The Unknown Citizen Wystan Hugh Auden (To JS/07/M/378 This Marble Monument Is Erected by the State) 1. He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be 2. One against whom there was no official complaint‚ 3. And all the reports on his conduct agree 4. That‚ in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word‚ he was a saint‚ 5. For in everything he did he served the Greater Community. 6. Except for the War till the day he retired 7. He worked in a factory and never got fired‚ 8. But satisfied
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In even this accidental and temporary community there arises the possibility of what Auden once called “local understanding.” Certain anxieties may be overcome not by the altering of geopolitical conditions but by the cultivation of mutual sympathy—perhaps mutual love‚ even among those who hours before had been strangers. The Age of Anxiety is W. H. Auden’s last booklength poem‚ his longest poem‚ and almost certainly the leastread of
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The German Refugee “The German Refugee” by Bernard Malamud is a true-to-life story depicting the struggles of many victims‚ during and after the 2nd World War. This particular story takes place in the USA‚ Broadway some time during the Polish invasion‚ 1939. The main characters Oscar Gassner and Martin Goldberg show just how difficult those times must have been for all refugees‚ and what strength and courage it took to keep sane‚ have faith and start a new life. The main themes which are realistically
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Analysis (from “W. S.”) The text under analysis is an extract from the story W. S. by the well-known English novelist Leslie Poles Hartley. He wrote a number of novels and made a weighty contribution to English fiction. His best-known novels are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (1947) and The Go-Between (1953). In the very beginning of the given extract‚ Walter Streeter‚ the main character‚ gets the postcard from Forfar. The sender‚ W.S.‚ asks whether he really thinks that he is really gets to grips
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Top of Form Poetry Analysis:W.H.Auden’s “The Shield of Achilles” 01. Analysis of W.H.Auden’s “The Shield of Achilles” .“The Shield of Achilles” belongs to W.H.Auden’s collection The Shield of Achilles published in 1955The classical myth of Achilles is employed by Auden to exemplify the contrast between the valiant past and unheroic present. The myth of the past is juxtaposed with the reality of the present. The classical world is set against modernity. Monroe.K.Spears asserts that the shield
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are still in the refugee camp in Chad‚ neighbouring Sudan‚ where I spent 14 months before my papers were finalized to come to Australia. My family and I had been forced into the refugee camp in February 2004 when my father was killed by pro-government Arab militia‚ called the Janjaweed‚ who were carrying out massacres against black Muslims in my home of Darfur in western Sudan. They called these killings “ethnic cleansings”. We‚ at least‚ were lucky enough to escape to a refugee camp in bordering
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established refugee camp‚ some of these refugees are scared to go back to Burundi where they fear they will be prosecuted‚ hence they are unable to return. Repatriation to be honest is not voluntary in common cases. In 1951 there was a convention relating to specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa‚ in this Tanzania has ratified. I request you to ensure that the refugees who are unable to return back home to Burundi due to fear of prosecution are able to regain their refugee status and enjoy
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FUNERAL BLUES by W. H. Auden Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ Prevent the dogs from barking with a juicy bone‚ Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead‚ Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves‚ Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North‚ My South‚ my East and West‚ My working week and my Sunday rest
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Soon after the war between the countries subsided the United States realized they had made a mistake. Saddam Hussein had accumulated so much debt during the war that in order to pay down his debt he invaded his neighbor country‚ Kuwait. In 1991 George W.
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