Is the poem “the mother” written by Gwendolyn Brooks an anti-abortion poem or about a mother’s guilt? It is all in how the reader chooses to interpret it. The Poem is about a mother that has performed one or more abortions. The poem describes how a mother will never forget he unborn children. "The Mother" shows great emotion and the speaker’s grief and gloomy attitude. Gwendolyn Brooks illustrates how the speaker feels imprisoned by her decision through images and guilt. It is like she is speaking
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Mother in a Refugee Camp Chinua Achebe’s Mother in a Refugee Camp‚ paints the pathetic picture of a mother holding her dying son in her hands for the last time‚ portraying both the inevitability of death and the pain of those whose loved ones have died yet they live on in a harsh light. The poem starts with the poet comparing the scene of a mother holding her son in a refugee camp with the love and care which is usually depicted in all versions of Mary holding a ding Jesus in her arms. The poet
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Mothers and Fathers around the world have tried to give advice to their sons since the beginning of time. Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son” and Peter Meinke’s “Advice to Son” have many things that are common with each other; nevertheless‚ there are drastic differences when they are written. The time periods that these poems are written have grand influence in the poem’s message. “Mother to Son” was written by Langston Hughes in the middle the nineteen twenties. In the United States‚ we have a large
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Definition Essay: Suffering The word suffering is one that is often not taken as serious as it should be. When someone hears that another person is suffering‚ it doesn’t explain to what extent‚ because now it seems like anyone going through any sort of uncomfortable situation can be described as suffering. According to the English Oxford Dictionary‚ suffering is "Experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant)"‚ but it just doesn’t cover it the way it needs to. The way the word is
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A Real Hero What makes a real hero? Their is no actual definition of what a hero is‚ although many people think of a hero as a fictional character that save other people’s lives. A hero can be more than a fictional character. A hero can be anyone who decided to step up to what’s right or someone that is brave enough to step up and do the right thing. There are many examples of heros today. Some are fictional heroes like superman and batman‚ although there are many heroes that actually helped others
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meant there was no away of getting way with acting like I was sick when I didn’t want to go to school. But when I was sick she was really good at taking care of me. I have a lot of people I look up to‚ but the one person who stands out the most is my mother. She has taught me more things than anybody else I know. Things that I will keep with me for a lifetime. Like how to keep on pushing even though I feel like giving up. She taught me how to be confident and believe in myself and not to let negativity
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Evans‚ Erika English 101 Definition Essay February 1‚ 2011 My Word In today’s time our vocabularies have widened greatly. Using different languages or missing words are not uncommon. Many different places use various slang terms in conversation. Janky is a term that originated from a Truett McConnell student. It has many definitions and can be used in various forms. It was created as a universal meaning for many different sayings or emotions. Many words in our language today have been made
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A Gift for My Mother The story “A Gift for My Mother” is a short story written by Viv McDade which deals with a family of three; a set of parents and their daughter. The mother envies the beautiful houses with hallways and moulded skirting boards on the other side of the railway‚ and she usually gets angry about the differences between her own family and their property compared to the house on other side of the railway. The mother is a housewife‚ and the narrator lets the reader get to know this
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The play Night Mother‚ written by Marsha Norman‚ is very different from other playwrights. Norman bases the play on suicide‚ a topic that is sensitive to some‚ and not usually talked about. Norman discusses this very controversial topic‚ allowing the audience to draw their own conclusion on if suicide is ever a justifiable act. Yet‚ Norman had the intention of persuading the reader that suicide may be acceptable and is understandable in certain situations. Most audiences are against suicide‚
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Definition Essay: The Joy of Optimism Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if humanity slumped around in a state of eternal pessimism? Joy would be unattainable‚ and therefore‚ life would be miserable. Through my short twenty years of life on this earth‚ I have discovered that it is all about the perspective. Optimism is the key. Optimism is the anticipation that wonderful things are about to happen; it is an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events
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