If it’s an uncomfortable topic‚ Jackie Kay can make it sound beautiful. She builds up her poems with meters almost like music‚ only to make the twist at the end more dramatic. Her heritage and orphan past are incorporated in her work – they are personal experiences but Kay describes her images so well‚ it’s universal. She’s the speaker and uses her feelings and experiences to teach lessons on acceptance and pain. “Even the Trees” is a stanzaic poem made up of non-rhyming couplets. The steady flow
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Årsprøve i skriftlig engelsk – delprøve 2 A - Jackie Kay ”Owl” The faint‚ almost invisible‚ line between child and adult‚ carefree and responsible‚ becomes more and more blurry and grey the closer you get to it. First‚ it is said that you reach adulthood and step into the real world‚ when you confirm your faith in God‚ but thrusting that threshold yourself‚ you just know you are not yet an adult. So then‚ you postpone it until the age of 18. By then you should be starting your career‚ or at least
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Understanding Poetry Assignment 1: Analysis of a poem Late Love How they strut about‚ people in love‚ how tall they grow‚ pleased with themselves‚ their hair‚ glossy‚ their skin shining. They don’t remember who they have been. How filmic they are just for this time. How important they’ve become – secret‚ above the order of things‚ the dreary mundane. Every church bell ringing‚ a fresh sign. How dull the lot that are not in love. Their clothes shabby‚ their skin lustreless; how clueless
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The Adoption Papers The story of Jackie Kay’s life is as fascinating and complex as her literary works. The comparison is significant because several of Kay’s pieces spring from her biography and they are all concerned with the intricate nature of identity. Kay’s father was a black Nigerian visiting Edinburgh when he met Kay’s white Scottish mother. After he returned to Nigeria‚ the mother discovered she was pregnant and decided to give up the child. Kay was then adopted by a white Glaswegian couple
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Trumpet by Jackie Kay is a construction of the life and identity of Joss Moody – a jazz musician who was found to be female anatomically subsequent to his death through the narration of surrounding individuals. From there arouses the inevitable clash among opposed perspectives towards the sex/gender system: culture norms against a perplexing fuse of identity. Firmly representing the idea of separated identity categorization is the voice of the adopted son Colman Moody and the doctor. For Colman
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and love. The characters are effected by the death of Joss Moody and subsequent revelation that he was born a girl‚ this forces them to examine their own sense of self. Kay’s reflection on the construction of individual‚ cultural and social selves and the impact of being a person drifting in the boundary spaces is a complex examination of the sum of a person’s parts‚ how they are defined and effected by changes in the way they are perceived by others and the way they perceive themselves. Kay composed
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Explore the way Kay presents Colman and his struggle for identity. Jackie Kay reveals in ‘trumpet’ Colman’s battle and inner conflict to identify himself as an individual rather than the son of a famous trumpeter. Nevertheless‚ Jackie Kay conveys Colman’s most bitter struggle and his anguish at being unable to relate to himself when the intricate lie of his father Joss Moody is revealed. In the beginning of the novel‚ in the third chapter‚ Colman’s voice is portrayed to the readers almost literally
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society deemed sex talk as confidential and urged others to discuss sex purely for procreation. Therefore from 1820 to 1860‚ the era became known as “Early Victorian True Love” where sex was perceived as an act of true love triggering reproduction and not pleasure. However‚ from 1860 to 1892 an era identified as “Late Victorian Sex-Love” was established and sex converted into desire and economic gain. Consequently‚ in 1892 different interpretations of intercourse inaugurated new identifiers such as heterosexual
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internationalize Mary Kay Ash founded Mary Kay Cosmetics in 1963 with her life savings of 5‚000 and the support of her 20-year-old son‚ Richard Rogers‚ who currently serves as execu tive chairman of Mary Kay‚ Inc. Mary Kay‚ Inc.‚ is one of the largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmetics in the world. Now womens cosmetics industry is in a period of growing‚ because now women around the world for their skin care and more attention‚ for the appearance of consumption is increasing. And Mary Kay Inc. in
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Kay Sunderland: Making the Grade at Attain Learning Q1. Describe Sunderland’s management and work style. What are her sources of power? Sunderland’s management style can be defined as formal‚ and efficient‚ always setting expectations at the outset of a project‚ tough but fair. She has a great strategic mind-set and provides insightful critiques and suggestions. Sunderland is not afraid to speak her mind and she pushed to develop the best product for the clients. On the other hand she is somewhat
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