In the short story “I Stand Here Ironing‚” by Tillie Olsen‚ the characterization of the mother and the mother’s attitudes toward her daughter are made apparent through the use of narrative techniques and other resources of language. The narrator uses symbolism‚ flashback‚ and repetition to show a bereft mother who feels helpless in the decisions regarding her daughter and her hopefully bright future. The first sentence of the excerpt “I stand here ironing‚ and what you asked me moves tormented
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In "I Stand Here Ironing"‚ by Tillie Olsen‚ Olsen uses the symbolism of the iron‚ specific historical allusions‚ and condemning emotional tone to characterize the mother and her doubtful attitude towards her daughter. Olsen uses how and what the mother is Ironing need to symbolize her feelings for her daughter. When someone irons a piece of clothing‚ it is usually to get out the wrinkles and to make it look almost perfect to wear into the world. This idea is similar to what the mother is doing to
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Everyone has some passion or goal that they dedicate their time to. For some people‚ it is a sport‚ career‚ or art. One of my passions is music. I play the euphonium in the band‚ and I plan on playing for all four years of high school. Being in the band is something that I always enjoy and I like to look for any opportunities that I can take to improve my playing and band experience. Most of the time‚ these opportunities are correcting my mistakes and applying Mr. Soto’s comments to my playing so
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gun laws restricting not only felons but people who have anger management problems‚ America can reduce the amount of deaths immensely. Even though Americans are entitled the right to bear arms‚ laws need to be set in place so not only felons but mentally unstable people cannot purchase a gun. A study done at Duke and Harvard proclaimed that almost one in ten Americans have anger issues and own a gun. Many will argue that stricter gun laws are pointless because criminals don’t follow the law as it
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Arizona Employment Laws Clapton Commercial Construction is planning on expanding their current business to a new state. They currently do business in Michigan and are planning on expanding to Arizona. There are ten employment laws in Arizona that Clapton Commercial Construction should be made aware of in order to get their HR department up to speed before expanding to the state of Arizona. These are laws regarding required postings‚ minimum wage‚ overtime‚ meals and breaks‚ vacation leave‚ sick
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“Marriages are made in heaven”‚ so it is said‚ but they are solemnized here on earth. This is a great occasion that comes in our only once and therefore‚ calls for a celebration anywhere in the world. In our country this is a very solemn occasion‚ accompanied with numerous customs associated with it‚ making it all more exciting and memorable. It a wonderful mixture of traditions blended with modernity that is even admired by foreigners. Last
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Between the years of 1930 to 1959‚ Jim Crow laws and etiquette rules dominated the South and allowed some of the most horrific crimes and injustices against African Americans to occur‚ especially throughout those thirty years. Unfortunately‚ for the people devastated by these abhorrent laws justice comes often came too late and many more never received any justice. After the Civil War ravaged the country‚ the Southern states and people wanted to remind the recently freed slaves that they were not
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The scenario of this case a very complex matter in terms of the law‚ on the one hand you have the breach of gun/firearms laws and criminal negligence and on the other hand you have involuntary harm to another person. In order to hold the correct person liable‚ we must first examine the core facts and issues of this case which will enable the application of the law to these facts‚ allowing the DPP to be advised in the most suitable and accurate manner. The first and foremost issue to be noted in
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Essay Exam 3-1 In this essay I’m going to address questions concerning Kant’s grounding for the metaphysics of morals. First‚ I will describe each of his examples of acts done out of desire and acts done out of duty. Then I will answer the following questions: 1. What conclusion about moral worth does Kant use these examples to illustrate? 2. Whether I agree or disagree with Kant that if you perform an action out of duty‚ then the act has more moral worth that it would if you were to perform it
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The Last Stand of Fox Company 1. In as few words as possible‚ what is this book about? This book is a true story about a company from 2nd Battalion‚ 7th Marine Regiment‚ during the Chosin Reservoir in November of 1950 when China was getting involved in the Korean War. The company had to hold a hill so that other Marine units could fight their way clear of the Chinese and make it to the coast to get out of North Korea. 2. What made you want to read it? It was suggested that I read it by
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