narrative; we can see that in the first line of the first stanza: “Between my finger and my thumb”. Related to the title‚ it is only when we have read the poem carefully when we realise that all the three generations are involved in digging: his grandfather dug turf‚ his father dug up potatoes‚ and he is digging up his memories and his past. So‚ the title is good and right‚ because reading it we can guess more or less about what we are going to be told in the poem; at least we can guess that the poem
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Elegy for my father’s father James K. Baxter Basic – First Impressions: * Different kind of title – very direct * Written in past tense – reflection * Written is second person – author describing the death of someone else * Idea of ‘Death’ – universal idea * Poem is one stanza long (written on two pages but actually one stanza) * Tone is dull and slow * References to nature and water * Free Verse * Ideas of poem (general): * Death – natural process
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remembering about the day his grandfather died. His grandfather delivered a speech that would haunt his grandson for years to come. His speech said "Son‚ after I’m gone I want you to keep up the fight. I never told you‚ but our life is a war and I have been a traitor all my born days‚ a spy in the enemy’s country ever since I give up my gun back in the reconstruction. Live with your head in the lion’s mouth..."(pg 253). This quote is describing the hard life of the narrators grandfather. It is also saying what
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war. When the wall wasn’t so high the grandfather had a snick-berry switch that he guarded until someone shot it with a slingshot showing the better weaponry of the the Zooks and Nooks. This conflict would eventually continue until the weapons are strong enough to commit genocide There is no winner on either side not even really a war but it’s more of a emotional conflict because it makes you think on what all happened. Dr Seuss does a great job describing a setting in his book because it opens
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The author reflects on Jacob’s awkwardness to fit in at his school as well as at home with his family‚ except with his grandfather. Later in the story Jacob will also experience a first love and finally fitting in with a group of very peculiar children whom he discovers is just as peculiar as he‚ himself is. The author shows
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stuffing)‚ poll taxes‚ the grandfather clause and violence. The Process of Reconstruction lasted from 1863 to 1877. In 1868 the addition of the 14th Amendment granted former slaves their citizenship. Voters are specified as male. Although the amendment prohibits states from repudiating any rights of citizenship. Voting regulation was left to the discretion
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reason Nentray was not on some kind of black list was that he had apparently already grossed out the publisher‚ who had refused go public. Not that the tome contained any kind of malevolent magic‚ but the author seemed to take vindictive pleasure in describing the consequences suffered by would-be intruders. Harry was mostly interested in the deeper theory though‚ so the somewhat disturbingly graphic descriptions did not irk him. In fact‚ to Harry it seemed that Nentray had been an incredible genius and
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and his tools. It is his passion‚ to build and repair. You can almost feel his reverence for this “altar... blessed with oil”(4). This feels like more than a metaphor describing his workbench. My grandfather‚ the unpaid Mr. Fixit for the church across the street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My grandfather‚ no true believer hedges bets with his tools. (6-7‚ 9-10) He believes in his gift and shares it unstintingly‚ where and when he can‚ for little or no payment. The work
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traditional Igbo prayer and it is nothing like her rosaries‚ “I never smiled after we said the rosary back home. None of us did”(28). By comparing her rosaries to the Igbo prayer‚ Adichie shows that Kambili is interested in the Igbo culture since her grandfather is so passionate towards it. She does not feel happiness from her prayers because of the constant strain and pressure her father places on her and Jaja. She feels that this prayer is more liberating than the constricting rosary she is forced to
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James Kotel Mrs. McCllister Sept 22‚ 2013 English 1020 Taking Pride In Seamus Heaney’s poem‚ “Digging”‚ Heaney talks about how his father and grandfather worked in the farming fields to grow potatoes. He would watch his family work outside of his window. He also describes how‚ as a child‚ he would listen to the sounds of them working on the potatoes and how his form of work and living came from him writing with his pen. He indirectly explains he is writing poetry to make his living and he
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