Reading Responses to a Poem ACI1250A January 21‚ 2013 Reading Responses to a Poem The poem “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver was a very inspirational poem. Oliver creatively uses imaginative language‚ emotion‚ symbolism‚ and romanticism which led to a very positive and upbeat tone in her poem. Throughout this poem‚ the one thing that I focused on was the positive and upbeat tones that this poem contained. By her use of symbolic and imaginative language in “Wild Geese”‚ the reader is opened
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Spring 2014 SOCSC-120 Response Paper #1 Documents: Letters to Carolyn Van Wyck & Letters to Deidre In a column of Photoplay magazine‚ one of the first film fan magazines created in 1911 in Chicago by Mcfadden Publications‚ Carolyn Van Wyck encouraged women to have fun flirting while remaining classy. In the 1930s‚ San Francisco’s New World Sun newspaper also ran a column answered by Historian Valerie Matsumoto which inspired women to balance both their Japanese and American values. Both of these
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Mao Zedong Readings Response Paper Being one of the most well-known characters of Chinese modern history‚ Mao Zedong has been constantly debated in both Western and Eastern worlds. Like all historic figures‚ Mao Zedong has been seen in different light: sometimes under glorification and reverence‚ and sometimes as a devil that dragged China into one of its darkest eras. These contradicting opinions can be easily seen in the assigned readings of this course. While Mao Zedong is generally praised
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fear of being arrested or accused of being a communist. Today the North Korean government prevents its citizens from hearing news or information from other countries and sentences those who oppose their rule to forced labor camps. In his works George Orwell uses foreshadowing‚ irony‚ and allegories to demonstrate the mechanisms of tyranny such as propaganda‚ fear‚ and the control and alteration of information‚ often accurately foreshadowing real events. Propaganda seems to be a common indicator of
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George Orwell‚ born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25th‚ 1903 in Motihari‚ Bengal‚ India‚ was an English Author‚ Journalist‚ and Critic. Orwell was the author of some of the most popular works of fiction in the 20th century‚ such as his novels Animal Farm published in 1945‚ and 1984 published in 1949. In his early life‚ Orwell lived in India as his father was a British Civil servant‚ stationed in India at the time of Orwell’s birth. However‚ after about a year and a half‚ Orwell’s mom moved him and his
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Reading response-Antigone In the story of Antigone‚ we see the struggles between right and wrong or individual and government‚ and the conflicts between the males and females. In the other words‚ Antigone ‚ a woman‚ are supposed to have no her own opinions to the her world. She should follow the laws which are made by men. Nevertheless‚ she believes the god’s laws should be more important than the others. What makes this story so special? Antigone‚ a Femal‚ challenges to the male’s
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Elephant" written in 1936‚ George Orwell comes off as being a racist and a coward. I believe that he is not a coward. After reading the narration‚ you must picture yourself during that time in Burma. In the hunt for natural resources the British forced themselves upon the people of Burma. This caused great tension and hate against any whites‚ Especially the Burman priests who”...none of them seemed to have anything to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans.” Orwell was a sub-divisional
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Danny Nazzaro Reading Response Paper 3/2/2014 Micah Mintz The Idea of civil forfeiture would seem outdated unless you were part of its sweeping experience. After reading such a story‚ I think it is unfair‚ obscured‚ and a way of America that people do not see. Although it seems ridiculous it does seem to have both negative and positive impacts. Civil forfeiture seems to keep law enforcement agencies running and fund their wants more than needs. The ability to seize money and use it for your
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George Orwell: A political and controversial rebel Abused‚ bullied and made fun of‚ yet George Orwell still ended up doing something amazing with his life. He was born in India in 1903‚ into a time of political upheaval. There were many wars and political movements going on at the time. For example; the Russian Revolution and the quest for a Utopian society. He was born into the lower middle-class‚ so even while looking for a job he was still looked down upon. When he found a job with the Indian
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Chinatown Reading Response The film Chinatown‚ directed by Roman Polanski‚ incorporates the image system of blindness vs. seeing to effectively increase the depth and complexity of how the plot is revealed to the audience. The effect of this is the audience feeling that they are not just watching a film‚ they are solving a mystery in time with the characters and what they see is not always the truth. This image first appears in the form of the bi-focal glasses seen at the very beginning
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