Responce to Warren Pryor The main themes of this poem are family relationships and communication. In this poem the author says "And he said nothing". In this quote we see the lack of communication between the parents and the son. Even though the family had good intentions for their son‚ it wasn’t really in his best interest‚ or what he really wanted. The son did not say anything to his parents about not wanting to work at the bank. He never complained about anything‚ but just went on to graduate
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The Great Greek philosopher Socrates said -“Know Thyself”. According to Socrates one could not know anything without knowing oneself. This may be an old greek aphorism ‚but its relevance is eternal. In a sense‚ we are what we are because we don’t know who we are. However life’s book is hard to understand. Its like the eyelashes‚ they are so close to you that you can’t see them. But there is one way of seeing them‚ by looking in the mirror. Similarly in order to know oneself we need to sit down in
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A Contextual Analysis of “Words I Never Said” by Lupe Fiasco “Words I Never Said” is the second single released from Lupe Fiasco’s third album Lasers. This single was released on February 8th‚ 2011 for online download. “Words I Never Said” is a very informative and somewhat opinionated song. Through his lyrics‚ Lupe Fiasco is trying to speak out to the people and let them know what is really going on in the world and how they should pay attention because they play a huge part in it. The lyrics refer
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internationally. A nation or land is where people have established their life‚ their culture and their heart; sadly it has happened where people have been forced out of their homeland. Great opening sentences. Mary Louise Pratt‚ Kenji Yoshino and Edward Said all present very good methods of maintaining one’s national identity in their essays. In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay Arts of the Contact Zone she gives examples of people who are in a contact zone. Contact zones are where people are meeting other cultures
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rebuke traditional ideologies and inquires about things that religions aren’t necessarily concerned about. (Vanouse) He loves to analyze and interpret human actions when undergoing terrible and often faith-testing scenarios. (Vanouse) In the poem “A Man Said to The Universe”‚ Crane’s naturalistic views are put on display as he talks about man getting little acknowledgement by the universe. He is saying that man is very disconnected to their setting and pokes fun at the main character’s longing for recognition
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QUESTIONS: 1. What is void agreement Void means having no legal value and agreement means Arrangement‚ promise or contract made with somebody. So void agreement means an agreement that has no legal value. “An agreement not enforceable by law is said to be void”. [Sec 2(g)] A void agreement has no legal effect. An agreement which does not satisfy the essential elements of contract is void. Void contract confers no rights on any person and creates no obligation. 2. what is voidable contract
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“Wake up‚” Josie Said to me as she pulled the comforter off of my bed. “Five more minutes‚” I slowly griped. “No‚ we have to get our bags packed‚ today’s the day‚” Said Josie. I got up‚ my bones aching worse than a two day old flu shot‚ and my head spinning quicker than a hurricane. Once I was ready to go downstairs‚ I picked up a blanket lying on the floor‚ I then wrapped it around my half naked body‚ and I walked out of my bedroom and down the stairs I headed. When I go down the never
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“I disagree with your interpretation of the main idea.” Selina said to Austin as they sat on the cement stair in Austin’s backyard‚ discussing about their short story analysis work from English class. The sky was still filled with gray clouds‚ but at least the rain had cooled down the heat of late summer a bit. Selina felt bad for Austin‚ that he was stuck with her for this “working buddies” thing in English. Why would someone stupidly arrive late to class and become my deskmate‚ and then stupidly
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For as long as an authority has existed‚ there have been those who have challenged it‚ rebelled against it‚ and even refused to acknowledge it. Institutions that hold great power have composed what is right and wrong to those under their control. However‚ when an individual’s personal convictions come into conflict with authorities established morality‚ punishments often follow. Voltaire was correct in his assertion that “it is dangerous to be right” because there are many consequences‚ especially
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“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.’’ Said Anne Frank in the Holocaust. She was at Bergen-Belsen‚ a death-pit of horror and she still was happy. That says a lot doesn’t it? It says that people can still be happy in even the worst times because they can appreciate the things that they do have and not the things they don’t. Imagine yourself living in a concentration camp‚ starving‚ dehydrated and dying from typhus. Would you be happy? Or would you wish that you were home?
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