Anthem For Doomed Youth - Understanding - Sonnet Where and when - France‚ First World War‚ written in a mental institution – October 1917. Place or Characters - sounds loud and sad “what passing-bells for these who die as cattle” “only the monstrous anger of the guns”. Situation - Death in the trenches‚ youth being killed & amongst the war‚ buried without the trappings of a home. Highlighting the youth‚ “not in the hands of boys but in their eyes” “The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their
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Reaction to Dr. David Callahan I was prepared to be interested in hearing this person speak‚ but when he started to list some “facts”‚ I started to tune out. The one that stood out for me was that‚ “billions of dollars have been lost for the music industry because of illegal downloading.” If people who downloaded the illegal music actually purchased it‚ yes- that would be more money in the big wigs pockets. However‚ many studies have shown (and I read another one on Techcruch right before seeing
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Within the novella Anthem the author‚ Ayn Rand‚ forges a government based upon a puppet master council that controls the inhabitants of a postwar dystopian world. This council dehumanizes their people from birth with no individualism in the sleeping quarters‚ being locked in the cellar for fighting‚ and indoctrinating “We are nothing and mankind is all” (Rand 21). As a result of the dehumanization‚ technology and scientific advancements halt and anything revolutionary to the society to vanish. Inside
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Wilfred Owen’s poem‚ "Anthem for Doomed Youth"‚ creates a picture of young soldiers in battle dying. Drawing a mental picture of a family at home sharing in the mourning for their lost sibling‚ the reader feels the grief of this poem. Through the portrait of vanishing soldiers one sees loneliness‚ as they die alone on the battleground. Effective use of imagery‚ alliteration‚ and end rhyme as well as great writing gives the reader a lasting impression. The title‚ "Anthem for Doomed Youth"‚ fits well
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Gabrielle Rae V. Bueser HFH23 June 15‚ 2013 Reaction Paper: Spoliarium As we enter the hall of the National Museum of the Philippines‚ the prominence of "Spoliarium" an oil on poplar completed in 1884 by National Artist‚ Juan Luna‚ is remarkable. The super- sized painting depicts a dark hollow beneath the Roman arena referred to as the Spoliarium where the bodies of slain gladiators are being dragged away for disposal. This is the time in history when the Romans travelled to Europe and collected
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6/25/2014 Philosophy 201 Reaction to Kant Kant Kant first draws close to differentiating between a moral choice and a prudent choice. A prudent choice is a choice used in good judgment and is rational. Kant has no interest in morality being rational. A law is a law and thou shall obey it. The moral law is absolute. Thou shall not lie‚ means exactly what it says‚ thou shall not lie. No ifs‚ ands or buts about it. There is no reason why a person should lie because it is our duty as moral
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“Salvation” by Langston Hughes “Who Will Light the Incense When Mother’s Gone?” By Andrew Lam Nonfiction Reaction University of Phoenix ENG/125 Jill Greene Nonfiction Reaction “Salvation” by Langston Hughes Langston Hughes‚ author of the nonfiction short story “Salvation‚” was born James Mercer Langston Hughes on February 1‚ 1902 to Carrie and James Hughes in Joplin Missouri (New World Encyclopedia‚ 2008). Langston Hughes was among the principle figures of the Harlem Renaissance. He is
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Reaction Paper about Honor and Excellence The speech of Prof. Monsod‚ a retired professor in college of economics in the University of the Philippines gave her last lecture to her students about the motto of the university. In her lecture‚ she urged her students to place honor and excellence‚ in which I agree that honor‚ was placed first before excellence for a reason. It is interesting that Prof. Monsod pointed out cheating. She added that cheating in small thing would
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Nick Schnelle 9/13/12 Mr. McSwiggan SCALE CRJ 9/11 Reaction Paper This movie documented a horrific day in American history‚ September 11‚ 2001. It was a beautiful day in New York City clear sunny skies‚ until 9:47 A.M when the 1st hijacked and plane crashed into one of the World Trade Center Towers. At first people thought it might have been an accident; but‚ at 10:31 A.M‚ another hijacked plane struck the other
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such as my pure hate for my major- Accounting‚ and how I extremely dislike it. I started to get nervous and forget the order of how my speech was suppose to follow‚ and abruplty ended it with‚ "Sooo‚ that’s about it." So‚ this is the part of the reaction paper where I get to critque myself/my speech. To be honest‚ I don’t believe that my About Me speech was very strong and well developed. One of the critria’s i had to meet was a 5 minute max time limit‚ and I don’t believe I met that. I didn’t
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