Ted Hughes’ poem ‘The jaguar’ describes a group of animals living in a zoo‚ caged and sedentary‚ being stared at by onlookers‚ as well as one animal in particular: the jaguar. In this poem‚ we see how certain animals have let their cage define them‚ and have grown into almost inanimate objects whereas the panther‚ symbol of power and greatness‚ has not let itself be confined to the realm of his cage and instead uses his vision‚ his mind‚ to escape the entrapment. Hughes paints an extremely vivid
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LALALALALALLALALALLALA Story-story” is a circle game for all ages. The group of performers sit and a moderator (us) stands in the middle and provides a setting for the story. Then we point to a person in the circle and they begin telling a story (says 2 sentences). After the first storyteller has described the beginning of the story‚ the moderator points to another person‚ the story continues on; the new person picks up from the last word and tries to continue the narrative. Every performer should
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Aunt Polly is extremely harsh on Tom. She yells‚ screams‚ threatens‚ etc. Many things provoke her in taking these actions‚ these things all fall under the category of Tom and his extravagant affairs. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Aunt Polly is a crude women. Aunt Polly is a very harsh women so it seems. Through her yelling at Tom and threats towards him‚ she demonstrates that she gets extremely aggravated by him. Aunt Polly sets herself up to be perceived as a very harsh person‚ she disproves
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A Critical Response to Langston Hughes’ Salvation In Langston Hughes’ Salvation‚ Hughes illustrates himself as a little boy‚ who’s decisions at a church one morning‚ reflect the human races instinctive tendency to conform and in a sense‚ obey. That morning in church‚ Hughes is indirectly pressured to go up to the altar and "be saved" by seeing the light of god. Hughes was a young and impressionable boy who wanted "salvation" and to see Jesus so badly that when he couldn’t see Jesus and the
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Hughes demonstrates his perspective towards his destructive relationship with Plath through The Minotaur. Violence is evident in the very opening when Plath ‘smashed’ Hughes’ ‘mother’s heirloom sideboard – Mapped with the scars of [his] whole life’. Here Hughes is expressing the damage deep inside him than the physical destruction by Plath; that he too has childhood ‘scars’. Hughes suggests that Plath’s over-reaction and violence reflects her unstable mind by the word ‘demented’ revealing his helplessness
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Compare and Contrast Essay Langston Hughes What happens when you don’t hold on to a dream? Langston Hughes’ “Dreams” and “Dreams Deferred” discuss this issue. They are written with similar themes‚ but differ in writing styles. In the poem “Dreams” a direct approach is used. Hughes uses statements and metaphors to make his point. The authors statements tell us to hold on to our dreams. This is the focus of the poem. He uses metaphors to reiterate this thought‚ and expand the readers
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Langston Hughes poem titled “Dream Deferred” is a poetic masterpiece explaining how delaying our dreams we only result in them diminishing or getting lost overall. Langston Hughes was is an African-American poet and social activist who was born on February 1st in the early 1900s (1902). Growing up and eventually becoming a social activist in New York. Langston Hughes was a subject of racism and being told “no” for him living in the years before the 1960s were racism was some what tolerated in America
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Claude McKay and Langston Hughes were both part of the Harlem Renaissance time period; were they experienced the harsh realities of racism. McKay and Hughes were major figures of that time‚ who would write novels‚ poetry‚ short stories‚ etc. McKay wrote a well-known poem known as‚ “America”; where he expresses‚ positively and negatively‚ his feelings toward America. On the other hand‚ Hughes wrote a poem titled “I‚ Too‚ Sing America”‚ which demonstrates the confidence and the assurance he has in
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The poem “I‚ Too” written by Langston Hughes masterfully utilizes imagery in order to showcase the everyday racial prejudice that African Americans have faced in America. On page 130 of the Lenses Textbook broadly defines imagery as “the collections of images in a story‚ poem or play.” The imagery implemented by Langston Hughes in “I‚ Too” follows the traditional definition of imagery‚ in that it “depicts something visual” rather than evoking the basic five senses. “I‚ Too” contains powerful imagery
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Maddie Carlson Mrs. Schlangen Honors English II 12 August 2013 Sue Monk Kidd: The Secret Life of Bee’s Very rarely do readers ever come across a book that they can relate to in various ways. The Secret Life of Bees is a captivating novel that uses extraordinary characters that engage readers to continue the novel. It influences them in ways that may change their experience of life. Sue Monk Kidd gives the main character‚ Lily Owens‚ many traits that which make this book even more delightful
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