English Composition 2 Final Exam Essay The setting in a story can be the place where the story takes place like a university campus‚ a castle‚ or can describe the time period‚ when the story is taking place like whether the story is taking place in the 1800s’ or 2000s’ or another setting can also be the mood of a story. The settings chosen changes from stories to stories and affects the characters different ways and gives more diversity and make the reader
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What would you choose to wear if you had absolutely every article of clothing to choose from in your closet‚ tailored especially to fit you? Probably not a 45-inch tall hennin or a coat trimmed with 2‚790 ermine pelts‚ which was exactly what wealthy medieval nobles saw as “fashionable.” The extravagance of the medieval European nobles made an everlasting impact on history‚ and their fashion evolved over the course of time. Although most of their clothing were wearable year-round‚ wealthy nobles had
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The concept of success is something that society has been obsessed with since the beginning of civilization. People constantly question: What defines success? What separates the successful from the normal? However‚ the most important question regarding the topic is: What does one need to become successful? Most consider the buildings blocks for success to be plenty of hard work‚ intrinsic skills‚ and a small amount of luck. However‚ some believe that success is not this simple‚ and that a number
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Short Diagnostic Essay Walter Mosley (“Equal Opportunity”) By Makalani Waldo In this short story‚ Equal Opportunity‚ written by Walter Mosely‚ Minority Socrates Furtlow‚ faces the dilemma of getting a job. Socrates is an ex-con‚ having served 27 years in prison. While drunken‚ he killed two of his good friends‚ and now lives life as a bumb who goes around collecting bottles and cans for a living. This story tells his struggle to find honorable work as a black man in society because of
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Hildegard Von Bingen was a German abbess in the Middle Ages who spent most of her life in the church as she had been promised to the church at a very early age. Along with being a very spiritual woman‚ Hildegard also experienced visions that were of God and his ways. These visions were the basis for most of her works that she created. Though the general population was wholly uneducated‚ Hildegard was exceptionally well educated because of her background in the church and her devotion to studying
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Everyone has people that they look up to and inspire them. Some people need more guidance than others. In The House on Mango Street‚ Esperanza needs help establishing her own identity. In the community she lives in‚ it is difficult to be who she really wants to be. She meets a lot of different people on Mango Street‚ but Alicia and the three sisters really help her become who she truly is. Alicia is just another women that grew up on Mango Street. The majority of women at this time period grew up
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Many cross country runners try to become faster and cut their race or mile times. When you don’t get a time you want‚ it’s stressful and it makes a runner feel like they are slower than they actually are. As a distance runner‚ I strive to cut my mile time to get better individually so I do not cause this stress upon myself. Through this experiment‚ I tried to find ways to cut my mile time that could be impactful for me and others. While there are many things a person a can do to shave their mile
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The term “Absorbent Mind” was developed during Dr. Montessori’s seven-year internment in India. During this time period Montessori was able to work with older children. This experience helped her to recognize the unique aspects of the 0-6 child’s absorbent mind. The absorbent mind is categorized into two levels. The first level is that of unconscious learning‚ the period from ages 0-3. The child at this stage is learning through absorption of the environment‚ as well as through their innate
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The Middle-Ages occurred after the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 C.E. and lasted until around 1350 C.E. The Middle-Ages are commonly referred to as the “Dark Ages” due to lack of education‚ the heavy control and domination of the Catholic Church‚ and the “Black Death” that killed off a third of the population in Europe. The Middle-Ages began to phase out as a new movement swept across Europe called the Renaissance. “The word ‘renaissance’ means ‘rebirth’ or ‘revival’.” The amount of impact
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What is fear? Everyone has experienced some level fear before‚ may it be when they realized they have done something wrong‚ when they kept seeing that one creepy guy down the street just standing outside their door‚ while sitting at home at twelve o’clock in the morning watching a horror film‚ or encountering their one or many phobias. When fear hits‚ the body will start to feel as if it is frozen‚ breathing becomes difficult‚ the heart races and batters to the point where it feels like it will burst
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