where i come from - elizabeth brewster Discuss the way brewster uses language to convey her ideas about the link between identity and place. The main subject of the poem is the contrast between the city and the countryside where the speaker came from. Although there is no straight forward judgment made‚ the poet very cleverly‚ leaves subtle hints by showing a big difference in the tone of the two stanzas‚ which leads us to believe that she speaks in favour of the countryside‚ yet at the same
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Where I come from Student: Valentin Turri The poem is divided in two stanzas and two extra lines. The poet is an old woman that talks about her present and her old past. In the first stanza the poet starts like introducing us in the text‚ explaining us the meaning of ‘’people are made of places’’‚ this means that all we are made of memories‚ places where we come from‚ we carry
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THE WAY I SEE MY FUTURE CAREER IN JOURNALISM I have many loves in life‚ photography‚ music and writing‚ but eventually my love dries out. They say your career should be a pursuit that you never grow tired of‚ that your interest is so deep in you can never soak up too much knowledge of the subject. I have found for me‚ that love is journalism. When journalism is chosen as a career‚ society tends to have a stereotypical image of a group of photographers chasing celebrities. If
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Where I Come From - By Elizabeth Brewster The poem ‘Where I Come From’ by Elizabeth Brewster is about how a person is influenced by the environment he is brought up in‚ and how urban life and rural life differ from each other. The poet has used a very critical tone in this poem to convey how people are influenced by the places they have come from rural or urban. She has used a lot of visual imageries and metaphors to convey the busy lifestyle of the city. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem
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born – “People are made of places”. Wherever you go in life you will carry with you memories and echoes of your birthplace‚ whether it is a city‚ as in the first stanza‚ or the quiet Canadian countryside where Elizabeth herself was born – “Where I come from‚ people carry woods in their minds” – and certainly the picture she draws in the second stanza does seem at first to be idyllic and wonderful‚ strongly contrasting with the city images in the first stanza. This idea shows us that who we are is
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How I Have Changed Brianna Johnson 4rd Block October 23‚ 2014 In this year I think I have changed quite a lot. I believe that I really have changed for the better‚ and became a better person. I have not changed as much as I wanted to but I have changed just enough for this year. My attitude has changed‚ I am more trusting with a better social life‚ and overall my whole life has changed. I use to have the worst attitude in the world. I would always be mean to people and rude. I do not know
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Where I Come From – Elizabeth Brewster From the title of the poem‚ we can assume that Elizabeth Brewster’s “Where I Come From” is about the place or places where the writer was born in or where she spent her whole childhood. We also assume that she is going to describe‚ tell memories and her opinion about the completely different places. Although the opening line “People are made of places” can be loosely described as form of alliteration‚ the repetition of the “p” sound is particularly effective
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The Way We Live Now: I Tweet‚ Therefore I Am This is a short story written by Peggy Orenstein‚ which begins as a reflection on an afternoon spent with her daughter when she realizes she can’t stay in the moment. She instead finds herself wanting to Tweet about it‚ this is a thought I have had on occasion‚ only for me it’s Facebook. This particular author unlike most of us can pinpoint the beginning of her addiction to Twitter it was to promote a book. For myself it was a long slippery slope‚ perhaps
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Thesis: The lifestyle of a teenager in the Middle Ages was very different from the lifestyle of most modern American teenagers. Childhood ended early for children in the Middle Ages. In upper class families‚ girls married as young as 12 and boys as young as 14. They did not normally choose their own marriage partners. Their parents arranged their marriages for them. Children were expected to help the family earn a living as soon as they were able. A young person in the Middle Ages had fewer options
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the Sun line up in a straight line‚ once the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun ( new phase of Moon )‚ and once the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun ( full phase of Moon ). Neap Tides Neap tides are made up of a compensating pull of water from regions around the midway of the Earth. Conversely‚ neap tides occur when the Moon is at first quarter phase or last quarter phase. During these periods‚ the Moon and the Sun are at right angles to each other‚ the solar gravity and the lunar gravity
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