In 2014‚ Maggie Valentine‚ a 12-year-old girl‚ suffers from obesity. Ever since she was eight years old‚ she has been overweight‚ and doctors told her she was another “statistic [of obesity]”. Although she exercises six days a week (swims for four days and walks her dog on the weekends)‚ she still finds it arduous to lose weight. Valentine further explains her stance by stating‚ "I would expect that since I’m eating healthy and exercising a lot‚ that I would be able to lose more weight than I am
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Elizabeth Bishop and Her Poem "Filling Station" Elizabeth Bishop ’s skill as a poet can be clearly seen in the thought- provoking poem entitled Filling Station. She paints the different language levels of poetry with the skill of an artist-- she seems to have an eye for detail as she contrasts the dark and dim reference of a filling station to a more homey‚ pleasant atmosphere. Bishop aptly arranges her words and expressions through the language devices of voice and metaphor. In Filling
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Country lovers Country Lovers is a story of love between a black woman and the son of her white master. It was a story of a love that began out of childhood romance‚ and later‚ in adulthood‚ lead to flirting and sexual curiosity. Eventually‚ Thebedi‚ the black woman‚ got pregnant with his‚ Paulus‚ child without him knowing it. He left for college and when he came back‚ he found out that Thebedi was married to Njabulo. Njabulo had accepted the child as his own but Paulus overcome with fear upon
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In Anne Bradstreet’s poem‚ “ In Reference to Her Children”‚ Bradstreet reveals the mixed emotions she experiences after her children move out of the house. Throughout the poem‚ Bradstreet metaphorically speaks of her family. She refers to her home as the nest‚ and her eight children as birds. At the beginning of the poem‚ Bradstreet pridefully boasts about nurturing her children. However‚ pride eventually turns into grief once her eldest son moves away. Bradstreet continues to grieve over the five
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involving the social paradigm of the context‚ essentially conveying the consequences of challenging strict class structures placed on individuals through portraying the disastrous effect of upper and lower class interaction. The text’s title‚ “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ which alludes to a disease highlights that the persona is being infected by Porphyria to point where it makes him sick‚ suggesting that inter-class relationships are abnormal and unhealthy. Porphyria is implied to be of higher social status than
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The “Color Purple” and “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ a poem by Robert Browning‚ are very thematically similar. Both have very closely related but different examples to show the effects and the power of possession. The first example of possession in “Color Purple” is exposed in the relationship between Celie and the man she had grown up calling her “pa”. This man had treated Celie as one of his animals‚ acting as if he had owned her. After spending years of forcing Celie to do many of his duties‚ Pa (otherwise
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Gabriel Rossetti and ‘Continuum’ by Allen Curnow are both poems that deal with a sense of detachment the poet experiences. In ‘Continuum’‚ Curnow illustrates his mental state of being uninspired and slightly abashed at his lack of poetic inspiration whereas in ‘The Woodspurge’‚ Rossetti describes his depressive condition‚ possibly due to relationship issues. Both poets seem to be stuck‚ and remain trapped in their minds throughout the poems. ‘Continuum’ begins with Curnow depicting the moon rolling
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An Epitaph upon Husband and Wife By : Richard Crashow Richard begins his poem with addressing lovers who are dead and whom death gathered them one more time‚ or‚ as it were‚ wedded them again‚ and this is a metaphor‚ in which‚ he resembles dying together to get married again. The grave that the lovers are in is the second marriage-bed‚ this is also a metaphor. The lovers will fade away‚ for separating soul and body is the fate’s job which is : obligatory; however‚ desting can not sever
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a mighty ruler. Valentines has always had a special place in my heart. I love all the hearts‚ flowers‚ chocolates‚ and the atmosphere of love surrounding you. Many couples‚ including me‚ are eager to celebrate their relationship and just our love of being together through our delicious entrees. The true reason behind valentines is not what you would expect being what it is made up of today. They are not really sure why it is on the fourteenth of February‚ or if noble Valentine had anything to do
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amount of space to get his/her point across. By reading literature and searching for these narrative elements one can get a true feeling for their importance to the story and improve their own writing. Recently I have had the pleasure of reading the short story “Country Lovers”‚ by Nadine Gordimer and in this paper I will explain how she used the narrative elements of plot‚ theme and point of view to enhance her story and make it a richer experience. The story “Country Lovers” written by Nadine Gordimer
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