significant impacts on both the way the prose is crafted‚ and how the reader interprets it. For instance‚ Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography appears to be written for a very particular individual. This is made explicit by the first two words of the book: “Dear son.” Immediately‚ one becomes aware of the fact that Franklin is not engaged directly in a dialogue with the reader‚ but rather‚ that he is addressing his own son. At first‚ it may seem rather peculiar for him to address his audience in a way so closely
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My Generation Omar Musa In Omar Musa’s poem ‘My Generation’‚ the poet reviews several contemporary problems in order to assess the morally bankrupt nature of specific parts of modern day Australia. Omar Musa explores the sense of entitlement that many young people feel. He expresses this well in his poem through the use of many poetic techniques. Omar uses a metaphor in the opening stanza‚ “My generation sat on the brim of the ocean waiting‚ waiting for the tide to bring something in”. This
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September 1933 Dear diary‚ Today was my first day back at school. I’ve been looking forward to the start of school for ages‚ really glad it’s finally started. It was my first day back‚ it wasn’t bad for a start but then it got worst. Well you see my new teacher Miss Caroline Fisher has just moved into our school; I don’t think she likes me. Today she asked the whole class ‘doesn’t everyone know how to read or write? ’I said to her that I didn’t really learn how to read or write I just read the
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Interpretation Project 2 Step 1 In this my second interpretation project step one‚ I will illustrate the four steps of the Interpretive Journey for the New Testament letters in Journey into God’s Word: Your Guide to Understanding and Applying the Bible (pp.100-102) and apply these steps to Galatians 5:16-18 and "grasp the text in their own." The main verse is Galatians 5:16 which states: "This I say then‚ walk in the Spirit‚ and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh." In these three verses
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Poem essay The poem “My honest words”‚ is written in 1st person. The writer uses hyperboles‚ similes‚ and tone to portray that people and life can be problematic and controlling. Though rather than worrying about others‚they can live with themselves in euphoria. The author uses hyperboles to show exaggeration to her trapped feelings inside. A plethora of authority in the author’s life seemed to always attempt to control her decisions. Their expectations of the way she should live were distressing
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have any time to watch the said film cause of the schedule it’ll be shown doesn’t match with my free time. I got there late last Sunday afternoon. I only get to watch Japan: My Hometown and Dear Doctor. From those two Films‚ I really love how the story goes in dear doctor. It started with a sweet slow blues guitar and then a very slow yet creative way of playing the harmonica. That sweet sound really catches my attention and then a man on a motorcycle‚ driving in a dark black night all wiggly as if he’s
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Personal Response to Dear Daddy The short story Dear Daddy by Lee Maracle brought me back the tears that I‚ too‚ had as a child. I felt pitiful for the main character’s experience and deeply impressed by the thirteen-year-old girl’s courage of getting over her negative feelings for the past and going on with her life. The story‚ written in the form of a letter‚ shows the process of a thirteen-year-old girl becoming more mature as she expresses her grievances from her tragic childhood. At the beginning
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when thinking about what the American government’s role in the people’s lives would be. According to the preamble‚ the role of the government is to secure the liberty‚ safety‚ and happiness of the people‚ which can be accomplished through a loose interpretation of the Constitution. Evidence towards the security of the
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Constantly risking absurdity The poem “Constantly Risking Absurdity” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poem where he compares a poem to an acrobat.He starts off by describing how an acrobat risks everything even his life to his audience by walking in a high wire of his own making.What Ferlinghetti means is that an acrobat does everything he can including his most precious values mental and physical to entertain and amaze his audience. He doesn`t care if he makes a fool of himself o even kill himself
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Reflection on Loving Day “People aren’t social‚ they’re tribal. Race doesn’t exist‚ but tribes are f-ing real.” (Pg 134 ) As I finished reading the last page of Loving Day‚ gently and thoughtfully close the book‚ I was left feeling a little confused about my feelings for the novel. However‚ after I spent time carefully repeatedly reading through significant quotes and tried to figure out Warren’s and other characters’ inner thoughts‚ I not only started to enjoy Mat Johnson’s style of writing-
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