------------------------------------------------- Shooting Stars By Carol Ann Duffy ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- “Shooting Stars” is a horrific and moving poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. She adopts the persona of a female Jew speaking out from beyond the grave about her terrifying ordeal before she died in the Holocaust. A powerful impression is left on the reader after reading Duffy’s dramatic monologue and visual descriptions
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For this week’s posting‚ I will be discussing a topic from the assignment I found interesting and the reason why. Marry Ann Warren gives an interesting definition of what it means to be human. She argues that there are distinctions to the definition of humanness. To her‚ being part the moral sense is to be human‚ whereas genetic humanity does not qualify someone for being a human. Warren argues that the human fetus is not a person because they do not fulfill the five qualifications of personhood
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I really enjoyed the class discussion we had about Ann Hodgman’s short easy “No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch‚” which describes her experiences tasting various types of dog food. She graphically explains the textures and taste of the dog food‚ and leaves nothing to imagination. Hodgman uses extensive amounts of humour and this appropriate since she is dealing with quite a humorous topic. I think had she been more serious in her discussion‚ I would have been more repulsed and would not find the piece
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Commentary on “Originally” by Carol Ann Duffy Outgrowing childhood is leaving many cherished people‚ memories and treasures behind. Emigrating in childhood is leaving a culture‚ a language and a home behind. Carol Ann Duffy moved from Glasgow‚ Scotland to Stafford‚ England when she was six years old‚ in the 1960s‚ thus later writing this poem “Originally”. Through laying out childhood memories and ending on the note that she hesitates when asked of her origin‚ Carol Ann Duffy expresses regret that she
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other rights.” Most physicians follow this principle of saving and prolonging human life‚ regardless of the resulting quality of life or the economic costs involved. This life-sustaining principle received wide publicity through the case of Karen Ann Quinlan and Terri Schiavo‚ whose physicians refuse to withdraw life-support systems even though these patients had been unconscious for many years and there was no further hope for any positive change. Today‚ physicians keep many Americans alive through
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Through the late 1700s and early to mid-1800s‚ most slave narratives written were done by men. It was not until 1861 when Harriet Ann Jacobs emerged with the first slave narrative that we got from the viewpoint of a woman. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ is Jacobs’ life story of how she escaped slavery and gained freedom for herself and her children. She detailed her life as a slave and how she hid in her grandmother’s attic for seven years to dodge her master’s avid‚ obsessive lust for her
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The five readings this week demonstrates the concepts that I have chosen to work on for a successful essay. First‚ in "The Fourth State of Matter" by Jo Ann Beard‚ he uses appropriate language for each character in her story. In the passage‚ the main character is listening to her voicemails from her husband Chris. "I have to talk to you right now‚" he says grimly. "Where are you? I can never find you." "Try calling your own house‚" I say to the machine. In his second message he has composed himself
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In Ann Bauer’s essay‚ “The new autism reality‚” she not only focuses on her son’s autism‚ but also the stigma that comes with it. At first‚ the thought of autism repulses her and she describes the term as “monstrous”. She says this because autism where she used to live was not very common and people were not familiar with it. Bauer also admits to having very little knowledge of autism at this point. She gives credit to the movie‚ “Rain Man”‚ as her only understanding of it. Throughout the article
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Compare and contrast how Duffy and Lochhead explore memories Both Carol Ann Duffy and Liz Lochhead provide an exploration of their childhood memories‚ and how these memories have changed and developed with age into analysis of social expectations of men and women in the 1960’s. In Duffys poem Litany and Lochheads poem 1953‚ both poets reflect on their childish perceptions of their parents conformity to social convention. Duffy and Lochhead excellently implement a dramatic monologue
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We are gathered here today to celebrate Alaska Ann Eaton’s beautiful and extraordinary life. She had a tragic death. Going scuba driving for your 3rd year wedding anniversary and getting attacked by a shark…well that’s extremely tragic. She was an animal person and maybe that’s why she had dolphins surrounding her trying to help rescue her and stop the shark. But that’s the thing about pain‚ it demands to be felt. She always mentioned this one quote‚ “The only to way escape the labyrinth of suffering
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