In “Sister”‚ Lam depicts a character of a woman named Eevie who is experiencing and dealing with post-traumatic disorder caused by his bitter memories surviving in her escape from the Civil War erupting in Vietnam. She has experienced flashback‚ nightmare‚ feeling of anxiety‚ and physical pain whenever she is trying to deal with her trauma that is closely-related to her home country. She has met with her psychologist and told him that “he’s leaving me. He’s going to some place I don’t know”(123)
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South of my days’ circle‚ part of my blood’s country‚ rises that tableland‚ high delicate outline of bony slopes wincing under the winter‚ low trees‚ blue-leaved and olive‚ outcropping granite- clean‚ lean‚ hungry country. The creek’s leaf-silenced‚ willow choked‚ the slope a tangle of medlar and crabapple branching over and under‚ blotched with a green lichen; and the old cottage lurches in for shelter. O cold the black-frost night. The walls draw in to the warmth and the old roof cracks
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RIDING THE BUS WITH MY SISTER ‘Riding the Bus with my Sister’ is about a mentally disabled adult‚ Beth who rides buses all day long and her sister‚ Rachael who has a high-profile career as a fashion photographer. There lives are very different and after the death of their father they are forced to combine their two lifestyles and get along. In this visual representation of ‘Riding the Bus with my Sister’ the theme of dealing with a mental disability and the issue of accepting and understanding
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he is intending to convey that there are so many people in this world that work extremely hard and don’t get any notice or thanks for their time and struggles. I feel as if this really relates to the generation that I live in today. In my generation‚ more than my parents and theirs‚ I feel that kids aren’t really appreciative of their parents and many other people that do a favor for them. It’s almost as if they believe that the world revolves around them‚ they are entitled to everything‚ and that
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My Last Duchess-Robert Browning The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is a poem written about a Duke of the 16th the century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem an is explaining to a visitor about a portrait of a ex-wife. He tells how she was a flirt and had very disgraceful behavior. He claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his "gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name." As his monologue continues‚ the reader realizes with ever-more chilling certainty that the Duke in
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My Take on a Short Story and a Poem Geraldine Carlson ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Paul Wiltz December 17‚ 2012 My Take on a Short Story and a Poem There are certain elements to a poem or a short story that can capture a reader and draw them in. Whether it is an unforgettable setting‚ or a character that captures your imagination‚ every piece of literature shares some of the same elements. All literature is written differently and therefore interpreted differently
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Rykus 3 My Brother Sam Is Dead In the book “My brother Sam is dead”‚ Sam comes home from college and joins the American revolutionary army “Patriots” to fight against British “Lobsterbacks”. But Sam’s dad is convinced that the Patriots have any right to fight against the british will be considered treason against the loyalty of the king. After Sam tells his family about joining the Patriots after he got out of college. Sam and his dad have a big argument about how the patriots rebelling
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In the book “My Brother Sam is Dead” Sam wanted to go to war but his father didn’t want him to go. Sam went anyway and then when he came home he was accused of stealing cows and was shot to death. Sam’s father Eliphalet (Life) and Sam’s brother tim went to verplanks to get some goods and on the way home life was kidnapped and sent to a prison ship where he later died.Life was more right than Sam . Sam wanted to go war but life didn’t want him to go. The reason life didn’t want him to go was because
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environments. But what lessons do they gain in bad environments? Well‚ the texts The Outsiders‚ published in 1967 written by the teenager‚ S.E. Hinton and the text My Brother Sam is Dead written by brothers‚ James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier share a similar theme about children. Even though the youngest protagonist in My Brother Sam is Dead lives in a small town called Redding in Connecticut‚ and The Outsiders takes place in a small town called Tulsa in Oklahoma invaded by gangs‚ both witness
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Brothers of the Bible The Old Testament sibling rivalries between Cain and Abel‚ Esau and Jacob‚ and Joseph and his brothers were similar in some ways and different in others‚ but they all hold lessons for us today‚ for brothers today still face many of the same problems in life that challenged brothers thousands of years ago. Cain and Abel were in a situation much more unique than Esau and Jacob‚ and Joseph and his brothers faced‚ for the society they lived in was extremely small‚ and
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