Exercise Two The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother” is a poem depicting the flow of heartache stemming from the regret of abortion. The speaker reflects on this emotional situation that has lived with her‚ haunting her thoughts even after the procedure. The conflict between the title of the poem and its content immediately confuses the reader‚ adding to the overall conflict between maternity and grief. The poem is entitled “The Mother”‚ which connotes
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WE KEPT MOTHER’S DAY So we decided to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day. We thought it a fine idea. It made us all realize how much Mother had done for us for years‚ and all the efforts and sacrifice that she had made for our sake. We decided that we’d make it a great day‚ a holiday for all the family‚ and do everything we could to make Mother happy. Father decided to take a holiday from his office‚ so as to help in celebrating the day‚ and my sister Anne and I stayed home from college
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we had some food‚ Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl‚ she would say "Eat this rice‚ son! I’m not hungry." That was Mother’s First truthful Lie. As I grew‚ Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught‚ she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish‚ she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup‚ mother would sit beside
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Therefore‚ the characters in The Mother are either typical Jews or Fascists‚ and their behaviors are judged by either the Judaism or Fascism moral standards. The character of the mother of the two boys in the story coincides with a traditional Jewish woman standing for anti-Fascism in Italy during the post-World War II who is young‚ thin‚ and struggling. And her character as an anti-Fascist is reinforced by other women in the story; Granny‚ Aunt Clementina‚ or the other mothers who are old‚ fat‚ and robust
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Being a Teenager To be a teenager today has its positives and its negatives‚ but it’s actually fun. Being a teenager can be stressful and you have to be responsible‚ but it’s also a fun experience. To those who want to remember what it’s like to be a teenager or those who will be in the future‚ this is what it’s going to be like. Stress is a part about being a teenager today. Three reasons why teenagers get stressful are because of sucky teachers‚ siblings‚ and even parents. First of all having
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“Fall‚ My Mother”Summary “Fall‚ My Mother” written by Ambai tells the story of the coming of age in a particular Indian society. The passage takes the reader on a journey as a young girl realizes that life as she knows it will never be the same. At the same time the story also highlights the realization every female must come to terms with‚ and how in this society more than just a bodily change occurs‚ but a cultural one as well. The story begins with the narrator reminiscing to her younger days
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Some people would describe being on time as ’old fashioned’‚ but it’s not in the slightest way ’old-fashioned’‚ because actually it’s nothing to do with ’fashion’ or ’generation’. It’s got all to do with basic good manners and respect for other people. Nowadays‚ a meeting set to start at 8am‚ seems to mean for some people in the general vicinity of any time which starts with the numeral 8. Like 8:30am for example. People come in at 8:15 or even later‚ smiling at the waiting group‚ apparently
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Mother in a Refugee Camp by Chinua Achebe‚ illustrates the wretched picture of a mother holding her dying son in her hands for the last time‚ portraying both the certainty of death and the pain of people whose loved ones have died but still live life on a dim light. The poem starts with a comparison between the scene of a mother holding her son in a refugee camp with love and care and the depiction of all versions of Mary holding a dying Jesus in her arms. The poet points out that none of the reputed
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Being a cyclops is not always easy; it’s never easy actually. We just have this one big eye in the middle of our face‚ and anyone who comes around-which is not very often-is scared to death of us. I mean‚ if I’m going to be honest‚ I would be scared if I were them too. Cyclopes are like 12 feet tall‚ and we literally eat people. That’s not my fault‚ though; that’s just they way it works. Humans come around every few weeks‚ months‚ or years‚ whenever they’re in need of an adventure‚ and they never
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Mother Teresa‚ (birth name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) was a Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1979. She also received other awards‚ for example the Pope John XXlll Peace prize in 1971‚ and the Nehru Prize in 1972‚ and the Balzan Prize in 1979. She was Albanian by blood‚ but born in Macedonia. Mother Teresa wanted to spread the love of Jesus. She felt great connection to God at a young age‚ and wanted to spend her life devoting herself to being as Jesus was.After she had gone to Ireland to train in a community
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