WHEN I WAS TWENTY years of age I went through an evening with Howard Nemerov. He was the main "renowned" writer I had ever met‚ however I would later discover that he was profoundly disillusioned by what he saw to be an absence of admiration from commentators and different artists. (I once heard Thom Gunn call him a "zombie.") My main recollections are of his awesome avidness to nail down the time and place for his late morning martini‚ him recounting "Animula" when I let him know I cherished Eliot
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America for many different reasons but with one goal in common‚ a better life‚ and they have been doing so for centuries. What makes America what it is today is it’s diversity‚ a “melting pot” of cultures and traditions coming together as one. But this is not how the White Anglo Saxon Protestants from the 19th century (WASPs) viewed it. WASPs did everything in their power to keep immigrant groups like the “dirty Chinese” and “violent Irish Catholics” out‚ giving them negative stereotypes and creating
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Identity Issue “One Out of Many” portrays the life of an Indian cook who is employed by a governmental worker. The cook‚ Santosh was given the opportunity to serve his employer by going with him to Washington. Once landing and getting off the plane in America he is told by his boss that he represents him and his country. Throughout the story Santosh is reminded of what he represents and shows confusion regarding his identity and culture. Santoshs felt uncomfortable while on the plane and thought
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The bond between a young bride and a much older husband is one always filled with much confliction‚ but security. In the short story “Another Evening at the Club” we explore this very bond. Samia‚ a Muslim woman who have found herself to be suited with a man‚ a rather wealthy‚ important man named Abbond Bey. Within the story‚ Samia displays much submissive behaviors while Abbond shows more dominant traits. These two factors radiate the idea of how Samia plays the role she has been practicing for
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the Poem "School Children"‚ W.H Auden tries to emphasize to the readers that a simple playground where inhabits their fun filled activities is actually a prison. Here I will be explaining why the poem "School Children" is actually good. For a short poem Auden packs a lot of information that he sends out to the reader making his point straight and clear. As a little boy that sees his surroundings as a prison he uses many poetic devices to prove or enhance his point. One of the variations used in this
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and rattled in the yard” and the seventh line “And the saw snarled and rattled‚ snarled and rattled” both emit a sense of darkness‚ as if having a “personality” of its own. b. When the sister came out and told the brother that supper was ready and the saw looked as if it “leaped” out of the boys hand‚ it seemed as if the saw was a friend of the boy that did not want to be abandoned‚ so it pulled away from the boy in anger‚ causing injury to the boy. The saw and the boy were in essence “friends”
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Analysis of "The Age of Anxiety" by W.H. Auden The themes and ideas in Auden’s "The Age of Anxiety" reflect his belief that man’s quest for self actualization is in vain. I. Auden’s background A. As a 1930’s poet 1. Views of Society 2. Diagnosis of the industrial society B. Major conflicts of his works II. "The Age of Anxiety" overview A. As a quest poem 1. Characters’ search for self-actualization 2. Characters’ inevitable failure in the quest B. Characters’ views on
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Andrew Santilli Prof. Dettmer ENGL 1220-c1603 March 4‚ 2015 The Battle against Big Brother The poem “The Unknown Citizen”‚ by W.H. Auden‚ is about the ideal person that the government wants in their society. The man does everything the right way and always agrees with the government‚ whether they are at war or they are at peace. Although the man is a perfect citizen to the government‚ they do not even know what his name is. At the top of the poem‚ they refer to the man as “JS/07/M/378”(343) and
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creating a calm and relaxed environment. However this is then destroyed by the young boy and the accident. While the boy is outside working his sister calls him for “supper”. “At the word‚ the saw‚ as if to prove saws knew what supper meant‚ leaped out at the boys hand‚ or seemed to leap” again the writer is personifying the saw so that it seems almost like an animal at the zoo waiting for feeding time‚ or so that it doesn’t murder anymore trees. Caesura is also
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foreshadowing and similes to provide extra entertainment for the reader‚ but mostly the author uses a specific tone. Tone projects a more enticing‚ edgy work of literature to include the reader in the story’s action. In “Stopping in the Woods on a Snowy Evening‚” the author‚ Robert Frost coveys the tone to be placid and soothing by using elements such as imagery‚ the theme of isolation in nature is relaxing‚ as well as setting. In San Francisco‚ California on March 26‚ 1874‚ Robert Frost was born. He lived
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