My Antonia By. Willa Cather Important Quotations 1. “During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa‚ our talk kept returning to a central figure‚ a Bohemian girl whom we had both known long ago. More than any other person we remembered‚ this girl seemed to mean to us the country‚ the conditions‚ and the whole adventure of our childhood.” Explanation This passage from the Introduction is the first the reader hears of Antonia. The narrator of the Introduction‚ who grew
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Similarly‚ God is making these decisions like a father would make a decision about their child having a surgery on their tonsils. They may just be slightly bothering the child now‚ but the father knows that eventually it will cause a major problem with major suffering. Of course‚ the father doesn’t want to see his child in any pain whatsoever‚ but he knows if they have a surgery now to take out the tonsils that the pain of the surgery‚ will be less severe then that of swollen tonsils. That is the
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experience with his own father from when he was a teenager. In the final stanza the poet looks back‚ aged ‘twenty nine’. The poet marks the time shift by shifting from past into present tense. This poem is a nostalgic look back at a defining moment from Armitage’s childhood‚ his relationship with his father and how he feels about it now. From the first words of the title‚ ‘My father’ shows that Armitage’s memory of his childhood‚ like the poem is dominated‚ looked over‚ by his father. The effect is
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First They Killed My Father Essay In the memoir‚ first they killed my father by Loung Ung‚ the author demonstrates how the Khmer Rouge use techniques of brain washing‚ food ration in order to be loyal to pol pot. Also In First They Killed My Father Loung and her family were invaded by the Khmer Rouge‚ who lied about the United States bombing Phonm Penh. Loung and her family had to leave to go to different villages and they stayed for a while but then they went to the
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look at rhyme scheme for end line rhyme always a good place to start. there is not always end line punctuation giving it a conversational tone and seemingly being spoken to the reader. the title hints at the mournful tone baxter embodies being called elegy its about his grandfather if you didnt pick that up either.. he lived 80 years and never spoke his true feelings. gives the image that he is silent and strong and perhaps never found true love. unchanging cairn - remembered after
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agrarian society’’‚ a radical form of agrarian communism where the whole population had to work in collective farms or forced labor projects. The Khmer Rouge revolutionary army enforced this mostly with extreme violence. The book “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers”‚ written by Luong Ung‚ is the author’s story of growing up during this time period. She was five years old when the Khmer Rouge came into power. As stated in the author’s note‚ “From 1975 to 1979‚ through execution
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First They Killed My Father First They Killed My Father demonstrates that when people live in constant fear they begin to live only for themselves. Discuss‚ the constant fear‚ which is portrayed by the Ung family‚ is one which would push any person who experienced this to only fend for themselves‚ as it is the only way to survive. Human adaptability is clearly shown in the text through Pa’s sense to become friendly with the chief and the base people‚ which is a source of procuring enough food for
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ENGLISH REPORT… “THE FATHER” By: Bjornstjerne Bjornson aBorn | 8 December 1832 Kvikne‚ Norway | Died | 26 April 1910 (aged 77) Paris‚ France | Occupation | Poet‚ novelist‚ playwright‚ lyricist | Nationality | Norwegian | Notable award(s) | Nobel Prize in Literature 1903 | •was the son of a Norwegian pastor •was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. •is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen‚ Jonas
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After reading the book My Brother Sam is Dead‚ I realized the plot of the book wasn’t what I expected. Judging by the title‚ you’d think the book is about a guy named Sam‚ but it’s really about his brother‚ Tim. The story takes place during a period of war‚ and Tim‚ as the narrator‚ has to witness his father and brother disagree over which side they are on‚ the Loyalists or the Rebels. Disobeying his father‚ Sam goes to war to fight the Loyalists‚ and Tim is stuck at home worried about his brother
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My father is the most valuable person in my life. He is the most courageous‚ religious‚ and selfless person I have ever known. My father had passed away when I was fifteen years old. He had died of T-cell lymphoma. He was an understanding father and a loving husband. He was a big influence in my life. All though‚ he is no longer with me‚ but he will always have a place in my heart. All he had left behind for me are the precious memories and pictures of him. My father was a brave man. He had always
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