Hi! How have you been? I feel like we have not talked in forever‚ and I wanted to catch up. I decided to tryout for lacrosse at Mercy and I made it‚ (Jv of course) but Alexa and Ash tried out too and made JV. Mia also tried out and she made both Jv and Varsity. I was wondering did your daughters decide to try out for lacrosse? Speaking of Mia‚ we have become really close friends this year which is awesome‚ and of course I have made a ton of new friends because I am outgoing (like I’ve always been)
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The civil war has often been called "The second American Revolution‚" primary because many Americans actually thought they were once again fighting for their freedom and rights. While this is true‚ the Civil War itself was revolutionary. It was revolutionary in the political‚ social and economic conduct of the war. Each Revolutionary conduct of the war impacted America then and some still impact the world today. Politically specking The Civil War brought about new ways or revolutionary ways of taking
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of figurative language to represent objects‚ actions‚ and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses” (“Imagery”). Hayden makes use of imagery when his persona describes what his father went through; “… put his clothes back in the blueback cold // then with cracked hands that ached” (Hayden lines 2‚3). Heavily relying on figurative language‚ Angelou is able to express her feelings by using metaphors and similes. A metaphor is “a thing regarded as representatives or symbolic of something
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The Unspoken Love in “Those Winter Sundays” Robert Hayden was one of the most celebrated poets of his days; he was the first African-American to serve as the nation’s official poet‚ a distinct honor that is now called the U.S. Poet Laureate (poets.org). Among his enduring works‚ “Those Winter Sundays” stands out as one of the utmost anthologized poem. In fact‚ ten years ago‚ on a survey conducted by Columbia University Press‚ it ranked the 266th most anthologized poem in the English language (Biespiel)
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The child immediately starts describing his actions by saying‚ “Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueback cold‚ then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday” (1-4). The narrator establishes from the very first lines of the poem that the man is a blue-collar worker‚ which connotes an unglamorous lifestyle with backbreaking work and low
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him. Lastly‚ this poem has made me think of how this relates to my own life. This poem is from the perspective of a man telling about his experiences from his youth. He tells how “Sundays too [his] father got up early/ and put his clothes on in the blueback cold‚/ then… made banked fires blaze” (lines 1-5). This was his son reflecting back on how much his father sacrificed for him and the family. No one likes getting up early on a Sunday to go out in the freezing cold to work‚ however‚ he
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named this poem to show symbolism. This poem is very concerned with the temperature. The family’s house is cold and so are the children’s feelings towards their father. For example‚ “Sundays too my father got up early/ and put his clothes on in the blueback cold‚/ then with cracked hands that ached/ from labor in the weekday weather made/ banked fires blaze” (1-5). This quote is a good example‚ which shows the father of the speaker would wake up before the rest of the family to light a fire to warm
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Steven DeBonis Professor Samuels October 10‚ 2011 Response Paper Robert Hayden’s poem “Those Winter Sundays” is filled with immense emotion. It is through examination of the lines and words a larger picture unfolds. Like most poetry‚ various interpretations of “Those Winter Sundays” are shaped and formulated due to its accessibility. Although each analysis carefully traces the poems lines and evaluates the meaning of words in the context‚ the end result is a skewed conclusion. Various interpretations
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EPS 300- School and Society Cam Scribner cscribner@wisc.edu ------------------------------------------------- 218 Education Building ------------------------------------------------- Agenda * Introductions * Goals of the Course * Review Syllabus * Break * Choose a class to lead * Introduction to Plato Every Friday by 5PM Response Paper (be thoughtful) 2 pages double-spaced -You can also respond to any posts Third Friday in class -------------------------------------------------
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Animal Cruelty‚ A History Animal cruelty is the human infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals‚ for purposes other than self-defence or survival. Another representation of animal cruelty can be harm for specific gain‚ such as killing animals for food or for their fur‚ although opinions differ with respect to the method of slaughter. It usually encompasses inflicting harm for personal amusement. Now a large issue pertaining to the topic is the lack of education on such subject.
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