Focus Journal # 20‚ Sharon Olds‚ The promise‚ 591 May 2‚ 2012 I. Understanding: In this poem Sharon Olds wishes the reader to believe that when terminally ill a man should have say in whether he continues to suffer in pain while useless‚ or to keep living. II. Analyzing: In this poem Olds does a great job painting a visual picture in the readers mind. “We are also in our/bed‚ fitted naked closely/ along each other¸half passed out/ after love‚ drifting back and/ forth across the border of
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Nevertheless‚ viewers and critics cannot attribute all the themes in The Rite of Spring because she provided an interpretation of the piece not an original work. Café Muller on the other hand is an original work by Bausch. The piece is very rich with information about Bausch’s style and techniques as well as her personal background. Growing up observing patrons visiting her parents’ restaurant‚ she had exposure to a wide pool of human experiences and emotions to make the basis for this art work
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Rite Aid Corporation (Case 22) The following is a general environmental analysis of the Rite Aid the business sector of the retail pharmacy industry‚ with an analysis of Rite Aid. The first section of this report will cover an overview of the trends in technology demographics‚ economics‚ political/legal‚ and social/cultural-global. The second section of this report will cover porter’s five forces‚ Competitive analysis‚ internal analysis and alternative strategies. Technology: Smartphones
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Passage Analysis Techniques Passage Analysis Techniques (Short Version) Step One: Read the Passage and Identify the Main Conclusion Step Two: Begin to assemble claims that seem to relate to one another as arguments Step Three: Diagram sub-arguments and express in standard form Step Four: Identify any hidden premises/conclusions and assumptions Step Five: Use sub-argument conclusions to construct main argument Step Six: Identify any important and relevant concepts included in the passage
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I Don’t tell her why. I say marry him‚ Nettie and try to have one good year out of your life. After that‚ i know she be big‚ but me never again. A girl at church say you git big if you bleed every month‚ i don`t bleed no more.” (page 6) This passage is important because Celie just so casually mentions that her Pa beats her for doing something so simple and for the something she didn’t even do. This Is a common occurrence in the story. She also mentions that she doesn’t look at men‚ which
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Passage Analysis The excerpt on pages 39 and 40 of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is actually a quote of what Douglass proclaims to ships he sees in Chesapeake Bay. He complains to God about his misfortunate and pointing out the injustices he faced. The whole passage actually has a dramatic structure with rising action (lines 1-5)‚ a climax (lines 6-14)‚ and falling action (lines 15-24). Douglass’ lone speech to God isn’t just about him; it also describes many common feelings
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Sharon Olds’ poem “I Go Back to May 1937” is written as if the speaker; which appears to be female is looking back in time to when he or she’s parents first met and married. The speaker throughout the poem does not seem pleased with the events that unfolded thereafter‚ but nonetheless understands that there is nothing that she could have done to stop it from happening. The poem gives a short glimpse into the life the couple had and the effect it had on the child/narrator. The poem is almost a flashback
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Sharon Olds‚ the author of “on the Subway” shows us two different worlds coming together. Both poems have been explicitly implied‚ to demonstrate the differences and similarities. This is why theme and imagery help the reader better understand this poem. Sharon shows how both worlds are in reference to one another‚ but at final time they come together. At the beginning of the poem there is two boys that are both from different races. They both sit right across each other and observe each other
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the performance of rites and rituals. Rites and rituals are so much connected with the human life of the primitive peoples. However‚ rites and rituals are found not only among the primitive or tribal people‚ but very much among the other religions of the world. Therefore rites and rituals is a very vast subject to be discussed‚ here in the paper we will see some of the rites and rituals which are performed among the indigenous of north east people of India. Rites and Rituals A rite simply means a form
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The Rite of Spring was only performed seven times before the breakout of the First World War. Prior to the war‚ Diaghilev‚ the director of Ballets Russes has dismissed Nijinsky after he had married on tour with Ballets Russes but due to the upheaval of this event‚ Diaghilev was ready to revive the performance under Nijinsky’s choreography. However‚ Nijinsky was in mental decline and thus‚ this was not possible and he took no further part in the ballet after 1917. It was now important to find another
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