I'm screwed

[Posher778]

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Lit paper...... 10 pages.... due monday... hemingway... hills like white elephants.... need.... help.... kill... me....................

My lit teacher is insane. This isn't an exaggeration, she really is clinically unstable. She's berserk. She isn't allowed to teach AP anymore because last year she gave out SO MUCH work that 2 students were almost hospitalized for going 6 days with no sleep and 17 hours of non stop working, with basically no food. This is a true story. She's insane. And she's revenging on my class with this paper. It's gotta be perfect, one missed period is -10, one missed citation is -25, one paragraph too short is -50. Basically, you can get less than a zero on this paper, and I am FRIED. It's FINALS week next week, EOCT testing this week, plus i have another french exam tomorrow. I have the LIT EOCT tomorrow AS WELL. I have tons of math studying to do, and I may have failed that EOCT, but thankfully it's curved a lot. I'm slowly slipping into my lit teacher's level of insanity, and I can't STOP IT. I have to work on my band scales to pass the final, I have to study for french, lit, and math and do all this shit, and I have to make b's in every class. I have a 74 in lit, because of missed assignments, but mainly for teacher derangement and misunderstandings like how i turned in a test grade paper the day it was due and it got counted late even though my mom told her herself that it was on time, and it got a 70 for a grade when it was 100 worthy. She's a DYKE. Hopefully with the final and this insane paper i can get a b still.... but i dunno. In french i have an 82 i think, but may be higher. I'm not too worried, but i still have to focus on it. I have a 79 in geometry, but that shouldn't be too hard to get up to a good b. But this LIT! I always get high a's in lit but she's CRAZY! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHQJKWREGHAWE;HGAWRHGHAWRELGJHA WJKLRHGLAWRHG.

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Thanks, I needed to vent.

[bloody_ribcut]

just drop out of school, kanye west did it and look where he's at.

[Posher778]

just drop out of school, kanye west did it and look where he's at.

HA, sorry no, i'd like a future other than getting shot and being nationally hated.

[Posher778]

Oh, and I could use some help on some small things. Is hemingway modern or post modern?

[novadawn969]

Ugh...
Tell me about it.
Our Algebra 2 project was due today, and we started last night.
If you think a 10 page report will be hard to finish, I have a 20+ in US History.
I also have to design an entire website.
Not only that, but because of health issues, I have 3 weeks of make-up work, and I have too many D's to count.
I feel for you Posh. :o

Break a leg.


Our Lit teacher last year was psycho...
Maybe that's where she wandered off to.
Is your's name Mrs. Martes???
That would suck.
I was hoping someone put her out of her misery.
:(

[novadawn969]

Oh, and I could use some help on some small things. Is hemingway modern or post modern?



Post-modern I think...
I'm pretty sure. :o

[alkytrio666]

Hahaaa!

I graduate high school in a week...I don't need to give a shit anymore!
Anyway, just buckle down and do it: The hardest part is getting started. Put some Miles Davis in the old CD player and get into a flow, use a lot of choice words that come naturally to you, and babel a lot. Teachers like babel.

[Dante'sInferno]

Do it all on world war 2 novadawn thing person....oh amd post IM me if you need help.

[Posher778]

HELP- How did hemingway's style contribute to the post modernism period of writing?

[Mictlantechutli]

**ahem**

http://www.paperstore.net/sahr/118-012.html

all you need - for a price

and Hemingway was a modernist... belonging to the avant-garde literature of roughly 1909 (Pound, Personae) to 1938 (Joyce, Finnegans Wake).

[Posher778]

**ahem**

http://www.paperstore.net/sahr/118-012.html

all you need - for a price

psh, only one on abortion, and it's too long, not in depth enough to what I need. Plus my teacher has that site and the essays in her classroom... she's tricky.

[chaibill]

there must be some fan sites for hHemingway. What about Cliff's notes?
good luck Godspeed

[crabapple]

Do a little studying up at Wikipedia....memorize some biographies by reading them out loud ten times and then compose a nice paper. You might write a really good one!

[Posher778]

Peer edit my intro paragraphs if you have the time. Tell me what's good/bad, what should I change, technical stuff, etc.


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Ernest Hemingway is one of the most nationally gratified authors in the history of American literature. His works are often placed in the rankings of the best stories ever written by some of the toughest critics. He is well known for his dark and often depressing stories that will stick with the reader for days due to the almost flawless method in which they were written. In defense of this statement, Hemingway once claimed that life isn’t always a happy ending, which is why his stories don’t always end on a happy note. The reasons for these tragic works of literature can be found in the confines of Hemingway’s past.
Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Throughout the course of his life, he was married four times, and was divorced three of those times. His first novel was titled “The Sun Also Rises,” and was published in 1926. He soon after published “A Farewell to Arms,” in 1929, which has been referred to as Hemingway’s first breakthrough as a writer. In 1940, the novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” was published, and then in 1952 his most popular book, which won him the Pulitzer prize, is titled “The Old Man and the Sea,” which follows a fisherman over three days at sea, trying to catch a marlin, only to have it eaten by sharks in the end. Throughout his life, he also published many short stories and poems, such as “Indian Camp,” and “Hills like White Elephants.” Most of his writings reflect events that occurred in his life, such as war. The novel “A Farewell to Arms,” is about the tragedies that war brings, and is based off of Hemingway’s trials and tribulations as a soldier in Italy during World War 1. This makes sense, because Hemingway was always attempting to tell the truth in his stories, although they were fiction. He wanted to portray the events in the story so that the reader would feel as if it was real, or at least realistic. Hemingway’s life was also filled with depressing instances, such as the three divorces he went through, and the death of both of his parents. His father committed suicide, which helps explain why many of his works are based around death. The sights of war contributed to this factor as well, as Hemingway fought in World Wars 1 and 2. He was also an avid drinker, which most likely added to his depression, although Hemingway would never drink or be drunk when he was working on his writing, because he wanted to be at his best state of mind for working. To no one’s surprise, Hemingway committed suicide in July, 1961.
Hemingway’s work belongs to the post- modernism era of writing. He contributes to this genre with his style of writing that has yet to be copied, even today. He chose to be very simple in his style. While other authors would use large, descriptive adjectives and vast amounts of unnecessary extra sentences, Hemingway kept everything short, crisp, and to the point. He also utilizes parallelism, which conveys “the effects of control, terseness, and blunt honesty.” (Grebstein, Sheldon 132) However, Hemingway’s greatest contribution to literature is in his “search for truth and accuracy of expression, which is reflected in his economical prose style.”(Hoffman, Frederick 63)
Hemingway’s short story “Hills like White Elephants,” is just one example of his bluntness and accuracy of expression. A tale about an unnamed American man and his female lover named ‘Jig’, who are on their way to Madrid, Spain to have an abortion for their baby. This sounds like a simple matter, however, the couple is faced with opposing feelings on the subject. Jig does not want to have the abortion, while the American is almost dragging her to do it by manipulating her into feeling sorry for him or telling her sluggishly that she doesn’t have to do it if she really doesn’t want to, and by promising her that their now failing relationship will go back to the perfect one they once knew, supposedly before Jig became pregnant. Jig on the other hand, comes off as gullible, sounding almost as if she is in accord with her significant in wanting the operation. One has to look deeper inside of her mind to realize the truth: that she is smarter and far more logical than her lover. She sees the argument as pointless, because she knows that no matter what they do, their relationship is already broken beyond repair, and nothing they try to do can repair it anymore. She wants to keep the baby, but knows that there is no way to truly convince him that it is the right thing to do, so she solemnly nods and repeats him when he claims that things will go back to how they were. If not for her depression on the matter, she may even repeat him sarcastically, as she is portrayed as a child in this story. A young, defenseless girl against an adult in charge, what could she do? The story is filled with symbolism, including the title, which has a significant meaning to the story. Some of the symbolism that Hemingway uses even has multiple meanings all in one, which make for a very complex read.
Although Hemingway never faced the tragic game of taboo that the couple confronts, he was often faced with death and tragedy throughout his life, which aids him in the writing of this story. In “Hills,” the most important aspects are Hemingway’s use of symbolism to relate to a mother, a child, the number two (symbolizing a pair), and the train station in between a field full of living plants and green scenery, and a desolate wasteland, which symbolize life and death, and the male versus female issues involved with abortion. He also keeps the topic of the death of love in context, which acts as a catalyst for the events that are already occurring in the story, and also supports the dialogue and plot.

[neverending]

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most nationally gratified authors

I believe you may mean glorified, or renowed- but certainly not gratified.

In 1940, the novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” was published, and then in 1952 his most popular book, which won him the Pulitzer prize, is titled “The Old Man and the Sea,” which follows a fisherman over three days at sea, trying to catch a marlin, only to have it eaten by sharks in the end.

This should be at least 3 sentences.

is based off of Hemingway’s trials and tribulations

based ON his trials...

and vast amounts of unnecessary extra sentences,

one of these words is unnecessary- or extra...

If not for her depression on the matter, she may even repeat him sarcastically,

Repeat him? Or repeat what he SAYS?

the symbolism that Hemingway uses even has multiple meanings all in one

Delete all in one - not necessary.

Good start. Keep up the good work.

[Posher778]

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most nationally gratified authors

I believe you may mean glorified, or renowed- but certainly not gratified.

In 1940, the novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” was published, and then in 1952 his most popular book, which won him the Pulitzer prize, is titled “The Old Man and the Sea,” which follows a fisherman over three days at sea, trying to catch a marlin, only to have it eaten by sharks in the end.

This should be at least 3 sentences.

is based off of Hemingway’s trials and tribulations

based ON his trials...

and vast amounts of unnecessary extra sentences,

one of these words is unnecessary- or extra...

If not for her depression on the matter, she may even repeat him sarcastically,

Repeat him? Or repeat what he SAYS?

the symbolism that Hemingway uses even has multiple meanings all in one

Delete all in one - not necessary.

Good start. Keep up the good work.

Damn! That was nit picky. You're totally editing the final copy.

[neverending]

Peer edit my intro paragraphs if you have the time. Tell me what's good/bad, what should I change, TECHNICAL STUFF, etc.

(Emphasis added.)

Sorry I bothered. I won't make that mistake again.

[darkmoon]

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Lit paper...... 10 pages.... due monday... hemingway... hills like white elephants.... need.... help.... kill... me....................

My lit teacher is insane. This isn't an exaggeration, she really is clinically unstable. She's berserk. She isn't allowed to teach AP anymore because last year she gave out SO MUCH work that 2 students were almost hospitalized for going 6 days with no sleep and 17 hours of non stop working, with basically no food. This is a true story. She's insane. And she's revenging on my class with this paper. It's gotta be perfect, one missed period is -10, one missed citation is -25, one paragraph too short is -50. Basically, you can get less than a zero on this paper, and I am FRIED. It's FINALS week next week, EOCT testing this week, plus i have another french exam tomorrow. I have the LIT EOCT tomorrow AS WELL. I have tons of math studying to do, and I may have failed that EOCT, but thankfully it's curved a lot. I'm slowly slipping into my lit teacher's level of insanity, and I can't STOP IT. I have to work on my band scales to pass the final, I have to study for french, lit, and math and do all this shit, and I have to make b's in every class. I have a 74 in lit, because of missed assignments, but mainly for teacher derangement and misunderstandings like how i turned in a test grade paper the day it was due and it got counted late even though my mom told her herself that it was on time, and it got a 70 for a grade when it was 100 worthy. She's a DYKE. Hopefully with the final and this insane paper i can get a b still.... but i dunno. In french i have an 82 i think, but may be higher. I'm not too worried, but i still have to focus on it. I have a 79 in geometry, but that shouldn't be too hard to get up to a good b. But this LIT! I always get high a's in lit but she's CRAZY! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHQJKWREGHAWE;HGAWRHGHAWRELGJHA WJKLRHGLAWRHG.

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Thanks, I needed to vent.


You see?And I cant get a permanent job anywhere cuz people say I am too nice to be a teacher.....I hear ya....

[mordrid]

I hate to see what you do in college Posh. That sounds like a cake walk compared to the papers I work in college lit

[horrorobsessed]

oh my lord. that totally sucks. i thank the lord all of my teachers are easy and don't hate me. but i guess i'm going to be in your situation next year, i can already feel it coming.

i'm also quite thankful i get out of school next Tuesday.

Question: are you allowed two exemptions? for finals that is. i am, under certain conditions that is(grades and absenses play a role in it).

also this year, for sophmores, if you passed the I-Step you don't have to take your math or literature final. that means i get out of my Geometry and Speech final. even though i could pass both in my sleep.

and i'm exempting my Latin 2 final (no, my school is too good to offer French, which i really want to take, we only get Latin or Spanish), and my Chemistry final, however, i'm still taking my chem. final so if it raises my grade i can take the grade or if i flunk it, it won't count. then i have a final project for Health, one for Speech, and my World History final.

and all of the crap i have to do for band is over, except playing at graduation, still have to do that. oh, and band camp starts the 29th of this month, only for three days though, then i get a month off before hell on asphalt starts. it gets so damn hot out there that the tar melts to my shoe. WTF!

in retrospect, i have it a lot better than you. but i've had to go through your situation once or twice before, so i know how you feel.

your paper sounds really good. just pace yourself and drink a lot of coffee.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

kill your teacher?

[Roderick Usher]

Or give her the sweet, sweet lovin' she so desperately needs:D

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

well that would be another option