commentary about “ Warming Her Pearls” comparing it to two other poems Another poem of Carol Ann Duffy which drags you into a state of mind you didn’t know existed. Another character that talks about their uncommon feelings towards others . This time it’s about a woman working for another one‚ forced or unforced‚ with rather different feelings towards her boss than others would have‚ feelings we could call ‘obsession’. It isn’t hard to realize this poem is set in the past. There are references
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Tutsi tribe in Rwanda‚ which is in central Africa. Even though Alice is from Rwanda‚ she spent most of her childhood as a political refugee in Uganda. In 1994‚ the Hutu government that ruled Rwanda‚ killed thousands of Tutsis and then collapsed when the rebels attacked. Alice had joined many Tutsis that were flooding back into their homelands. When she returned‚ the air smelled of death and the economy was in ruins. Her mother’s family ended up in a camp in Uganda during the war‚ and it was a miserable
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"Her First Ball" is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield in 1921. A young girl‚ about 18 years of age called Leila is the protagonist of the story. The story expresses the Excitement and Anxiety of Leila‚ who is extremely self conscious at the prospect of attending her first formal ball. The prose is written in Third person Omniscient‚ where the narrator is not a character in the story nor Leila‚ but tells the story strictly through her eyes only and we read the thoughts going on in her mind
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to the new world from England. In her poem “In Reference To Her Children”‚ expresses the love and sadness experienced throughout life raising her children and her devotion towards her everlasting reward. Anne Bradstreet was very proud that she raised good children and instilled them with religious and moral values. Anne says‚ “I had eight birds hatched in one nest” (1). This infers that she might have raised her children mostly by herself. Bradstreet proves her pride and relentless efforts to raise
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Dillard admires many personal qualities in her mother. Although there was many she favored one out of them all. This quality that stood out to Dillard the most was how her mother made a life lesson out of everything she did. One way her mother would try to teach them a life lesson was by having them spell hard words. For example‚ in the book it says‚ “Spell ‘poinsettia‚” Mother would throw out at me‚ smiling with pleasure. “Spell ‘sherbet.” The idea was not to make us whizzes‚ but‚ quite the contrary
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feel insecure about themselves. In both “Just Like Her Mother” and Much Ado About Nothing‚ both stories show a concurring theme on public shaming and how it fabricates various doubts and impacts on people‚ therefore bringing a new image to many characters. There is a visible chronological order in both stories from the shame to the impact and reactions it brings and finally the eradication of the false images created onto the protagonists. Shame targeting is dominant in “Just Like Her Mother”‚
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drama‚ happens within an hour. This title brought curiosity upon me because I did not realize that many things that could affect one’s life could take place in an hour. For example‚ the recent tragedy in America‚ within one hour much had happened in the borders of the United States and Chopin’s choice of title brought that to my attention‚ within an hour much could happen that could completely change someone’s life. The way the story is written is very straightforward. The author tells you
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Gilson: Discussed Darby’s working in her class. He works on homework with mom at home. Discussed Darby needs to work more on detail of assignments and following directions. Talked about his not giving accommodated version as parent of test (as agreed to by parents during Parent Teacher conference). Gilson gave the test again‚ she did not modify‚ did cut out one of the options on multiple choice. Discussed that the essay part of the test was not an accurate measurement of Darby’s skills‚ since
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only left her home once in the last 20 years of her life. The few people she came in contact with after her official shut-in had a very large effect on her work. By 1865‚ she had written more than 1100 poems (PoetryFoundation.org). [Therefore‚] Emily Dickinson is an astounding and original American Poet from the nineteenth century whose influence to write came from her friends and other authors. She spent the last 20 years of her life as a recluse‚ only coming out of her house once before she died.
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physical changes‚ causing her to realize she is not only trying to figure out Wonderland but also trying to determine her own identity. After Alice arrives in Wonderland the narrator states‚ “For this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people” (Lewis Carroll‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 12). This quotation is the first instance that shows Alice is unsure of her identity. The changes in size that take place when she eats or drinks are the physical signs of her loss of identity. The
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