Danielle Abou Haidar

Analyse the writers’ use of passive verb construction and repetition in the following examples (italics mine): a. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 77 b. They sailed and trailed and flew and raced and crawled and walked and were carried, finally, home. John Knowles, Indian Summer, 4 a. Repetition is used to achieve sentence focus. Usually, in short sentences writers tend to use key words to imply a certain idea. In this case the writ...

How do you feel about leaving and next year? Is AIS really my comfort zone, or have I not yet found my new place of comfort? All the memories made, all the friends I’ve made - these will never be forgotten. Starting fresh seems very delightful yet terrifying, but it will force me to grow and learn new things about myself. Will this time alone lead me to try things I have never thought about doing before? Being surrounded by people who have the same interests as me sounds very enjoyable, but...

I found it very interesting how they kept changing who's side they are on. For example page 62 when Annette and Veronique start arguing again about who's guilty, Veronique says: "Fuck off! I've had quite enough of you." There was a change in tone between their relationship because on page 57 they were both laughing at Alain because of his phone which shows that they are getting alone. This scenario happens a lot throughout the play, but interestingly the only relationship that is rocky is ...

When I first read the letter I was stunned. All the allegations that this man faced to the point where they got his wife and children involved. But the most shocking part about this letter was to find out who complained about this professor, it was the students. Our generation is known to be accepting and free minded. However, in this letter he is accusing them of calling him out just because he wants to do his job. Boghissian humiliated the university board, which in my opinion is his right. ...

Page 59 from Voice Lessons In the midst of poverty and want, Felix carried with pleasure to his sister the first little white flower that peeped out from beneath the snowy ground. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein His character comes off as a kind and caring person, especially when the author uses the words: "pleasure". He comes off as a simplistic person and that he finds the joy in the small things in life and cherishes them. It would contradict the statement made before: "In the midst of pove...

All the hurt, disappointment, sadness. It was all covered up by going out and fake smiles. Everybody would always complain about the country’s economy but would not do anything to help it. They always complain about the situation and then say: “I love this country more than anything, I want to live here till I die.” Even though they have the option to go live a better life somewhere else. I was very shocked by everyone’s attitude towards the situation, they would complain that there was no mon...