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The Chase Author: Author Description: Brief Summary: Context: Representative Sentence: Paired Work(s):
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Author: Annie Dillard Author Description:A non-fiction and fiction writer who is well known for writing short stories and essays about herself as a youth. Brief Summary: It's a story about Annie Dillard when she was little. She discusses her enjoyment of contact sports, relating it to an incident she had where she was forced to run away from a man in a truck during the dead of winter. Context: In the winter on Reynolds street Representative Sentence: "...That you have to fling yourself at what you're doing, you have to point yourself, forget yourself, aim, dive. Paired Works: It's not talent, it's hard work
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It's Not talent, it's hard work Author: Author Description: Brief Summary: Context: Representative Sentence: Paired Work(s):
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Author: Annie Dillard Author Description: A non -fiction and fiction writer who is well known for writing short stories and essays about herself as a youth. Brief Summary: In this short essay, Dillard discusses how it is hard work that makes you good at what you do, not just pure talent as well as deals with the idea of discipline in the thing you love. Context: 1979 Representative Sentence: "You don’t lift cars around the clock or write books every year. But when you do, it’s not so hard. It’s not superhuman. It’s very human. You do it for love." Paired work(s): The Chase
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Case Shined First Light on Abuse of children Author: Author Description: Brief Summary: Context: Representative Sentence: Paired Work(s): |
Author: Howard Markel Author Description: Markel is an American physician, author, and professor. Brief Summary: The article is about a young girl named Mary Ellen who was brutally abused and how she was the one to shed light on the issue of child abuse, but first through the laws of animal abuse. Context: 1874 Manhattan Representative Sentence: "In 1874, there were no laws protecting children from physical abuse from their parents. It was an era of “spare the rod and spoil the child,” and parents routinely meted out painful and damaging punishment without comment or penalty." Paired work(s): Push by Saphire (precious) |
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Eat Pray Love Author: Author Description: Brief Summary: Context: Representative Sentence: Paired work(s): |
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Author Description: Gilbert is an American essayist, memorists, and short story teller well known for her book Eat Pray Love. Brief Summary: This specific chapter deals with Gilbert wanting to experience the feeling of being spontaneous and travel. She does this by going on an adventure to Naples to eat life changing pizza where she takes a break from her everyday routine. Context: Napels, Italy Representative Sentence: "I'm not exercising, I'm not eating enough fiber, I'm not taking any vitamins. In my real life, I have been known to eat organic goat's milk yoghurt sprinkled with wheat germ for breakfast. My real-life days are long gone. Paired work(s): The Chase |
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This Is Water Author: Author Description: Brief Summary: Context: Representative Sentence: Paired Work(s): |
Author: David Foster Wallace Author Description: Wallace is a novelists as well as an English teacher well known for his commencement speech This Is Water Brief Summary: This commencement speech is about what life will really be like out of college. He discusses the highs and lows you will face, and the most important realities that you learn in life are the hardest to understand. Context: 2005 commencement speech Kenyon college Representative Sentence: "You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. That is real freedom. That is understanding how to think." Paired Work(s): It's not Talent; it's hard work |
