The Ax-Helve What’s the story? The speaker is in his ‘yard’‚ chopping up some wood with an axe‚ when the swing of his axe is stopped by a man who has crept up behind him. (Normally‚ the only interference he experiences when chopping wood is from the low-lying branches of trees – when he’s chopping in the woods.) The man – Baptiste – is a French-Canadian neighbour. He takes the axe and inspects it. They don’t know each other very well and the speaker seems a little alarmed by this sudden and
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opinion of the speaker that an unproductive existence has no value or significance because it is vain‚ and pointless. Piercy uses figurative language‚ imagery‚ description‚ symbolism‚ and details to develop this theme throughout the poem. The narrator begins developing the theme in the first stanza by describing the people he loves the best. The speaker states that the people he loves "jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows" (2-3). Using this imagery the speaker reveals that
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“Prospective Immigrants Please Note” By Adrienne Rich Either you will go through this door or you will not go through. If you go through there is always the risk of remembering your name. Things look at you doubly and you must look back and let them happen. If you do not go through
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Long before the United States became a nation in the Americas‚ Empires had risen and fallen‚ tribes had made their homes‚ and of course‚ established their culture. As foreigners settled their “new world‚” Native people were pushed away from the homes they had long since known. Going back much farther back than this however‚ there were other foreigners‚ that came not from the sea‚ but from the land‚ from the north. Most likely coming in waves through the Bering Strait from East Asia and Russia. Such
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Daniel Pathammavong Fundamentals of Public Speaking Outside Speaker 12/14/14 This Saturday on the 13th I went to see a speaker talk in Minneapolis on Nicollet Ave. I had found out about the event from a website called Meetup.com. There was a travel author planning to speak at a meeting room in a coffee shop about how living internationally can change your perspective. I thought that was intriguing so I went! It was at 2p.m that Saturday and there wasn’t a time scheduled for it to end. When I
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In the pre-Columbian era when the Europeans had not yet discovered the “New World” there lived many distinct but also similar tribes that ruled all across. Many tribes existed during this era of prosperity for the Native Americans. A few of the main tribes of it are the Cherokee‚ Iroquois‚ Navajo‚ and Sioux who were all special in their own way. Firstly‚ the Cherokee were made up of seven clans with which each had a different purpose and job. The names and jobs of all the tribes in English are
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Native American art and its history are fairly new in the museum world. From the beginning‚ their culture as a whole was not understood. Research and study of the culture to fully understand their lives was few and far between. Even Native peoples that lived among us throughout history were the not used for their wisdom‚ advice‚ or involvement in the representation of their own arts or crafts. The value of Native art was always viewed as of lesser value and lacking interest compared to Western
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The Kaw native american tribe was and still are a fascinating tribe that lived in Great Plains.The Kaw head a spoke but was never a written language‚ also the way they dressed was very different from the way people today‚ they cooperated with other small tribes to insure their survival and to not make enemies. The Kaw’s language was almost lost withe when their last fluent speaker died in the late 20th century‚ but most people of the tribe are trying to bring it back. The Kaw didn’t go to war very
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Native American Literature Native American literature is made up of two different types of literature‚ the oral traditions and the newer written traditions. From these two types are many different styles that make up the many different tribes of the Native American culture. Storytelling has long been an important aspect of all Native American cultures. It is through storytelling that the Native Americans are able to pass down their traditions and cultural identities. Oral traditions
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EFFECTIVE SPEAKERS For Ms. Laura Alderson‚ Instructor of Management University of Memphis by Morgan D. Parks November 22‚ 2011 Effective Speakers President William Jefferson Clinton‚ the 42nd President of the United States is a prime example of what it means to be an effective speaker. Although George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole were highly qualified opponents in the 1992 and 1996 elections‚ it was Clinton’s presentation skills and ability to work an audience that earned him his back-to-back
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