February 18‚ 2012 ENGL 216-B03 Jonathan Swift was an author during the eighteenth century also known as the “Age of Enlightenment”. Swift is well known for his use of satire and irony in his literary works. His essay “A Modest Proposal” has became known as one of the greatest satirical works in literature. In this essay‚ Swift proposes that the Irish begin using cannibalism as a means to overcome their poverty and deplorable living conditions. Although Swift’s recommendation of pursuing cannibalism
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Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art” addresses the feelings one may have toward loss. The speaker begins with a declaration that “the art of losing isn’t hard to master” (1)‚ and repeats it several more times throughout the poem. She speaks in a casual and easy to understand tone‚ despite its perplexing verse form (known as the villanelle). The speaker starts with the loss of ordinary‚ everyday things and gradually moves to the bigger things‚ such as the loss of her significant other. While the speaker claims
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For the poem “One Today” the five word choices that I would replace if I was the original writer would have to be kindled‚ vital‚ story‚ sorrow‚ and children. For example in the very first sentence of the poem “One sun rose on us today‚ kindled over our shores.” The reason why I would replace the word kindled to the word arouse‚ is because I perceive that people would greatly understand the word arouse more than kindled. Now let’s move on to the next word shall we! In this case I would change the
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Fantasy and Poetry in Children’s literature The two selections of literature are Cinderella for the fantasy story and a poem by Eloise Greenfield called “Tradition”. Both selections are from different cultural traditions‚ but portray positive messages to children and adults in today’s society. Every little girl dreams of finding her prince charming. There are more than 1500 different versions of “Cinderella” from cultures all over the world. The story of Cinderella has been in existence since
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It is impossible to study the literature of one culture separate from the literature of the other cultures. Because the world literature is like a one whole body‚ which is developed under the influence of different large and small national literatures. In spite of the fact‚ that people live in different parts of the world‚ they always look forward to share their created spiritual wealth‚ they enjoy each other’s art and literary discoveries. Literary and spiritual connections‚ influencing the world
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“Lost Ones” and Gendered Stereotypes Even though it is more inclusive than most hip-hop narratives‚ the portrayal of women in “Lost Ones” is still problematic. While the boyfriend begins his verse committed to collaborating with his girlfriend‚ as shown by the lines “Now I ain’t tryna pick a fight with you‚ I’m tryna talk‚” and the use of “we” in lines like “I feel like we ain’t ready for this…we still kids ourself/ How we gonna raise a kid by ourself?/ Handle biz by ourself?” A significant change
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One country‚ two systems "One country‚ two systems" is an idea originally proposed by Deng Xiaoping‚ then Paramount Leader of the People ’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ for the reunification of China during the early 1980s. He suggested that there would be only one China‚ but areas such as Hong Kong‚ Macau and Taiwan could have their own capitalist economic and political systems‚ while the rest of China uses the "socialist" system. However‚ Deng rejected the proposed use of such a system for territories
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One Country‚ Two Systems One Country‚ Two Systems is a concept proposed in 1981 by Ye Jianying‚ one of the ten Founding Marshals of China. Then formally put forward by Deng Xiaoping‚ the former leader of China‚ in January 1982 in order to reunify the country. However‚ this concept was aimed to reunify Taiwan‚ not to reunify Hong Kong or macaw. One country‚ two systems means there is only one China‚ but the regions of Hong Kong‚ Macao and Taiwan could retain their original economic
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password in two career families vs. a one career family. Many working parents try to set aside time in their hectic days to devote to their children. but what are the qualities of "quality time‚" and what differences does a a two career family have compared to a one career family? These along with some other questions remain unclear in today’s society. Most parents are working at a full time job (forty hours a week) five days a week. Therefore‚ when the parents arrive home from a hard‚ stressful
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Society is not better when it strives for sameness because citizens who are different will end up punished for their uniqueness. In “The Different Ones”‚ after contacting the government office in hopes for finding a home for his son‚Victor‚ who was born with a deformity and is constantly being bullied‚ an official tells Mr. Koch that “[killing him] would be in the nature of a medieval value judgment. Hardly applicable in this day and age. To mercifully put someone to sleep for humanitarian reasons
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