Victoria Escamilla 3/8/19 English 9 High school students should read the American "classics" because, it helps students in this generation to appreciate literature,and reading since current day literate isn't how it used to be unlike classic literature which shows how old literature used to be. For example on the second page of the article in the 3rd paragraph it states." In this age of declining literacy, a primary function of school should be first to ignite an appreciation for reading. Once students love to read, they will be more likely and able to give a work of literature from another time, place and culture a try". Another reason high school students should read the "classics" is because, it will help students to improve upon their reading skills, and there love for reading. Last reason would be so that high school student can have a personal interest in books. For example on page 2 of the article on the last paragraph it states...
Victoria Escamilla 2/27/19 2 . Like Beowulf, J. R. R. Tolkien’s character Bilbo is “terrified of losing himself” and so rejects exile and embraces the warrior’s heroic code ( Anderson 226). Another work by Tolkien confronts the same issue: the character Frodo is told that he must resist going to a “cave, slowly to forget and to be forgotten” (365) 3 . Magazine covers are often overtly political. Take the example of ( Time 6 Nov. 2017) Time magazine’s most recent issue, which featured three swinging orange wrecking balls with yellow hair. 4 . In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird , the character Dill is introduced primarily through narration: Dill was from Meridian, Mississippi, was spending the summer with his aunt, Miss Rachel, and would be spending every summer in Maycomb from now on. His family was from Maycomb County originally, his mother worked for a photographer in Meridian, had entered his picture in a Beautiful Child contest and won five dollars. She gave the ...
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