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Addi- Pen and Paper Julia- Purple Hibiscus

Creative Post

I always get really annoyed when people ask me about my background. Most of the people who asked me about it tend to assume my ethnicity that is not always true. It was always, "You're Chinese, right?" or "I can tell you're Chinese or Korean". Sometimes they even went up to me and said, "Nee Hao". But because it's extremely complicated, I always answered them quickly which wasn't a hundred percent correct. I've only explained the entire story to someone who I felt comfortable sharing. I learned from this experience that it makes people feel offended by assuming their cultures. But I know that people aren't trying to make me feel upset. It gave me a chance to reflect back to what I'm saying to other people to make sure if they're okay to say. But people don't always take something the way I take when I say it to them. I might have said something offensive to someone without noticing how they felt about me saying them. E...

Reading Response to Purple Hibiscus

I think Purple Hibiscus  is an interesting novel to me so far. I liked how Papa's attitude toward Christianity is different than the attitude that Jaja makes toward Christianity. But I was confused when I read the scene where Papa gets annoyed of Jaja skipping the church because I was wondering why Papa forces Jaja to go to the church. But I can tell that Jaja is not a kind of person who are being lazy all the time when I read page 23. Jaja said, "We will take care of the baby; we will protect him"(23). It shows how Jaja is wanting to keep his responsibility to take care of the baby who will be born in October. This sentence changed the way I saw him compared to the way I saw him before reading this page. Papa is also strict at other things too, not just about the religion. He stops his people from using certain words in public. But even though Papa is a strict person, he becomes abusive sometimes when he broke Mama's figurine. I, as a reader of Purple Hibiscus, fe...

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JC- Analyze a Song Peyton- Poem of sports

Poem

He listened to the smooth sound, hiding in the nature. She studied quietly, while listening to a lecture. I ran through the road, thinking about the future. They tried to pay back, with an unsuspecting torture. What did I do, when I was there. What did you do, when you were there. Tools: Euphony, End-Rhyme, Anaphora, Caesura

Analyze a Song

Rihanna - Umbrella I chose the song "Umbrella" by Rihanna because I liked the rhythm of this song. In this song, the rhymes and an anaphora contributes to the strong relationships between one and other. You're part of my entity , here for infinity The words "entity" and "infinity" rhymes because they both have the tee sounds. It contributes to the song by its strong emphasis toward the "you" in the lyric. It allows the audience to recognize the emotion for a certain person in the song. The other important rhyme in this song is in this line, Now that it's raining more than ever Know that we still have each other The why in this line creates an emphasis toward the nature and the relationships. It shows that the rain made their relationships better and created deep bonds.  Come into me It's pouring rain It's pouring rain Come into me Come into me It's pouring rain It's pouring rain The Anaphora in this line ...

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