<p>Okay so i'm hoping to get 750+ on my writing section but that's not possible if I get a low grade on my essay :( There are a couple of prompts I have trouble with.
I'm not sure how to apply the examples i have studied ( The Civil Rights movement, Gandhi, Helen Keller, Galileo, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Fredrick Douglass, Hitler) to these themes:</p>
<p>-What motivates people to change?
-Is it ever okay to lie, be rude or disloyal?
-Is there too much emphasis on winning?
- Is it better to make quick decision or patient ones?</p>
<p>I usually have trouble applying my examples to prompts. So can I use any of my examples? If not, what examples do you suggest? </p>
<p>-What motivates people to change?
Montag in F451 realized that books were much better than society caused him to believe. He then felt a need to spread the word.
Civil Rights Movement – people started to question why all people weren’t equal.<br>
-Is it ever okay to lie, be rude or disloyal?
Montag in F451 had to lie a bit for “the greater good”
-Is there too much emphasis on winning?
Steve Jobs was a perfectionist and always wanted to beat his competitors.</p>
<p>Where is this rampant use of Fredrick Douglass coming from? Is some prep service advising this?</p>
<p>You only have 10 examples prepared- you must have done more work than this in school. Widen your list. And make sure you know both the themes and facts represented by your examples. </p>
<p>For instance:
-What motivates people to change?
Helen Keller was a child who could not see or hear and consequently she became shut off from the world. She was rebellious,violent and sullen. All of this changed when a teacher one was final able to break through and let Helen feel that she could make herself understood. Just the changed started by the ability to make her feelings know started a growth that led the deaf, blind girl to become a famous speaker, activist, and college graduate. </p>
<p>-Is there too much emphasis on winning?
There is too much of an emphasis on fame, celebrity and personal ego gratification. In the case of Anne Sullivan one teacher dedicated her self to the anonymous work of helping a scared little blind and deaf girl who no one else was helping. Sullivan herself was nearly blind but she dedicated herself to patiently helping the young girl express her self. Rather than becoming a celebrity and moving to to big and more glamorous clients, Anne Sullivan stayed with her pupil for the next 49 years, helping Helen Keller become a celebrated author and speaker. </p>
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<li>Is it better to make quick decision or patient ones?</li>
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