Memorial Day parade. This was B’s first parade and she had such a fun time. I am sure it was all the candy flying at her everything three seconds. We got to see firetrucks and ambulances which were her favorite part. When we saw them she would yell “Aunt Ali & Uncle Devy” because Ali is an EMT and Devy is a fireman. She is so proud of them. After the parade we saw Nana & Papa for
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AUNT JENNIFER’S TIGERS By ADRIENNE RICH SUMMARY OF THE POEM: The poet is a feminist and she addresses the difficulties of a married woman. She spends good amount of time in embroidering panel of tigers prancing across the screen. The tigers are fearless creatures pacing elegantly and majestically. They symbolize the spirit of freedom. Aunt is a victim of male chauvinism (male domination). Aunt Jennifer is so oppressed and terrified that she finds it hard to pull the needle. The “weight of Uncle’s
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would be Aunt Alexandra. Austere Aunt Alexandra‚ is not very lovable or emotional‚ and not like a typical aunt. Thinking that Atticus is having a hard time raising the two children without a mother‚ decides to help out. She’s a very discriminating person in the family‚ especially to Scout who is very tomboy‚ who does not understand ladylikeness. Fitting in with Maycomb and all the other ladies‚ Aunt Alexandra likes to be fashionable and proper. The straight-laced‚ austere and tough loving Aunt is a very
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Aunt Alexandra comes to the Finch residence at the end of chapter twelve‚ declaring that the family decided that it would be best for Scout and Jem to have some feminine influence in their lives. Scout knows that Alexander usually dictates what she wants upon the family‚ and uses the term the family decided to make her an even greater point of authority in the Finch family. Usually her dictations give her chances to impress her views on others or increase the family name and work towards the ideal
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Rich being the niece of Aunt Jennifer; therefore‚ personal feelings are exposed throughout the piece. The speaker speaks in an admiring‚ sincere‚ tone and her sympathy is apparent because she herself is a female. Rich’s poem‚ "Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers" is about the trials of an older woman in distress because her marriage is in trouble‚ and she is too afraid to leave her husband. The most apparent point in the poem is the ongoing contrast between the fictional tigers and Aunt Jennifer. The tigers represent
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Aunt Polly is extremely harsh on Tom. She yells‚ screams‚ threatens‚ etc. Many things provoke her in taking these actions‚ these things all fall under the category of Tom and his extravagant affairs. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Aunt Polly is a crude women. Aunt Polly is a very harsh women so it seems. Through her yelling at Tom and threats towards him‚ she demonstrates that she gets extremely aggravated by him. Aunt Polly sets herself up to be perceived as a very harsh person‚ she disproves
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The poem I am going to talk about is “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” by ADRIENNE RICH. When I saw the title of the poem‚ the first thing we can know is the speaker had an aunt named Jennifer. Also‚ I thought real tigers would be describing in the poem‚ and I wondered how could a woman rear some tigers. But after I saw the first line of the poem‚ I found out the tigers in the poem were not real. In the first stanza‚ we can see the speaker used the word “prance” to describe the move of the tigers‚ it made
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IDENTITY AND CULTURE IN ‘PRESENTS FROM MY AUNTS IN PAKISTAN’ The poem‚ ‘Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan’‚ appears to be about a young girl‚ half English‚ half Pakistani‚ talking about clothes she received as presents from her aunts‚ who live in Pakistan. What the poem is really exploring‚ though‚ is the poet’s views on Pakistani and English culture and how she fits into one‚ both or neither of these cultures. A society’s culture is made up of many things such as the food we eat‚ the music we
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Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Aunt Polly is a minor character but her role is very important. She is Tom Sawyer’s aunt and also his guardian. Aunt Polly is a sharp woman who tries to keep Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn out of trouble. She is a character that is fearsome‚ respectable‚ and loved. When Huck Finn sees Aunt Polly at Aunt Sally’s house he say she was “looking as sweet and contented as an angel half-full of pie‚ I wish I may never!” (1460). Huck Finn describes Aunt Polly in a loving way but he
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little they are cared about. The setting of the novel also emphasizes how split the town is between the whites and the blacks. The Negroes are shunned to the outskirts of the town‚ deprived of an education and even made to attend a separate church. Aunt Alexandra would be seen as a neutral character because she does not wish to run the risk of being ridiculed by the town for
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