Mother in a Refugee Camp by Chinua Achebe‚ illustrates the wretched picture of a mother holding her dying son in her hands for the last time‚ portraying both the certainty of death and the pain of people whose loved ones have died but still live life on a dim light. The poem starts with a comparison between the scene of a mother holding her son in a refugee camp with love and care and the depiction of all versions of Mary holding a dying Jesus in her arms. The poet points out that none of the reputed
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In the poem Hughes uses the device of an extended metaphor to describe the life of the mother. The extended metaphor compares the mother’s life to a staircase. The line “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” begins and ends the poem. With this line‚ Hughes quickly establishes for the reader that the speaker in the poem has not had an easy life. The concept of a crystal staircase gives the reader the impression of complete opulence. Who might be the type of person whose life is compared to a
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multimillionaire. I save my admiration for a special woman‚ my mother. Who as I grew older has taught me many things in life‚ those in which have helped me in many situations till this day. My mother has showed me more than I could see in the world. She’s the reason why I keep going despite all the challenges. Because of her I am who I am today. I can certainly sit here and write you a whole book about the many qualities I admire about her. Above all my mother holds the qualities necessary for her to be someone
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Exercise Two The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother” is a poem depicting the flow of heartache stemming from the regret of abortion. The speaker reflects on this emotional situation that has lived with her‚ haunting her thoughts even after the procedure. The conflict between the title of the poem and its content immediately confuses the reader‚ adding to the overall conflict between maternity and grief. The poem is entitled “The Mother”‚ which connotes
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------------------------------------------------- Short Mothers Day Poems for Cards Looking for short mothers day poems to write in a card? Tell your mom how much you love her with one of these cute happy mothers day poems. Your mom is special‚ so look through these poems for mothers day and find one that’s just right for her! ------------------------------------------------- Free Short Mothers Day Poems A Mother’s Love ~Anon Of all the special joys in life‚ The big ones and the
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• At both the beginning and the end of this persuasive essay‚ Bacorn describes a mother and her 15-year-old son. Why does he focus on their story? Would the argument be as effective if he had left out their story? • Bacorn seems to shine light on the story of the mother and her 15-year-old son because it points to how most boys without their father’s around‚ end up in a similar position if not worse. • The author’s argument would not be as effective without their story because their story give
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In the essay ‘Mother Tongue’ (Tan 1990) it is portrayed that Amy Tan is an Asian American writer. She comes from a cultural background where English is not the main language spoken. This reflected her upbringing as she was raised in a country where English was the first language. This experience reflected her relationship within the language and her daily life. Amy Tan perceives language as ‘’The way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex ideal or a simple truth.’’ (Tan‚ 1990‚ pg.1) This
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Election War BOOM! Our friendship was over. Who even wants to be a friend with that jerk? Even though he was my friend‚ I had to prove he was wrong. Being a part of whole grade students’ council is about true mind‚ fabulous thought that will help our school‚ and care‚ not money nor present. You can’t be a true representative of school if you don’t have any good ideas and are just going just brag about what you achieved. This all started on one normal day. We were eating ice cream together
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”A Gift for My Mother” is a short story written by Viv McDade. . It’s chronicling the course of a young girl’s best intentions. The main character in the story is a little‚ juvenile girl called Lucy. “..a bunch of wild flowers in the bushveld..” (p. 8‚ l. 1) The story takes place in South Africa‚ because a bushveld is a well-grassed plain area in South Africa. Throughout the entire story Lucy wants to give her mother a gift. She decides to collect bunches of flowers‚ sell them and earn some cash
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Somebody’s Mother Analysis Somebody’s Mother‚ by: Mary Dow Brine‚ is basically about somebody’s mother. The title of this poem implies that you will probably be reading about a mother and what she does. When you think of a mother‚ you think of a woman maybe in her thirties with kids who are around age five through nine‚ and possibly not afraid of anything you throw at her. That’s what is expected of a mother right? The first two lines of this poem imply the physical features of the mother. She is
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