The official country name of Vietnam is the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The capital is Hanoi and the population of this country is 81‚624‚716 (July 2003). Ethnic groups include the Vietnamese (80-95%)‚ Chinese‚ Hmong‚ Thai‚ Cham‚ and other mountainous groups. Languages used are Vietnamese (Official)‚ English (second most favored)‚ French‚ Chinese and Khmer. Some of the many religions practiced are Buddhist‚ Hoa Hao‚ Cao Dai‚ Christian (Roman Catholic‚ protestant) and Muslim. The life expectancy
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Prompt #2: Within Rita Dove’s poem “Daystar‚” there is a mother who feels helpless to the limitations of motherhood. In the poem‚ the mother is the poet‚ who describes her experiences of being a stay at home mother. Rita feels as if she has no privacy and her responsibilities as a mother are never ending “she wanted a little room for thinking: but she saw diapers steaming on the line.” Because of this‚ Rita feels as if she is unable to progress in her life “where she was nothing‚ pure nothing‚ in
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Hawk roosting The poem “hawk roosting” written by ted Hughes is presented as a dramatic monologue‚ in which the hawk is the speaker. It is an individual utterance‚ where the hawk starts the poem with the pronoun “I”. This particular start gives the readers an idea about the poem persona who has a powerful ego but who is at the same time manifesting his identity which stands firm and strong in the poem. The hawk consequently shows its ruling power and dominance by stating “I sit in the top of the
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More than 2 million people will perish during the Vietnam War -- mostly civilians. The US withdraws its troops in 1973. Two years later the communist north conquers the southern part of the country. 1968: Troops from the Warsaw Pact‚ an organization of communist states in Central and Eastern Europe‚ stamp
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Rita Dove: Literary Analysis Rita Dove has written many different kinds of poetry. She also wrote books‚ short stories plays and all types of literature. This essay will focus on specifics of her writing by analyzing three pieces of poetry that Rita Dove has written. The works we will be looking at are In the Old Neighborhood‚ My Mother Enters the Work Force‚ and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works you will see examples of Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry‚ her use of figurative
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“The Hawks and the Buzzards” Evidently‚ there is an expression about “being caught between the Hawks and Buzzards” that a lot of older Arkansans may know. It is probably because they heard their relatives talk about it from the generations of relatives that fought on either side of the Civil War. What it shows is that states like Arkansas and Kentucky‚ which had normally been associated with the Southern states and their traditions‚ were somehow caught on the border between the Union states and
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(THEME = POWER AND AMBITION) GRADE G In Shakespeare’s play a man called Macbeth kills the king to get his power. Ted Hughes’s poem ’Hawk Roosting’ is about a hawk who thinks he is powerful. GRADE F In _Macbeth_ Shakespeare writes about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth who have a plan to kill the king and take over. "Hail‚ King thou shalt be." Ted Hughes writes about a hawk and how powerful he is: "My manners are tearing off heads." GRADE E Shakespeare shows that Lady Macbeth wants to be a powerful character
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Hawks are magnificent creatures they have a lot of great features like their habitat‚ diet‚ predators‚ and more. A hawk can grow up to be 35 years old. Hawks wings can be eight feet long wow that is bigger than a normal human. Hawks can be three feet long that is almost as tall as me. Baby Hawks and Family It’s a baby hawk. that’s called an eaglet. A hawk when it it’s born it is called an eaglet. When they are born they are grey but in about months they develop and turn brown like there parents
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Vietnam Vietnam’s personality has been outline by long-running differences‚ both internally and externally with foreign foes. The first nation of Vietnam being recorded is the Van Lang Nation‚ founded by the ancient Viet race in the North. The most famous king is Hung King. In 3 B.C‚ another nation was found by Au Duong Vuong and named Au Lac Nation. The historical remain of Co Loa Citadel is the evidence. In Central Vietnam‚ another kingdom of Champa emerged from Sa Hyun culture around 2 B.C
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United State Of America intervention in Vietnam Name: marie jennifer SEBLIN Content 1. Introduction 2. France in Vietnam 3. The Partition of Vietnam 4. United State of America Involvement 5. Action of Eisenhower 6. Action of Kennedy 7. Action of Johnson 8. U.S tactics during the war 9. Conclusion 1.Introduction Vietnam was a French colony but after its invasion by Japan during the world war II Vietnam started to look for its independence however France had
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