacre’s impact on American History? Tragedy hit the United States all around‚ families were mourning their loved ones lost to this mass suicide and the government mourning the death of congressman Ryan and crew. This was one of the largest death counts to affect America in this time period. Over 900 American lives were lost to a cause that seemed out of reach. In addition to the many negative effects this unfortunate event had on America‚ positive effects
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Christopher Cabalquinto Reading Journals Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior The writer in the excerpt Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚ Amy Chua‚ does a great job of justifying Chinese-style parenting by contrasting it to Western-style parenting. She tells her audience that through her strict orders and threats does her daughter‚ Lulu‚ succeed in playing and mastering a very difficult piano piece; Western parents with high concerns for their kids’ psyches would only “ask their kids to try
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Makenna Byers Pd. 5 Teen Parenting In 2010‚ approximately 16 out of every 1000 children were born to teenage mothers between the ages of 15 and 19. Having a baby as a teenager changes everything for the rest of your life. Facing parenthood as a teen not only affects you but everyone around you. It is important to understand the all the things that come with having a baby which can be a struggle for people who are happily married with a job let alone a teenager in high school or college. There are
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