In “To Paint A Water Lily” by Ted Hughes‚ a speaker contrasts the overwhelming amount of action and the stillness in a pond to illustrate the countless parts in nature that is difficult to capture as a whole. The speaker speaks for each aspect of the pond that is eventually put together as a whole in a painting to raise awareness of the chaotic side of nature that is usually left unnoticed. The poem begins with a serene image as the “green level of lily leaves / Roofs the pond’s chamber and paves”
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Conflicting Perspectives Focus Question – How are conflicting perspectives revealed in two of Ted Hughes poems and a related text? Individuals form perspectives over time reflecting their experiences‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ opinions and beliefs. Ted Hughes’ anthology of poems‚ Birthday Letters (1998)‚ illustrates his personal perspective on his life with Sylvia Plath. The poems ‘Fulbright Scholars’ and ‘Sam’ reveal an array of conflicting perspectives effectively depicted by Hughes. The film
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Frank Warren’s TED talk Frank warren is the inventor of post secret which remains a progressive communal mail art project. The projected was created in 2005. In this project people are allowed to share secrets anonymously on home customized postcards. Some secrets are selected then posted to the post secret website. This secrets are also exhibited in the museum or used to design post secret books. This secrets come in any form others may be interesting‚ motivational or shocking. The main purpose
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I felt personally impacted by Isay’s Ted Talk because I have also gone through the difficult journey of acceptance of a loved one’s differences. As a member of the LGBT community‚ the Stonewall riots are a particularly interesting historical event for myself and the rest of my community. The fact that Isay was able to draw inspiration from the Stonewall riots is very inspirational to me. I absolutely adore the idea of Story Corps because I believe that it has to power to unite people who would otherwise
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Ted-Talk Socratic Seminar Alternate The first closed-ended question I have is: Does decision making related to psychology? The answer is definitely yes. Because in the first video David Redish said that : “Whether you are talking about neuroscience‚ psychology‚ or behavior economic‚ or robotics‚ they all come up with the same type of decision”. David Redish has studied the dynamic of brain and behavior‚ he has also published a book‚ he know this adequately. In my opinion‚ decision making is
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The TED Talk I chose was “Our failing schools. Enough is enough!” by Geoffrey Canada‚ a volunteer at Harlem Children’s Zone. This text is about America’s unsuccessful‚ recurrent business model for education and suggestive methods to finally make a change by taking initiative. Canada starts by admitting us‚ as a nation‚ do not care enough about our vile education data and have practically given up; this being because‚ “Things have changed. Yet not in education … And if you come up with a plan to change
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Hughes demonstrates his perspective towards his destructive relationship with Plath through The Minotaur. Violence is evident in the very opening when Plath ‘smashed’ Hughes’ ‘mother’s heirloom sideboard – Mapped with the scars of [his] whole life’. Here Hughes is expressing the damage deep inside him than the physical destruction by Plath; that he too has childhood ‘scars’. Hughes suggests that Plath’s over-reaction and violence reflects her unstable mind by the word ‘demented’ revealing his helplessness
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In his blog post‚ Sean Patrick Hughes discusses his concern over the election by arguing that a Donald Trump presidency could be a significant barrier to the fight against division in our country. He begins his post by clearing articulating where his view is coming from; he is not a “safe space‚ social crusader‚” but rather identifies as “someone with conservative values” who loves God‚ his family‚ and his guns. The first paragraph is entirely dedicated to establishing ethos because he understands
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Extra Credit I came across a Ted Talk by Michael Shellenberger titled‚ "How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment". The title seemed self-explanatory to what message he was conveying the short video. In more depth‚ he talked about different energy‚ for example‚ solar and wind‚ and how they are becoming apparent in our everyday lives. Statistics showed how Germany receives half of their energy from solar and how India is slowly rising to meet that concept. As well as nuclear energy is
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describe what it was like in the most heated parts of their argument. Praise Song for My Mother is a poem about the love between mother and daughter‚ using multiple metaphors to distinguish the relationship. Both poems use metaphors to describe the speaker’s feelings towards the other person in the relationship‚ for example in Quickdraw “And this is love‚ high noon‚ calamity‚ hard liquor in the old Last Chance saloon.” Then in Praise Song for My Mother “You were water to me deep and bold and fathoming
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