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    The song Winter by Tori Amos conveys the importance of independence and self actualization in life though levels of metaphors and imagery. Using semiotics to express deeper meanings‚ she gives a narrative account of life in which she never finds contentment due to childhood fatherly dependence and juvenile ideas of a fantastical adult life. The song adopts a poignant musical style with slow tempo and piano as the major instrument which was uncommon for a pop song of the early nineties. Strong periods

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    The poem Those Winter Sundays is about the relationship of the author and his dad. In this poem‚ he uses literary elements to show the reader what he senses and what is happening in his surroundings. Imagery is used many times‚ and he uses them so he can show what is going on and is easy for the reader to understand like the sounds he hears and the visions he sees. Imagery in this poem really created a vivid image for the readers to see in his “shoes.” in other words he uses imagery for people to

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    Victoria Hernandez Rodney Rather English 1302 Reader Response 1: “The Only Girl at the Boys’ Party”. Sharon Old’s “One girl at the boys’ party” deals with the reality that we live in a society that’s constantly changing and conforming to social norms. The mother of the girl learns early on that the girl is singled out at the party because of her gender and therefore is put into a situation that lacks similarity. The environment consumes the girl and she becomes overwhelmed by the boys’ who “tower

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    female at any point through his life: “He wanted to throw the pills away and wait and see what would happen to his body. How much of his body image was accurate and how much was a construct he had come to believe? He tried to see his body objectively” (Winter‚ ). This desperation to just be accepted as someone different from the norm was a plea Wayne continued to make throughout this story. The problem with being so stuck in societies view of himself‚ Wayne is unable to find peace with who he is. The thing

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    Over this week I read a novel by the award winning author Sharon M Draper. Draper has been nominated for Coretta Scott King Award for Authors and John Steptoe New Talent Award. Needless to say she is a very accomplished author. I read the New York Times bestseller Out of my Mind. First of all‚ Out of my Mind is about an eleven year old girl named Melody. Melody was born with cerebral palsy and was declared retarded and mentally handicapped at a young age. During the exposition of the book the future

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    Maurier uses the main character of her book‚ Mrs. de Winter‚ to take the readers through the journey of someone feeling scrutinized by the citizens of Manderley. Mrs. de Winter struggles to gain power over the memories of her husband’s deceased wife‚ Rebecca. Gaining power is something that Mrs. de Winter will need to fight for in her future at Manderley. Maxim asks Mrs. de Winter to marry him and move to Manderley. At Manderley‚ Mrs. de Winter is constantly being compared to Rebecca. Rebecca was

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    silenced. It is the time when winter jumps in. Torments‚ tensions‚ tragedies‚ tortures come up when west wind of winter blows. Winter is the time of sweet sorrowfulness and dangerous difficulties. However‚ when spring comes it brings gala days; birds fly up‚ and flowers get bloomed. Oh! Spring‚ you are a hope in calamities of life. Winter is the symbol of destruction and bareness whereas spring is the symbol of hope and fruitfulness. Around 250 thousand years ago a winter in Rome went on‚ in which

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    Is driving in the winter worse than driving in the summer? In the winter‚ below freezing temperatures in the northern hemisphere lead to dangerous icy roads. Navigating your way around in a blizzard becomes a difficult and high-risk situation because of the frost on the windshield and the lack of visibility. The subzero temperatures commonly cause black ice‚ black ice is not actually black‚ it’s just visually transparent. This ice is highly dangerous because it will cause you to slide if driven on

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    The Coldest Winter Ever Born Lisa Williamson in 1964‚ Sister Souljah is a hip-hop artist that burst to the forefront of mainstream media in 1992 when she was criticized by then Presidential candidate Bill Clinton for saying "If Black people kill black people every day‚ why not have a week and kill white people?" Clinton was trying to prove to other Democrats that he did not sympathize with the organization that Souljah was a member of. She basically said Bill Clinton and went on to sign music and

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    interested in him‚ he questions why her brother would even set them up. This could be a conflict because Kali is not in love with men‚ and could be shunned by her community and her family (Cooper‚ S 2004). In a short play titled “Mistaken Identity” by Sharon E. Cooper two people meet at a busy bar for a blind date. Steven is an American cowboy finishing school in England and Kali is of Indian heritage and a Hindu. The two are on a blind date trying to appease family members and social

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