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    Jackie Kay

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    If it’s an uncomfortable topic‚ Jackie Kay can make it sound beautiful. She builds up her poems with meters almost like music‚ only to make the twist at the end more dramatic. Her heritage and orphan past are incorporated in her work – they are personal experiences but Kay describes her images so well‚ it’s universal. She’s the speaker and uses her feelings and experiences to teach lessons on acceptance and pain. “Even the Trees” is a stanzaic poem made up of non-rhyming couplets. The steady flow

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    Jackie Kay - Owl

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    Årsprøve i skriftlig engelsk – delprøve 2 A - Jackie Kay ”Owl” The faint‚ almost invisible‚ line between child and adult‚ carefree and responsible‚ becomes more and more blurry and grey the closer you get to it. First‚ it is said that you reach adulthood and step into the real world‚ when you confirm your faith in God‚ but thrusting that threshold yourself‚ you just know you are not yet an adult. So then‚ you postpone it until the age of 18. By then you should be starting your career‚ or at least

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    The Adoption Papers The story of Jackie Kay’s life is as fascinating and complex as her literary works. The comparison is significant because several of Kay’s pieces spring from her biography and they are all concerned with the intricate nature of identity. Kay’s father was a black Nigerian visiting Edinburgh when he met Kay’s white Scottish mother. After he returned to Nigeria‚ the mother discovered she was pregnant and decided to give up the child. Kay was then adopted by a white Glaswegian couple

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    perceived by others and the way they perceive themselves. Kay composed the structure of Trumpet to be ‘very close to Jazz’ using two central melodies surrounded by syncopating rhythms and harmonies. Millie and Colman are two counterpointing voices telling the same story of grief but with different emotional rhythms.1 Kay’s poetic background radiates through her figurative language which serves to intensify the emotional impact of the novel. Kay alters between first and third person narrative voice giving

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    ​Trumpet by Jackie Kay is a construction of the life and identity of Joss Moody – a jazz musician who was found to be female anatomically subsequent to his death through the narration of surrounding individuals. From there arouses the inevitable clash among opposed perspectives towards the sex/gender system: culture norms against a perplexing fuse of identity. ​Firmly representing the idea of separated identity categorization is the voice of the adopted son Colman Moody and the doctor. For Colman

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    Campbell S Soup Case

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    External Analysis Political/Legal “The U.S. food processing sector is extensively regulated by state and federal agencies. Federal agencies dominate the regulatory oversight: USDA FSIS for the meat and poultry processing businesses and FDA for all other food processing businesses. State agencies also have an active role in overseeing food processing businesses within their respective states‚ but their role is in collaboration with the federal agencies”.1 Fortunately‚ there was no mention of any issues

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    Explore the way Kay presents Colman and his struggle for identity. Jackie Kay reveals in ‘trumpet’ Colman’s battle and inner conflict to identify himself as an individual rather than the son of a famous trumpeter. Nevertheless‚ Jackie Kay conveys Colman’s most bitter struggle and his anguish at being unable to relate to himself when the intricate lie of his father Joss Moody is revealed. In the beginning of the novel‚ in the third chapter‚ Colman’s voice is portrayed to the readers almost literally

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    Family and Grandpa

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    My Grandpa‚ My Inspiration “Oh hi kiddo!” my grandpa said in disbelief as I walked in my grandparents’ house. My grandpa was in utter shock to see me as he put his glasses on just to make sure it was actually me he was seeing through his weak and glassy eyes. He shot up from the couch and swiftly grabbed his walker. He came over to me and just giving him a hug‚ I felt like I had to be careful because he seemed so fragile. “Betty!” my grandpa yelled in a slightly crackled voice as he

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    dear grandpa

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    Dear grandpa From Courtnie Did you ever have someone died for cancer wall I did my grandpa past way this February 15 2012. My grandpa had three sorts of cancer in his lung and in his ribs and in his bones it was hared to see him the way he was before he past way I will miss him a lot having fun with him playing violin and games and watching movies and him pushing me on the swing. I will miss going to the beach with him and grandpa pushed me on the swing at his house and we will miss

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    My Grandpa

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    we sometimes wish we could be‚ then there are the real heroes like firemen‚ policemen‚ and our troops who put their life on the line every day. One of my heroes happens to be my Grandpa‚ He served in the Korean War‚ he was the first person in his family to attend college‚ and he always puts his family first. My Grandpa fought in the Korean War when he was about 20 years old ‚ he was there for almost 2 years but he was able to come home early because he was always fighting in the front lines or

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