The Lesson In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the author writes about Sylvia’s childhood experience as a student. She is a young-immature‚ uneducated‚ and naive kid who doesn’t know much about life‚ but her teacher tries to help her by giving her a lesson of reality as well to the rest of her students. She describes her teacher as a lady‚ Miss Moore‚ with “nappy hair‚” “proper speech‚” and “no makeup.” Sylvia explains how she feels when she goes to toy store in Fifth Avenue. For example‚
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COMPARISONS: 1) Allen Ginsberg’s poem: First Party at Ken Kesey’s with Hell’s Angels 2) Robert Frost’s poem: Acquainted with the Night 3) Clint Eastwood’s movie: Bird‚ based on Charlie Parker’s life There are many different elements in the 3 literary pieces above but in all there are similarities. For instance‚ there seems to be a pervading dismal and dark element throughout all the pieces. In Ginsberg’s poem‚ he mentions “tired souls hunched over”. He chose the word ‘soul’ as opposed to
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The theme of the poem‚ "Rising five" by Norman Nicholson is that humans‚ adults and children‚ like nature are impatient and are always looking to the future and‚ in effect‚ are dead if they do not spend a moment to appreciate what is around them (the present). This theme is demonstrated by means of subject matter‚ carefully chosen diction‚ figures of speech‚ parallel construction and antithetical parallelism. To demonstrate the theme of impatience the poet begins the poem by quoting the boy when
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Although WW I and WW II poems have the same theme‚ which is war‚ we can see how they have many differences. To begin with‚ all WWI poems seem to focus on the battles of the war itself and the horrifying experiences the soldiers have to cope with. WWII poems have a more deep approach‚ they have a more psychological point of view and usually the poems are set before or after a battle. In these poems the battlefield is not the main focus of the poem‚ but the feeling or ideas of the speaker itself. Another
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around you? In “Theme for English B”‚ Langston Hughes discusses how the speaker goes about this paper assignment. He questions the definition of simple. He wonders if the truth is the same between him‚ his classmates and his professor. Will the papers be the same between himself and all the other white students in class? This paper assignment has the speaker realize that there is more in common between himself and the other students than just race. When we look at identity‚ this poem discusses a lot
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3 October 2013 Self-Discovery Truly knowing who you are can be a challenge. Society can influence you to conform to what they believe you should be. This is shown in “Parker’s Back” by Flannery O’Connor‚ and “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin. In “Sonny’s Blues‚” James Baldwin writes‚ “why does he want to die? He must want to die‚ he’s killing himself‚ why does he want to die?”(61) In a sense‚ this is shown in Parker’s Back. The more Parker continues to live through other people‚ the more he continues
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He Had Such Quiet Eyes By: Bibsy Soenharjo 3.1 SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM The poem is about a woman who has been deceived to think that she was loved by a man with ‘quiet eyes’. She suffers for this and only learns on hindsight not to trust or give in to men who seek women only for pleasure. The poet gives an advice on being able to recognise what is true and what is not‚ when a person is truly friendly and when he is not. You may lose in the game of love and give your heart away‚ but knowing the truth
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Beginner English Lesson Plan: First Day of Class Note to teachers: With beginners‚ mime and movement are essential. Don’t worry if students cannot understand everything you say‚ speak slowly and use lots of body language to convey instructions. For beginners‚ understanding and conveying basic meaning is much more important than using perfect grammar. Encourage students to use any English they have available to get their point across. Remember‚ learning a language is not a linear process. Level:
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Connor Spangenberg Professor Rosalsky English 221 09 July 2012 Lesson Learned In almost every literary work‚ there is a lesson learned by the narrator of the story through other characters and/or occurring events. Two short stories that have this happen are Lan Samantha Chang’s “Water Names” and Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson.” In both of these stories‚ adults are teaching the lesson to the children. However‚ this lesson is taught in an entirely different approach in one story than it is in
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Robert Frost The Woods are Lovely‚ Dark and Deep In the poems I have analyzed that were written by Robert Frost‚ the common theme is always nature. The theme nature encompasses so many areas but can be narrowed even more specifically to Robert Frost’s fascination with woods and trees. There must be a reason why Robert Frost is compelled to use this as an almost constant theme. By looking at his poems with biographical criticism it may be easier to see what motivated his fascination with woods
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