Andrew Hickey English 102 February 8‚ 2012 Response to “Say Yes” Before I started my reader-response paper‚ I read an article by Steven Lynn to help me know the right approach to a reader-response. There is two ways that I can approach this “by describing how readers should respond to the text or by giving the critics’ own personal response or by giving the critic’s own personal response.” I found this to really help me understand the concept of a reader-response paper. I decided to mostly
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The Effects of Symbols On "Say Yes" The author of the short story "Say Yes‚" Tobias Wolff‚ uses a number of symbols to express his different views on racism throughout the story. Wolff uses this literary device to express a message to his readers. Symbols‚ something representing something else by association resemblance or convention‚ are used efficiently in this short story. Wolff uses colors to symbolize a hatred for an alternative race in this short story. The husband more than once
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are afraid of getting tormented and bullied because of who they are. This is why Peirce needs an LGBT no bullying-tolerance policy or an LGBT lesson during advisory and/or GS/LC for a certain amount of time‚ in order to let these kids know that they have a voice and that the other
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SAY YES TO LIFE! RH Bill covers the promotion of contraceptives to prevent early pregnancy and the avoidance of sudden increase of country’s population. It was passed by the congress and still in the process of voting and approval of the senate. The Catholic Church is alarmed with this matter and strongly disagrees because it disobeys the scriptures of God. It thwarts the life of a person‚ specifically a baby to live. Under the RH Bill is the promotion of contraceptives and other forms of preventing
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Tobias Wolff’S “Say Yes” Say Yes Brian Bertolucci Eng 1B T-Th 12:30-2:00 9/28/99 Essay 1 A Point by Point Analytical View of Tobias Wolff’s “Say Yes” “Say Yes” is an emotional sorry of love and its pitfalls. The husband loves his wife dearly but fails to really know that all she wants to hear is affirmation of her proposal of love despite the racial undertone involve. The Husband does not come to the realization of this concept until the end of the story when he accepts the proposal and puts
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say ‘ YES’ to homosexual marriage everyone can marry the person they love‚ the murderers‚ the corrupt official‚ the beggar ‚ the thief ‚ the old spinster can get married. Gay‚ however‚ cannot. marriage is the last process and expression of love. Traditionally‚ marriage is an institution and promise about a man and a woman to live forever and form a kinship under the law. Our city – Hong Kong thinks homosexuality is unacceptable. Homosexuality can be classified into two categories: gay and lesbian
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School bullying refers to bullying done at school. This kind of bullying can be older kids picking on younger kids‚ teachers that are bullies‚ and peer bullying. Many of these bullied students don’t get the support they need after they’ve been attacked. Simply because they don’t speak up or the bully does not get the consequences they deserve. I believe teenagers who bully should have serious consequences. These consequences should be suspension‚ community service‚ jail‚ counseling and even expulsion
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from the same race‚ they are not in the same culture‚ they have different language. People from different race never know each other. Compare the husband’s actions to his wife’s reactions. Are these people understanding each other? If he had said yes‚ would their relationship have changed? If so‚ how? From the husband’s action to his wife’s reaction‚ they didn’t understand each other much even though the husband was trying to show how considerate he is. But he failed to understand what his wife
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VOTE YESS!! Why vote yes? Human trafficking is said to be one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world. If you vote yes your voting yes to helping capture this criminals. The average age that a victim is first trafficked for sex in the U.S. is just 12-14 years old. There has been cases of even younger victims. We’re talking about a brutal violation of basic human rights‚ women and children who are sold as modern-day slaves or forced to prostitute themselves. Human traffickers
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In Say Yes‚ A normal white couple are just talking and washing dishes. The story is about one topic- interracial marriage? Husband argues ‘No’ while his Wife Ann argues ‘Yes’. Husband makes rational points like statistics pointing such marriages do not work while wife makes the point that if two people love each other race does not matter. Soon the argument heats up and at a point Ann accidentally cuts her thumb. The husband without expecting everything rushes to get her first-aid. He started washing
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