Have you even been able to just sit down and watch people? Watching people is one of the craziest things to do in life. There are so many different types of people in the world. You can’t predict what you are going to see or hear. I went to the Boise Town Square Mall and was given the opportunity to sit down and observe the lives of others around me. I was sitting between Spencer’s and Mrs. Powell’s near the food court‚ where a lot of people pass by. At Spencer’s‚ Halloween costumes and decorations
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all his life to the creation of the “single” poem‚ I sit and look out. In this giant work‚ openness‚ freedom‚ and above all‚ individualism are all that concerned him. His aim was nothing less than to express some new poetical feelings and to initiate a poetic tradition in which difference should be recognized. Whitman is almost as blatant as this in his pacing of current experience because in the short poem “I Sit and Look Out‚” he begins “I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world‚ and
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In the poem‚ Whitman describes various people suffering horrible misery in different forms. However‚ as he describes them‚ he doesn’t judge‚ get involved‚ make commentary‚ or pass some sort of overall moral or lesson to be learned. This is what he means when he says he is "silent". He simply opens a window for everyone to see what he sees‚ and lets the reader make their own interpretations and judgments. For example‚ he describes the misery that exists‚ "the ranklings of jealousy and unrequited
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April 10‚ 2013 I seated myself in a booth with my back faced to the wall. It was here that I had an ominous view of the Galleria food court. With pencil in hand‚ and notebook ready‚ I began taking notes on the many observations I noticed in the three hour window that I sat and “people watched”. Nothing particular stuck out at me at first‚ I gazed around‚ from table to table‚ and only noticed the general routines you would expect to find at any mall food court. Employee’s meeting on their lunch
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‘I Sit and Look Out’ describes a dark‚ sad‚ corrupted‚ sorrowful world and shows the realism of the world. It talks about a man who sees evil in the world but does nothing to stop it or extinguish it. He leaves all of the misery and bitterness alone and acts as though he does not witness it. Whitman argues that no one stands up to the injustices of the world‚ to make things right. He is urging us‚ not just to see and hear the meanness and the agony of people suffering in the world‚ but to correct
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If‚ ‘I Hear America Singing’ depicts a brighter and more up-beat society; ‘I Sit and Look Out’ describes a dark‚ sad‚ corrupted‚ sorrowful world. Walt Whitman uses sad words describing emotion and just all sorts of corruption imaginable. In this sense the entire poem is a poignant criticism of life‚ with the speaker acting as a detached observer‚ finally leaving it upon the reader to react and judge against the malady of life that the poet shows within the framework of just ten lines. To begin
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I SIT AND LOOK OUT Walt Whitman‚ a prominent American anti war poet‚ who lived during the times of civil war witnessed the condition around him with his own eyes and transformed it into literature which still stands relevant to our lives today. The advent of capitalism during this time and its rapid proliferation brought with itself several ramifications. Human concerns were relegated and principles were sidelined. In response to all the atrocities‚ the people looked around and turned a blind
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childhoods. Each one of them suffered from some type of confusion or physical and mental abuse. Instability at home can negatively influence and alter the psychological make up of a child. This explains why societies are victimized by serial killers‚ murderers‚ and sexual predators. Most of the serial killers that were mentioned suffered from some form of abuse as a child.The abuse can be physical‚ mental‚ or verbal. Children suffering abuse develop a range of maladaptive‚ anti-social and self-destructive
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English III Honors-3 1 April 2014 Greensboro Sit-In African Americans during the decade‚ 1950 to 1959‚ were treated differently from what they are treated now a days. During the decade 1950 to 1959‚ they were treated as second class people who were always lower than whites no matter the situation. During the decade 1950 to 1959 sports‚ education‚ and other entertainment played a major part of the United States economy. The Greensboro sit in lead by four freshmen who went to NC A&T University
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While reading the book‚ I Can I Will‚ I found the messages that were sent across to be very forceful and pertained to a lot of my own life experiences. The book teaches me to overcome my negative preconceptions and always say “I can I will.” It also teaches me to believe in myself‚ have positive self-affirmation‚ and spend my energy on important aspects of my life. Furthermore‚ it enlists self-confidence in the reader and allows an individual to introspectively assess the qualities that are needed
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