The Stasi were omnipresent in the lives of many East Germans that they even created their own dance known as the Lipsi. The Lipsi was a dance invented by a GDR committee‚ which was the regimes attempt to create a trend for the masses (Funder 127). This dance was a conservative dance that did not emphasize in the hips‚ rather in the feet. Funder stated‚ “The makers of this dance had plundered every tradition they could find and painstakingly extracted only the sexless moves” (Funder 127). The regime
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Requiem is about Anna Akhmatova going through stages of grieving over her son being imprisoned and later killed by the NKVD‚ the soviet secret police. She experiences the different stages of grieving. In this particular section she is confronting death and accepting the fact that it is inevitable for her son as well as herself. It is as if she is welcoming it upon herself as she gives up hope for a different outcome. In this piece Akhmatova‚ a Russian poet‚ is attempting to create a memorial
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Tone and Diction in Quilt of a Country and The Immigration Contribution Quilt of a Country by Anna Quindlen is an essay written after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. In this piece Quindlen explains how America is like a quilt‚ and made up of all different cultures sewn together by a common enemy. In her essay Quindlen uses a diction that easy to understand‚ but at the same time it gives you good information. In the first paragraph of the essay the author states “America is an improbable idea
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World War I and II were responsible for the death of nearly 100 million people‚ yet it could be argued that‚ in short‚ both wars were started due to irresponsible actions of many nations based on the misinterpretation of actions by others. Additionally‚ Germany can be blamed for both wars‚ as in both cases‚ it was the initial aggressor. One would think that due to the growth of the global economy as well as the social equality that began to emerge in the beginning of the twentieth century‚ people
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views of women. In “If I Were a Man‚” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1914‚ the main character‚ Mollie‚ ventures through the world of her husband after wishing to be a man for a day. She accompanies her husband Gerald’s own conscience as he takes the train to work. In doing so‚ she not only hears what the men talk about when women are not around‚ but also learns of the men’s assumed authority over their fellow gender. Gilman highlights the oppression of women in “If I Were a Man” by illustrating
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and is something that everyone encounters. Love can be exciting and fearful. Dickinson communicates this idea through her writing. She uses imagery‚ metaphors‚ and cautiously chooses her words. Dickinson’s poem begins‚ “Wild nights – Wild nights! / Were I with thee” (1-2). She is speaking with a sense of longing. She wishes to revisit
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life where I was proud of myself happened around the summer I graduated from high school in 2007. When I had finally graduated I could finally take a break from school‚ go out of town for a few weeks‚ and get to kick back like I wanted to. I was enjoying my summer like any other teen‚ and just like another teen I realized it’s now time for me to get a job especially since I wasn’t in any rush to go to college. Not to mention that I was the youngest out of three and the only boy so yes I was kind
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D. Plea Emersed Mrs. Borrego English 10 Honors 1/28/10 Anna Karenina Humanitarian and philosophical insight is usually the intent and achievement of both classic and modern literature. Tolstoy’s drama Anna Karenina embodies this sentiment flawlessly. It is inspired in its depth and intricacy‚ daring in the complexity of its characters‚ and powerful in its commentary on the influence of sociality and propriety in contrast to human nature and intrinsic behavior. Oblonsky‚ a Moscow man of high
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GOODBYE... YOU WERE THE BEST THING I EVER HAD I walk my feet on the lovely shore As I watch the strong waves that everyone adores I feel the cool wind brush against my face Yet... To my bereaved heart it fails to solace All that’s left with me are memories GOODBYE... You were the best thing I ever had I lay & tuck myself in bed at night As I keep the moon & stars in sight Wonderful how they won’t leave each other And I keep wishing you were the moon‚ and I‚ the star Together
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“I had to tell the truth”‚ the words resembling neon signboards blinking in my mind as I recalled the incident that happened just three days ago. The entire scene was glued in my memory as I shuddered just at the thought of it…… I could smell the perspiration in the air as the bustling crowds of people frenzied pass me‚ sticky and sweaty bodies took their turns pressing against me. It felt like I was in a maze where the only things visible were bobbing heads and scuttling feet of different shapes
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