Written Commentary: Dulce Et Decorum Est Word Count: 1001 Written by Wilfred Owen the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est is one of the many poems that described the war as it was. Owen uses a Latin quotation from Horace‚ initially used in recruiting propaganda‚ in contradiction to its own meaning. Through the use of visual and auditory imagery Owen creates a scenario that he himself might of experienced. The constant emphasis on the poor condition of the soldiers is just one of the many factors that Owen
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English Commentary- Snowy Morning‚ by Henry Shukman. “Snowy Morning” is a melancholy piece about the difficulty and inevitability of saying goodbye to a lifetime of images‚ sensations and the beauty of the world around us. Shukman uses images from childhood to create a sense of nostalgia as well as establishing a paradox between the fear of death and dealing with death in a facetious manner. In addition to this Shukman uses semantic fields dealing with the senses in order to create a more involved
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The story “Araby” by James Joyce is about a young catholic boy who lives in a religious town and goes to a religious school. He had really no exposure to women or anything else. Then he saw his friend’s sister that lives across from him. He started to have feelings toward her. The boy is starting to go through puberty and he expresses his sexual desires towards the girl. He is having a hard time to deny it because of his religion. He feels that it is a sin. Joyce connects paragraph five and six to
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Social Commentary Project: Poems Values ’68 By Spike Milligan The Price is dying ‘Give him air.’ Headlines! Crisis! Kennedy Shot! The assassin captured Too late! Kennedy dies! The telegrams flow And bury the body in- Arlington. Somewhere in Meekong A prince of battle is blown into bloody meat. No headlines No crisis And only One telegram. (Written on the day of Robert Kennedy’s assassination) Explanation: In this poem‚ the speaker discusses how people will
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IB SL English 2 Commentary on The Comfort of Strangers In one part of the novel‚ The Comfort of Strangers‚ the English writer Ian McEwan describes the admiration with which his male character‚ Robert‚ contemplates his sisters playing dress up. Though the speaker’s age is never divulged‚ we readily jump to the conclusion that he is around ten years old because of the childish and rudimentary language. The structure of the sentences is also very reflective of the child’s young age‚ as well as
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Michael Abushacra English SL Commentary: The Nine Tailors In this passage from The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers‚ Wimsey‚ the main character‚ climbs up a bell-‐tower and endures the deafening vexatious shrills of the bells. The clangor from the bells causes him
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James Joyce’s Araby is about a boy experiencing emotions of first love in Dublin‚ Ireland during a time when the Irish were starting to fight for freedom from the British. Although on the surface it is about first love‚ it becomes more intricate. The character of the boy is used to give the reader an image of everyday life in Ireland and it seems like a dark and an unpleasant place to be. Joyce uses symbolism and imagery to illustrate the struggle of post-colonial Ireland. The symbolism is used
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Phil McGraw once said “There’s a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.” In both stories ‘Araby’ by James Joyce and‚ ‘A&P’ by John Updike‚ two very diverse young men feel they are in love with a girl whom they know very little about‚ and who do not notice them in a romantic way‚ then later in the stories they grasp insight that they do not love these girls. On thus journey of coming to realization that it is not love but infatuation‚ both young men face a series of struggles
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Stages in Preparing an Effective Outline for a Presentation Giving a presentation can be a daunting task‚ especially for those not inclined toward public speaking. Still‚ even people with poor speaking skills have the potential to give an effective presentation‚ no matter how large the audience. The key to delivering a compelling presentation is to prepare an effective outline. You will need to follow several guidelines to construct an organized and effective outline. Rhetorical Purpose • Identify
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In the short story “Araby”‚ we meet a boy who’s name is never mentions and he’s basically going through the puberty stage of development. He’s obsessed with his friends older sister but he has never spoken to her before. When describing her he says “Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into my bosom. I thought little
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