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    Aunt Sue's Stories

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    Aunt Sue’s Stories Langston Hughes poem‚ “Aunt Sue’s Stories” would fall into the category of didactic poetry. Where this poem is concerned‚ there is an ethical and moral lesson being taught. This poem illustrates the African culture of telling stories to pass on traditions‚ keeping the African heritage alive and ensuring history does not repeat itself by gapping the generational bridge. Thus the oral documentation weaves a tapestry of the historical legacy of the African people in America always

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    Emotion and Aunt Frieda

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    121 5/12/10 “Analysis of Undressing Aunt Frieda” “Undressing Aunt Frieda‚” is a poem about the narrator’s remembrance of his Aunts life while visiting her on a death bed. The narrative is in first person‚ and takes place as the narrator and his daughter are about to leave the relative. The first half of the poem explores Frieda and her past. The second half is about how the narrator and daughter have grown and learned from the aunt. While undressing her aunt‚ the narrator feels emotions and remembers

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    Dear Aunt Bessie

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    Dear Aunt Bessie‚ November 25‚ 2013 Knock knock. Who’s there? I don’t know just read this letter Aunt Bessie. So as you know progressivism is a series of reforms needed in order to repair the underside of America. You also are aware that you have asked me to give away your million dollars to three reform movements in the levels of $600‚000‚ $300‚000‚ and $100‚000. The three problems I came up with are women’s suffrage‚ food safety‚ and child labor. I have decided that Woman’s suffrage will

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    Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

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    writing. At first glance‚ one might assume that Adrienne Rich’s poem‚ "Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers‚" is about an old feeble woman‚ who is depressed about her husband’s death. So‚ she creates something beautiful to replace him. However‚ in a more in-depth reading you see a woman suppressed by her husband. Aunt Jennifer doesn’t create this beautiful panel with tigers so brave and enduring‚ because she misses her husband. Aunt Jennifer makes this panel because she wishes she could be as brave as these

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    Dear Aunt Bessie

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    Dear Aunt Bessie‚ Hello Aunt Bessie‚ I am sorry I have not been writing to you lately. I am having trouble running the mills by myself since my family has died of malaria. Which is why I now know where I will put your million dollars that I have received from you. Progressivism is a tough moment in our history. We are battling progressivism‚ which is a movement reformed to change America. This is why I have chosen to take your blessed million dollars‚ and put it towards these reforms; 600‚000

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    A Summer with My Aunt

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    I’m not really sure what compelled me to spend the summer with my aunt; perhaps it was my overwhelming curiosity or the fact that I love children. In any case I had agreed to live with a woman I had only met several times throughout my life‚ but really all I remember about her from those short visits were her red toes and the way she spent money. She would visit about every four years and every visit she would always spend a pretty penny on my sister and me. I‚ of course‚ was not used to spending

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    Friendship and Aunt Clara

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    jealous of each other. Finny was jealous of Gene being able to get such good grades without really studying and Gene was jealous of Finny being so athletic. George and Lennie became friends because of Lennie’s aunt Clara. Geoge knew Aunt Clara and she used to take care of Lennie. But‚ when Aunt Clara died Lennie had no one to take care of him so George had to step in and take care of Lennie. Both friendships became very strong but they developed in different ways. The friends were always there for each

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    Aunt Jennifers Tigers

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    ADRIENNE RICH (b. 1929) Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers The Uncle Speaks in the Drawing Room Trying to talk with a Man Aoife O’Driscoll 2010 www.aoifesnotes.com Page 1 of 13 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen‚ Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding

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    To begin with‚ the Handmaid’s Tale’s introduction was begining with Offred the main character. Offred lives with Aunt Sarah and Aunt Elizabeth. The aunts are meant to show these handmaid’s‚ the aunts show them discipline. The aunts are very strict with the handmaids‚ for example they have a curfew for them and they can only go out twice in a day. The aunts purpose and importance is that the keep the handmaid’s on check like so that they can be good. Offred’s purpose in the Handmaid’s Tale is to show

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    Racial Prejudice

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    Racial Prejudice Description of theme: To Kill a Mockingbird was set in 1930’s Alabama in a small town called Maycomb. At the time society was governed by unspoken racial divisions between the black and white populations. This novel explores the injustice surrounding such divisions revealing the fundamental similarities that lie beneath the colour of one’s skin. Examples: 1. The Tom Robinson case is the primary example of social injustice in Maycomb. Tom Robinson‚ clearly proven innocent by Atticus

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