responsibility that we have is important to keep our indifference in check. We have a moral responsibility to help right the wrongs in the world but to an extent. There are situations where it is acceptable to be indifferent. For example‚ a part in the book Night‚ Elie’s dad was getting beat by an SS officer and Elie didn’t step in to help. In this part of the book Elie was being indifferent. In that situation Elie was worrying that if he stepped in he would get hurt. In #ChicagoGirl Alaa Basatneh
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imagery‚ and structure to portray the significance of dark and night in their poems. Although the poems differ in many ways they share a common theme of loneliness. They also use darkness as a symbol of their feelings. In the two poems “We Grow Accustomed to the Night” and “Acquainted with the Night” the authors use figurative language‚ sentence fluency and rhythms‚ and their word choice to reflect their similar views on the darkness of night symbolizing life experiences everyone has to face throughout
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"A Worn Path” & “The Rocking Horse Winner” 1. In Eudora Welty’s "A Worn Path”‚ Phoenix’s journey a quest in quite a few ways. Firstly because of her appearance “she was very old and small and walked slowly in the dark pine shadows” (Welty 461). It is because of her age and how fragile she seems to be‚ this would make moving in an enormous forest very difficult for someone who wasn’t as fit as they once was. Phoenix’s environment played a part in her journey that were obstacles that were trying
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Samarkand to invite Shahzaman to visit his brother in India. The Visier camps with his retinue outside the city. King Shahzaman goes to the camp to visit with the Visier‚ BUT‚ unknown to his wife‚ the Queen‚ he returns to his palace in the middle of the night. Shahzaman finds his Queen in bed with the cook‚ and becomes so enraged that he kills them both with his sword. He says nothing of this to anyone‚ and leaves with the Visier to visit his brother‚ Shahrayar. One day‚ while Shahrayar is out hunting
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Through out the book “The Rocking Horse Winner”‚ author D.H Lawrence uses a number of literary devices such as description‚ archetypes‚ and symbolism. One of the most prominent themes of the book is in fact the symbolism. Lawrence uses many different examples of symbolism in the story‚ to represent many different things. Three of the most important symbolisms however‚ are money; used to symbolize lack of love and affection‚ Paul’s rocking horse; to symbolize masturbation and his love and fantasies
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enemy of freedom‚ and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.” as said by the author‚ Pierre Berton. As is shown In the Heat of the Night‚ it’s an academy awarded movie which was directed by Norman Jewison in 1967. The film shows us how big the racial prejudice by this part of the country was in the latest 60’s. As in this great movie In the Heat of the Night‚ the Unites States history is full of confronting races events‚ but has also a lot of brave people who struggled against racism‚ as the
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NIGHT OF THE SCORPION lesson plan Learning objectives: • To be able to comment on the punctuation used by a poet and how this punctuation helps us to understand the poem’s ideas • To be able to identify and rhythm and the pace of a poem and explain the impact of these on the reader’s understanding KEY WORDS THIS LESSON: punctuation rhythm pace repetition STARTER: (10 minutes) Remind the students of what being a successful group discussion member actually means‚ using the first
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In “The Night There” by Mahmoud Darwish‚ imagery is an important literary device that is used to warn of the implications of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The author wishes to stop the conflict before more harm is done. Imagery also emphasizes the grand severity of death and injury throughout the conflict‚ and the public’s response to this death on a global scale. Imagery also shows that even in the dark times that come from this conflict‚ hope and beauty still exist. Even though it may seem that
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the tradition of the American cowboy has become an invented myth. All the Pretty Horses‚ by Cormac McCarthy explores the journey of John Grady Cole and Lacey Rawlins‚ who leave Texas and travel to Mexico where they acquire the cowboy lifestyle. The text could fit into the same category Hobsbawm describes but it also serves as a more realistic and honest description of the cowboy experience. In All the Pretty Horses‚ John Grady is a good example of a character that satisfies the role of the ‘typical’
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Throughout the course of literature‚ eyes have been viewed as gateways to one’s true nature and thought process; there’s even a cliché that states as much‚ one that is consistently being reiterated. D.H. Lawrence’s "Rocking-Horse Winner" contains various instances of this motif in action‚ with the repeated mention of eyes providing crucial insight into both Paul and his mother by revealing the true nature of the latter’s feelings towards her children whenever they look into each other’s eyes and
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