The poem “War is Kind” written by Stephen Crane in 1897. The title of the poem is ironic because war is not kind and in the poem a list all of the bad things about war. The theme of the story is completely different than the title. This poem however has more than just one theme there are actually three. Warfare is one of the themes of this poem‚ war is not kind and it is mean. War takes away families it makes them lose their loved ones. All what war is‚ is nothing but lose and heartbreak it only
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Synopsis: After a mysterious re-appearance of World War II era fighters resurface in Mexico‚ cableman Roy Neary has a strange encounter with a glowing light during a routine service call. He chases the light‚ almost causing him to hit a small child with his car. The boy’s mother‚ Jillian Guiler‚ found the boy’s room empty and came to find him. After the incident‚ Roy is sunburned from the mysterious light‚ and is plagued by images of a mountain and the sound of the same 5 notes. Roy’s town is cleared
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important for the theme because it provides both historical‚ and cultural context for the characters. The setting of “Two Kinds” helps support the theme of the story for those exact same reasons. Historical context is of great importance in a story as it helps the reader understand what the implications of a character’s actions would be at that specific time. The story of “Two kinds” takes place in the United States during the late 1950’s‚ where during that period in time a child’s rebelliousness was
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The Other Side of the Tracks & The Devil of Pain Itself Important Message/Why is it Important Throughout the book Rebecca Skloot shifts back and forth from Henrietta’s history to scientific research to her personal experience. In chapter ten‚ she gives readers a clear view of what she was seeing when she visited Clover. She describes how “dead” it appears and how things in the town are “suffering.” When she makes her way to Lackstown‚ she meets one of Henrietta’s Cousins named Cootie. She gets
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14th MAY 2008 PROFESOR PROPUNATOR: LAURA POP LESSON PLAN DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS: * CLASS: XII A (mate-info) * NUMBER OF CLASSES PER WEEK: 2h * NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 19 ADDICTION TO THE INTERNET IS “AN ILLNESS” ACTIVITY 1: WARM UP OBJECTIVE: to create interest in the topic of NET-addiction | CLASS ORGANISATION: whole-class activity | ESTIMATED TIME: 5 minutes | MATERIALS: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The teacher
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recess. He started to cry and told the teacher. I got in trouble for biting him so I didn’t win. He didn’t win because he got hurt and didn’t play at recess for the rest of the day. In that situation neither of us win and we both lose. In "Two Kinds" Amy is forced to play the piano by her mother. Later she plays in a talent show
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind was written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The story first starts off with a group of scientist that discover a bunch of perfect condition fighter planes in the desert that went missing in 1945. After that‚ a couple of commercial flights reported seeing a strange bright light‚ that they could not describe to ATC in Indiana. Widespread power outage hits Indiana and an electrical lineman‚ Roy Neary had an encounter with a UFO
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oduct Part I. Intrion General Notes on Style and Stylistics 9 Expressive Means (EM) and Stylistic Devices (SD) 25 General Notes on Functional Styles of Language 32 Varieties of Language 35 Brief Outline of the Development of the English Literary (Standard) language 41 Meaning from a Stylistic Point of View 57 Part II. Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary General Considerations 70 Neutral‚ Common Literary and Common Colloquial Vocabulary 72 Special Literary Vocabulary
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“Overview of ‘Two Kinds’” In Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton’s “Overview of ‘Two Kinds’” Jing-Mei’s mother longs for power in the local domestic sphere. Jing-Mei ‚ the daughter‚ has other ideas about culture and power and the role that is played in both. Jing-Mei begins to learn the distinction of Chinese culture and American culture‚ and which gender holds the power in each. Piedmont-Marton explores the role of the daughter struggling to find an individual identity and the mother who has dreams of power
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A person spends most of their developing years under the guidance of their parents or guardians. They affect how we think‚ how we feel‚ and how we act. These are among the people who hold the greatest influence. Amy Tan’s ’Two Kinds’ and Jamaica Kincaid’s ’Girl’ both deal with the relationship between a young girl and the guiding force in her life. Amy Tan tells of a mother’s expectation for her daughter to be a child prodigy. Jamaica Kincaid tells of an unknown person describing to a girl how
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