first line of the poem when McKay states‚ “If we must die‚ let it not be like hogs.” Here‚ McKay is telling the reader that they cannot stand to be hogs anymore. He follows the simile to describe the hogs by saying they are “hunted and penned in an inglorious spot” (McKay 2). McKay says this to elaborate further on his simile and describe why the black community cannot die as hogs. He wants to motivate his readers to fight back and change from hogs to men. Arthur P. Davis had this to say regarding the
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Movies‚ which show more and tell less‚ allow potential heroes to prove their heroism with actions and not words. Each movie that we watched for class showed heroism in a different way‚ much like the ancient Greek and Roman poems told about heroism in a different way. Partially a product of their time‚ each movie approached a World War in a way that reflected the values of their time‚ much like how Odysseus’s cunning was praised by the Greeks and condemned by the Romans. However‚ I think that the
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the horses for your lady. | Exit OSWALD | OSWALD exits. | GONERILFarewell‚ sweet lord‚ and sister. | GONERILGoodbye‚ my sweet lord.—Goodbye‚ my sister. | CORNWALLEdmund‚ farewell. | CORNWALLGoodbye‚ Edmund. | Exeunt GONERIL and EDMUND the bastard | GONERIL and EDMUND exit. | Go seek the traitor Gloucester.Pinion him like a thief‚ bring him before us. | Go find the traitor Gloucester. Tie him up like a thief and bring him here to me. | Exeunt some servants | Some servants exit. | Though
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“Daddy” – Sylvia Plath (Poetry Analysis 1) Plath‚ best known for her confessional poetry is credited to have written the poem “Daddy” in the year‚ 1962. However‚ it was posthumously published in 1965. The use of explicit imagery throughout the poem reflects her style. Using the Holocaust as a metaphor‚ Plath gives the poem its much-intended nightmarish quality suggestive of her complex relationship with her father‚ Otto Plath. “Daddy” is almost potentially autobiographical in the sense that it
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WHO IS MISS HAVISHAM? (Analysing the life of Miss Havisham and Dickens’s use of grammar) Miss Havisham and Satis House‚ both in ruins‚ represent wealth and social status for Pip the servant boy; the irony is obvious. Their decayed state prefigures the emptiness of Pip’s dream of rising in social status and of so being worthy of Estella the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham. With them‚ Dickens extends his spoof of society from the abuse of children and criminals to the corruption of wealth. Miss
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failing almost every subject‚ Holden had a few more days before he had to leave school; with nothing to do‚ he decides to go to New York for a few days. “...I yelled at the top of my goddamn voice ‘Sleep tight‚ ya morons!’ I’ll bet I woke up every bastard on the whole floor. Then I got the hell out.” (Salinger 54). Holden escaped from Pencey‚ all of the people whom he disliked and all of the problems he was convinced it caused him‚ so he would not have to deal with them. Another example of how Holden
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just extremely stupid but fail to see that he really has a disability. His best friend‚ George‚ is even ashamed of him some times. His disability makes it harder for him to live a “normal” life. George even quoted that “If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are‚ we won’t get no job‚ but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk‚ were set.” (Steinbeck 6) He would most likely not get the job if they knew he had a mental disability that in return could hold him back from being able to work well. Without
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Discrimination and prejudice were at large during the 1900s and was terrible‚ especially when they became physical. Some people think that discrimination is mainly white people being racist against blacks‚ but there are many types of discrimination‚ and blacks can also discriminate against white people. There is a clear connection between Mike’s story in That was Then‚ This is Now‚ by S. E. Hinton and Emmett Till’s story in the article titled Emmett Till‚ by Jessica McBirney‚ which is that prejudice
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Authors David Sedaris and Dorothy Allison each have backgrounds that include many of life’s difficulties and travesties. Once you understand where they came from‚ you get a sense that their writing styles‚ act as therapeutic defense mechanisms to overcome their demons. It is in writing these stories that they appear to release these demons‚ and gain the strength needed‚ to lead a productive life and cope on a daily basis. While they share many similarities‚ in many ways‚ they could not be more
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In “The Trip”‚ an encounter with enforcers can be seen when Satrapi’s mother has a few insults thrown her way by two fundamentalist “bastards”. She is told by these “bastards” that “people like her should be thrown up against a wall and fucked‚ and then thrown in the garbage” (74). Another example can be seen in “Kim Wilde”‚ when Satrapi decides to dress like a “punk” teenager‚ wearing jeans‚ a short
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