“anyone lived in a pretty how town” E. E. Cummings’s poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is about a small town filled with people caught up in going through the motions. The protagonist is a man referred to as “anyone” who is different from the other townspeople. People shun him for his individualism. Cummings throughout the entire poem is stressing the importance of people being unique in their own way instead of conforming to others’ ideas. His sidekick and lover is “noone
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Bibliography: Brent‚ Liz. "Critical Essay on ’maggie and milly and molly and may ’." Poetry for Students. Ed. Jennifer Smith and Elizabeth Thomason. Vol. 12. Detroit: Gale Group‚ 2001. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 May 2012. Christensen‚ Paul. "E. E. Cummings: Overview." Reference Guide to American Literature. Ed. Jim Kamp. 3rd ed. Detroit: St. James Press‚ 1994.Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 May 2012. Cummings‚ Edward Estlin. “maggie and milly and molly and may”. 95 Poems. New York: Harcourt
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In Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s words “Literature does not grow or develop in a vacuum; it is given impetus‚ shape‚ direction or even area of concern by social‚ political and economic forces in a particular society” (Homecoming‚ 1972). This statement shows how the Kenyan writer associates literature with a typical process of development and evolution. As such‚ literature cannot avoid‚ while gradually gaining ground‚ undergoing or facing some important changes. This notion applies to all literary genres
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Cited: Arthos‚ John. "The Poetry Of E. E. Cummings." American Literature 14.4 (1943): 372. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Apr. 2013. Kennedy‚ Richard S. "E.E. Cummings: The Emergent Style‚ 1916." Journal Of Modern Literature 7.2 (1979): 175. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Apr. 2013. Baym
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In Of Our Spiritual Strivings‚ the two main messages that WEB DuBois has to share are of the dangers of double-consciousness and the idea that a Veil exists between White America and African America. He first realized this when he was at school and they were passing around visiting cards and one girl refused to give him a card‚ simply because of his skin color. He realized at that moment that there was a vast veil between white and black America. However I found it interesting that he had no desire
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The Uniqueness and Individualism of E.E. Cummings How does one make a grasshopper come to life in poetry? Well‚ E.E. Cummings found a way to do just this in his poem "Grasshopper." Since Cummings was a young child until his passing day he had a very eccentric personality. He used this personality in writing his poetry which allowed him to drastically stand out. In a way Cummings tried to show others‚ through his poems‚ the benefits of individualism. Cummings was raised in a strict household
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E.E. Cummings- Defender of Individualism and Non-Conformity E. E. Cummings established himself as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century‚ triumphing in hundreds of poems that struck his readers with a sense of awe and imagination. Cummings’ poems stand out among other poems as amazingly unique. Cummings was a staunch advocator of the individual‚ going against the grain of traditional‚ conformist poet. Cummings experimented with words on a page to make pictures and called it poetry;
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Michael Borowski Mr. Cleary ELA8H‚ period 7 11/12/13 "Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B Dubois" Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois were two famous African American leaders during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were both activists and wanted blacks to have an education; they also wanted to end discrimination towards blacks. These leaders both wrote great speeches which clearly specified what they thought was right for African Americans. Even though Washington and Dubois focused
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The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B DuBois is a book that includes various the issues that many black people have faced during the Twentieth Century through his own personal essays. Each chapter contains a different issue that black people have faced and how they feel behind the imaginary “veil” that has been placed upon African Americans. This veil represents the imaginary line between the lives of white and black people. Black people can see and understand everything around them while the others‚
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W.E.B Du Bois Impact and Significance Script I will commence my part of the presentation by talking about how W.E.B Du Bois philosophies have impacted our society and the world as a whole presently. “In affecting this amendment in philosophy‚ specifically on behalf of African-Americans and relating to the issue of race‚ Du Bois adds tangible importance and vital application to American Realism‚ as Cornel West sustains. Du Bois’s philosophies serve as criticisms of society; highlighting the inequality
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