Summer Reading Response AP Literature For my summer reading poet‚ I chose Mary Oliver. I find I relate better to the works of female authors and she was one of the only two on the list of options. After hearing phrases like “America’s best-selling poet” and “one of the best writers of the century” to describe her‚ I was not sure of what to expect. However‚ after reading one of her works for the first time‚ a poem called “The Journey”‚ I knew that I‚ a not so avid reader and an inexperienced
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Forest’ by Mary Oliver‚ the poet uses figurative language and sound devices to create a well organized and meaningful poem. When comparing poems a reader must always examine the text and look for specific word choice‚ sound devices‚ and form of structure that will make up a good poem. Both poets use similar styles of work choice. Neruda and Oliver both use figurative language to create an image in their poems. In‚ "they floated light as moths among the branches of the perfect trees"(Oliver‚ lines 9-11)
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At first the purpose of the passage “Owls” by Mary Oliver is difficult to pinpoint. This is because Oliver begins with describing the penetrating fear of a “terrible” (33) great horned owl‚ and suddenly develops into a section discussing a desultory and trivial field of flowers. The mystifying comparison between the daunting fear of nature and its impeccable beauty is in fact Oliver’s purpose. Oliver uses hyperbole in her lyrical and poetic diction to convey her true feelings about nature. She
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Learning About the Indians and Tecumseh‚ is one of lament‚ but also of celebration. On one level Oliver pays tribute to the culture of the American Indians as they had the ability to see themselves as part of the natural world. As in her view we as humans are interdependent and communal creatures with no greater claim to superiority or right to dominate than the next being. In contrast‚ Mary Oliver laments the way the culture of the Western World dominates other ideologies with its almost obsessive
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Manipulation of Truth in Oliver Stone’s JFK Oliver Stone is a master of manipulation. Being an expert in the art of directing‚ Stone is able to make an audience believe whatever he wishes. In the 1991 film JFK‚ Oliver Stone manipulates facts in order to convey a fictional conspiracy involving the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The Zapruder film and the magic bullet theory are two facts that Stone employs to trick the audience into believing his fabricated tale. Stone unfolds this film through
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Born into a family of great affluence‚ young Oliver( Oliver J. Queen)‚ just as any other wealthy child would‚ pursued an array of skills but it was his exemplary talent in archery that stood tall from the rest; he was said to be a natural. On the flip side‚ what made Oliver just as normal as any boy was his idolization for Red Hood‚ but like most children that was something that would remain a thought and would soon subside. Oliver’s skill in archery wasn’t put to much use as he was a good-hearted
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is when Othello is at his most noble‚ his most heroic. The camera shot makes him appear higher than everybody else; giving the impression that he is "above" them. From this scene on‚ Othello falls further and further into Iago’s trap. The director Oliver Parker uses sexual imagery effectively. It is most prevalent in the scene where Othello is imagining Desdemona and Cassio making love. The scene shows Othello looking helpless and then it quickly flashes to Desdemona and Cassio and then back to Othello
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Nature‚ something of which can run rampant yet can be elegant‚ a feeling which may course through every being of this planet. Mary Oliver not only embraced it‚ she displayed it. She was a poet who wrote “Winter and the Nuthatch”‚ a poem which unveiled acceptance and bonds. The nuthatch represents the wilderness of nature‚ which then portrays the bond between humans and nature and the mere feeling of acceptance. The poem clearly represents the sincerity of our human bonds whilst also showing humanity
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The poem "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver (pg 40) immediately grabbed my attention after reading the first line: You do not have to be good. It’s effective how the first word is “you‚” because it really feels like the author is speaking directly to the reader. The message that Oliver tries to get across is that we have to let the soft animal of our body love what it loves to love. In other words‚ we must not worry so much about society’s approval‚ but rather focus more on ourselves and taking advantage
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Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver is a poem which‚ as with other poems she has written‚ connects things in nature to human experience and feeling. The first line held my full attention saying "I thought the earth remembered me‚" as I did not know at first why Oliver included the word thought. After closer examination and re-reading responses to this poem from Discussion Number 1‚ I came to the conclusion that this line could be talking about some sort of death‚ or what happens in the mind directly
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