Alex Peak

Written Work — 2003

My Thank-you Speech

2003 — In 2003, I earned a scholarship from the Linover Improvement Association.  Having never spoken in front of an even remotely political body, I naturally wanted to indulge in finally speaking my mind on political matters.  The speech itself was never given.

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Timed Writing Assignment Short Response:
“It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”

21 March 2003 — In this timed writing assignment, I point out that there is no, and can be no, objectively correct answer to the question of whether it is better to have loved and lost or to have never loved at all.

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Sylvia Plath’s ‘Daddy’ Experience

3 March 2003 — One assignment given to me in my senior year of high school was to analyse the poem “Daddy.”  My interpretation was fairly literal.

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