AlyssaJKulinski

English 111

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@unibcarlson I think technology relates to our learning community because there are so many advantages that can help us learn. Being able to look up relatable videos to help understand, or even seeing my peers work online has been a major advantage.

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@unibcarlson "But of course it's not just patients making these things happen. Doctors play an enabling role, too." (233)

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@unibcarlson "Was I too melodramatic- me with my death-defying warrior fantasy?" (179)

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@unibcarlson "They have forgotten, because to remember would tumble them out of the beautiful Dream and force them to live down here with us, down here in the world." (Coates 143).

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Coates memoir can relate to the struggles that people of color are still battling in todays time. After everything that has happened over many years, everyone deserves the chance to feel equal in this world. #CMU111

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"Eat, Pray, Love" written by Elizabeth Gilbert is a book that really opened my mind. It showed me that even through the hardest of times, the one reason to keep trying is for yourself. She found beauty in healing herself and that really means a lot . #cmu111

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@unibcarlson Santeria by Sublime. Sublime sings about getting over a relationship and all the crazy ideas that go through his head to get past the heartbreak. His claim is that sometimes one has to go to crazy extremes to feel better. https://t.co/1387Wm1R2R

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https://t.co/pV1cYVpucX This is about hell and the evils that can take someone there. This relates to both Munro's and Baxter's essays because Baxter writes about what hell is like through both his imagination and real life experiences. While Munro talks about being evil. #CMU111

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@unibcarlson https://t.co/RmKbZnr81r "If ‘human’ means ‘my own natural kind,’ then referring to a being as human boils down to the assertion that the other is a member of the natural kind that the speaker believes herself to be." (Smith)

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@zachsrhoades Baxter talks about hell in a nonfictional sense. By using "the idea" and "transcendently" we can see that Baxter isn't talking about real life experiences. Hell is commonly known for fire, suffering, torture, and punishment. This quote is how he is imagining hell to be.

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"Men don't scream, as a rule; they bellow or roar with fright or anger, but male screaming is an exceptionally rare phenomenon, and the sound makes your flesh crawl" (148). #cmu111

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@HaileyKLangner If you aren't the one hunting, then you're the one being hunted. In this case, the birds of prey are hunting the lamb and watching him suffer. Baxter talking about that in hell the "believer" likes to watch his enemies suffer just the same.

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"While even the word cancer made you think of some dark, rotting, ill-smelling creature that you would not look at even when you kicked it out of the way" (Munro 18). #cmu111

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My claim for assignment two is that the small things in life are what makes it worth living, and those could include making relationships, sunsets at the beach, and home cooked meals. #cmu111

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An example of this is sunsets at the beach. Although it's not a big moment, it's a reason to live. Taking in the beautiful scenery and relaxing is one of the most freeing feelings. I love going to see my dad in Cali and watching the sunsets every night. #cmu111

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Living is about experiencing the little things. There's not one big moment that is supposed to happen but rather a bunch of small moments. The little moments that happen throughout life make it exciting and unpredictable. #cmu111

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@payton_kuechler It's easy to get side tracked on what is going on by worrying about the future. I certainly overthink everything, even what I am going to wear the next day. It would take a lot of stress out of my life to just relax and enjoy the time I'm with my friends or family.

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In Mirsky's "Epilogue: Deadkidistan", David Bowie's song "Space Oddity", and BTS's song "Permission to Dance" all refers back to the feeling of getting better. Mirsky and BTS both share feelings of overcoming grief. And Bowie is trying to get back to Earth.#CMU111

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@miaroman23 I agree with the point you said Searcy made. It makes me wonder if he resented the truck or himself for taking the kittens life.

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One point that Searcy made was that it's not the "things" that make life fun but what you do and learn from them instead. He proves this by saying "This truck became a thing of beauty. (273) Its not the truck that was beautiful but the project and time spent fixing it. #cmu111