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    Exile and Crossing the Border I thought exile used better story telling skills because of the metaphors and great descriptions. ”I let myself lie back‚ in the deep waters…” Wasn’t her swimming‚ she felt like she was. Exile was a better because it tells a story with metaphors and that’s more creative. The poem said: “I let myself lay back‚ in the deep waters‚ my arms out like Jesus on his cross‚ and instead of sinking down as I’d always done‚ magically‚ that night‚ I could stay up.” This

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    LWS101‚ Semester 1 2011 Assessment No. 2: Problem Solving Exercise Solomon Tuigamala was a resident of Morton’s Crossing Nursing Home. He had grown increasingly unsteady on his feet and in January of 2011 fell as he walked to the dining room for dinner. Kaye Black‚ a registered nurse on duty at the facility‚ observed his fall. She took a photo of him with her phone as he lay sprawled on the ground. She then moved to help him up and noticed he was dazed. She was in a rush to get the residents

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    Physical Journeys in Crossing the Red Sea by Dilshan Dassanayake In Peter Skrzynecki’s poem “Crossing the Red Sea”‚ it explores the long journey endured by refugees who flee from their country in the aftermath of a horrific war. The poem reflects especially‚ towards the emotional trauma that is associated with immigrating to another country. Skrzynecki’s use of rubric as the focus‚ turns towards the “shirtless...Barefooted” people on the ship as he evokes a sense of severe poverty. Skrzynecki also

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    1. The title of this painting is Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard‚ located on page 946 of the textbook. This oil painting on canvas measures approximately eight feet‚ eleven inches by seven feet‚ seven inches. Painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1800-1801‚ this piece can now be found in Versailles‚ the Châteaux de Versailles et Trianon. 2. In this work of art‚ Napoleon is the only character riding a white horse and depicted front and center. All figures are anonymous‚ except Napoleon himself‚

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    Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” is a nine section poem written by Walt Whitman that was originally published in 1856‚ then revised and republished in 1881. The poem seems to be an attempt to address the future to an audience that is composed of people from the future. Whitman’s first section opens with imagery of what the character is seeing in his immediate vicinity. Whitman begins to consider the other people on the ferry with him and those that are on the other ferries on the river. With the words:

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    In Crossing the Bar‚ by Alfred Lord Tennyson‚ the poem was written as elegy of dying person‚ the speaker compare transition of impending death and crossing the sand bar. The image of the Sea is used to represent the “barrier” between life and death. It was described as hard as saying good bye to love ones‚ eagerly hoping those who will be left behind will not sob or cry. The speaker is in the stage where he is ready to face death also imagining after life experience on what will it turn out after

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    “You see the real question is: can people change?” How does Border Crossing answer this question? Change is something that is common for most individuals‚ whether it presents a positive or a negative outcome. Pat Barker’s text Border Crossing deals with the idea of people changing and is shown by her use of different characters‚ the representation of settings and her central idea of crossing borders. All of these aspects in Barker’s narrative make the reader look back at their own understanding

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    poetry. Dickinson is fond of quatrains or stanzas of four lines whereas Whitman ranges from 5 to 29 lines per stanza. Whitman (1856/2013)‚ uses imagery in a lengthy description on how he feels connected to the other passengers on the ferry in his poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. “It avails not‚ time nor place – distance avails not‚ I am with you‚ you men and women of a generation‚ or ever so many generations hence‚ Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky‚ so I felt‚ Just as any of you is

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    Lord Tennyson’s poem‚ “Crossing the Bar‚” he describes his placid attitude towards death. He wrote‚ “Crossing the Bar” in 1889‚ three years before his death while crossing the Solent. Days before his death‚ he asked his son to put his poem at the end of all his poetry editions (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). Throughout the poem‚ Tennyson demonstrates his acceptance of death through an extended metaphor of “crossing the bar” as he transitions into death. In “Crossing the Bar”‚ nautical metaphors

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    experience along the way and what it teaches. Good morning teachers and fellow students. Through the text ’Crossing the Red Sea’ by Peter Skrzynecki. This text have helped effectively shape my understanding of physical journeys by developing empathy with the migrants in the poem‚ and the techniques and ideas incorporated in them have increased and developed my understanding. The text ’Crossing The Red Sea’ by Peter Skrzynecki catches the immigrants experience at a point between 2 worlds‚ as those

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