Walt Whitman ’s “O Captain! My Captain!” And “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes‚ do share some similarities. Both poems use stylistic devices such as figurative language‚ metaphors‚ and rhythm to convey their overall message. At times‚ they both share a darker and more gloomy tone. This is particularly evident in “Mother to Son.” However‚ in contrast‚ these poems have more differences than similarities‚ especially in style of writing‚ structure and tone. “O Captain! My Captain!” is a metaphoric
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A relationship between a father and son can be strong or weak. Maus by Art Spiegelman and Night by Elie Wiesel show great examples of a father-son bond. In Maus‚ Spiegelman‚ the author documents the history of his father’s survival through the Holocaust. In Night‚ Wiesel‚ the author faced the Holocaust with his father. Both stories talk about the suffering and pain the author and father may have face paced. In some cases‚ it brought them together or pushed them farther apart. Spiegelman had a generally
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better than Langston Hughes. His use of imagery‚ repetition and wordplay seizes the mundane and transforms it into elegance and dignity. The most masterful example of Hughes’ craft is found in his poem Mother to Son. It is a simple concept: a mother’s honest lesson of persistence to her son. There is no specific struggle
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“Notes of a Native Son” is a first person narrative about James Baldwin who lived with his family in Harlem during a difficult time for the equal rights movement in America. Racism through Baldwin’s experience shows its potential to feed off of itself in a vicious cycle‚ with one person’s hate leading to someone else’s. He has first hand experience with this through his father‚ a man who‚ while considered free‚ felt the pressures of racism throughout his life. The hate Baldwin’s father had towards
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Biff and Happy as Willy’s sons. How do they reflect or reject Willy’s philosophies? Willy Loman is a salesman with a fragile grip on reality. All his life he has strived for his version of the American dream being "well liked" and making money to the point where he is forced to deny reality in order to achieve it. His mind is full of delusions about his own abilities and accomplishments‚ and the accomplishments of his sons Biff and Happy. Biff‚ the eldest son‚ admires his father’s drive
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Name: Tung Son Nguyen ID: 1418366 (Bold letters below are my answers) FIN 3331 – Risk & Return Assignment 1. You are given the following probability distribution of returns for stock J: A probability of .2 that the return will be 12%; a probability of .35 that the return will be 18%; a probability of .3 that the return will be -10%; and a probability of .15 that the return will be 10%. What is the expected return of this stock? What is the standard deviation rounded to the nearest whole
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The Tragedy of Self-Awareness in Native son Richard Wright’s Native Son is about the cost of suffering and sacrifices which one man‚ defined as the Other from the mainstream of society‚ must pay in order to live as a full human being in a world that denies him the right to live with dignity. As a social being‚ Bigger Thomas is completely deprived himself because he is unable to find his social and self-esteemed values both in the stunted ghetto life and in the oppression of racist society. Therefore
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Native Son - The Metamorphosis of Bigger Thomas Native Son - The Metamorphosis of Bigger Thomas In the turn of the century‚ the time of Bigger Thomas‚ the roles of black men and women in America were heavily restricted compared to the white population. Black people were also still treated unequally and dealt with as ignorant fools. Richard Wright ’s novel‚ Native Son‚ embraces this knowledge and follows the reaction of one angry man as he manages the delights of his exploits and the consequences
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the name of Jesus King of Glory ‚ Son of God ‚ blessed forever & ever giving thanks unto God and the Father . By him and through him the door to Gods’ Throne. Hear what the spirit say. Young people you who curse and says everyone else curse ; No they don’t. Depends on who you hang with. You do not know as you curse ‚ so you pass that on to your future children . Your wife/husband ‚ friends ‚ you say and so what ?! When you stand before God and his beloved Son Jesus you will curse ‚ and by your
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His essay “sons of Malinche” in the Labyrinth of Solitude‚ Paz describes macho power as one who has “the capacity for wounding‚ humiliating and annihilating”. He uses this definition to metaphor macho power as the “white privilege” that is given to men of European
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