In the personal essay “I Want a Wife”‚ Judy Brady uses irony to explain why she would want a wife. Brady lists multiple jobs and tasks that an ideal wife does and is expected to do. Along with irony‚ the author uses sarcasm and repetition to emphasize what a wife does for her husband‚ as well as her children. I believe the author’s tone changes from pleasant to sarcastic by stating “If‚ by chance‚ I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have‚ I want the liberty to
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silent night SILENT NIGHT: The Song Heard ’Round The World by Bill Egan‚ Christmas Historian 180 years ago the carol "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht" was heard for the first time in a village church in Oberndorf‚ Austria. The congregation at that Midnight Mass in St. Nicholas Church listened as the voices of the assistant pastor‚ Fr. Joseph Mohr‚ and the choir director‚ Franz Xaver Gruber‚ rang through the church to the accompaniment of Fr. Mohr’s guitar. On each of the six verses‚ the choir repeated
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"Why I Want a Wife" Judy Brady "According to the dictionary‚ a wife is a "woman married to a man." But‚ as many women know‚ a wife is much more: coo‚ housekeeper‚ nutritionist‚ chauffeur‚ friend‚ sex partner‚ valet‚ nurse‚ social secretary‚ ego-builder‚ and more. Rather than complains why she herself would like to have a wife. I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am a Wife. And‚ not altogether incidentally‚ I am a mother. Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared
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favorite Christmas Carols? As we kick off this holiday season we‚ the worship exposed team‚ wanted to dive a little further into these heartfelt and memory filled Christmas songs that have showered through our homes‚ churches and communities for decades. As I gathered details for this series‚ I battled with what Christmas Carol to write about. Between Hark the Herald‚ Silent Night and Joy to the Lord‚ it was a tough call‚ but ultimately I decided to write about one of my favorites carols growing up and
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O Holy Night is a beloved Christmas carol that is almost 150 years old‚ and it is still sung widely around the world. It is a simple song with interesting origins. It originated as a poem. Then it was banned from the church only to be later revived on the radio and is now a song that many famous artists lend their voices to. O Holy Night was composed in Roquemaure‚ France in 1847 by writer‚ Placide Cappeau and composer Adolphe Adams. Placide Cappeau was asked by his parish priest to write a
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Scrooge’s transformation from wicked misanthropy to generous cheerfulness. In A Christmas Carol‚ the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a radical change of character and attitude towards social interactions‚ material possessions‚ and Christmas. Too radical to be credible‚ as people don’t change that extremely and easily. Therefore‚ it is highly unlikely that‚ if Scrooge was a real person‚ these changes would be permanent. Wilson‚ Edmund. “Dickens: The Two Scrooges.” The New Republic (1942):
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The story How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss uses similar ideas‚ as the Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol. These include similar themes‚ conflict and character types. A Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens. The story A Christmas Carol takes place in London in the 1800s at Christmastime. The main characters are Scrooge‚ the Ghost of Christmas past‚ the Ghost of Christmas Future and the ghost of Christmas Present. The three ghosts show Scrooge what Christmas is about. How the Grinch
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(vertep). Small children go from house to house and sing carols for people‚ and people give them some money or candy and other sweets. On Christmas‚ we have a tradition of decorating the Christmas tree. The Christmas tree was adopted from Western Europe‚ but today it’s the element of the New Year celebration in Ukraine. The religious festival lasts three days. During that people people go to church on Christmas liturgy‚ singing Christmas carols and visiting relatives and friends. The «holy supper»
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a Wife‚” appeared in Ms. Magazine in 1972. In this essay Brady takes a satirical look at what it means to be a wife and mother. Brady was thinking of a longtime friend who appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce and was looking for another wife (263). It was in that moment it occurred to Brady‚ as a wife and mother that she too would like to have a wife. Then all of the duties‚ the equal importance and the serious points Brady argues is that wives are under appreciated and are expected
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Want a Wife” by Judy Brady‚ she classifies herself as a wife and a mother. She meets one of her male friend‚ that according to the author recently was divorced and had a child that was with his wife. One day while she was ironing‚ it occurs to her that she also want a wife‚ and she starts listing the reasons to why she also wants a wife. The author from the beginning of her essay starts by figurative language explaining why she wants a wife “I too‚ would like to have a wife” (Brady 1). She doesn’t really
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