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    War Photographer Commentary Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘War Photographer’ published in 1985‚ explores the two contrasting worlds in which a war photographer lives in: the warzones of Belfast‚ Beirut and Phnom Penh and his calm home town in Rural England. This poem was based on Duffy’s numerous conservations with Don McCullin‚ an internationally known British photojournalist who specialised in war photography and urban poverty

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    In Ann Petry’s 1945 short story "Like a Winding Sheet". Johnson is a black male struggling with racism and societal pressures. Johnson faces many challenges. As one reads‚ one cannot help but feel his anger‚ frustration and tenseness. Petry tells it in the following way‚ "The knowledge that he had struck her seeped through him slowly and he was appalled but he couldn’t drag his hands away from her face." Petry goes on further to tell us‚ "He had lost all control over his hands." This rage Johnson

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    linotypes of her time‚ Mary Ann Potter‚ did exceptional actions throughout her lifetime; however‚ having achieved many of her greatest accomplishments at a young age‚ Mary Ann passed down characteristics that she valued most to her family. One core value that sticks out is her will to work hard. She portrayed this value by diligently learning how to operate the linotype machine‚ making her one of the few women able to accomplish this feat. In a male dominated field‚ Mary Ann excelled‚ even though she

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    “Love” in Carol Ann Duffy’s Valentine Many people usually see “love” only one side especially when they deeply fall in love with someone. There are a lot of poems that respond the feeling of these falling in love people about how beautiful love is. It is true that love is beautiful. On the other hand‚ for me sometimes love is also painful. I really like the sentence that “love is color-blind” because this sentence can show not only the positive side of love but also the negative side of love. So

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    This week’s first reading was the “Introduction: Imperial Ambition” by John Mason Hart. In summary‚ the reading tells the history between the United States and Mexico and how the behavior of the United States towards Mexico reflects the interactions with other Latin American countries and third world societies. The previous fact mention can be seen nowadays more clearly than ever‚ the United States in recent years haven’t been acting friendly and welcoming towards Mexicans and immigrants. In addition

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    In the poem Valentine‚ written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ the author uses and extended metaphor of an onion. Instead of a cute love card‚ flowers or even chocolate‚ Duffy suggest more of an originality is needed. Carol Ann Duffy creates impacts through an unusually gift of the onion. She challenges our minds about love‚ in a surprising‚ creative and unique way. Carol Ann Duffy starts off the poem with a negative‚ “Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion.” Duffy takes the usually gifts away

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    “North Country” Josey was a woman who was looking for a new start when she and her 2 kids left her abusive husband. Unfortunately the abuse did not stop for Josey. The abuse continued when Josey went to work at the Mining company to get some extra money so she could take care of her two kids and move out of her parents house. Josey worked at a salon before moving to the mining company. At the salon she was not making enough money to make ends meet. This was an example of rights theory not being

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    Ann Hopkins Case Analysis 1. What ethical problems do you see with the Price Waterhouse partnership evaluation system? The Price Waterhouse partnership evaluation system has the ethical problems that the sex discrimination. The Price Waterhouse most concerned about the interpersonal skill‚ therefore‚ Hopkins had been given advices to change her "direct" style and personal appearance. For example‚ before Hipkins started working at Price Waterhouse‚ one partner told her that the firm prohibited

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    with the red‚ tan and blue powdery makeup I owned. It was a perfect day to roll the windows down and listen to all the songs going to be played that night‚ sitting through traffic is not half as bad when you see the cowboy hats and American flags‚“Country music is the poetry of the American spirit.”(Maraboli‚ S)‚ you know the person in the car over is about to have the time of their lives‚ as was I. The traffic cones and blue flashing lights filled the streets to the stadium‚ as well as the poorly

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    Havisham is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy. It is part of the Mean Time collection that was released in 1998. Havisham is a poem about that fits into Carol Ann Duffy’s body of work throughout this collection as it deals with the theme of memory and nostalgia and it charts the impact of time on the character fates in this instance which is related to love‚ life‚ loss‚ and death‚ and its damaged irreconcilable relationships also form a part of this poem. This poem is typical of Carol Ann Duffy’s writing style

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