Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine is a unique and complex book made of lyric poems that focuses on various topics of racism‚ identity and prejudice. With the piece of writing being a set of various lyric poems‚ the content can be hard to unpack but Rankine makes certain that even if the reader misses all the subliminal messages‚ they will certainly be able to understand the common themes inside the writing. I will analyze this piece by interpreting the themes that I understood from the
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Memoir. University of Iowa Press‚ Mar. 2012. Web. 3 May 2013. Myers‚ Lori M. "Interview: Lacy M. Johnson‚ Author of Trespasses: A Memoir." Hippocampus Magazine Creative Nonfiction Literary Magazine. Hippo Campus Magazine‚ 2013. Web. 02 May 2013. Rankine‚ Claudia. "Re: Praise for Tresspasses." Weblog comment. Trespasses: A Memoir. University of Iowa Press‚ Mar. 2012. Web. 3 May 2013.
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Claudia Rankine‚ author of the book Citizen features multiple artistic genres including: poetry‚ prose‚ images and videos that can be found online. She uses many images that strike readers as beautiful and intriguing to show the importance of understanding the message and main ideas of her book. On image she used in her book‚ which can be found on page 160 was created by Joseph Mallord William Turner. The Slave Ship was created in 1840‚ based on a poem that depicted a slave ship that was caught in
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reader. Learning how to effectively use syntax is key when you are putting together words in a sentence because in order for the poem to be effective they must fit together as a sentence and appear as a line of poetry. I really liked “Citizen” by Claudia Rankine because she touched upon some issues that are very prevalent in the United States.
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Citizen‚ by Claudia Rankine‚ is a compilation of poems and writings explaining the problems with society’s complacency towards racism. Rankine also points out instances where underlying racism hurts more than flat out racist remarks. The novel is riddled with images symbolizing the discrimination towards African Americans‚ which contribute to the overall theme of racism becoming naturalized. Citizen works to debunk these natural assumptions and feelings of the common stereotypes of African Americans
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Rankine’s Work Reflection Claudia Rankine surprised many audiences with her unusual poem‚ Citizen an American Lyric. The book dissected deeply into today’s controversial issues‚ which she has referred as micro-aggression. She combined everyday life situations to reflect how unintentional racism can occur anywhere and anytime in society. The book has so many significant circumstances and many abstract images that make the readers to think about the meaning behind them. One the specific story that
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1. Rankine interprets the career of Serna Williams within the framework of commodified anger because Williams finally hits the breaking point that led her to behave in ways that were not appropriate to see in person or on the TV. At the end‚ Williams was able to control and accept everything that occurs at her tennis matches. The reason that it is bad sportsmanship to call out racism would be that the individual is not respecting the culture and race of their opponent. Rankine’s argument about
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intentional or not validate micro aggressions meaning‚ instances of racism that are communicated unnoticed to people of color on a daily basis. The term microaggression links with the poem‚ since each text exemplifies the microaggressions the author‚ Rankine‚ has experienced and multiple people have also gone through. Although the comments or the insinuation may seem harmless to some‚ it contains a negative connotation that reinforces stereotypes and discriminates
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CYCLES Objectives of CH10: To • Analyze vapor power cycles in which the working fluid is alternately vaporized and condensed. • Analyze power generation coupled with process heating called cogeneration. • Investigate ways to modify the basic Rankine vapor power cycle to increase the cycle thermal efficiency. • Analyze the reheat and regenerative vapor power cycles. • Analyze power cycles that consist of two separate cycles known as combined cycles and binary cycles Chapter 10 VAPOR AND
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[pic] LAB REPORT: MBB 2053 ME THERMODYNAMICS II EXPERIMENT: STEAM PLANT (BOILER) GROUP MEMBERS: LAB SESSION: THURSDAY 25 FEB 2010‚ 0800-1000 hrs REPORT SUBMISSION: MONDAY 8 MAC 2010 GROUP 15 1.0 OBJECTIVE The objective of this experiment is to give an experience on the principle of operation of an actual steam power plant. 2.0 INSTRUMENTATION 1. Ten point Digital temperature indicator 2. Pressure gauges 3. Analogue tachometer 4. Dynamometer with voltmeter
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