The title of this poem is " The Black Walnut Tree" by Mary Oliver. The reason why I choose this poem is that I can relate to it because it’s about family heritage and how we grow apart by allowing are foolish decisions gets the best of us. In this poem it was based upon betrayal‚ sadness and they were also faced with financial difficulties. Let me give you the insider of the poem‚ the tree symbolize hope and life the branches represent the family and how its structure. The walnut is the fruit that
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Mary Oliver starts the poem by clarifying details about the conflict that has been troubling her and her mother. They are having financial issues‚ and the only way they can lessen their burden is if they sell the black walnut tree to the lumberman. However‚ the black walnut tree symbolizes so much more than a tree to Oliver and her mother; she doesn’t give much of an explanation about what the tree symbolizes‚ but we know that its roots go deep into their family history. At the end‚ they stay loyal
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it’s just human nature to place high emphasis on sight. Sight is taken for granted by most of us‚ and when we encounter non-sighted individuals‚ we have an emotional and physical reaction that we’re relieved the non-sighted cannot see. Reading Oliver Sacks’ case “To See and Not See”‚ about a man named Virgil‚ gives me a new and interesting perspective on blindness. I have a friend who is partially deaf. She and I communicate with visual cues and our communication is helped by the fact that she
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In the poem‚ “The Summer Day”‚ by Mary Oliver‚ there are many examples poetic devices that are extremely effective and help to reinforce the thematic theme of the poem. A few that I found to be particularly effective are the examples of metaphors‚ repetition and irony. The most interesting poetic device found in the poem was the use of extended metaphor. It is evident in lines three to ten: Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper‚ I mean – the one who flung herself out of the grass‚
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Topic: “Some people judge others by the way they look and dress‚ thinking that this will help them find out who the person really is” Everywhere we go we see people giving others dirty looks and nice smiles and most of the time we choose what face to give someone by the way they look and dress. We can’t deny that we judge people by the way they look and dress. Personally I am entirely against this. It is wrong to think this way‚ the way a person looks and dresses doesn’t really tell you their
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The Island of the Colorblind Oliver Sacks‚ author of “The Island of the Colorblind” and his comrades‚ Knut and Bob‚ embark on a journey through Pingelap then Pohnpei‚ leaning more and more about the indigenous achromatopes of the islands. Achromatopes are colorblind and have a painful intolerance of bright light and an inability to see fine detail. In Pingelap‚ they come to learn that all the achromatopes can easily discern each of the plants from one another. To the average color-normals‚ the island
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a. Why does Budget Director Paula Harper feel such disappointment in Water Department Chief Engineer Mason’s behavior - and vice versa? Budget Director Paula Harper felt disappointed in Water Chief Engineer Mason’s because in her point of view as a Budget Director‚ she had to make a cogent recommendation to the Manager about additional personnel request. To do that‚ she had to have all information that she asked to Mason and his staff. This information would be used to determine whether they need
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Hatch end high school Headstone lane Harrow Middlesex HA3 6NR 29th September 2014 Dear Fiona Marcae‚ I am writing to show you my disgust with the article you have written about teens and the food that they consume. The way you talk about teens in this article appalled me‚ how are you able to say that “teenage girls’ junk food diet leaves them starved of vitamins!” after reading just the title I could tell that you were going to make all teens look bad; do you think it is fair to put this much
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February 20‚ 2014 Ms. Mia Colleen Banaria Brand Manager Colgate-Palmolive missy.banaria@gmail.com 1049 J.P. Rizal Avenue‚ Makati City‚ Metro Manila‚ 1200‚ Philippines Dear Ms. Banaria: Good day! We are sophomores of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines taking up Bachelor in Advertising and Public Relations. A requirement with our Brand Management subject were given to us and we are asked to conduct an interview with any resource person that knows the company well. We are
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