Jasmine Richardson ENGL289P: Why Poetry Matters Weiner Exercise Two The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother” is a poem depicting the flow of heartache stemming from the regret of abortion. The speaker reflects on this emotional situation that has lived with her‚ haunting her thoughts even after the procedure. The conflict between the title of the poem and its content immediately confuses the reader‚ adding to the overall conflict between maternity
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but aborted one‚ are you still a mother? Abortion was and still is a controversial issue in America. When you abort a child‚ you are taking the life of someone’s niece‚ nephew‚ cousin‚ aunt‚ best friend‚ soul mate‚ etc. In “the mother”‚ Gwendolyn Brooks challenges the controversy of abortions and motherhood by illustrating how the speaker feels trapped in her sorrowfulness and guilt. The title‚ “the mother”‚ contradicts the speaker who has aborted her children. Abortions can be spontaneous miscarriages
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Amy Tan has a contentious relationship with her mother perceived from her hostile tone. All mother-daughter relationships have troubles. In excerpts from Amy Chua’s memoir‚ Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ and Amy Tan’s novel‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ mother-daughter relationships can be seen through diction‚ and tone. The annoyed tone in the situation between Amy Chua and her daughter shows a caring relationship while the hostile and hateful tone in Amy Tan’s excerpt shows a poor relationship with a hateful
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Amy Tan’s "Two Kinds" is an autobiographical look into her childhood that shows the conflict between Tan and her mother‚ the difference between old and new cultures‚ the past and the present‚ and parents’ expectations vs. reality. Couples of opposing elements comprise the basis of the entire story; to another extent even the title itself‚ "Two Kinds‚" shows the friction that Tan creates. The strongest argument that Tan suggest is that this may not only be a look into her own life‚ rather it may
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On this essay‚ I am going to discuss‚ why I agree with Amy Chua’s parenting idea. After her daughter grows up‚ she got into an Ivy League university and gotten many high achievements‚ and was very successful. The most important part is her daughter does not hate her mom at all even her mom used to treat her that strict‚ practice four hours a day without rest time‚ etc. I will support my argument by using her daughter’s life as an example. Chua’s Ideas I had extracted two ideas from the article
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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7‚ 1917 – December 3‚ 2000) was an African-American poet. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950( the first African American to do so) and was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7‚ 1917‚ in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ the first child of David Anderson Brooks and Keziah Wims. Her mother was a former school teacher who had chosen that field because
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“The Mother” Gwendolyn Brooks In the poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks‚ she touches on the controversial issues abortion; and the pain that every mother must face in case they choose to get their child aborted. The author gives a broad and general dramatic description on how mothers may feel after the whole situation. Throughout the poem the speaker show signs of grief‚ regret and pain. Also the speaker’s bring us to her emotional state of mind and expresses her point of view. “The Mother” can
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Nikolai Friedman Oct.5th‚2015 Oral communications Amy Cuddy Response David Cameron is an Ass Amy Cuddy is a social scientist and like many experts in their field has given a TED talk on the subject of her main work. In this TED talk she explores how our body language greatly affects who we become. Cuddy also shows how snubbing a handshake from your personal security after a visiting president shakes said guard’s hand‚ makes U.K Prime Minister David Cameron look like an ass. This 20 minute TED talk
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To: Hardina Smythe From: FT35312 Subject: Vine Brook Capital Date: November 17th 2012 Summary: Vine Brooks Capital closed in April 2009 with $350 Million of investor commitments and though the last decade had been one filled with highs and lows‚ the firm realizes that they need to play a bigger game in health care market. However firms were generally taking a longer and more cautious approach with the idea that they want to provide more than just initial seed funding but also provide
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Chua Mia Tee & Tan Swie Hian. Chua Mia Tee was born in 1931 in China. Chua was only six when he and his family migrated to Singapore in 1937 because of the Sino-Japanese war in China. At the age of 19‚ he began his art training under Chen Chong Swee at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. In his third year‚ the principal of NAFA‚ Lim Hak Tai‚ asked him if he could teach the afternoon class and Chua agreed to it. Upon graduation in 1952‚ he began to teach in the Academy. Between
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