Love's Allure and Life's Arrogance

In Chelsea Crow’s “Roses and Wooden Legs” (ENGL 1101/1102 pg. 149), she explores how symbolism can enhance the reader’s connection to the character(s) and the story, it self. She compares, side by side, two short stories by Flannery O’Conner, author of “Good Country People” and William Faulkner, author of “A Rose for Emily”.

Crow offers her interpretation of the different symbols which the authors have used in their stories, like O’Conner’s use of symbolism focuses on ailments of the body. Crow poses that   “Hulga’s poor eyesight and heart problems are symbols of her narrow-mindedness and spiritual struggle” (Crow). I can see and understand her thoughts on those symbols, but the wooden leg really stands out to me. How Hulga uses her wooded leg to keep space between her and people “she considers intellectually inferior” (Crow).

The other story that Crow compares for its symbolism, is William Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily”. I understand her interpretation of this story’s symbols, like the relation between the deterioration of Emily’s home and Emily’s own sanity over the years. Crow defines how Faulkner also incorporates Emily’s small southern town and the relationship between Emily’s house and her sanity. The house without care and repairs, through the years, has fallen into disrepair. Emily’s life without love and affection, other than that of her father, has caused the decay of her sanity.

Most of us have a part of our life which we could portray with symbols. Hulga hides her “miserable, wretched soul…..” (Crow), behind her wooden leg.  While Emily, in her youth, is denied her rose by her father. “When one is unable to overcome misfortune, the world becomes a cruel place” (Crow). This is such a powerful and true statement. Sometimes life does bring misfortune and if you don’t find your inner strength to overcome, through your eyes your world will seem cruel.           

       

                     

                     

                      

"Mending the Fence"

Robert Frost comes off in this poem as telling a story to his readers of two neighbors having a difference of opinion about a fence between them.
The differences between these two neighbors are, one a free thinker and the other closed-minded. These two will show their differences throughout the poem.

On this spring day a time for mending fences, the writer is able to engage Frost and his neighbor in a conversation about the sense of the fence. Frost is not open to having a fence at all because he kept querying, “why should there be a fence seeing there are no cows to be contained,” All they had was apples and pine trees between them. We know that roaming animals, like the cows Frost spoke about could cause destruction or damage to ones property. But seeing there was no such threat of animals, Frost kept reasoning and trying hopefully to convince his neighbor that the fence between good neighbors was point-less.
The neighbor does not have an open mind and holds on to an old saying which the writer states came from his father. The neighbor stubbornly states, “Good fences make good neighbor. Frost tries all different tactics in his conversation with the neighbor. He tried the humorous, logical and reasoning approach. He couldn’t change the thinking of the stubborn, close minded neighbor. Frost turn to us the readers to let us know what he thought about his neighbors’ saying. He repeated the line ,” Good fences make good neighbors.” To show us the readers that a fence between good neighbors doesn’t make any sense. Either of them had no animals. The fence is doing nothing but fending off what? Harmless trees between them. The writer shows the neighbor as someone who is stuck in the past, didn’t want change and old wives saying handed down to him from his father.
This poem does not have a rhyming scheme, it comes off as a conversation piece. After reading this poem I liked Frost views and agree with him that his neighbor is close-minded and stubborn. He refused to accept Frosts’ explanation and to consider his views. Frost logic on the other hand was, there were no animals to damage each other property, they were already good neighbors. Why have a fence? He didn’t like it, didn’t want it and deem it useless.

Would you prefer Traditional Surgery or Robotic Surgury?

Robot Surgery, (2010) written by Jacqueline Owen

Jacqueline Owen list the advantages and disadvantages of robot surgery which i think we can all agree that makes more sense to have in our hospitals now and in the future .

Reading the passage and looking at the advantages the the advantages are more for the patience, as for the disadvantages are more towards the hospitals. Having the robot surgery done on patience  lowers the risk of infections and complication , less trauma and also  released from the hospital sooner which lowers the cost of staying in the hospital.

Then you have your disadvantages  which in the case would be expenses . In the passage it says that one robotic surgery systems costing one million dollars and some maintenance fee, some hospitals have a hard time justifying the expense even with the savings on shorter hospital stays.

Looking at both advantages and disadvantages  the advantages will only get better and the disadvantages will only get smaller for an example , we look at the expenses of medicine back in time it wasn't very cheap but as time past it was cheaper. As time goes by robotic surgery will only get more advance and less complicated and less of an expense since it will be more common.  Taking away more and more disadvantages over time it is a must have process

Would you prefer Traditional Surgery or Robotic Surgery ?

GET YOUR PAPER NOW!!

Free Online Paper Mills, (2010) written by Michelle Vu

Vu reveals two very commonly used paper mills, which have used their websites to entice students to take the easy way out, just at the click of a button.  Vu definitely tries to sway students from being pulled into websites, such as E cheat and Custom Writings.com, with their seemingly flawless essay.

Overall Vu emphasized, these websites are more than less hypocritical and actually quite contradictory.  Free, Free, Free, what a promising sales pitch for last minute writers. Vu’s purpose was to demonstrate the easy 1,2,3 steps of finding what seems to be the right words and just what you were thinking of already written . E cheat proclaims no plagiarism yet the name of the site is “e cheat”. Where as, Customized Writings takes the business approach by offering professionalism and guarantees (Vu 139).   The entire purpose of these websites is to ensure students, such as myself, that it is not necessary to stay up all night stressing, Just search, click and in a matter of minutes we have the perfect paper.

How perfect is it,”100% plagiarism free” and interestingly so reading the fine print always discloses the information we don’t want to accept. As students, we should not be amongst the 90% procrastinator and 30% panic and face our responsibilities head on. As writers, we should strive for excellence without “risking academic integrity” (Vu 139) with a click of a mouse.    

THE CHOICE IS YOURS

Websites can either write the Essay for you or give guidelines for writing the Essay yourself. Kate Hindman has written an essay titled “Free Essay Websites: A Convenient Way to Plagiarize” in which she compares two websites, writemyessay.com and Essay-911.com; both are designed to write your “plagiarism free” essay. After visiting each website, I can see how a student would find it very tempting to just kick back and order his or her essay like ordering a specialty pizza for dinner. They click on each ingredient that is required in the essay, provide a credit card and hit the “Order Now” button, their specialty essay in the way. The student has purchased a custom paper and has bought every word. But, the work and effort put forth into the essay is not theirs. Both websites, mentioned in Ms Hindman’s essay, are very convincing with their effort to insure the buyer this is not plagiarism.  

Websites that will provide guidelines to write your essay yourself are just as easy to find. Enotes.com for example, their website only guides you with their “How to……” articles. They even have a “How to Avoid Plagiarism” article. 

The choice totally lies with the student. They can purchase an essay and hold their breath hoping the teacher does not suspect they have cheated. The other choice is to buckle down, do the research and write their essay.

Is He or Isn't He?

Pastor Eddie Long he wasn't the first or will be the last, to use his power and position to influence others. Viewed as a mentor to many young men who trusted and also recognized him as spiritual leader an a father figure.  He has disappointed his community and congregation. There has been countless claims of physical and mental abuse , yet as a group we have to keep in mind in spite of being tried in the media he is innocent until proven guilty.