I didn’t really like my name growing up. It didnt mean anything to me. No one had the same name‚ other than people in older generations. My name made me feel like an old lady. People would also assume that i went by Kathy‚ and i hated being called Kathy more than anything else. Kathleen is my dad’s cousin’s name. I didn’t really know her‚ and still don’t. If i knew her better‚ i feel like i would’ve been more comfortable with my name knowing who it came from. It also really irritated me because
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reality they can be more similar than you might think. Stars‚ I Have Seen Them Fall‚ has a theme of positivity and looking on the bright side even though it might seem like the event was tragic. I got this from the line “But when they drop and die No star is lost at all…” A. E. Housman was pointing out the silver lining of a star falling‚ he gave me the tone of sadness at first but then understanding and happiness. When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer theme is for people to learn about nature
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Benjamin McClendon Aaron Bremyer English 1102 4/19/13 Heard but Not Seen In Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”‚ one of the most unexpected forms of communication touched upon was the ham radio. The ham radio represents the idea of communication throughout the story. Even though this radio is touched upon only once and even then barely‚ it is more significant than the other forms of communication mentioned in the story. It connects one of the main characters to the rest of the world. One can find
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Emily Dickenson’s poem “I heard a fly buzz- when I died- “is a great example of don’t judge a book by its cover. In “I heard a fly buzz-as I died”‚ Emily Dickinson uses symbols‚ imagery‚ similes and themes to show what it can be like when someone is dying. When you first read the title u probably think that the poem will be about the fly and her dying but as a matter of fact the poem’s title is an oxymoron. The oxymoronic “I heard a fly buzz when I died” is in the sense a death poem about life.
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"What’s my girl’s name?" From the age of about four until I was around eight years old‚ I firmly believed that I had two last names‚ Hoffpauir and Monceaux. This was because of my grandfather‚ he never made it a secret when I was younger that I was his special little one‚ which was unsurprising to most of the family as I was nine years younger than any of his other grandchildren. Whenever I would go and visit him we had a routine conversation; first‚ he would say‚ "What’s my girl’s name?" Which I would
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is painted. I always had a personal connection with English since my childhood to the present. I had always wondered how people read words on a book or even know what the word meant‚ when I was a little girl. Being the curious four year old that I was‚ I started reading the dictionary not even knowing what the words said or meant. The reason I did that was because I liked looking at the words‚ wondering what it said‚ I was too preserved to ask anyone to teach me how to read‚ so I tried to teach
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The struggle to find one’s identity is a universal theme that is especially prevalent in Chaim Potok’s novel‚ My Name Is Asher Lev. As an Orthodox Jew‚ Asher’s gift for art is looked upon very unfavorably. Despite the disapproval of his community and father and the pain his art causes those around him‚ he pursues his passion and must find a way to reconcile the conflict between his religious identity and his individual identity. Potok starts off with the main character delivering three short sentences
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In his poem “The X in My Name‚” Alarcon brings life to an action that was once thought of as common. The poem discusses the action of signing an “x” in place of one’s name. This took place more commonly when education was not something that was mandatory in the United States. In order to understand the poem as a whole‚ one must look to the society and time period that it takes place. By looking at Alarcon’s “The X in My Name” in a sociological perspective let’s discuss the important pieces of the
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In “Owls‚” author Mary Oliver communicates the duality of nature. Oliver establishes her claim by using rich diction‚ imagery and juxtaposing owls and flowers to express and illuminate her reflective tone toward nature‚ and how it can be both a beautiful and horrible place at the same time. Oliver establishes her view of nature through her profound diction. She uses “luminous wonder” as another name for the snowy owl along with “exquisitely swift” which shows her amazement with nature and how
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numbered 465 “I heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” was no different her poem has a simple writing format but her use of symbolism are what characterize the aspects of life after death. Dickinson’s poem “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” is four stanzas long each four verses long and each stanza is a symbolic step to death from the narrator who is speaking from the grave. The first stanza starts with the line “I heard a fly buzz when I died;” then is followed by the lines “The stillness round my form / Was
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