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Tim Yang 4/2/13 JPN 211 During the Buffalo Film Seminar of Grave of the Fireflies by Isao Takahata‚ one can see World War II from the viewpoint and experiences of a Japanese survivor (Akiyuki Nosaka). The movie is about Seita‚ a sixteen years old boy‚ and Setsuko‚ his younger sister‚ and how they were forced to struggle in order to survive in the widespread famine and the heartless indifference of their extended family members and countrymen. Their mother died early in movie‚ after suffering
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Poem Analysis Digging Digging is a poem written by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s about a person looking back into the past and thinking about his father and his grandfather. The memories in the poem are about his father and his grandfather’s occupation. The sentences: ‘Stooping in rhythm through potato drills.’ shows that his father was a potato farmer and ‘My grandfather cut more turf in a day’ shows that his grandfather was a turf harvester. The title of this poem also has a meaning
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someone appears to look that way. However‚ the way someone or something appears to someone could even start controversie or conflicts because the way one sees something could be different from how someone else sees it. In William’s Shakespeare’s sonnet‚ “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun‚” the speaker is comparing his mistress to false interpretations
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Analysis of the Theme of Jane Eyre and its Literary Devices Jane Eyre is an outstanding and meaningful novel which was written by Charlotte Bronte who didn’t have a fascinating appearance‚ a perfect figure and a glorious family and who had the similar fate with the heroine of the novel. The essay is focused on the first chapter‚ life at Gateshead‚ in which it tells us the little Jane Eyre’s miserable and menial life at Gateshead and that her cousins and Mrs. Reed treat her badly. In this
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Literary Devices in Poetry 1.) A.) simile - “This bundle of clothes I wash and hang and wash again like flags we share” “Daily” by Naomi Shihab‚ pg. 410. B.) metaphor - “And I recall his hands‚ two measures of tenderness” “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee‚ pg. 469. C.) imagery - “Poised between going on and back‚ pulled both ways taut like a tightrope walker” “The Base Stealer” by Robert Francis‚ pg. 476. D.) diction - “Moving slowly” “The Cyclopes in the Ocean” by Nikki Giovanni
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Ah‚ Woe Is Me A) Summary of The Story: In the beginning of this short story we are introduced to Sarah‚ an aging black servant living in South Africa. She works hard for an upper-class white family and spends all of her money on education for her three children who are sent to a boarding school. They come home once a year at Christmas‚ and the first time the narrator meets the children‚ she is surprised at their well-mannered behaviour. She finds‚ however‚ that Sarah is a bit harsh towards them
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Digging -by seamus Heaney The poet‚ Seamus Heaney uses simple words in his poem which is beautifully portrayed as well as easy to understand. The poem is basically about the poets respect and admiration of his father’s and grandfather’s hard work. The poem begins in the present tense form. The poet‚ Heaney‚ is in his room‚ writing while his father is digging. It can be assumed that the poet is near a window so
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DIGGING By Seamus Heaney Digging is a poem by Seamus Heaney. A first person poem that consists of 9 stanzas of varying lengths from two to five lines. In this poem‚ Seamus Heaney shows how his family traditions are being left alone. He wrote this poem as he goes down his memory lane while sitting on a desk‚ holding a fat tiny pen between his fingers which he describes is “snug as a gun”‚ which is imagery of a pen ready to fire its bullets. The “squat pen” on the other hand symbolizes the family
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Ah Xian Artist * Born Beijing‚ 1960 * Xian is regarded as one of the first contemporary artists of his time both in Australia and overseas * Ah Xian grew up during the cultural revolution in china and was trained as an artist specialising in painting * He came to Australia as a visiting student during the 1980’s at the University of Tasmanias school of art * He returned to china shortly before the violent tianimen square massacre in 1989 * Subsequentto this event‚ he decided
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