Claudia Jones: An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman! Hakeem Smith HIST 300 Professor Duvivier Date Claudia Jones is an extraordinary figure. A Trinidadian migrant to Harlem‚ the impoverished yet determined independent young woman quickly rose in the ranks of a Young Communist League‚ writing frequently about the treatment of Black Women in the United States from a Marxist perspective. Claudia Jones’ activism spanned two different continents‚ Europe and North America
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“Love” in Carol Ann Duffy’s Valentine Many people usually see “love” only one side especially when they deeply fall in love with someone. There are a lot of poems that respond the feeling of these falling in love people about how beautiful love is. It is true that love is beautiful. On the other hand‚ for me sometimes love is also painful. I really like the sentence that “love is color-blind” because this sentence can show not only the positive side of love but also the negative side of love. So
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The poem Valentine is written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the Poem she shows the positive and negative sides about love by comparing love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as language features such as metaphors‚ simlies‚ Imagery and word structure. All these techniques make it interesting because she uses an onion as a girft to represent love and relationships. In the begining of the poem Duffy starts off with a negative in opening line. "Not a red rose or a satin
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By Felicia Jin ABC^2‚ Make-A-Wish and Chinese clubs sold Valentine grams and treats Feb. 9-13‚ bringing the “sweets to sweeties” and funding for good causes. The gifts were purchased during the week and distributed to classes today. ABC^2 (Academically Better Children’s Club) held a bake sale for the first time in the Main Hall and will be donating their proceeds to the St. Jude’s Hospital. “It’s hard to say how much money we’re trying to raise because it’s our first time‚ but we’re hoping for a
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In the poem Valentine‚ written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ the author uses and extended metaphor of an onion. Instead of a cute love card‚ flowers or even chocolate‚ Duffy suggest more of an originality is needed. Carol Ann Duffy creates impacts through an unusually gift of the onion. She challenges our minds about love‚ in a surprising‚ creative and unique way. Carol Ann Duffy starts off the poem with a negative‚ “Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion.” Duffy takes the usually gifts away
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Valentine’s Day is a day full of romance and love. On this special day‚ many people will take this opportunity to express their deepest love and care to their boyfriend or girlfriend. Among all poems and songs from the sixties to the twenty first century‚ I think that the poem Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe is the perfect Valentine’s Day poem. The poem told a story about the persona’s girlfriend‚ Annabel Lee died years ago. They had become couple from they were a young age. It describes the
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for a redress of grievances” (http://www.law.cornell.edu). Over the years there have been many court cases that try to help decipher what is mean by the 1st amendment. In 1942 commercial speech was introduced by the Supreme Court with the Valentine V. Chrestensen case. Commercial Speech is speech done on behalf of a company or individual for the intent of making a profit. It is economic in nature and usually has the intent of convincing the audience to partake
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Some people say Jimmy Valentine has committed a crime. A crime Jimmy Valentine deserves to be free. A crime is any criminal activity and those who are in it. Jimmy is not guilty of this. Jimmy Valentine should remain free. The first reason Jimmy Valentine should have stayed free is that he saved a girl’s life. In the story it says “In the darkness inside the safe‚ she was wild with fear.” It also says “In ten minutes-faster than he had ever done it before-he had the door open‚” and “Agatha was
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Good Morning Students and Teachers. Im going to be talking today about Nancy Bird Walton. Was Nancy Bird Walton a woman ahead of her time & a womans of firsts? I chose Nancy Bird Walton as she was Austrailan and she was really interesting to read about.Nancy was a very successful woman who achieved her goals in life.The reason why I chose this question was because she achieved a lot in life and my answer shows how successful she was and how she made her goals come true. It also shows how she
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When Valentine woke up Hero was gone. She left a note on the coffee maker saying she had work early that morning and that she left some breakfast in the fridge for them and that coffee was ready. Valentine just needed to press start. She checked on her dad in the living room. He was still asleep on the couch. She thought briefly about waking him up before deciding that he needed rest. His boss had given him time off work because of the fire anywhere‚ so he had nowhere to be. She sat at the kitchen
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