In “One out of Many” and “The Rod of Justice” freedom plays a big part in both stories. In “One out of Many” Santosh‚ an India cook‚ moves to America after his boss receives a new job. Santosh has to adjust to a new start in America. In “The Rod of Justice”‚ Damiao runs away from the seminar and is afraid to go home to his father. Instead he thinks of his godfather’s mistress‚ Sinha Rita‚ and shows up at her house. Santosh has to carry out her commands in exchange for her to convince his father not
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When examining a historical event‚ like the Boer War‚ there is a wealth of firsthand information to be found in newspaper archives. Emily Hobhouse took part in philanthropic work in South Africa during the time of the Boer War and both The Times and the Manchester Guardian reported on her work and opinions both in South African and England. The Times takes a much more negative approach to Hobhouse and her work and it can be shown throughout their archive of articles. When comparing the two newspapers
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that this means that was a symbol of Myop giving up her youthfulness and her innocence to the world. I feel like as soon as she saw what happened to African Americans she then realized how cruel this world can actually be. In the story “ A Rose For Emily” ‚ I believe is more than just one symbols. Emily’s
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Zachary Moore Professor Jo Scott-Coe Images of Women in Literature 16‚ March 2012 Poem of Sappho Then I said to the elegant ladies: “How you will remember when you are old the glorious things we did in our youth! We did many pure and beautiful things. Now that you are leaving the city love’s sharp pain encircles my heart.” The poem above is one of the many poems of the famous Greek poet Sappho. Although many of Sappho’s writings were publicly burned in the cities of Rome and Constantinople
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In Sharon Olds poem‚ "The Race‚” Olds tells her story as she races to the airport and scrambles through the Gates in order to fly home and see her dying father one last time. The poem infuses suspense as she swiftly makes her way through to the airport and to the Gate that was departing in a few moments. Olds’ excessive use of enjambments‚ metaphors‚ and personification demonstrates her sense of persistence all throughout the poem. Moreover‚ she attentively listens to the young man‚ which provides
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One of the first things that strikes any reader when they look at a Dickinson poem is the unique way it announces itself on the page. My first thought when studying her poetry can best be described through a quote from Dickinson herself – “Here’s freedom”. While this phrase was used by Dickinson to describe the freedom she felt in her room in Amherst I felt there was a real sense of freedom in her poetry as she cast off the rules of punctuation and grammar to express her ideas. And it is these ideas
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To Celia is a love poem with a simple four line rhyme scheme (abcbabcb)‚ written in first person. The over all tone of the poem is dreamy‚ optimistic‚ persistent‚ and gullibly innocent. The rhythm is smooth‚ and pensive‚ and seems to fall into an iambic pentameter. The poem gives the reader an intimate sense of this man’s love‚ and obsession for the woman of his desire‚ Celia. I interpreted this poem as having a theme of lost love. I imagined that Celia is his ex-lover‚ he still is in love with her
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Name here Period 4 11-28-12 Emily Dickinson was an American poet who was not recognized as such until after her death. She lived in a world of isolation not answering to her front door when people came by. The vast majority of her poems express themes of immortality‚ love‚ and death. Prior to her isolation she has been known for falling in love with men that were married‚ some of which she had committed affairs with. Emily Dickinson was also said to go long periods of time just wearing one
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issue and theme within a few poems. This idea of choosing work over life is evident within the poems “The Mill” by Edwin Arlington Robinson and “The Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy. Both of these poems discover what working is to that individual and how
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In Maxine Kumin’s poem “Woodchucks”‚ the reader is led into a short tale of a woman whom is dealing with a family of woodchucks that are eating away at her garden. While this poem appears to be a simple tale following this woman’s methods to exterminating the pests‚ it rather is a poem that uses its speaker to stealthily showcase the potential that humans have for monstrous actions. The speaker‚ while appearing to be a sensible person turned deranged by the joyous feel of power and success‚ is a
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