The essay I chose is titled “Love of Life” and it’s a mother of two girls and expectant of another child on vacation in Hawaii. She describes the scene of her children and her husband playing in the waves, the sunset, and how carefree she felt. That is what drew me into it. When I [...]
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Traveling
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Personal Essay #3
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Musically Expressed
Following the September 11th terrorist attacks, Clear Channel Communications – which owns and operates over 1200 radio stations nationwide – released a list of 150 “lyrically questionable” songs that it was requesting stations remove from their play lists (Nuzum). There was no set standard as to what made these songs questionable, [...]
Nineteen Minutes: Revised
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The acknowledgment at the beginning of Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult writes: ‘To the thousands of kids out there who are a little bit different, a little bit scared, a little bit unpopular: this one’s for you’. But what does it take to tip a young person over from being a ‘little bit’ scared and alienated [...]
Get Your Verb On
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Claim: 1. You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. 2. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct-action campaign that was “well timed” in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation.
Agreement: 1. I therefore concur with you in your call for negotiation. 2. In no sense [...]
Nineteen Minutes
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a wonderfully written book. Jodi Picoult writes an honest and important story that raises questions that you are afraid to answer. Do we ever have the right to judge someone? What does it truly mean to be different in our current society? Can a victim strike back, and it be ok? Can [...]
Actions Speak louder than words
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On Sunday mornings, during my high school years, I would volunteer at the local adult home. I simply sat with the elderly people, sometimes talking, sometimes just sitting with them for companionship. I’ll never forget this one woman, Mrs. Burdett, she had the most amazing life. She traveled tons of places and in a journal, [...]
Essay #2
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paula Cuttica
ENG 251
Personal Essay #2
Professor Nicholas
2/19/08
Everyday has a new beginning, but often times many of us are too engulfed in dreamland to enjoy it. On Sunday mornings, during my high school years, I would volunteer at the local adult home. I simply sat with the elderly people, sometimes talking, sometimes just sitting with [...]
Reflecting
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
What I have a lot of questions about is religion. I’m a very religious person: I attend church weekly, I have a strong sense of faith, and I truly believe God guides me. But yet it still puzzles me and maybe even makes me question my faith. Here are just some questions that I have:
1. [...]
Aphorisms
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
1. The act of music is music
2. Be lovable and you will be loved.
3. Listen to your heart to know what you really want.
4. The heart is strong but fragile.
5. To give your heart away is to give your soul.
6. To be early is to be on time; to be on time is to be [...]
Description
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s the most beautiful place in the world. The house is small, one floor. The shingles are grayish, almost the color of sand on a sunny clear, perfect beach going day. The inside reminds me of a cabin, the kind you read about in books. Homey and cozy, the kind of place you can curl [...]
