An The Commentary - a rough guide What is a ’commentary’? A commentary is a close analysis of a passage or a short work. More than a summary‚ it must investigate both the content and the language‚ i.e. WHAT the passage/poem achieves and HOW it achieves it‚ and the relationship they have with each other. It describes the writer’s intentions‚ effects and how he or she accomplishes them. In addition to detailed analytical skills‚ you need also to demonstrate an ability to construct a line of
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The Stranger Essay If people were to accept that absurdism exists then that would mean that life is irrational and has no arrangements of any sort. This would mean that everything mankind has done so far to progress itself through society and religion means absolutely nothing because both are used to control chaos from happening in the first place. Consequently‚ if a person is known to be an absurdist‚ people would generally think that means someone who lives a life without any meaning. However
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‘ T H E S U N L I G H T I N T H E G A R D E N ’ ‚ A C O M M E N T A R Y. Guiding Questions for the commentary: How does the use of setting contribute to your understanding of the poem? Comment on the poet’s style (For example‚ language‚imagery‚ diction‚ form‚the use of a quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra) In the the poem ‘The Sunshine in the Garden’ written by Louis MacNeice‚ the poet is a prisoner of war and is close to his death. The line ‘We cannot cage the minute’ and words
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John Rawl said‚ “the principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.” Justice policies or principles‚ is a very important concept that is embedded within our society. There are different rules and regulations among different cultures as well as it being practiced and experienced differently‚ but for the most part‚ there is a lot of similarities universally. The goal in the end‚ or what it seems like‚ is to try to be successful‚ and try to be “just” while doing so. In the readings we
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The Stranger The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Étranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man’s name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel‚ Meursault is notified that his mother had passed away in the nursing home that he occupied her to. Meursault’s income
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the wasps and the humans and ends with a climax. The choice of words and literary techniques such as onomatopoeia‚ imagery and metaphors are used to portray the power struggle between the two creatures. The poet uses some rhythmic tones such as “stranger” “danger”‚ “hum” “come” in order to give a smooth flow to the poem. However the use of punctuations is very limited. They are mostly used when there is a change in ideas or to emphasize on a certain point. For instance‚ when describing the birds
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of Adaptive Thermal comfort I have recorded my thermal sensation by an hour intervals during a week. At this time‚ the relative humidity and temperature of my surrounding environment was been recorded by a sensor carried by me at all the time‚ every 900seconds. Background 3 A further thermal study of my living space was developed at the same time but carried out for a longer period. The data obtained from this survey is shown in the following slides. 4 Comfort Feeling Diary Study Home
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The source and nature of one’s identity is a theme of both A long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and “ Stranger in the Village” by James Baldwin. Conflict can be external or internal creating depth in a character and making a very complex journey. Everyone has an identity made and changed by what they have been through and what they have experienced. Baldwin bravely talks about his journey in the small swiss village in a Europe as villagers are shocked to see him: a black man. They observe him like an
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Carley Mills Media Studies 120 January 13‚ y Social Commentary in Film Crash Have I ever experienced anything like this in my life? A common theme in the film Crash is racism. Something I noticed while watching this film was that almost every character experiences racism‚ however the same characters who experiences it displayed it to other races. This can relate to my life because I often see peers who experiences bullying‚ bully other people. In many cases the people who are the so called “bullies”
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In Albert Camus’ novel‚ The Stranger‚ Meursault represents an existentialist character. Most may believe him to be immoral‚ and in some cases they are almost correct. Contrary to that belief‚ just because Meursault is an emotionless silhouette of a man doesn’t mean he is immoral or evil. One cannot condemn him for being this way because he is simply misunderstood. Meursault does not make moral or immoral decisions‚ he is just completely indifferent to the matter. Readers are able to sympathize with
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