A metaphorical reading of Abe Meeropol’s ‘Strange Fruit’ Meeropol’s poem‚ ‘Strange Fruit’‚ has different metaphorical readings within. Different readings of the poem present these different metaphors. The central metaphor‚ from the “root” of the poem‚ I believe is the ‘absurdity of the lynching’ of the African Americans in the southern states. This poem employs imagery of the brutality of the lynching; not only that‚ we get the sense of the smell of the south‚ “magnolia sweet and fresh”. Magnolia
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big day! My 2nd grade class and I are going to the Mythical Creature Zoo. We‚ here at the Mythical Creature Academy‚ are in the process training to be zookeepers there. At the zoo‚ there are SO many cool creatures! There are: hydras‚ Minotaurs‚ Hippogriffs‚ a unicorn petting zoo‚ mermaid aquarium with Kelpies and a Kraken‚ a Sphinx‚ and even a Centaur. Because Miss Taylor is such a good teacher‚ she taught us ALL about the cool creatures. Some things she taught me were: to not pet the Hippogriffs
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1. Customer Service Encounter 1.1 Service Encounter I went to an OPPO outlet to get several phone covers of different phone models. When I entered the store‚ I was approached immediately by a staff with a smile. She inquired if I needed help with anything. I told her the models of the phone covers I need while maintaining eye contact with me. She then took the covers and passed it to me promptly. I went home after the purchase and realised I got the wrong phone case of one phone model. I went back
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the view of what the south looked like due to racism‚ “Southern trees bear a strange fruit/Blood on the leaves and blood at the root” (Lines 1-2). With this song‚ Holiday tries to paint an image on the audience of the horrible world that colored people had to live in back in the day. She mentions how people of color would be killed and just left there for others to see‚ “Black bodies swingin’ in the Southern breeze/Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees… The bulgin’ eyes and the twisted mouth”
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Strange Relation: A Memoir of Marriage‚ Dementia‚ and Poetry‚ is a true story written by Rachel Hadas. In it‚ Hadas gives the account of her journey after her husband is diagnosed with early-onset dementia at only 61 years old. Following his diagnosis‚ Rachel’s husband‚ George‚ begins to disappear before her eyes. Though he is there physically‚ she loses him in every other way day by day. Strange Relation gives readers a window into the time when George lived at home with Rachel caring for him and
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Assignment 2A (Choosing a passage from A Strange Tale from East of the River) Written by Nagai Kafū‚ A Strange Tale from East of the River is a masterpiece that has succeeded in portraying Tokyo in the past. Kafū is known for his detailed depictions of life and landscapes in premodern Tokyo with extraordinary observations of the nearby scenery. In this book‚ he successfully presented Tamanoi to readers‚ a pleasure quarter that a group of vulnerable non-registered geishas lived and deemed it as the
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In life many people encounters failure. Some people learn from them and others don’t. I proudly say that I am one of many that have encountered failures but quickly learned. I’ve experienced many failures but none of them made me feel as worse than when I didn’t achieve my high school academic expectations. As I entered high school I came in with the intentions to at least make AB honor roll for the next four years. I knew that it would call for me to put a lot of great effort because high
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6/18/2011 Instructor: Kurt Austin Zimmer | By: Bieri April | CJ227-08 Criminal procedure | Unit 2: analysis and application: police encounters with suspects and evidence | CJ227-08 Criminal procedure | Unit 2: analysis and application: police encounters with suspects and evidence | 1. Did officer Smith have reasonable suspicion to make the initial stop of this vehicle? Officer Smith had reasonable suspicion which is based on the totality of the circumstances
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The book "The Great Encounter of China and the West‚ 1500-1800" was written by History Professor D.E.Mungello. His work provides us many information and ideas of the intercultural exchanges and interactions between Ming‚ Manchu and the West‚ through the last two dynasties of China. This book also shows us the acceptance and rejection of cultures‚ Christianity‚ and Confucianism of Chinese and Europeans. The book was divided into five chapters: (1) Historical Overview‚ (2) Chinese Acceptance of Western
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Aliens are a world’s mystery. Lots of people have claim to have seen aliens‚ while others create fake photos to get others to believe in them‚ but It’s not the aliens that are terrifying‚ It’s the things that come after the aliens; The men in black. Many people who report the sighting of aliens also see The Men in Black. Like the movie‚ these scary men in black suits also do the same thing. While in the movies the main protagonist zap the people with a small device to make people not remember things
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