Humans are born with the ability to dream and hope for something better. It is what we do afterwards that determines the outcome. A dream without action is just fantasy. The action is the means to achieve those hopes and dreams. For some people‚ the belief in our dreams and hopes gets lost through the years. So how do we get back on track and accomplish at least a few of those dreams? The first step is to realize that our dreams are still within reach. It starts with a clear understanding of the
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The poem Interment is a poem about the injustice that was the interment of the Japanese Americans during WW2. This poem use very good metaphors to explain how they were treated. The author use the idea of the people being treated like cattle as they forced into the camps and these metaphors helped to tell what the theme of the this poem is. The metaphors use this harsh way to describe the treatment of the people as without is the theme would not have the impact it does at the end on the reader. The
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1.) How do you interpret the story of the caterpillar pillars and the transformation of Yellow and Stripe into butterflies? The story of Yellow and Stripe in Hope for the Flowers is analogous to our own Human search for purpose in life. Human life seems as open as life would seem to a caterpillar‚ a parallel that the story draws on to create a critical dialogue in our own mind as we read the text‚ raising such questions as: What is my purpose in life? Is whatever I am doing now only just “climbing
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of his ability to face adversity with both a capacity for hope and a charitable faith in the goodness of life. He has a fundamental optimism. The messages of hope and hospitality are also symbolically by depicted by food and bread in Ulysses‚ signifying to me that Bloom’s journey is to reconcile his soul and to come to terms with the loss of his son and the changes inherent in the relationship with his wife Molly. We see Bloom’s hope primarily through two events. First‚ Bloom like Telemachus
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The Four Feathers How does the text convey a physical and/or spiritual journey? The movie The Four Feathers is set in England‚ 1884 as a young British officer (and son of a British General) Harry Feversham announces his engagement to the young and beautiful Ethne Eustance. Their best friend Jack‚ who is Harry’s closest comrade‚ loves Ethne as well‚ but the two are completely oblivious to his jealousy and are happy. News arrives one evening that their regiment (the Royal Cumbrians) are to be sent
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Poems give insight to the day to day lives of others as well as to the deep underlying meanings hidden all around us. The poem ‘kitchenette building’ is an amazing representation of how the everyday lives of others can be shown through poetry. In this poem‚ Gwendolyn Brooks shows how those in the kitchenette building she once lived in are not given the chance they deserve to live their dreams. Instead they are forced to go with the flow of the lives they currently live. The poem is showing how those
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the song as not hope for the future‚ but hope for the future has already been lost. As it may seem that the future lies within the Proles‚ because they make up 75% of Oceania. We also know they are the most uneducated and less willing to revolt because of their freedom and privileges they have from The Party. The beginning of the song describes what is hidden in many; the concept of hope. When we analyze the first verse of the song‚ we see the lyrics “my people be free”. “The Hope Song” was made
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the most important one being that one must never lose hope. Khaled Hosseini shows us that with hope you can overcome any situation. Laila had thought she had lost Tariq‚ yet she still had hope for a better life. At the end of the story she and Tariq reunite with their daughter and her son and she was able to get away from the cruelty and abuse that Rasheed inflicted on her. The characters in the novel have to remind themselves to have hope in dealing with their harsh realities‚ be it political
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their lives for the sake of not being titled as cowards. Some get to fight another day‚ some don’t‚ others get captured and become prisoners or hostages. But one thing is certain‚ for those who have experienced war know first hand that it has the power to change you as a person. In the short stories “Guests of the Nation“ and “The Things They Carried‚” authors Frank O’Connor and Tim O’Brien share the same central idea of the horrible effects of war. Both stories are about a young male soldier who
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Belonging is a multifaceted concept‚ which enables an individual to understand their contextual surroundings‚ notably their place and purpose. This idea of belonging is captured through ‘The Lost Thing” composed by Shaun Tan. This is a simple picture book about an object that does not belong‚ which eventually finds a sense of belonging. However‚ it demonstrates a deeper meaning of belonging and social conformity and the busyness of life. The integration of visual and literal techniques creates
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