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    "A Supermarket in California" is a poem published in 1956 by the American poet Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg is a prime example of a poet during what is now referred to as the ’Beat Generation’‚ a literary movement bucking the typical ideals of American society. This can easily be seen within "A Supermarket in California" as it is makes note of many issues within society as they align with the typical American view versus Ginsberg’s own. Contrasting views to be examined in the poem include homosexuality

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    Essay 2 Poetry Poetry is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning to an audience. In “A supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg‚ he uses symbolism and literary allusions to convey a man going through a crisis between the modern American consumerism‚ an individual’s detachment with nature; following the ways of his idol Walt Whitman by living a spiritual natural lifestyle and also tell a story about his search for sexual acceptance among

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    Katie Waddle English 12‚ 3 Mr. Decker April 5‚ 2013 "A Supermarket in California" by Alan Ginsberg addresses Walt Whitman‚ who as it becomes evident throughout the poem‚ is Alan Ginsberg’s poetic hero. Ginsberg looked up to Whitman for many reasons. Ginsberg was a bisexual or homosexual Jewish man‚ and Whitman was also thought to have been bisexual or homosexual. Ginsberg portrays Whitman’s style and his legacy of writing by continuing Whitman’s poetic assault to industrialized society and

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    Karima Hilliard Ms. Leith English 111‚ Section 026 20 October 2012 Analysis of Supermarket in California Allen Ginsberg portrays alienation as a lonely walk to the supermarket. In the poem “A Supermarket in California” he displays this idea through the images of people in the supermarket‚ his use of the word “penumbras” and the use of the word “enumerations”. Allen Ginsberg is alienated thus causes him to use his imagination for company. In the poem Ginsberg states that there was whole families

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    Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California" Presented much like a spontaneous journal or diary entry‚ Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California" is a complex and multifaceted poem that stands as an indictment against American government and culture. The opening lines of the poem forward the aforementioned journal-like quality and also present the central focal point of tension in the poem as a whole. The opening line specifically expresses a tone of wistfulness or even sadness: "What

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    Initially while reading “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg I couldn’t fully comprehend what it was I was reading at first. My first impression of the poem was something along the lines of‚ “This man sure knows how to fill up paragraphs with tons of meaningless nonsense that may as well be replaced with a huge ‘NOTHING’ written in its place.” But then I re-read the poem and truly tried to understand what it was he was saying‚ who were the people he kept bringing up? Why is he talking

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    Jasamyn Wimmer English 1B Professor Kleinman 5 March 2013 Brief Literary Analysis Lost America: An analysis of “A Supermarket in California” Allen Ginsberg; philosopher‚ activist‚ poet‚ a man highly revered as a groundbreaking figure between the 1950’s Beat Poetry Generation and the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960’s (poetryarchive.org). Ginsberg’s first book “Howl and Other Poems‚” was published in 1955‚ his work was involved in an illustrious obscenity trial because of the use of

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    research ‚by means of a questionnaire to analyse consumers opinions. A target market is the customers who have similar needs will become the companies ’ focus to marketing. Cengage‚G(2002)The report will analyse different target market in different supermarket and prvoide some recommendations about how to expand target market range. Marks & Spencer was a single market stall 129 years ago and it has grown to an international multi-channel retailer.At present‚more than 50 territories have M&S shops

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    Supermarket From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the type of food store. For the 2006 comic Supermarket‚ see Supermarket (comics). For the album‚ see Supermarket (album). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2010) The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve

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    Supermarket Psychology: Supermarket Layout watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3IwOgA3Ngw This video is about trolleyology. In simple words means make us easy in spending our money with use of psychology. The case is one customer had given a simple task in 3 minutes to shop 3 basic goods in the supermarket that never shopped before. It looks simple but actually it really hard where you will face with many disruptive things. Customers tend to shop at anti clock direction

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