The poem “How I Discovered Poetry” by Marilyn Nelson presents the theme of finding an interest or passion for something. Also another theme that can be wrapped around this poem is the power of words. The speaker is Nelson who is in the classroom while her teacher‚ Mrs. Purdy is reading from her desk. Mrs. Purdy becomes one of the main influence of her finding her passion for poetry. Mrs. Purdy seems to be a very genuine and loving teacher who cares about her students. This is shown when she brings
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The article Go figure : Math and the Common Core by Marilyn Burns described and gave examples of the problem solving strategies that students go through with common core standards. The article began with the author sitting at the dinner table with her grandchildren. Her grandson asked her how long ago she had written a particular book. She proceeded to ask him to tell her‚ and she then described the thinking process and strategies he used to come up with the answer. He decomposed numbers and then
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Throughout chapter five of‚ “Let Food Be Thy Medicine” of Marilyn Wedge’s book‚ A Disease Called Childhood‚ she has supported the idea that a child’s diet will affect their focus and overall activity based on her research. Wedge had originally cited the Mayo Clinic for their research that recommends for parents to put their children on a diet that will limit the children’s sugary/processed foods and instead offer nourishing them with foods such as; fruits‚ vegetables‚ and healthy fats. However‚ the
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form | | 1. There ____________ several reasons why you should reconsider your decision. ARE IS You’re right! 2. Howard and Vincent‚ who ____________ a copy center in town‚ have decided to expand their business. RUNS RUN You’re right! 3. Both of the statues on the shelf ____________ broken. ARE IS You’re right! 4. The fishing boat that has been tied up at the pier for three days ____________ finally
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Marilyn Chin’s “How I Got That Name” is a poem that serves as a criticism on how Asian-Americans in their efforts to fit into western society have lost part of their cultural identity. Lines 36 through 57 compose the second stanza of this poem. The second stanza of this poem has an overriding tone of outrage. Chin begins the second stanza with the use of an ironical device “Oh‚ how trustworthy our daughters‚ / how thrifty our sons!” (lines 36-37). Chin then proceeds by telling us how Asian-Americans
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Pop art is an art style that had its origins in England in the 1950s and made its way to the United States during the 1960s featuring images of the popular culture such as comic strips‚ magazine ads‚ celebrities‚ and supermarket products. This movement was marked by a fascination with popular culture reflecting the affluence in post-war society. In celebrating everyday objects such as soup cans‚ washing powder‚ comic strips and soda pop bottles‚ the movement turned the commonplace into icons. Some
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Monet in 1891. The second being “Marilyn Monroe” painted by Andy Warhol in 1967. When Monet painted “Grainstack‚” he was experimenting with perceptual color. The idea of the Impressionist movement was to objectively record nature as it was seen by the painter‚ focusing on the effects of color and light. He painted “Grainstack” the way he saw it; not the actual color that we know it was‚ but the colors that the sunset made it appear. When Warhol painted “Marilyn Monroe” he used non-representational
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will compare and contrast the feeling of isolation faced by the characters in Marilyn Chin’s Moon and Murakami Haruki’s Super-frog Saves Tokyo. The way they adopted to regain connection to the society and to reduce the feeling of loneliness and isolation would also be examined. A comparison would also be made between isolation caused by inter-ethnic factors and intra-ethnic factors. Moon was the first story of Marilyn Chin’s book‚ Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen. It was a Chinese American revenge
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Andy Warhol Best-known for his silk-screened photographs of Marilyn Monroe‚ Jacqueline Kennedy‚ Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley‚ Andy Warhol accustomed artists and critics worldwide to use the art of borrowed imagery. Replicating previous artwork from decades before him‚ Andy Warhol became the founding father of appropriation‚ that has now become a symbol of postmodernism‚ and an artistic approach for an era in which concepts of innovation and authorship are thoroughly questioned. This theory
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the norms of society. A relatable example that was used to show the norms of society and how hard people try to fit them‚ is the body shapes of women. Each culture and time has their different standards for how people should look and act. In 1947 Marilyn Monroe was a beauty icon but if she was compared to someone thought to be beautiful today her figure would seem too full. Many girls have self-esteem issues today because they cannot perfectly
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