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    Claiming an education

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    English 101 29 April 2014 Education: Receiving or Claiming? In Adrienne Rich’s “Claiming an Education” Rich presents the argument of claiming an education. In the United States claiming an education often seems far-fetched. Education is not free and not for everyone‚ or is it? Claiming an education sounds a lot like taking what’s rightfully yours. Do you receive an education for society or does society present it for a student to take? Rich seems to think that education is presented for those willing

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    Texts for Belonging

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    Water Yolngu Boy Poems After Twenty Years by Adrienne Rich Ambrose by Robbit Sykes An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow by Les Murray Australia 1970 by Judith Wright Brothers and Sisters by Judith Wright Class of 1927 by Gwen Harwood Clearances by Seamus Heaney Colour Bar by Oodgeroo Noonuccal Couples by Kate Jennings Drifters by Bruce Dawe Father and Child by Gwen Harwood Kindness by Sylvia Plath Letting Go - Fay Zwicky Mother-Right by Adrienne Rich Refugee Blues by W. H. Auden. Sunburban

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    Sunni and Shi’a Islam – sources and evidence Topic 1. Shahadah 2. Prayer Sunni View Evidence Shi’a view Evidence Explain the reasons for your opinion "I bear witness that there is no god except God and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. Victor. W. Watton Shi’as add ‘wa’ali‚ wa’ali- and Ali is Allah’s friend’‚ to the Shahadah. Shia’s add to the Shahadah “and i bear witness that Ali was the friend of God” Jon mayled 2008 Amina friday congregational prayers are very important

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    Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

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    In many cases it is difficult to decipher or interpret what an author is trying to convey in his or her writing. At first glance‚ one might assume that Adrienne Rich’s poem‚ "Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers‚" is about an old feeble woman‚ who is depressed about her husband’s death. So‚ she creates something beautiful to replace him. However‚ in a more in-depth reading you see a woman suppressed by her husband. Aunt Jennifer doesn’t create this beautiful panel with tigers so brave and enduring‚ because

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    Living in Sin

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    Chris Ernissee Lisa Scott English 102 April 4‚ 2013 A Unhappy Life In Adrienne Rich’s poem‚ “Living in Sin” a woman is looking back on her relationship. The title tells me‚ although unconventional‚ in the 1950’s the couple was living together unmarried. The first line “She had thought the studio would keep itself‚” describes how she expected her relationship to be. The woman clearly had an image‚ not a realistic one‚ of the perfect relationship. Many men and women fall into this trap (I certainly

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    Adrienne Rich was an incredibly talented poet with a knack for metaphors. Her particular writing style uses quite a bit of figurative and descriptive language‚ which for a melodramatic teenager is truly the land of milk and honey. Rich creates vivid pictures with her words‚ and you can actually feel the sentiments expressed in her works. From poems about her exploration of her own sexuality and the deep blue sea‚ this Sapphic woman created groundbreaking literature that still makes a splash today

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    A Trilogy of Choices Ernest Hemingway’s‚ story “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles‚” and Adrienne Rich’s poem “Living in Sin” are three different types of literature which deal with the relationship between a man and a woman. Although the circumstances and the people are very dissimilar from each other‚ they are alike in that each depicts the story of common everyday people through whom they convey their shared themes. Each of these writers is challenging socially defined

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    Paper I : Poetry-I Unit 1 : Explanations with reference to the context from the starred texts Geoffrey Chaucer : “General Prologue”* to The Canterbury Tales The Nun’s Priest’s Tale John Donne : “The Canonization* “A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning” “The Sunne Rising” “The Ecstasie”* : Paradise Lost‚ Book I : Essay on Man* : “Introduction” “Earth’s Answer” “The Tyger”* “London” (from Songs of Experience) Unit 2 : Unit 3 : John Milton Unit 4 : Alexander Pope William Blake Unit

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    Paradise Road Essay: By Paige Dickason. My piece of writing will explore the ramifications of war; specifically the aftermath of the World War II Sumatra prisoner of war camp. In which characters such as Adrienne Pargiter‚ those in the voice orchestra and ‘The Snake’ portray different ways in which conflicted affected them. I will also be using "Kenny’s Story" to show how people react in times of conflict. The piece will be expository. I chose to write in an expository form to ensure that I transfer

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    Adrienne Rich’s poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ is about how Aunt Jennifer is becoming fragile and potentially old‚ but Rich used the idea of Aunt Jennifer’s tapestry and the tigers as some form of release‚ as the poem suggests that she is tightly governed by her husband. The phrases ‘massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’ and ‘sits heavily’. Later on in the poem‚ in the last stanza‚ Rich uses the ring as a metaphor again‚ ‘still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by’. By using the word ‘ringed’

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