The 1920’s are primarily remembered as the age of jazz music‚ “new women”‚ prohibition‚ huge cars‚ and business development. However‚ many American’s remember the time as an age of dramatic social and political change. For many‚ this time brought more conflict than celebration as is referenced in a poem named “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. In this poem‚ Hughes writes through the voice of an older mother‚ making the comparison of her life as like a staircase. He writes with the same slang
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This poem significantly conveys the idea of corruption both physical and emotional. The writer makes it more personal by using the first person in the first two stanzas‚ thus the experience becomes more appealing to the reader. The writer also describes the street that he wanders through as charter’d’ which are legal documents of some form. This suggests the idea that London is autocratic; therefore it is corrupted in that sense. He applies a sorrowful atmosphere. As he walks‚ he describes the
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Of mice and men John Steinbeck was born in Salinas‚ California in 1902. Although his family was wealthy‚ he was interested in the lives of the farm labourers and spent time working with them. He used his experiences as material for his writing. He dropped out of college and worked as labourer before achieving success as a writer. He wrote a number of novels about poor people who worked on the land and dreamed of a better life‚ including The Grapes of Wrath‚ which is the heart-rending story of
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main genres you notice while you read through chapter 1 of Kim. You read about the narrative‚ which is the sequence of events happening. You read the lyric which allows you notice the imagery going on. Lastly you read about the drama throughout the book by the dialogue between the characters introduced in chapter 1 of Kim. To begin with‚ the genre Narrative‚ is a stories sequence of events. Chapter 1 of Kim‚ starts off by telling you exactly who “Kim” is and where he lives. That then leads to telling
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AP World History 10/10/12 After the collapse of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E.‚ in times of political disunity and unity‚ Buddhism influenced China. In result‚ to Buddhism‚ China responded with acceptance‚ conciliation‚ and rejection. During times of political instability‚ Buddhism was accepted in China (Doc 1‚2‚3). Buddhism was accepted in China because it offered an escape from misery that was prevalent in post-Han China (Doc 1). For example Zhi Dun presented Buddhism as a way to escape fear
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This is my INS on Hatchet. The book was written by Gary Paulsen the author that also wrote previous book I did an INS on. The book is set in the Canadian woods. I’m not sure what time period this book takes place in because it doesn’t say in the book. I’m guessing somewhere in the 1980’s or 90’s. Now I will summarize the story of this book. The story is about Brian Robeson‚ a 13 year old boy who is going to visit his dad in Canada after his parents’ divorce. He goes from Hampton‚ New York to Canada
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Anne Bradstreet’s The Author to Her Book describes the complex attitude of the author - specifically the attitude of an author towards her work. Through use of a controlling metaphor‚ that of a child‚ Bradstreet manages to convey all of her feelings towards one of her works. In order to introduce the controlling metaphor of The Author to Her Book‚ Bradstreet begins by using words that allude to the idea of birth. Within line one‚ Bradstreet uses the phrase "offspring of my feeble brain" to show
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While Miss Brill thinks that she is adored and a main feature to the life of the play‚ she is soon brought down to the thought realization that is her life. Teens that sit next to her on the park bench soon pull her heads out of her imaginary world of joy and misinterpretations of people around her. As Miss Brill eavesdrops‚ she hears the teens say‚ “Because of that stupid old thing at the end there‚” (Mansfield) making her feel unimportant and isolated. When she hears the teens refer to her in such
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T. Anderson‚ is one of those books that has voice galore. It had so much voice‚ it was kind of hard to read. In fact‚ as one point in the first forty pages‚ I got so frustrated with it‚ I put the book down and didn’t know if I would pick it back up. This is a book that’s told from the first person point of view of a teenager who is connected to internet feed. The feed is yelling at him all the time: ads‚ news stories‚ TV shows‚ games. It was like reading a book with a stereo blaring in the
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Book –my best friend Charles W. Eliot said “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors‚ and the most patient of teachers.” Book is the best friend‚ a human being can have. Book is a friend that is never disloyal. Books are our friends for life as because they never reject‚ never go or come‚ never fight and never blame us. Books make our life easy to lead as they inform us about various ways of leading life. Books are informative
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