ways. “On a Tree Fallen Across the Road” by Robert Frost may seem like just a walk in the woods‚ but it is far from that. This poem is about a man who is faced with a fallen tree blocking his path and has no way of getting around it. In fact‚ the illustrated problem proves to bring on advancement rather than be an obstacle. Frost demonstrates this with problem solving‚ progression and demonstrates that problems create personal growth. Problem solving is a major factor of this poem. There are two
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The Lemon Tree composed by Sandy Tolan introduces a personal side to well known war between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Tolan is a very well educated man who attended both Harvard and UC Berkeley. He has made great contributions to research and documentary based media. In 1967 Bashir Khairi who at the time was a 25 year old Palestinian‚ took a trip to Israel to see his house that him and his family had fled 19 years earlier. Bashir had been waiting for this trip since he was 6 years old. When
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The Iguana Tree Summary The novel The Iguana Tree describes what a person might go through to come to the America. There are many different reasons to want to come to the America such as a job‚ to attend school‚ and a better life‚ etc. A reason to come over illegally would be not having the money to be able to afford the legal fees to come legally. In this novel‚ the man wanted to come to the America to find a job‚ to make more money for his family. Once he had enough money he was going to
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The short story‚ Spilt Cherry Tree‚ was written by Jesse Stuart. In the beginning of the story‚ Dave and his classmates went with Professor Herbert on a field trip for biology class. They were all searching for lizards‚ bugs‚ snakes‚ frogs‚ flowers‚ and plants. Dave and five of his classmates had spotted a lizard in the old cherry tree up the hill‚ so all six of them ran up the tree after it‚ and the tree broke down. Eif Crabtree‚ the owner of the tree was plowing when it happened and he ran up and
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The Troll’s Nosegay by Robert Graves A simple nosegay! was that much to ask? (Winter still irked‚ with scarce a bud yet showing). He loved her ill‚ if he resigned the task. “Somewhere‚” she cried‚ “there must be blossom blowing.” It seems my lady wept and the troll swore By Heaven he hated tears: he’d cure her spleen – Where she had begged one flower he’d shower fourscore‚ A bunch fit to amaze a China Queen. Cold fog-drawn Lily‚ pale mist-magic Rose He conjured‚ and in a glassy cauldron
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The title of the poem ‘Whatif’ refers to the fears and paranoia questions we have at night‚ as we are more vulnerable. The poet combines the words ‘what’ and ‘if’ in a childlike manner. The main theme of the poem is ‘fears of a child’. In almost every line the poet adds a new fear. He mentions numerous childish fears like the feel of failing at school‚ being bullied‚ growing green chest hair and teeth not growing straight. He also mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear
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Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ "Medallion" is about a snake she finds dead‚ and the details of its body that she notices. Written in 1959‚ its form was strictly "controlled." Plath uses imagery‚ literary devices‚ and sensory details‚ especially colors. First‚ we "see" the image of a snake‚ bronze‚ lying in the sun near a gate with a "star and moon" design. By the gate with star and moon Worked into the peeled orange wood The bronze snake lay in the sun Next‚ Plath uses a metaphor
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resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians and fighters. This fierce fighting has led to public outcry for the two factions to come to a peaceful solution that will once again bring stability to the region. Sandy Tolan‚ author of The Lemon Tree: An Arab‚ A Jew‚ and the Heart of the Middle East presents the conflict through the true histories of two families‚ antithetical in nature‚ whose pasts ultimately lead them down a road of friendship. Despite a few exaggerations and assumptions‚ Tolan
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1 In the book‚ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn‚ Francie Nolan lives in a world where she has trouble finding who she is‚ but eventually finds a way of discovering who she wants to be. Francie is an eleven-year-old girl living in Williamsburg‚ Brooklyn. You can find Francie sitting on her fire escape reading book‚ while imagining that she lives in the Tree of Heaven. The narrator says: “An eleven-year-old girl sitting on this fire escape could imagine that she was living in a tree. That’s what Francie
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------------------------------------------------- Example: ------------------------------------------------- Discuss how the theme of ‘childhood’ or ‘war’ is expressed in two of the works you have studied. (You might discuss the theme of childhood in a poem and a novel you have studied this year) 1. Think about important themes that appear in each of the texts that you have studied this year. 2. Consider significant characters and their role in the texts you have
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