having a poem read to me is more powerful then reading a poem off of a page. When I close my eyes I can see the words that the reader is speaking‚ instead of trying to understand what the author is attempting to write to me; so it is easier for me to understand what the author is communicating without decoding the words. When I close my eyes as someone is reading‚ the reader paints a picture in my head of what the author has written and I can also see the words that are being spoken. The poem being
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Imperialism - The Infliction Upon the Congolese The state of the Congo in the late 1800’s was intertwined with destruction and horror‚ compromising the integrity of humanity. The Belgian King Leopold II ruled over the new colony of central Africa from 1885 to 1908. The period of Leopold’s rule is known as a brutal time of exploitation‚ as millions of Congolese died. While most imperialist based discussions focus on the incentives of the Europeans‚ there is a lack of recognition of the Congolese and
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LESSON PLAN Grade:10 Topic:Plot Structure Duration: 180 minutes Date:September 23-27‚2013. General Objectives:Through reading‚student should gain a better understanding of the role of plot structure in short stories.In addition‚they should develop better writing skills. Specific Objectives:Students should be able to: Review the characteristics of plot. Work in whole class‚ cooperative groups‚ and individually to read short stories. Analyse the plot structure of several short stories
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Once More to the Lake by E.B. WhiteOnce More to the Lake‚ by E.B. White was an essay in which a father struggles to find himself. The essay is about a little boy and his father. They go to a lake where the father had been in his childhood years. The father looks back at those years and tries to relive the moments through his son’s eyes. He knows he can’t‚ and has difficulty dealing with the fact that he can’t go back in time. E.B. White’s way of letting the reader know that the father is in a way
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Dickinson’s poem “510: It was not Death‚ for I stood up‚” explores the uncertainties of Death. The speaker attempts to define or understand her own condition to unwrap the cause of her suffering. The use of extended metaphor is utilized as the speaker uses the term “death” and that her life and state of mind‚ to her‚ resembles nothing other than death itself. The dominant effect would be the feeling of despair as the speaker represents this by saying “As if my life were shaven‚ / and fitted to a
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Hong Kong‚ Macau‚ and French Indochina.[12] According to testimony‚ young women from countries under Japanese Imperial control were abducted from their homes. In many cases‚ women were also lured with promises of work in factories or restaurants. Once recruited‚ the women were incarcerated in "comfort stations" in foreign lands.[13] A Dutch government study described how the Japanese military itself recruited women by force in the Dutch East Indies.[14] It revealed that a total of 300 Dutch women
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eccentric necromancer with a weakness for humanity. Justice had been his last attempt-to do nothing which was not just. But it had ended in failure" (White‚ OAFK 634). The "he" in this passage refers to King Arthur‚ the main character in T.H. White’s The Once and Future King and Book of Merlyn‚ who failed in his attempt to unite England due to the mistakes made by him and those close to him. Arthur‚ betrayed by those close to him‚ not properly educated on the greedy‚ selfish‚ and violent heart of man‚ failed
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It is clear that the poem “Upon the Burning of Our House‚” by Anne Bradstreet and the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚” spoken by Jonathan Edwards have not only distinct religious views but also contrasting styles. Anne Bradstreet viewed God as extremely passionate‚ loving‚ and sympathetic to humans but on the contrary‚ Edwards viewed God as harsh‚ angry‚ and disgusted. For example‚ in Bradstreet’s poem‚ she makes numerous statements on how loving God is. In line 54-55‚ she says‚ “He
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Abstract Internet has always been indispensable innovation since its birth and people have used it in various aspects since its was invented. Because of its advantages and convenience‚ people have been using it and have become more and more widespread and thus it is obvious that Internet is changing the way people experience the media. Since it has become widespread‚ some people are also misusing it for their own goods while harming the other individuals. This paper has covered some of the fields
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Thus I; faltering forward‚ Leaves around me falling‚ Wind oozing thin through the thorn from norward‚ And the woman calling. Mead: field: meadow Wistlessness: inattentiveness Norward: northern parts Time Allen Curnow I am the nor’west air nosing among the pines I am the water-race and the rust on the railway lines I am the mileage recorder on the yellow signs.
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