Themes of W.H. Auden’s "The Unknown Citizen" Conformity and Anonymity in the Modern World "Social Security Number? Birth date? Nine digit telephone number starting with area code? Mother’s Maiden Name?" In many ways‚ we are simply faceless numbers to modern society‚ not individuals with feelings and emotions and dreams. W.H. Auden‚ a well-known English poet and dramatist‚ discusses this important theme in his poem "An Unknown Soldier." Auden‚ being a modernist‚ is concerned with this modern idea
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nothing too exciting had really happened all day. Kyle could not wait to get off at ten. He was thinking about playing Diablo III after work when‚ all of a sudden‚ there was a loud noise from outside. A man named Jake had driven his truck off off the road and onto two other cars‚ totaling all three of them. “I have to get out of here‚” Jake said with a scared shaky voice. “The sun is after me. It is trying to kill me!” he shouted out. Before the crash‚ Jake had begun to speed faster and faster. Jake
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school and he hadn’t been to one yet. Upon his arrival to the party‚ the guests were quite perplexed. It wasn’t the typical crowd Jeffery took pleasure in associating himself with. He had no intentions of consuming alcohol‚ although he knew it would be there. He had only planed to mingle with the guests and familiarize himself with the partying atmosphere that so many tried to convince him was "cool". Jeffery found himself hovering around a table with some sort of refreshments on it. He wasn’t exactly
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Subrata Biswas For Reasons Unknown Reality and Vision of Suicide In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Act without Words I Interestingly in Waiting for Godot and Act without Words I none of the characters commits suicide‚ though it is frequently discussed and attempted by Gogo and Didi. They are between eros and thanatos; they cannot determine what is to be chosen—life or death; they cannot determine what is to be done; they cannot even determine if anything should be done or chosen. Their inability
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Although many believe Rainsford is the dominant hunter because he killed Zaroff‚ it’s clear that Zaroff is the better hunter. It’s shown throughout the story‚ how he started hunting at the age of 10‚ how he let Rainsford live because he wanted to keep playing the so called “game”. These is only some of the evidence that proves Zaroff’s dominance over Rainsford. When hunting‚ intelligence plays a key role. Ranging from knowing how and where to hide and shoot‚ to knowing how to reason are some key
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Why did the colonies decide to break away from their mother country Great Britain in 1775? Well‚ the American Revolution is something taught in schools across the United States as early as the sixth grade. The American Revolution started in 1775‚ as a result of the British Parliament raising taxes‚ to make up for the cost of the Seven Years’ War as well as make the colonies pay for the cost of their defense‚ on many goods with the Stamp‚ Sugar‚ Townshend‚ and the Tea Acts. These acts were also known
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Schindler’s List The list is life. Famous words spoken by a large number of Schindler’s Jews. When Thomas Kineally composed Schindler’s List he did more than just write another biography‚ he told of the greatest humane figure‚ amidst the unspeakable horrors of the holocaust. In his novel Kineally artistically portrays the story of Oscar Schindler‚ an alcoholic‚ a member of the Nazi party‚ and a shameless womanizer of the worst sort. Schindler is first viewed as a man only out for money
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identification of two unknown bacteria. An unknown labeled as number 3 was given out by the lab instructor. The methods that have been lectured and absorbed pertaining to identifying
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The night was cold‚ a thick fog hung outside‚ which I could see from my window. In the moonlight‚ the fog appeared like clouds descending on the earth. How I wished I could go out and be amongst the clouds‚ but here I was trying to catch some sleep‚ which was eluding me .My mother had just put me to bed wishing me sweet dreams‚ but sleep was miles away from me. I paced the floor up and down‚ clutching the shawl to myself and switched on the Television to see if there was any interesting programme
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The poem “ The Unknown Citizen By W H Auden is a poem that pokes fun at the life of a automaton working in a factory. Reading it in a glance‚ I find the title that catches my very first attention. It is because Auden gives the poem such a title that the whole poem sounds so dramatic and pompous‚ as if it is dedicated to some citizen who have sacrificed so much for the nation. The citizen‚ to my dismay‚ is never named and remains as the unknown one throughout the whole poem. The citizen is referred
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