https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f Analyze the non-fiction essays we read here for purpose using textual evidence. en-us 2022-05-05 12:22:53 UTC 2022-05-17 13:51:45 UTC hello@padlet.com stuart_pease https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2171329592 The purpose of this essay is ____________ . This is clear to the reader when [author name] writes, "......." (author last name). [Explain further]. ]]> 2022-05-05 12:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2171329592 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175728104 The purpose of this essay is the explanation of human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Stephen King writes, “To show that we can, that we are not afraid, that we can ride this rollercoaster”(King). This is explaining why we pay to watch horror movies and go to the theater and why we enjoy them. ]]> 2022-05-09 13:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175728104 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175730634 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Megan Garber is talking about the amount of times we lie and why we do so. She writes, “ People in the United States do so, on average. 1.65 times a day”(Garber). This quote shows that lying is a normal thing. Not just humans do so. This interests me because I am a human I have lied before just like everyone else, The essay by Megan Garber led me to understand why we do so and how much humans lie.]]> 2022-05-09 13:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175730634 0088112 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175732735 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Stephen King writes, “When we pay [to see a horror film]...we are daring the nightmare. Why?...to show that we can, that we are not afraid, that we can ride this rollercoaster” (King). This clearly explains why humans behave so abstractly. When the author talks about daring the horror movie it is instantly relatable and can be the reason why most people watch horror movies. In the end Stephen King explain s how humans behave by using horror movies as an example.]]> 2022-05-09 13:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175732735 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175734435 The purpose of this essay is explanation of human behavior this is clear to the reader when Stephen King writes ( To show that we can, that we are not afraid, that we can ride this rollercoaster. (King). This proves that it is explanation of human behavior because it’s a direct example of why people want to watch a horror movie.]]> 2022-05-09 13:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175734435 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175738091 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Stephen King writes, “When as children, we hug our rotten little puke of a sister and give her a kiss, all the aunts and uncles smile and twit and cry, “isn’t he the sweetest little thing?” Such coveted treats like chocolate covered graham crackers follow, but if we deliberately slam the  rotten little puke of a sister’s fingers in the door, sanctions follow” (King). This is explaining why we like to go to these movies, because it’s like doing a bad thing without punishment, and without getting yelled at by parents or others, and rather just moving on and feeling like you did or witnessed a bad thing.]]> 2022-05-09 13:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175738091 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175739115 The purpose of this essay is to explain why do we crave horror movies. This is clear to the reader when Stephen King writes, “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth row center in a theater showing a horror movie, we are sharing the nightmare” (King) When we see a horror movie we are curious but at the same time scared. We want to know what happens to the main character or if the killer dies in the end. All the twists and turns that happen in the movie. ]]> 2022-05-09 13:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175739115 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175740493 The purpose of this is essay is the explanation of human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Megan Garber says, “Most of us lie, it turns out, with astounding regularity”(Garber 15). This quote then leads on to prove that most people lie. The quote saying that most people lie regularly, just shows that it is human behavior. This essay is an explanation about the behavior.


]]> 2022-05-09 13:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175740493 008237 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175741550 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Stephen King writes, “we are daring the nightmare. Why?… to show that we can, to show that we are not afraid, that we can ride this roller coaster”(King). As humans we always want to be on top it’s in our nature. When we go to watch these movies it gives us a feeling of certainty and a feeling of power that we can do it and a feeling of power that makes us feel alive.]]> 2022-05-09 13:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175741550 003802 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175742769 The purpose of this essay is an explanation of human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Stephen King writes “To show that we can, that we are not afraid, that we can ride this roller coaster” (King). The author goes on to tell the reader how horror movies is like proving that you can make it through the entire thing. He’s also saying that human behavior doesn’t make any sense because we try to make our selves feel scared by watching these. ]]> 2022-05-09 13:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175742769 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175748083 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Stephen King writes, “ To show that we can, That we are not afraid, That we can ride this roller costar”(King). As humans you want to show you can do anything, You aren’t scared and show that you are the best. Humans try and show themselves that they aren’t afraid and test themselves to the extreme with horror movies.]]> 2022-05-09 13:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175748083 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175750924 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. Stephen king writes, “To show that we can.”(king) he goes on to talk about why people decide to pay money for movies even if they aren’t scary sometimes. People still go to movies for the thrill.

]]> 2022-05-09 13:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175750924 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175751442 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Megan Garber writes, “our deceptions are kept in check by am overarching fact that has little to do with technology and everything to do with community: we want people to trust us, we may lie sometimes but we don’t want to be seen as liars” (Garber). This shows that humans will lie to get out of things, however many don’t lie too often because humans don’t want to be seen as liars.]]> 2022-05-09 13:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175751442 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175751644 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Megan Garber writes, “our daily allotment of dishonesty instead tends to involve lubricating lies  (“I’m doing fine”) and logistical lies (“I’ll be there soon”) and charitable lies (“of course that dress doesn’t make you look fat”)”(Garber). This essay explains why we lie and often times it’s not big lies it’s little ones that won’t have much effect on us. This quote shows lies that happen all of the time and we don’t even realize it because to us it’s not that big of a deal therefore why we do it so often. ]]> 2022-05-09 13:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175751644 008237 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175766401 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. Megan Garber writes “1.65 times a day”(Garber). This is when she is explaining the amount of times an average human lies a day. It shows how our nature is to try to deceive other people into not believing the truth, usually to put us higher up.]]> 2022-05-09 14:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2175766401 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2177555456 The purpose of this essay is the explanation of human behavior. This is clear to the writer when Stephen king says, “To show that we can, that we are not afraid, that we can ride this roller coaster.” This is explaining why we pay money to see movies that we are scared of, to prove that we are not afraid]]> 2022-05-10 13:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2177555456 014284 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2177563225 The goal of this article is to demonstrate human behavior. "So we're more inclined to be dishonest by telephone, or now, instant message, than in an old fashioned letter," she argues. Furthermore, it explains how whatever we say may be found online, making it simpler to be caught in a lie.]]> 2022-05-10 13:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2177563225 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2177572874 The purpose of this essay is to explain human behavior. This is clear to the reader when Megan Garber writes, "Found ways to make those lies newly plentiful and newly nuanced and newly awkward, 1.65-ish times a day" (Garber). The reader can get from this that people lie very often in a day, even though they are not big lies it has become a normal thing to do this every day. It is easier to lie about how you are feeling then go on a long rant, same thing with it’s easier to lie to people to not disappoint them.]]> 2022-05-10 13:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2177572874 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187622938 The purpose of this essay is why am i 
This is clear to the reader When author Sherman alexie writes,”My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well." (Alexie). It shows that there purpose was to show there father that they loved him by liking the same things as him.]]> 2022-05-17 13:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187622938 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187624127 The purpose of this essay is to show how motivation is good. This is clear to the reader when Sherman Alexie says (I refused to fail.) this proves his motivation to become different.]]> 2022-05-17 13:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187624127 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187625032 The purpose of this essay is to define ourselves. This is clear to the reader when Sherman Alexie writes, “I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well”(Alexie). This explains that she loved books because she admired her father and her father loved books, so she decided to love books too. This eventually causes her to become a writer. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187625032 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187627132 The purpose of this essay is definition of self identity. This is clear to the reader when Sherman Alexie writes, “I began to think of everything in terms of paragraphs” (Alexie). This showed that she understood everyone was different. Everyone has their own paragraph. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187627132 003802 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187627615 The purpose of this essay is the definition of self identity. This is clear when Sherman Alexie writes, “My father loved books, and since I love my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well” (Alexie). When the author said this he is pointing out why he loves books and why he decided to love reading and writing. He states that he loves books because his father loved books and he wanted to be just like him. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187627615 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187628758 The purpose of this essay is to show self identity. This is clear to the reader when Sherman Alexis writes, “ I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well”(Alexis). This quote shows why Sherman Alexis started to read so many books and the influence that his father gave him to read books and now writing. This quote shows the identity of Sherman Alexis life with showing why he started his addiction and career to reading and writing.]]> 2022-05-17 13:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187628758 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187629281 The purpose of this essay is the definition of self identity. This is clear to the reader when Sherman Alexie writes, “I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky.” (Alexie). In this quote he is trying to prove that he didn’t use to be just a little kid who doesn’t know a much, but that he learned and that he is independent. And when he says this he is also trying to encourage the kids that they can be whomever they want to be when they grow up. He’s teaching them to learn just like he did. And to not let others convince them into thinking that they are someone who they are not.]]> 2022-05-17 13:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187629281 008237 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187630097 The purpose of this essay is to defy self identity. This is clear to the reader when Sandra Cisneros writes, “A public who is disinterested in reading, and yet one whom I’m writing about, and trying to woo” (Cisneros). This shows us her goal in life was to prove herself to her father, which always favored his sons over her and led to her to strive for his attention and gratitude,]]> 2022-05-17 13:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187630097 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187631582 The purpose of this essay is sedition of self identity. This is clear to the reader when Sherman Alexie writes, “I loved my faith an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well” (Alexie). Sherman loved his father a lot so he decided to love books as well. His father influenced him to love books. It benefited Sherman because he was learning English. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187631582 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187632129 The purpose of this essay is no matter your background or how you seem to be or looked at should not change what you want to do with your life.  This is clear to the reader when Sherman Alexie writes “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non Indians alike. I fought with my classmates on a daily basis. They wanted me to stay quiet when the non Indian teacher asked for answers.” (Alexie pg.13) Alexie here is showing how he wants to be different and go his own path and follow what’s true to him.]]> 2022-05-17 13:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187632129 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187633946 The purpose of this essay is to define ourselves. This is clear to the reader when Sandra Cisneros writes, “In a sense everything I have written has been for him, to win his approval even though I know my father can’t read English words”(Cisneros). This explains that her goal has been to win her father approval which is why she is writing and went to college even though her father thought college was just so she could find a husband. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187633946 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187636005 The purpose of this essay is to give a definition of self identity. This is most apparent when the author writes, “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky” (Alexie 13). This quote shows what the author thinks he was, as before this quote he talks about all his Indian classmates, and how a smart Indian is a dangerous person and is ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians, however Sherman didn’t care for that as he wanted to be a smart Indian, so to do that he would read like crazy’s just like his father.]]> 2022-05-17 13:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187636005 003802 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187636834 The purpose of this essay is definition of self identity. This is clear when Sandra Cisneros writes, “I wanted my father to understand what it was I was scribbling” (Cisneros). The author wants the fathers attention so she doesn’t have to be just her fathers only daughter. She wants to stand out with in the family. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187636834 008237 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187637881 The purpose of this essay is to define one’s self identity. This is clear to the reader when Shermanhe Alexis writes, “I started to think of everything in terms of paragraphs”(Alexie). This shows us his style of thinking, how his upbringing helped him achieve it as well. It explains to us that when he sees anything, thinking of it in terms of paragraphs helps him understand it, anything from people to a job, they’re all their own paragraph will different stories and terms.


]]> 2022-05-17 13:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187637881 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187639686 The purpose of this essay is to self identification, the essay tells readers why he is the way he is. This is clear when Alexis writes, “my father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion. I decided to love books as well”. This explains why he is the way he is, he looked up to his father and wanted to be just like him.]]> 2022-05-17 13:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187639686 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187642908 The purpose of this essay is to show self identity. This is clear to the writer when Sandra Cisneros writes, “I have seven sons “ her father said, she responded with,” not seven sons. Six! And one daughter.”(Cisneros) This quote shows what Sandra Cisneros had to deal with her whole life with her father thinking that a female should just get married and settle down, Sandra Cisneros goal was to show her father she is something great and doesn’t have to fit the normal for Mexican fathers. Once Sandra Cisneros wrote all these story’s
And her father had the chance to read them in Spanish he was very impressed and she achieved her goal with seeing her father enjoy and love these story’s.]]> 2022-05-17 13:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187642908 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187644911 The purpose of this essay is definition of self identity. This is clear to the reader when Sandra Cisneros writes, “I want him to introduce me as “my only daughter, the writer.” (Cisneros). When she quotes that, she is explaining that she wants her father to introduce her as something she is proud to be. She doesn’t want to be labeled as just the daughter but the daughter who is independent and can achieve the things she wants. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187644911 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187645573 The purpose of this essay is to work hard to try and be your own person and do what’s true to you and what you want to do with your life not anyone else, even though it could take a while for approval by family and peers you have to try and stay strong and keep trying. This is clear to the reader when Sandra Cisneros writes “ Everything I have ever written has been for him, to win his approval even though I know my father can’t read English words.” (Cineros). This shows how much people want that approval from the people they love and how hard that you have to try to get that. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187645573 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187646428 The purpose of this essay is
Who am i . This is clear tothe reader when Sandra Cisneros writes,”everything i did was for my father" (Cisneros ). All she wanted was more attention from her father and she found that writing did that]]> 2022-05-17 13:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187646428 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187648206 The purpose of this essay is definition of self identity. This becomes most clear when the author writes, “My father represents, then, the public majority. A public who is disinterested in reading, and yet one person whom I am writing about and for, and privately trying to woo” (Cisneros 1). This shows that Sandra is not only trying to reach the public with her writing skills, but also trying to impress her father, which she has been trying to do for years, and this shows that she is determined.]]> 2022-05-17 13:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187648206 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187655509 The purpose of this essay is defentition of self identity. This is clear to the readers when Sandra Cisneros writes, “Everything I have ever written has been for him, to win his approval even though I know my father can’t read English words” (Cisneros). This shows how much Sandra wants her dads approval. She wants to be equal with her brothers. ]]> 2022-05-17 13:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187655509 https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187656692 The purpose of this essay is self identification. This is clear when the author says, “everything I have ever written has been for him”. This shows that all she’s wanted throughout her life is her fathers validation.]]> 2022-05-17 13:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/stuart_pease/pb8n5du26fqq7q3f/wish/2187656692