“The Lesson” Edward Lucie-Smith About the Poet Edward Lucie-Smith‚ a British poet and art critic‚ was born in Jamaica in 1933 and graduated from Oxford University in 1954. He has lived in London since 1951‚ where he worked as an advertising copywriter (1956-66) and as an editor of books on art. Among his works of poetry are A Tropical Childhood (1961) and Confessions and Histories (1964). His important criticism includes Art in Britain 1969-1970 (1970)‚ Symbolist Art (1973)‚ American Art Now (1985)
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"The Cave" by Jean McCord teaches us that we should be individuals and value other people’s lives‚ which is a very important lesson in life. McCord combined irony‚ a believable main character developed throughout the story‚ and an excellent writing style to produce her short story. This short story is about a boy named Charley and a bum named George. Charley met George one day while running and liked him. The next week‚ Charley found an entrance to a cave‚ but he did not realize it was George’s
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some ways the people in the cave not introduced to outside ideas. If you think about it we are all in some ways the people in the cave‚ oblivious so many things in our world. We are given things like the media‚ military‚ presidential election‚ and society to block out the other unknown ideas about life We sit in the cave and these made up things are the fire and the shapes we look at making things that aren’t real. Also religion is a prime example of the fire in the cave. Today we are chained to a
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The Lesson In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the author writes about Sylvia’s childhood experience as a student. She is a young-immature‚ uneducated‚ and naive kid who doesn’t know much about life‚ but her teacher tries to help her by giving her a lesson of reality as well to the rest of her students. She describes her teacher as a lady‚ Miss Moore‚ with “nappy hair‚” “proper speech‚” and “no makeup.” Sylvia explains how she feels when she goes to toy store in Fifth Avenue. For example‚
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Allegory can be defined as a story that can be interpreted to reveal a moral‚ which is usually a generalization about human existence. Both short stories‚ “The Chaser” by John Collier‚ and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne are both examples of allegory. Using the themes of change‚ self indulgence and consequence‚ the authors are able to successfully tell their allegory in a way as to lure in the reader. Hawthorne and Collier both use symbolism and metaphor throughout their stories
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experience. Over the course of this meeting I was able to walk away with two valuable lessons. First‚ I learned that a person’s problems can have serious repercussions on not only their lives‚ but all the lives around them. Alcoholism being a prime example of this. Another little lesson that I was able to take away from this experience was just the realization that alcoholism and such problems happen to people from all different walks of life and how important it is that we treat all these people
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In literature alone‚ there are many stories that have been categorized as allegories due to messages or lessons that are implied in the writing. By definition‚ an allegory is a something that has a hidden or symbolic meaning. Of course they are not just limited to stories; allegories can also be expressed in the form of a poem‚ a picture‚ or a movie. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a good example of an allegory for it tells of a significant event in history in which a small town of Massachusetts
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The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. An obstacle can be a setback and anything that challenges you. I have faced many of challenges‚ but all of them have made me stronger. For example‚ when I was in 7th grade I broke my ankle at the beginning of football season. Another example is when I was in 8th grade I found out I had ADD‚ which makes it really hard to stay focused. Also this past summer I gained 30 pounds‚ which was really hard when football season
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The Allegory of The Cave is a theory by Plato concerning human perception. Plato claimed that knowledge gained through the senses is no more than opinion and that‚ in order to have real knowledge‚ we must gain it through philosophical thinking. The Truman Show is about a man whose life is basically fake because he thinks that he living in a world that is nice and cares for him but he does not know that he living in a studio‚ and all his friends and family are actors. In Allegory of The Cave and
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12 O’clock High - Lessons in Leadership By contrasting the leadership styles of General Frank Savage and Colonel Davenport‚ the film 12 O’clock High explores the importance of leadership and defining factors in its effectiveness. The movie is set on a US Air Force base in England during WWII‚ where a squadron of pilots is trying to execute highly risky daylight bombing raids in Nazi-occupied Europe. Colonel Davenport being relieved of his post due to him becoming too close to his troops‚ he
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