ENG 101
Rasmi Sporny
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Road Warrior

Question: If you were to give Dave Barry's essay another title, what would it be?

Themes:

Anger
Driving
'Inconsiderate' people
Confusion
Irony

Idea for reference:
Interview about ten, or more, people and find out what annoys them most about 'cashew-brained' drivers, and record any experiences they are willing to share.

Idea for Presentation:
Find small 'moronic' things that people do, that get on your nerves, and make new words to a song that already exists.
(e.g. I find it annoying when people waiting for the elevator keep pushing the button every 15 seconds, thinking that doing THAT will make the elevator move faster.)

No Man is an Island

Question: Do you think death (of a loved one, or an close encounter with death) makes one a stronger 'believer' in their religion?

Themes:

death
christianity
faith
heaven
everything on earth is interconnected to oneanother.

Idea for research:
Finding out how people in different cultures mourn their dead and what their beliefs are. What do they use (like the tolling of bells) to declare that someone has died?
(eg. what would people in Zimbabwe do comapred to people in Ireland when one of their own dies?)

Idea for presentation:
Examples (a chart) of what people do in differnt cultures in order to stay 'eternal'
(eg. mummification in egypt) or how different religions related to Christianity (catholisism, anglican etc.) respond or deal with death.

The Necessary Enemy

Question: The author was told to 'control' her feelings" when she got angry.
Do you think that this might have resulted in hatred being bottled up inside the author, and later being released during her marital life? Should anger be bottled up, or released?

Themes:

Hatred
Married life
Romance is a fairytale
Difficulties of commitment
love is learned

Idea for research:
As the author was married in her teenage years, you could do research on how long a 'teen' marriage lasts.
Look at celebrities, college students and compare the reasons why people married young in the 1800s, with the reasons thay get married now.
(eg. the life expectancy in the 1800s wasn't very long, so people had to get married young).

Idea for presentation:
Make a recipe containing all the ingredients of a 'perfect' marriage that'll last forever.

19/9/2002
ENG 101
Rasmiliya Sporny
Two Voice Poem

man vs turtle

The water is cold The water is cold.
In your tank.
Why are you swimming around
So fast?
You're making me dizzy.
Stop that! Stop that!
Get your hand off
my shell.
Leave me alone.
Let me swim.
Stop it! Stop it!
Why do you have to be so
annoying?
Look at you. Look at you.
All mouldy All mouldy?
At least I'm a Noiseless creature. noiseless creature
and not noisy, like you.
with your loud words and
angry tone. Don't
Talk! Talk.
Say something!
Silence is deafening.
Why did I ever consider a
turtle as a pet?
Why? Why
am I here?
I don't know.
I don't choose my fate.
You do.
I could have been happier. I could have been
happier.
Out there, where I belong
I have a life I have a life too, you know.
of my own.
I'll put you in this box.
That'll keep me from seeing you.
Hey! Hey!
Let me out of here.
I need to swim.
Stop it! Let me swim.
Stop moving around in there!
Quit doing that.
You annoy me. You annoy me
with your human ways.
Annoying creature. Annoying creature.
My life is too complicated right now.
I can't take care of myself and you.
I've decided.
I'm getting rid of you.
I'm throwing you out.
Into
The river. The river
Is not my home.
I need to live in
The sea The sea.
Is to where the river flows
You can swim around
and annoy the fish.
Wait. Wait.
I can't do this.
The river looks cold. The river looks cold.
I
Don't Don't
want to do this.
I can't,
But I must
Throw you away. Throw me away.
Please, don't.
I never did anything wrong
I was just being myself.
Forgive me. Forgive me.