Analyzing: “The Victims” by Sharon Olds “The Victims” by Sharon Olds is a poem‚ which gives us an elaborated and refined view of a tortured family in our modern society. It describes the immature resentment of the young speaker and her family towards the father‚ and the more mature expression of sympathy of the grown up speaker. The poem is divided into two parts‚ easy to spot due to a sudden change in the verb tenses‚ speaker‚ tone and purpose. The first part of the poem‚ transmits to the reader
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It was my first time visiting the Nuit Blanche Festival in Toronto and it definitely was an experience to say the least. Since the streets were flooded with people‚ I found it difficult to really take in all the art that surround this area. Although‚ I still valued the art works that I managed to see and one really stood out to me. Horses curated by Barbara Fischer was the most “out of the box” art I saw that night. It had actual horses dispersed on the road along the Queen’s Park and viewers were
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Victim Impact Statement – Drafted by Blanche Dubois Creative Writing Task – English HL Divya Jethwani (12B) Victim Impact Statement – Drafted by Blanche Dubois Creative Writing Task – English HL Divya Jethwani (12B) Your honor‚ I‚ Blanche DuBois am here today‚ as your living example of how a cruel crime can affect a person so radically‚ bringing in a change so drastic causing them to feel alienated and unwanted. The case with regard to my rape that we address in the court today may
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W.E.B Dubois thought that African Americans being in the military service would help them eventually claim equal citizenship. He was trying to help African Americans have equal lives when they come home from the wars. In the story “Returning Soldiers”‚ W.E.B Dubois explained that the soldiers were returning home‚ to still be treated unequally after the war. The soldiers were African American’s that had been drafted. The soldiers were put in the war to defend France from Germany. When the African
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Blanche‚ Stella’s older sister‚ until recently a high school English teacher in Laurel‚ Mississippi. She arrives in New Orleans a loquacious‚ witty‚ arrogant‚ fragile‚ and ultimately crumbling figure. Blanche once was married to and passionately in love with a tortured young man. He killed himself after she discovered his homosexuality‚ and she has suffered from guilt and regret ever since. Blanche watched parents and relatives‚ all the old guard‚ die off‚ and then had to endure foreclosure on the
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3.) According to DuBois‚ “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” Using several representative examples‚ consider how American writers (of any color) since the Civil War have addressed this problem. DuBois’s quote‚ "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line‚" tells a great deal of how Americans in general felt towards segregation -- each side had suspicions about the goings-ons of the other race. Blacks had a stronger sense of such hesitency
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Blanche was a lady in her own eyes. She was into more old traditions than her sister. Blanche was living in her fantasy world and not the real world. Blanche always need compliments were as Stella did not need them to make her feel good about herself. Blanche thought men were to always be gentlemen no matter what just like in the old days. Stella being the new kind of south women knew that men weren’t always gentlemen. Stella was like a yes women when it came to Stanley. She always took him
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individual. He attended the Fisk University‚ and Harvard University. He is the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard University. During Du Bois time‚ racism and white supremacy were very prevalent. The Slavery Abolition Act was just past a mere 35 years before he was born. Although Du Bois grew up in a middle class neighborhood‚ he saw his fellow black men and the way they were being treated. This motivated him in doing some empirical research because research being done at that time
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“The Past” “The Past” by Oodgeroo portrays both the author’s resentment for the mistreatment of aboriginals in the past and also depicts her desires. Oodgeroo Conical her aboriginal name also knows as Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska was the first Aborigine women to have her works published in which she used to promote aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo’s has a variety of poems which all are very direct‚ uses accessible rhyme schemes and allusion. Poems such as “Dark unmarried mothers‚ “Time is running out” and
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personalities depending on who they are around. Stanley and Blanche are strong characters in their own ways. Stanley is a man who fulfills his duties as a husband and a man to his wife Stella. Blanche is Stella’s sister who is perceived as rich and sophisticated with many dark secrets. Blanches performance differs on whom is around her. Blanche "is about 5 years older then Stella" who lost her job as a teacher and has no money. Blanche blames Stella for moving to New Orleans leaving her alone to
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