or meaning. The speaker gives different tactics in helping to understand the poem‚ but all the subjects of the poem want is an evident message or explanation. The entire poem is a metaphor for how we shouldn’t expect simple‚ clear answers in the world‚ instead‚ we should “water-ski on the surface” and enjoy life. The frustration from poem reading or in just general is caused by a close mind‚ or inside-the-box thinking. Take on the challenges that come your way—experience life‚ and not sit on the
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The poem On Turning Ten by: Billy Collins‚ was talking about a child remembering his past and how in the present he is disappointed that he will never be able to relive that time. The theme of this poem is that we can’t stay kids forever because he is growing up. In the poem he said‚ ‘’a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul…” he is explaining how he feels sick about growing another age and this relates to the theme because he is think about growing up and doesn’t want it to happen‚ so he is remembering
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were called The Three Billy-Pigs. The Three Billy-Pigs lived in one big house made out of bricks. They lived a really happy life in a prairie‚ but the pigs were missing something. They were doing the same thing over and over again each and every day‚ so they decided to leave the house. Later on The Three billy-pigs were trying to come up with some ideas. The first Billy-pig recommended “Why don’t we go east‚ they say there are really nice fields there”. But the second Billy-Pig said “We should
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Vere’s Decision for Billy Budd’s Punishment In the novel Billy Budd‚ sailor‚ Captain Vere’s Sort decision focuses on Billy Budd’s tendency to act his emotions. In one respect‚ Captain Vere made the right decision because Billy Budd killed Claggart‚ but in another Captain Vere made the wrong decision because Billy Budd did not mean to kill Claggart. Captain Vere makes the right decision to execute Billy because Captain Vere has to set an example. For example‚ when Billy Budd and Captain
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watched in class‚ A CLASS DIVIDED shows how fast people change and discriminate. When Jane Elliot‚ a Riceville‚ Iowa teacher‚ separates her students into units by the color of their eyes‚ things quickly get out of hand. Some of the main ideas that surprised me included how much control an authoritative figure has‚ how fast the children turned and how students lived up to expectations. To start out‚ Jane Elliot was a loving teacher who treated everyone respectfully. When she decided to do the experiment
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Oranges‚ have you ever felt something for someone so much you would do anything for them. I think this story is a good description of this because this person cared so much for this girl that he was trying to go out of his way to do this one thing for her and had to give up the only thing he had. I think this poem can be taken many different ways‚ but the way I see it is that he cared so much for this girl that he would give up everything for her. I take it as a lesson for people to learn not to
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Timothy Cho 02/04/13 Professor Close English 102 G2 Elliot Ness: Hero or Great Story Teller? In Elliot Ness’ memoir The Untouchables‚ the author personally narrates the story of how the name “Untouchables” came to be. After being released from prison‚ Al Capone was starting trouble again in the streets of Chicago. Capone tries to bribe the police officers trying to take down his operation but Ness and his team refused the bribes. Being proud of this accomplishment Ness immediately goes
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Regarding lies‚ those about history are worse than those about popular culture. In Billy Collins’s “The History Teacher”‚ the teacher lies to his students about historical events. He tells them that wars that killed so many were only small kerfuffles. He says‚ “the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom on Japan”. This is a big deal. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed thousands and still has repercussions today. while the kids might not believe that it was only one atom‚ hearing this version of the story
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This poem is really easy to identify with. The first 4 stanzas are clearly relating the reader to the poem. Everyone at some point has to learn these general‚ seemingly useless facts. “A state flower” “The capital of Paraguay” so arbitrary‚ but so true in that this brings back memories of 3rd or 5th grade for almost all of us‚ it is bound to strike a chord with the reader. This is also coupled with a slightly nostalgic loss of these facts in the first stanza‚ as slowly the individual sections of
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The title of this poem suggests that this person will always have the heart of the person they love. The person could actually be holding their lover’s heart‚ or a locket or other heart-shaped object belonging their loved one. Figuratively‚ the person does not actually carry around their lover’s heart‚ but rather that the person will always be loved‚ cherished‚ and remembered by the speaker‚ no matter where their loved one is. In the first stanza‚ I think it means that he is always
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