The poem A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes basically describes what happens to dreams when they are put on hold. The speaker in the poem originally entitled it Harlem‚ which is the capital of African-American life in the United States. The title was changed to accommodate all dreams in general‚ and what happens when people postpone making them come true. The speakers attitude toward the poem is an advice-giving attitude. The poet doesnt want people to postpone getting what they want. The poem is
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The song I connected Langston Hughes’ story “Salvation” to is “How to Save a Life” by The Fray. This song is can be interpreted several different ways‚ regarding if the song is about suicide‚ death‚ or a relationship ending. Whichever the case may be‚ overall the song is sung with lots of regret‚ something the narrator really has at the end of the story. The song had several lyrics that relate to this story. The song begins with “Step one‚ you say we need to talk.” This represents the narrator’s
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been in detention many times before. Bethan is controlling Lucy. She is demanding her to do things‚ she normally would not do‚ but because Bethan is so powerful‚ she can control her. Bethan is the complete opposite of Lucy. You can compare Bethan to John Bender from the Breakfast Club. He is also insecure about himself‚ and is using that as a weapon against everybody else. He is not
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I have seen the breakfast club three times before taking this class and then saw it for a fourth time during class and I must say that it is defiantly one of my favourite movies. Before this class‚ I loved it because it was a fun movie depicting teenage school life in its simplest form and it was more or less something I could relate to. I noticed only the funny quotes; close calls and random scenes that made me say “Ha! It’s funny because it’s true.” Such as the scene where all the characters are
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him. Brian Johnson is very bright but has no confidence. He is unable to accept failure and always goes by the rules. He is terrified that one little slip will cause him to be unable to fulfil his dream of going to university and being successful. John Bender has many issues probably because of his family. He deals with them through sarcasm and teasing others. Allison Reynolds loves attention and will do anything to get it. She lies‚ does odd things and leaves the audience wondering who she really
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Everybody’s got their own experiences; everybody’s got their own story. In a poem entitled “Mother to Son” and a short story entitled “Thank you Ma’am “ which is both by Langston Hughes‚ it it illustrated to the readers that a person’s past can greatly influence the person’s future. The experiences in the past of both Mrs. Jones and the speaker in the poem had given to them that all-too-important insight and allowed them to share the knowledge to the young people. In the poem “Mother to Son‚” the
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The Catcher in the Rye As a child you think of the world as a perfect place where no one can hurt you‚ but eventually you find out that the world is not as perfect as you think and your life begins to change. Violence‚ injustice‚ unfairness and death can change a view of the world. Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a great example for why the world is not perfect. He is a depressed kid who goes through a lot and figures out that the he can’t protect the innocent and
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Bibliography: Barksdale‚ Richard. Langston Hughes: The Poet and His Critics. Chicago: American Library Association‚ 1998.
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specific setting a group of 5 eclectic students are forced into serving 9 hours of Saturday detention for whatever they had done wrong. In attendance is a “princess” (Claire Standish)‚ an “athlete” (Andrew Clark)‚ a “brain” (Brian Johnson)‚ a “criminal” (John Bender) and a “basket case” (Allison Reynolds). Thesis Statement I’m sure at one point or another in life we have all been faced with a similar situation. Purpose Statement “The Breakfast Club” provides us with many unique displays of how small groups
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formal operational decision to not participate although the other students were smoking. And lastly Allison uses the fabricated story of her shrink to manipulate Claire into saying that she is a virgin in front of the group. 2. The Character John Bender appears to be between stage one and stage two of Kohlberg’s preconventinal level of moral reasoning. these two stages are the pre-conventional morality‚ and the conventional morality.in the pre-coneventional stage the child may have had an upbringing
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