Dana B. Rhodes Thomas Lovell LIT115-1N1 26 February 2013 Poetry Reading Log * “The Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy was written in 1973. I felt the author was describing how this woman was so engulfed in her work that she felt like she was nothing but a machine‚ something whose sole purpose was to work and produce. The sentences are very mechanical and choppy and I felt that it helped to emphasize the point of her feeling of being a piece of office equipment. She took the tools of her trade
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Marge Piercy describes in her poem “Barbie Doll” the struggles girls have to face when they hit puberty and how far the girls would go to change their appearance in order to feel pretty. The poem starts of with a girl being born and how they are given girly
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Over the course of the last semester we have had the opportunity to watch various films all teaching a common theme. They each provide a female who shows strength and determination. Norma Rae (Martin Ritt) is about a young single mother who lives in a small town in North Carolina. Norma Rae works at a local textile factory with her family. Norma Rae and all the other workers have long hours‚ lousy working condition‚ and rotten pay. This all changes when Norma Rae meets Reuben Warshowsky‚ who is a
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In the poem “The Secretary Chant” by Margie Piercy‚ a woman working as a secretary is depicted as undervalued and unappreciated by her employer. With this poem being written in 1936‚ the idea of women in the workplace was fairly new. Women were not given equal treatment as employees and were in the beginning stages of their fight for equality. The year the poem was written most certainly plays an integral role in the poem’s tone‚ structure‚ diction‚ and theme. Throughout the poem‚ it is obvious that
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Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing‚ 5th Edition Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell Table of Contents Preface 1. Understanding Literature Imaginative Literature Conventional Themes The Literary Canon Luisa Valenzuela‚ “All about Suicide” Wole Soyinka‚ “Telephone Conversation” Thinking Critically Interpreting Literature Evaluating Literature The Function of Literary Criticism Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism 2. Reading and Writing About Literature
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In the second part of the film‚ Marge interviews two girl’s at a bar. Other than the three main characters‚ the film also contains a few irrelevant characters‚ which happen to be two girls at the bar who were interviewed by Marge because they slept with Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud. The girls were minor characters‚ and their characters were given one aspect. There is one pointless scene within the movie‚ which has Mike Yanagita‚ an old friend who calls Marge early one morning stating that he
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Mariana Vasquez April 10‚ 2014 4th Period WE ARE Human. There are more than seven billion humans in this world‚ but not because we have a heart‚ or a pair of eyes does it make us human. It is what comes deeper within our souls and our spirits that entitles us as a human being. We have the knowledge of knowing right from wrong‚ but whether we decide to do the right rather than the wrong is our choice. Therefor we have the power of deciding what kind of person we are‚ what kind of values we have
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the more dominant/powerful sex. Marge‚ the wife‚ stays home and does chores. She takes on feminine characteristics because she is always shown as the typical housewife and mother. Bart is the destructive son that is taking after his father’s laziness and Lisa is the intelligent daughter that has her own opinion and thoughts. In The Simpson‚ since it is a cartoon I am not quite positive if Marge is portrayed as beautiful or not. However‚ I do not feel like Marge is unattractive. Her hair is big
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Bill‚ who comes and is jovial at the fact that Nick had just broken up with his girlfriend Marge. They spend their time drinking‚ and a conversation entails. Nick‚ understandably‚ is distraught and saddened by the fact that he has just broken up with Marge‚ and seeks Bill’s assurance that he in fact‚ has done the right thing. Bill does not disappoint‚ but assures and reassures Nick that breaking up with Marge was the best and necessary thing to do. Here a notable quote that Bill uses as one of his
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Television is a rising source of entertainment and information. Many people use it as a fashion guide- a way to determine what is "cool" to do‚ or how one should look. Even seemingly innocent shows such as America’s Top Model‚ Family Guy or One Tree Hill reflect a certain image of how a gendered individual should look or act. Yet media would not have such a huge impact on society if the people did not support it. Peers have a lot of influence over the people they come in contact with. The desire
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