Margaret Atwood’s poem “Siren Song” (rpt. In Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp‚ Perrine’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense‚ 12th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth‚ 2015] 797-798) draws in the reader by describing what a siren song and what it may be. The definition of a siren song according to Merriam-Webster is “ an alluring utterance or appeal; especially : one that is seductive or deceptive.” This definition plays an important role in the entire story that is being told in this poem. There are many different
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I’m Hungry: What Is Best For You and the Environment Margaret Lundberg’s essay "Eating Green" delivers the message that the way people eat is how they affect the planet. Lundberg has a very strong argument that the meat industry is the "Largest source of global warming" (Lundberg‚ 482) and if everyone were to become vegetarians the world be a healthier place. For everyone to become a vegetarian would be a lot to ask; however‚ Americans love for meat has affected the environment and the personal
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The fiction novel Out Of Focus by Margaret Buffie is an old‚ true sounding story about a teenager named Bernie Dodd with extra burdens‚ including looking after her younger siblings because their single mother is an irresponsible alcoholic. When Bernie was thirteen‚ she told her mother‚ “When you stop being drunk‚ I’ll call you Mom” (Buffie‚ 29). She is sixteen now‚ and still calls her mom Celia. Things started to look up for Bernie and her younger siblings Ally and Jojo; Celia is marrying Mario‚
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“everyday use” by Alice walker are based on an ordinary African American family heritage. it is about two sisters Maggie and Dee who are raised by a single mother‚ one of them went to school and got an education‚ while the other one stays home‚ where she helps her mother chores around the house. The story begins with mama and Maggie waiting for Dee’s. Mama‚ the narrator of the story‚ describes herself as a "large‚ big-boned woman with rough‚ man-working hands” (Walker 553) She does not paint
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Leaning over a microscope wearing a crisp white lab coat is a biochemist developing the cure for cancer. Wearing faded blue jeans and a red polo shirt is the company information technologist fixing the company security system. An engineer designs a reusable space shuttle powered by interstellar radiation. Human computers calculate the moon landing to assure the safe arrival of the first men on the moon. Imagine a person in these positions. What did they look like? What color was their skin? Was it
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Jeffrey Chen Mrs. Mekhala MYP Year 5 Language Arts April 3‚ 2013 Poem Analysis on “Spelling” Margaret Atwood’s Spelling is a sophisticated and emotional poem. Like much of Atwood’s poetry‚ it has one central objective deeply rooted in her feminist beliefs. She aims firstly at the women in history by expressing the horrors of the low social status of women and how they were tortured in war; then she explains that education is what gives women the power to stand up for themselves and fight for freedom
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Walker undeniably attempts to become religious for no other reason than to protect himself. He fills his prayers with energy‚ in hopes that he may rectify his earlier actions by intensity alone‚ yet Walker does not change his ways. The text states that his actions remain the same and his devotions were of pure desperation. According to the story‚ perhaps his greatest sin is the clamour of his devotions. Walker nearly changes nothing about his life other than violent devotions as well as keeping a
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Kara Walker is a disrupter. The kind of rabble-rouser that evokes the power of the visual to create artistic works that undo the sanitized rendering of American history. Her form of resistance has its genesis in placing on display the horrific conditions and savagery that black bodies have experienced at various stages in time. Often‚ visual forms of opposition are more palpable since the eye‚ to humans‚ is the most trustworthy conduit that we own. Therefore‚ the act of looking‚ is a robust entry
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Margaret Laurence’s symbolically titled A Bird in the House‚ follows the protagonist‚ Vanessa‚ through the retelling of her youth and the untimely death of her father‚ Ewen. Like the image of the sparrow “caught between the two layers of glass”(145)‚ Vanessa and her father are caught in the rigid confines of the never “endearing” MacLeod household. The relationship between Vanessa and her father is unable to flourish due to the repressive nature of their environment‚ but it is in how they choose
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Alice Malsenior Walker is an African American author and activist who write of various personal experiences‚ including the black woman’s struggle. Walker describes herself as a “womanist: a woman who loves other women… Appreciates and prefers woman culture‚ woman’s emotional flexibility… and woman’s strength… Loves the spirit… Loves herself‚ regardless”. Walker writes through her feelings and the morals that she has grown with. One of her famous quotes‚ "It is important to remember yourself‚" quoted
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