Alek Haugen Advanced Placement English 12 Dr. Werner 05 March 2012 The Unknown Citizen By W. H. Auden Several conflicts are dramatized in The Unknown Citizen‚ the most prominent being: conformity of the middle class‚ government manipulation‚ and the loss of individualism to the standards of an average citizen. The speaker of this poem is non-traditional as the poem is‚ in fact‚ an inscription on a “marble monument erected by the State.” The inscription is dedicated to a “JS/07 M 378”—presumably
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BASIC OUTLINE FOR AN EXPLICATION DE TEXTE I. INTRODUCTION A. Reading the text 1. Read the text out loud several times‚ paying attention to its difficulties (words‚ expressions‚ grammar). 2. Ask yourself at this point some general questions about the text. Is it is comic‚ serious; a monologue‚ dialog (slow or rapid); is it a description‚ reflection‚ confession‚ etc? 3. Try to find the rhythm of the text: slow‚ rapid‚ even‚ uneven. 4. The purpose of this reading is to make your
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"Daughter of the King" is a moving stage play with an inspiring message of the amazing power of love and the art of self-forgiveness. It is a revamping familiarity of promise and recovery. The storyline bases on the King sisters’ arrival to their late father’s church for its annual homecoming/revival ceremony. The script tosses in for all intents and purposes issues that may touch the lives of black women. The sisters expect their usual family infighting and sibling rivalry; however‚ this year is
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Most parents want the best for their children‚ especially when it comes to health or education. In Caroline Hwang’s essay defiantly her parent wants the best for her‚ but the need to give her advices and let here make her Owen choices‚ like what she wants to be or who she wants to married. As we all know the Korean parents don’t give the kids Independent at all‚ and they can’t decide what they want to do in their life. As a parent I want the best for my kids. I feel for Carolin’s
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Rationale The content of “The Hope Song” relates to part 2. By communicating through media with the use of music‚ we show awareness of politics and the state of the Proles with propaganda. The song begins to demonstrate mass communication through the lyrics. Music being a form of entertainment gives the listener‚ who are the proles‚ a sense of awareness for political and educational purposes in present times. When the lyrics “To be undone to be‚ to be unsung‚” appear‚ we expose the proles to
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Toni Morrison presents various different allusions to the Bible in her novel Song of Solomon. The most apparent examples of this are represented within the parallels between Pontius Pilate and Pilate Dead‚ along with the thematic plot of love present in the novel and in the biblical book Song of Solomon. Morrison shows a great deal of correlation between the Bible and Song of Solomon. She uses her creativity to present familiar characters in a new and different light. She is able to present the
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Life in a Warzone Reading the short story “The Things they carried‚” by Tim O Brien‚ creates a mesmerizing image of a war zone. It describes the tough war times for American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. The story is a literary portrayal of the material and mental pressures on the soldiers‚ who strive to survive physically and mentally in the war. “The things they carried” talks about how heavily equipped are American Soldiers‚ and how a group of them carried numerous tools
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Truman Capote’s‚ “A Diamond Guitar”‚ is a mellow dramatic depiction of two people who fell into each other’s lives‚ needed each other‚ and who inevitably used one another. Throughout the story you are led to believe that there is two main protagonist characters‚ but the author discretely turns one of them into an antagonist during the climax. Mr. Schaeffer is an older man‚ trapped in a “prison” on a farm that is surrounded by woods. The prison being a metaphor for his mind’s lack of freedom‚ serves
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JK 9-19-2013 Poetry Explication: Stanzas Written in Dejection by Percy Shelley Written in 1818‚ Stanzas Written in Dejection was penned directly in the midst of the English romantic era. Shelley‚ though not thought to be at the time‚ was one of the most incredible poets of his age‚ composing unique poems to capture the vibrant emotions of everyday life. Due to this fact‚ it almost goes without saying that his poem‚ Stanzas Written in Dejection‚ is a very descriptive and emotional piece that
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