#english assignment

[noturlondonboy]

An open letter to Kevin Fiege

Note: please do not take this too seriously chat, I was assigned with writing an open letter for my English class, and I decided I needed to diss on Kevin to my English professor for a little while.

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Dear Kevin Fiegi, (I know I spelled your name wrong, it is intentional.)

I’d just like to start off with a very sincere screw you. And if this wasn’t a school assignment that my professor is going to read, I would be using some choosier words.

Second, kindly go to Hell. Emily, my apologies. Moving on.

Let’s start with one of the most glaringly obvious problems you created and let happen in the MCU- the confusing and unnecessary death of Natalia Alianova Romanova, otherwise known as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow.

I can understand Natasha insisting that she be the one to sacrifice herself instead of Clint- it fits her character archetype and offers a solid way for her character to die with dignity. If it weren’t such a stupid idea to kill her off in the first place.

Might I offer an alternative to keeping one of the arguably most important characters in the Marvel Universe dead in the cinematic adaptations? Did we even think about Tony Stark bringing her back with the Infinity Gauntlet when he revived half the world’s population? Did we consider at all that maybe when Steve Rogers made the (horrible) decision to stay behind in the 40’s, he could have warned the team about the dangers in Endgame? Maybe he could have prevented the Snap in the first place.

Maybe, maybe, maybe�� so many options, and yet, here we are, onto Phase 5 of the MCU and Natasha Romanoff-less.

More on Steve in a second.

Natasha’s death felt unnecessary, shallow, and forced in order to create a narrative with enough drama and angst to soothe the most particular crowds. While we already had very few strong, main female characters, the loss of the Black Widow only adds the problematic misogyny in the MCU. This is aided by the fact that we received only one Black Widow movie (after she had canonically died, mind you) and have three Iron Man movies, four Thor movies, and three Captain America movies with a fourth on the way.

I’m sensing a pattern here, Kevin. A pattern I do not like.

If we wanted to stay on the topic related to misogyny, we could talk about Wanda Maximoff, and the injustice served to her character in Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. The show Wandavision gave us a beautiful narrative of how Wanda reacted to her immeasurable grief, and wove together an exciting story that provided us with intriguing lore and storyline options. However, in the absolute dookie bomb of Multiverse of Madness, almost every single point of conflict and character development that Wanda experienced was completely trashed and ignored in favor of turning her into a villain for the sake of villainy.

A terrible reason, by the way. Literally what the hell. Kevin. I am so incredibly upset with you.

Back to Steve Rogers, as promised.

Steve in himself is an incredibly in-depth character that absolutely lives up to the hype. He’s Captain-freaking-America. His actions are purposeful, his morals and strong and set in doing what is right, not what is expected. *cough cough* When Steve decided to stay in the 40’s when returning the Infinity Stones, he disrupted several important plot points. In Agent Carter, Peggy Carter moves on from Steve when he’s lost to the ice and finds love and peace and happiness with someone else. Steve ultimately steals back her affection from that life she had built for herself, and the importance she completed in her life with that man.

Have you ever watched Agent Carter, Kevin? Have you read any of the comics that you’re adapting for the screen? Have you seen the movies? The shows? Do you understand the plot lines you’re supposedly in charge of?

Secondly, we cannot forget about Bucky Barnes, even though Steve most certainly did. Remember Bucky, Kevin? Remember Steve’s best and closest friend? The man he promised to always stick with, “to the end of the line”?

No, Kevin. Clearly, you do not remember. Steve absconding Bucky was entirely out of character and makes no sense. What are we even doing here?

Thank you, but no thank you, Kevin. Please hand the MCU reigns over to someone who actually cares about the characters and what the fans want (in a reasonable sense.)

-London, aka the one you should hand them to.

[cockroachparty]

i love to write. it is my most favorite hobby. talking is really fun too. i love sharing my thoughts and opinions and while also hearing others thoughts and opinions. writing is a safe haven, a quick way to share my thoughts with others. the words flow effortlessly from my brain down to my fingertips, with such quick succession.

except when its an assignment.

give me a roleplay prompt and i'll write it within 5 minutes. tell me to give a funny review for an amazon product and i'll have it down in 10.

but giving me a paragraph assignment? on a chapter of a book i dont care for?

end of the world. end of my life. end of my schooling career. cant do it. no i cant. suddenly every single word and vocabulary term i once knew is vanquished from my mind and i can no longer form a coherent opinion or sentence. might as well just give me the F now. take me out back and shoot me i guess do it in front of a live audience too, why not. who cares.

[imalazypandaaa]

So I may or may not have written a Scarian oneshot for my English class.... Should I post it? Would that be something y'all would want to see?

[v0ideddr3ams]

"Hey English Teacher, will I get points off for being unprofessional in my oral presentation? Ie; Macduff absolutely slamdunking on Macbeth is divine retribution because Macbeth also tried steering fate, but yk... can't really do that, Macbeth"

"There's nothing in the rubric about being professional"

"SWEET!" *Proceeds to write it like a comedy ass skit*

- happened 2 hours ago

[bugwolfsstuff]

The irony of me doing an English assignment on the importance of memories rn and all im thinking about is how much i'd love to forget some memories

[justalittlelogophile]

🫂😊 Connection 😊🫂

“In the words of President Gordon B. Hinckley,

‘Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.’

I find myself enjoying life much more when I put the occasional personal twist on to the everyday mundanes of life.

It makes me laugh, it makes others laugh and one thing I love most about laughter, is that when it's real, it's one of the most infectious forms of connection out there.

And I think that is simply beautiful.”

~Po

(Class Assignment May 2024)

[graciousdragon]

The time I wrote gay fanfiction for an English project and got an A

I saw a video earlier today that reminded me of something that happened to me a few years ago, and I figured now was as good a time as any to share it. I know this is the fake story website but please trust me when I say that this is an entirely true story. This title is also 100% accurate, surprisingly, so let me elaborate

This happened when I was in 8th grade, which for context was about 4 years ago when I’m writing this. One of the books we were assigned to read in my English class that year was The Call of the Wild by Jack London. For a brief summary if you weren’t forced to read it (or you were and you forgot what it was about, which is understandable), the book is about this Saint Bernard named Buck who lives a cushy life with his wealthy owner until he is kidnapped and sold off to be a sled dog during the gold rush, where he learns to obey the humans and follow his primal instincts, eventually becoming the leader of the sled dog pack and then becoming fully wild. From what I remember, our class was assigned three projects pertaining to the book; one somewhere in the middle of the book where we had to design a poster for the fight between Buck and Spitz, one at the very end that was just your standard essay about the theme of the book or something like that, and one in-between those that I will be talking about here.

The Call of the Wild is a relatively short book at only 7 chapters. Leading up to this project, we read through every chapter except for the last one. Instead of reading the last chapter right away, we were given a project where we all had to individually write our own conclusion to the book without reading the actual last chapter. I was mildly peeved, because I just wanted to finish the book, but I figured it might be fun. If i remember correctly, there weren’t really any restrictions for what we could or couldn’t do, aside from it obviously needing to be a continuation of the book using the same characters. In the document we were given that explained the project there were some suggestions for things we could include in our chapter, one of which was bringing back previous characters who had died. My favorite character in the book was Sol-leks, a husky on Buck’s sled team with only one eye, and he got killed at the end of chapter 5 when his new incompetent owners lead him over frozen water that breaks under them and causes them to drown. I decided to bring back Sol-leks for my chapter.

Now is where that title comes in. I truly wish I could go back to my 8th grade self and figure out what the hell caused me to take this route with my chapter, because on reflection I cannot figure it out. For whatever reason, likely just for shits and giggles, I decided it would be fun to imply romantic feelings between Buck and Sol-leks. That’s right everyone, in 8th grade I wrote a gay romance subplot between two of the dogs in The Call of the Wild for a graded English assignment. It wasn’t a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it thing either, I had an entire paragraph in there dedicated to how the two spent a lot of time together and got to know each other well and had a special bond that I flat-out said was more than friendship. And I submitted it like that. Where I live, its kind of a roulette of guessing whether someone is homophobic or not, so I wasn’t sure if I might get in trouble for my gay dog story, but I knew if any teacher or faculty member tried to give me shit for it then I would 100% be going to bat for my little Buck x Sol-leks fanfic. Fortunately, I never got in any trouble, and my teacher gave me an A. (if i remember correctly it was a 96 or 97% out of 100) I believe the teacher may have also left comments on it when she graded it, but I don’t remember what they were if there were any. Which leads me to the sad part of this story.

I can’t find the original writing.

I don’t have it saved anywhere, and my school email account I wrote it with is long gone now. Even when I still had access to it, for some reason I was unable to find it in my Google Drive. I couldn’t even find the instruction document or the grading rubric. Not having access to this writing piece is truly one of the worst regrets of my life. I would give almost anything to have it back. I’m genuinely sad I don’t have it anymore. Fortunately, I still remember how it went, so I’ll give you all an abridged version of it here.

For context, in the chapter before this, Buck’s new owner John Thornton had made a bet with a man named Matthewson in a bar that Buck could pull a 1,000 pound sled for 100 yards. Buck succeeded and Thornton won the bet, but Matthewson offered a large sum to buy Buck that Thornton refused.

My chapter began with Buck, Thornton, and Thornton’s other dogs traveling through a wooded area when Buck heard a familiar whimpering. Buck followed the sound to find Sol-leks, cold and alone in the forest. My explanation for how he survived was that he was able to get out of the water and got lost in the woods. Thornton took Sol-leks in to nurse him back to health like he had with Buck, noticing that Sol-leks was one of the other dogs on Buck’s team when Thornton first found him. Over this time when Sol-leks was recovering he and Buck became very close, which is where that previously mentioned paragraph insinuating that they were falling in love comes in. When Sol-leks was healthy again, he joined Thornton’s sled dog team and they continued traveling. However, one night while they were camped outside, Matthewson tracked them down and, still bitter about losing the bet and not being able to buy Buck, planned to steal Buck instead. Buck was captured by Matthewson, but before he could get away, Sol-leks realized he was there trying to steal Buck and attacked him. Buck got free and watched for a moment, thankful that Sol-leks cared so much for him that he would put himself in harm’s way to save him, before Buck joined in on the fight. I don’t remember if they killed Matthewson or just drove him away, but they were able to continue their journey together.

And that’s how it ended. For the most part this story really only exists in my memories, but there are fortunately two things to prove this thing was real and not just a weird fever dream I had that got confused with reality. First is the memories from my friends who also went to middle school with me and remember doing the project themselves. The other one is this page in my sketchbook from 8th grade, in which I drew my own designs of Buck and Sol-leks. The drawing on the bottom was directly based on a scene in my story.

(For some reason its not letting me put the picture in this post, I’m going to post this as-is and reblog it with the picture)

Will I ever revisit this idea again? Maybe. If I have the time someday and the urge strikes me I won’t rule out the potential of me doing something with it. Do I think Buck x Sol-leks is a good ship? I don’t know. I haven’t read the original book in years, so maybe if I went back and read it with fresh eyes I would think differently. Sorry if there are any die-hard The Call of the Wild fans out there who were just scarred by my potentially horrid misinterpretations of these characters.

Also, the song I associated with the ship was The Sharpest Lives by My Chemical Romance.

[marsheelow]

💈Lather and Nothing Else💈

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[iamafule]

Whenever I have an English assignment and I have to make a draft and a final copy I just put spelling mistakes and don't use fullstops or anything and then for my final copy I just copy my draft word for word and correct the mistakes cus I'm too lazy to write a better version of what I already wrote

[autisticbritishcowboy]

For English I had to draw the house from All My Sons so this is my entry for the day

[unknownlesbianartist]

So I’m writing this story for my English teacher for extra credit or smth right? So the two main characters are these two dudes (Y’all know where this is going) and one of them has shoulder length, choppy, wine red hair with black roots and the other has a brown undercut situation going on, right? And the setting is zombie apocalypse, trying to survive, there’s a whole bunch of shit with that.

What I’m wondering, should I write the most frustrating sexual tension between them and only end it in a kiss or a hug? I mean, they’re school rivals, they hate each other but one of the first scenes they ever interact, the red head (Ray) describes the brunette (Tristan) as attractive. I’m just wondering should I? I’d make it obvious, clear as day that Tristan should just pin that boy to a bed and fuck him sensless but never say a word about actual sexual interaction. I’d make a scene where they’re hiding in a narrow space, pressed against each other out of breath, staring at each other while some mutated zombies run around looking for them.

(My English teacher is in her late forties and bit of a pain in the ass aka everyone hates her)

[yapppari]

The lush forest surrounds the cottage. Flowers and mushrooms are arranged in circular patterns. A garden box that is filled with vegetables is seen. Next to it lay a shovel and a pair of garden gloves. The flow of a stream can be heard if you listen intently.

As the owner of the cottage steps outside. She brings with her a pie baked out of berries that were picked from a bush. She pulls out a handkerchief from a pocket of her overalls. Her shoes leave tracks on the picnic blanket. As she sits and eats the pie, crumbs fall on her white t-shirt. Her mid length hair is pinned up so that she can see everything around her. She is seen in shoes that make her appear taller than she is.

[sobbing-quietly02]

I don’t like how bear this page is, like way have I only two colors, why can’t I find the appeals ( ethos logos and pathos) on this page.

For reference this is the page before it: so many colors and words

[ilivefordarcy]

IN SO HAPPY MY ENGLISH TEACHER GAVE US AN ASSIGNMENT TO CREATE A CHARACTER

[risingwolf97]

(The following is a copy of a 97% A+ earning paper I did in my senior year for my English 12 class. We were reading Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and givin the prompt: Who is to blame for the events of the play? This was my response--grammatical errors and all)

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The Crucible

The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller is based around the Salem Witch Trials. The character who is to blame for the start of the trials has been debatable for many years. There is one character from the start of the play that is mainly to blame and that is Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams is the one who holds the most blame for the injustice in Salem and through the three character flaws, lust, mendacity, and vengefulness, it proves what Miller was trying to say about injustice which is deception can have a deadly consequence.

The first character flaw that Abigail shows is lust. When she says this, “John—I am waiting for you every night.” She says it in a rather sultry and seductive tone. That’s a clear indication of her lustful young mind. When she also says, “I have a sense for heat, John and yours has drawn me to my window and I have seen you looking up in your loneliness. Do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window?” she is admitting to knowing that he still may have some form of feelings towards her. The lust she shows in those lines is palpable.

The second character flaw that Abigail shows is mendacity. “Goody Proctor always kept poppets.”, Abigail lied and said that Elizabeth always kept ‘voodoo’ dolls around the house. Although no one could prove it at that coincidental timing, she lied to make her claim believable. When she exclaimed, “I—I know not, a wind, a cold wind, has come.”, She’s pretending that Mary Warren had ‘sent her spirit’ upon her and it’s freezing her. The fact that she got all the other girls to copy her is again showing how deceitful she can be.

The final character flaw that Abigail shows is vengefulness. “Oh, I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be--”, in an envious state, she shouts that she’s amazed that he’s still with this “venomous” woman who lies. That statement alone was filled with ill will. When she says, “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her!”, she’s angrily claiming that Elizabeth is lying on her and claiming her as a whore. This exclamation is simply full of malice and vengefulness.

While there were many aspects to combine with Abigail’s actions, it was her obsession with John Proctor that ultimately started the insanity that was the Salem trials. Throughout the story, Abigail’s lust, mendacity and vengefulness proved to be a major issue in the outcome to the Salem witch trials. Abigail Williams is the one who holds the most blame for the injustice in Salem and through the three character flaws, lust, mendacity, and vengefulness, it proves what Miller was trying to say about injustice which is deception can have a deadly consequence.

[lonliest-cat-blog]

I did a thing in English class. We had to create a fake news article for a short story we had read (Lamb To The Slaughter by Roald Dahl) and I decided to make mine like a wannabe detective tumblr post. I hope y'all like it and any criticism is welcome, just don't be mean since this isn't meant to be taken too seriously.

None of the names are real people, none of the events are real, this is a work of fiction for another work of fiction.

Original story here (YouTube video reading) https://youtu.be/fpyVl3XKVls?si=flbgRGpainxiTdhM

Is there more to the Mary Maloney story? UPDATE

By: lonliest-cat-blog, a curious teen who thinks stuff just doesn’t add up.

Original post here

I think that there are more details about Mr. & Mrs. Maloney and I am going to get to the bottom of it. Part 2, the interviews

As some of my followers and readers may know, lately I have been investigating the Mary Maloney case because I feel something is wrong and things don't make sense. Of course, I am a teen in highschool and am always open to opinions and help. I do my work respectfully and thoroughly while remaining in school, so updates may not be as frequent as I would like. I've done this before, such as the Andy Ortiaz case (Royals vs Guardians), & Doug “Pontiac Bandit” Judy (criminal) and his relationship with Jake Peralta (detective).

Two weeks ago I made an introduction to this case, saying what police have said about the scene, showing photos, evidence the public has access to, my main theory so far (Mary killed Patrick), and what my plan for the future is.

Since then I have conducted three interviews with the grocer, one of the cops at the scene, & their neighbour. Let's get into it.

Interview with the grocer, Samson Hutchison

When i reached out to samson he was suspicious of me for a moment, so I told him I was doing this for a school project, researching a recent case in our local area. He bought the lie and thought it was interesting, so we set up a meeting for Sunday, since his shop was closed. When I got there we made brief chit chat about my “project” and some of the details. I met his wife and she made us tea before heading out. I asked him a few questions about what his regular day is like, and if anything was different with Mary. “I open the shop around 9 and close at about 7, Ms. Maloney came in just before 6, so the shop was already pretty quiet, with only one or two others there. Nothing out of the ordinary. She was just getting a few things for dinner because they were too tired to go out.” he noted that it wasn’t very common for this to happen, but no cause for alarm or concern. He then said she seemed a bit anxious and as if she was trying not to show that; frantic. “She seemed a little off, however, as if she was paranoid. Looking around the room and watching the corners.”

He said offered her a suggestion of getting a cheesecake after she bought some potatoes and peas, and she said that he [her husband] would love that and rang up her items before leaving the store. “As I said before, nothing out of the ordinary. She bought some potatoes, peas, a cheesecake slice and left. When I offered her some meat, she said she had a nice big leg of lamb in the oven at home. She had obviously prepared it just a few minutes ago, as her hands had a bit of red on them, smeared and melted blood from the lamb I assume. Not quite sanitary.”

I asked him what questions the cops had asked. He said it was basically what I had asked him, and that I got the same information they did, as much as he could remember at least.

I left a few minutes after that, helping him clean up and saying goodbye to his wife on my way out.

I think this helps further my case. Him seeing blood on her hands is a weird thing, most people wash their hands immediately after touching and handling raw meat. She also seemed paranoid. Why would she if she was just getting things for dinner? I think there's more to it.

Interview with their neighbour, Sebastian Fedot

Just for some background, Sebastian lives in the house next door to the Maloney's and is 17.

Oddly enough he reached out to me after seeing my original blog post; saying he had some important information he’d like to tell me. We decided to set a meeting for Friday, after school.

When I got to the Fedots house he let me in and said his parents were at work for a few hours, so we wouldn’t be interrupted. We went upstairs to his bedroom and he told me some rather interesting details.

¨I was walking home from band practice and I saw Mrs Maloney standing behind her husband in the window. It looked like she was holding something but I only got a brief glimpse. About 30 minutes later I saw her leave the house muttering something; I was on the front porch so I overheard.” He paused for a moment before saying, “I don't know what I saw, but I think something happened.”

I asked him some more questions about whether he knew what she was saying or if he could recall any other details. Sadly, he couldn't and that was all he had to offer. Not long after I wished him farewell and went home.

Mrs. Maloney was clearly experiencing some strange behaviour, as we have gathered from the last few meetings, but we have more information now. What was she doing behind her husband? What was she holding? We’ll have to find out.

Interview with cop at the scene, Sgt. Jack Noonan

Before my meeting with Sebastian I stopped by the local police station and asked if I could meet with one of the officers to get a firsthand account. With a bit of pleading I was able to get a meeting with Stanley Noonan, Patricks friend, for saturday. I met with him at the police station in his office.

When I got there he greeted me warmly and offered some tea before we began chatting.

I asked him to tell me what happened, at least what he was allowed to. “Well, I feel terrible about what happened. Not only is it tragic, but he [Patrick] was getting promoted and would have to move soon. Sad he never got to do it. Anyways, when i got the call, of course I panicked; one of my beloved friends was dead. So we rushed over to the scene, inspected the body and asked her [mrs. maloney] what had happened. She was distraught, as any woman would be after losing her husband; we tried to comfort her, but she refused for most of it. After a while, when cleaners and detectives were starting to leave, she asked us to eat the lamb she was cooking. Insisted on it even after we said we shouldn't; said it’d be a favour. So we did and left not long after.¨ what was that last part? “Well that's all I can tell ya, sorry if i couldn't be more help.¨

I thanked him for his time and left.

I think I know what happened now.

End thoughts and theories

Here's the timeline: mrs maloney's husband came from work, he had big news to tell her, she stood behind him holding an unknown object, she left the house and went to the store frazzled, she bought a few small items, came home, found her husband on the ground, called the police, they checked the scene, ate the lamb in the oven, and left.

What we know happened: Mr Maloney came home and told his wife about a promotion, Mrs Maloney left her house to go to the store and when she came back her husband was dead. She called the cops and they did an investigation for a few hours. Before they left she offered them some lamb, they refused at first but then agreed.

So, here's my guess as to what happened.

Mr Maloney was getting a promotion at work and when he came home he told his wife, Mrs maloney. When she heard the news she was distraught and without thinking, grabbed a lamb leg from the freezer and knocked him over the head with it, killing him. Once she realised what she had done she came up with a plan to cover herself. She went to the store to buy things for “dinner” and came home to an ugly surprise. She called the cops, panicked, and scared. They came rushing and did a quick investigation of the scene. She offered them the leg of lamb so it wouldn't go bad and to get rid of the evidence.

I think I want to get more information on this before I continue. I'm going to see if I can talk with Mrs. Maloney and ask her some questions. The next part should be uploaded in a week or two, as it might take some convincing.

If anyone has any thoughts on the case and any theories please comment or message me! My email is in my bio and I can book an in person meeting if needed.

That's all for now, bye.