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    Why do people burn the flag? The issue of freedom of speech is people are abusing the freedom of speech. This issue is important because some people are burning the american flag. Also after school officials banned civil rights groups from recruiting on campus. Students at the University of California organized sit ins‚ rallies‚ and strikes. People who were involved were students from Berkeley named‚ Mario Savio‚ and Bettina Apthecker. The common good of people should respect it because they US

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    In The poems "The Burning Truck" and "Widower in the Country" Murray uses imagery‚ metaphors and personification to enhance the impact of the poems on the reader. "The Burning Truck". The Poem is about war and shows how it can bring out the most primitive emotions out of people. The Poem also shows that during war time regular laws do not exist but a different set of wartime rules and the war will continue. The Title of the Poem‚ The burning truck gives the reader a strong image of a truck which

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    “Upon the burning of our house‚ July 10th‚ 1666”‚ a poem by Anne Bradstreet. This poem describes her reaction of waking up‚ running around the house‚ and a fearful sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!”‚ because her house was broken down. She struggles a lot with her materialism. But after all‚ she wasn’t discouraged and she didn’t lose hope even in the helpless situation because‚ Christ is the one who said “Fear not for I am with thee”. She woke up by hearing the sound of loud noises‚ and screaming on fire

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    Barn Burning & Doe Season Literary Analysis As a child our first hero is typically either our mother or father. We do everything we can to make them proud and grow up to be just like them. We tend to mimic their actions because we think it will make us more similar to them. In some situations we might find ourselves lying for our parents to cover up things that they do to avoid them getting into any trouble. As we grow older we tend to realize that we are not the same as mom and dad; we are

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    Burning down her Chef’s restaurant? No problem. Getting locked out in the rain while her roommate has sex? No problem! Facing the guy who broke her heart? Big problem… Told she’d never cook in Seattle again‚ urging from Thea’s best friend to return to Honeycomb Valley and take over as head chef of the family restaurant comes at a perfect time. It even trumps the risk of coming face to face with Ewan‚ the man who’d told her he loved her—and then pretended she didn’t exist. Turning his back

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    the fire as it dances. Many feel a sense of safety from the warmth given off by the fire; others only see it as wild and uncontrollable. Although‚ all of these connotations and many more exist‚ yet‚ the main context in which fire is used in “Barn Burning” is as a way to represent Abner’s lack of power through self-expression. The first time that we are introduced to fire in this story is when Abner is on trial

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    It is clear that the poem “Upon the Burning of Our House‚” by Anne Bradstreet and the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚” spoken by Jonathan Edwards have not only distinct religious views but also contrasting styles. Anne Bradstreet viewed God as extremely passionate‚ loving‚ and sympathetic to humans but on the contrary‚ Edwards viewed God as harsh‚ angry‚ and disgusted. For example‚ in Bradstreet’s poem‚ she makes numerous statements on how loving God is. In line 54-55‚ she says‚ “He

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    Faulkner’s "Barn Burning" involves the Snopes‚ a sharecropper family that has moved 12 times in the memory of the primary participant‚ Sarty. Sarty is the youngest of four children to Abner and Lennie Snopes. The older brother and twin sisters are not named. Also with the family is Lennie’s sister‚ Lizzie. Of this family‚ Abner and Sarty are the most active‚ around whom the theme focuses. Also‚ the land owner‚ Major de-Spain‚ is the latest target and recipient of Abner’s retaliation. Sarty’s type

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    William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” allows readers to get a glimpse of what two court cases were like for a man named Abner Snopes with the result of the first court course leading him to be exiled and ultimately working for new landowner. As time passes‚ Abner finds himself in another court case after damaging his new landowner’s valuable rug after putting tracks on it and damaging it once more while attempting to clean it. The landowner‚ Major de Spain‚ fines Abner with a hundred dollar replacement

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    man who is allowed to sit beside you" "If I met you suddenly‚ I can’t speak- my tongue is broken" The following lines were taken from a poem written by Sappho entitled "He Is More Than A Hero." For those who are not familiar with Sappho‚ she was a resident of a city names Lesbos. She lived from 630 B.C. - 570 B.C. In the city of Lesbos‚ Sappho was a highly respected poet/teacher by many but mainly the females. It is said that she was constantly surrounded by a circle of women who studied poetry

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