Sharon Olds in "On the Subway" writes the poem to contrast the lives of a Caucasian woman and an African American boy. It displays how the narrator realizes the bonds they share because of their fear for each other. She starts off by describing the boy as they face each other. She says he has the casual look of a mugger while she’s wearing a fur coat making her seem like the victim. Here they contrast as him looking like a mugger puts him in the lower class. On the other hand‚ she wears a fur coat
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In society‚ there is and always has been complications between Caucasians and African-Americans. In this poem‚ Sharon Olds explores this relationship using imagery‚ repetition‚ and multiple tone shifts. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author introduces a situation that contrasts a white person with a black. Correspondingly‚ she applies imagery to emphasize this difference greatly. For example‚ the shoes he is wearing at the time are black “laced with white” and compares them to “intentional scars
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Abstract Memory is of which enables us to remember things. The definition of memory is the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information. With out memory we wouldn ’t be able to remember many things. For example; language‚ people‚ words and so on. The present might be fresh‚ but the past would be forgotten. People which we know might be considered as a stranger. This paper is a brief look on how memory works encoding. Also‚ on the differences between short
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Crude Oil Crude oil is formed through a long process which took place millions of years ago. Huge numbers of microscopic animals and plants died and fell to the bottom of the sea‚ which is then covered by mud sediments. These mud sediments got buried by more of them‚ and then started to change into rock‚ which created pressure and increased temperature. This resulted in the deceased plants and animals to heat up and slowly turned into fossils which then turns into crude oil. Since oil is less dense
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In Sharon Zukin’s essay “Attention shoppers...” she explains that Americans shop because their trying to chase their dreams; weather they be‚ higher social status‚ greater education‚ the ownership of a home‚...etc... She also explains that in the last one hundred years or so Americans have been taught to shop from birth‚ and‚ that Americans no longer have the basic survival skills of making and growing things for themselves. She also explains that shopping habits change from child‚ to teenager
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do it‚ the ones who make love without love? This strong opening sentence almost seems like a contradiction‚ but after further analysis one can see that the author has a different meaning for each word “love” in the sentence. Sex Without Love by Sharon Olds is a poem about the people who engage in sexual activities without any associated emotions. To give a better understanding of the poem the following aspects will be discussed; The authors different meanings for love‚ a detailed breakdown of
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Introduction: Memory is the ability to retain and remember information. Many people consciously or unconsciously utilize skills or tools that aid to their ability of retaining information. There are three stages that are involved in memory which is sensory‚ short term memory‚ and long-term memory. In sensory memory‚ one shortly stores sensory information while in short term memory one can store information for a longer period of time and has a limitless capacity. On the other hand‚ in long-term memory
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Drunk driving is a known problem throughout the world‚ there are many accidents and deaths that occur each day because of stupidity and ignorance. In many cases families are torn apart and left heartbroken for the rest of their lives because of drunk driving. Drunk driving is the number one major cause of accidents and deaths on the road. Carelessness is responsible for drunk driving‚ and can be easily avoided‚ it can deal a great amount of pain and suffering and change the lives of many. The poem
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Victor Fuentes Peer review for Sharon Cantoral 1. I thought the paper was really well written. It made the story a lot clearer and her explanation gave the story more life. She gave good references and related very well to the story. 2. She gave a good interpretation at the end of the paper and explained how the story was actually about love and patience. 3. She gave evidence of it when she mentioned symmetry with the pigeons and sky. I wrote my essay on the same story and she gave good points
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IDENTIFICATION CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF SOME CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS PROPOSAL 1.0 INTRODUCTION The construction sector has been ranked as the industry with the highest number of occupational injuries that are both fatal and non fatal. When big construction jobs are initiated‚ such as building a new housing or shopping complexes‚ there is a great deal of movement going on in a small area. Cranes‚ trucks and diggers are all vying for space to complete their project in a timely manner. Every
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