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Literature 11/22/10 "The Mother" Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem‚ "The Mother" is an introspective look into the internal struggle of a woman who has had an abortion. The poem is very powerful and conveys a vast array of feelings and sentiments on the subject such as regret‚ love‚ and disappointment in one’s self. The poem is largely successful due to it’s tone‚ which is achieved through the personification and choice of diction. To begin with‚ lines one and two state the general idea of the poem.
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female should present themselves and what is normal for them could be weird to others. In “Honor Code” by David Brooks‚ he explains what it is like for a boy to be in school and the ways it is the school’s fault for their learning troubles. Deborah Tannen’s‚ “His Politeness Is Her Powerlessness‚” persuades her readers to see that women are viewed as powerless‚ while men are the powerful ones when it comes to things like communicating. Inferences can be made after reading these articles about whether
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times one of the adolescents girls or boys who go see the child does not go home to weep or rage‚ does not‚ in fact‚ go home at all.” (Le Guin pp. 15) Some may leave because they can’t be apart of something that they do not agree with even if it’s for their own happiness. As stated in a newspaper article “The Child in the Basement” by David Brooks‚ Brooks believes‚ “They walk away from prosperity‚ and they make some radical commitment. They would rather work toward some inner purity.” (David Brooks)
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On August 11‚ 2008 David Brooks post his article “Harmony and the Dream” in The New York Times. Brooks intended to reach out to those people who are interested about economic that collectivist can create a harmonious society as well. Brooks uses logical experiment of fish tank‚ experiment of the psychologist Richard Nisbett and the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic event that collective society may overtake the individualist society. Harmony and the Dream discusses the differences between the societies
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In his address to the nation‚ Kennedy outlines the plan for the future as he assures the American citizens the roles they need to play in the future to help and progress the idea of worldwide freedom and liberty. In order to achieve this goal‚ Kennedy highlights that America will forever need to hold its stance on the idea of freedom and pledge its support to all those who are suffering from the evils of poverty through the use of alliteration and repetition. Kennedy utilizes alliteration to invoke
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and then he writes about it in his book‚ Fast Food Nation. Schlosser emphasizes throughout the book that fast food industry has contributed to changes in urban life‚ and has impacted American culture for the worse. Eric Schlosser’s attentive analyzations and his effective use of persuasion using logos‚ ethos and pathos convinces the reader about the fast foods negative impact on the economy and society. Schlosser’s use of these three rhetorical devices helps the reader understand how strong his views
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In his essay‚ “Mind over Muscle” writer David Brooks declares that once upon a time‚ men possessed the tools needed for power and success like muscles and connections. However‚ over time the information age changed all that because education became the gateway to success enabling women to get ahead since over time they proved to be the better students than men. “Once upon a time‚ it was a man’s world. Men possessed most of the tools one needed for power and success: muscles‚ connections‚ control
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One Nation‚ Indivisible It ’s no secret that the United States has been fighting many wars on the home front over the past few decades. Between the War on Drugs‚ the War on Terror‚ and the War on Poverty‚ we have seen ourselves as a Nation tested on the limits of our morality in more ways than one. But even before these battles came to the attention of our country ’s citizens‚ there was another one waging right in our own back yards. This conflict has become part of what is known as the War on
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His facial expression is showing no emotions at all. As I have been following David Blaine‚ I can say that‚ that is his common face. He doesn’t show too many emotions and except stays in a very serious face unless he makes a joke. When he makes a joke he has a small smile. David however‚ does use hand gesters while giving his speech. In his speech there is a lot of monotone. He doesn’t show too many emotions. David only had pauses when he went to drink water. Otherwise he didn’t have pauses that
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