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    The poem “Sex without Love‚” by Sharon Olds is intriguing such that it gives the reader the chance interpret it at many levels. It harbors a range of possible experiences‚ depending on the depth and perception of the reading. At face value‚ this poem seems to be one that talks about sex and the narrator’s disapproval of casual sex. Yet‚ if the reader further analyzes it‚ they find waiting for them an actual experience through the words‚ a feeling of awe‚ and a message of body and soul. One of the

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    Love has many different meanings to different people and the way Sharon Odds and Andrew Marvell describe love is definitely diverse and singular‚ they both have different views of how love and sex should be expressed. In “Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds the speaker presents a clear view of the use of irony. She also reveals disgust for casual sex. She captures the shameful act of immoral sex and animates it with her language structure. Her use of imagery creates a picture in the readers mind. The

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    Dr. Sharon Marshal‚ a doctor specializing in the field of obstetrics-gynecology and currently executing her profession in a private hospital of Notre Dame Hospital located at the upper General Luna of Baguio City. Obstetrics-gynecologists are doctors that deal with the health of pregnant women as well as their baby. As students of STEM track‚ we have chosen Dr. Marshal since her profession is one of the jobs that are aligned with the course we are taking as of now. Moreover‚ we would like to have

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    The book COPPER SUN by Sharon M. Draper. Is an interesting story of a girl‚ named Amari‚ who lived in a nice village‚ with her family and friends until‚ she was kidnapped and sold into slavery. She has many emotions in this book. But I chose a few that I thought were the most important. Which are‚ frightened and happiness. One of the main emotions was frightened/scared. At the beginning of the book‚ Amari’s village was attacked. I know this because in the text it says. “Amari knew she should

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    essay on “Right of Passage” written by Sharon olds. “ “Rite of Passage” is a poem whose denotative meaning expresses the feelings and details of a young boys birthday party through the eyes of his parents. In accordance to the denotative definition of this poem‚ the connotative interpretation I will be focusing on‚ are the stages of boyhood and the feelings and emotions that run through the minds of these young kids during the early stages of their lives. Sharon Olds uses a strange yet effective writing

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    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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    Analyze: The Girl The poem that I will analyze is from Sharon Olds‚ The Girl. This poem is quite graphic but it describes a life lesson that two girls had to endure. This poem describes a graphic preplanned rape event. The girls were 12 years old‚ it seems that they were at the wrong place and living a wild life‚ and getting involved with the erroneous people. They partied with their supposed best friend‚ this is what I am getting from the poem‚ they were being chased and after being caught they

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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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