The Serial Podcast as a Commentary On Surveillance and Ideology This past weekend my fiancée and I both began and finished listening to the first season of the Serial Podcast. I think a little background on this is necessary before continuing on my broader analysis. The program is a weekly podcast which focuses on one particular narrative. In this case‚ a murder in 1999 in which a 17 year old Pakistani male‚ Adnan Syed‚ manually strangled his ex-girlfriend‚ Hae Min Lee in the city of Baltimore after
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"Out‚ Out" - commentary "Out‚ Out" is a poem by Robert Frost about a tragic event. Frost conveys the theme of his poem in the form of a story: a boy is working with a buzz saw‚ when he cuts his hand off with it when his sister calls him for supper. The loss of blood results in his unexpected death‚ and his family returns to their daily lives. The tragic event shows the boy’s sudden and premature loss of innocence‚ While narrating the story‚ the speaker implies that he sees the
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In Westminster Abbey Let me take this other glove off As the vox humana swells‚ And the beauteous fields of Eden Bask beneath the Abbey bells. Here‚ where England’s statesmen lie‚ Listen to a lady’s cry. Gracious Lord‚ oh bomb the Germans. Spare their women for Thy Sake‚
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family name consisted of status‚ accumulation in wealth Social commentary on treatment of immigrants by average family for labor purposes‚ cleaning purposes‚ lawn care‚ apart from workers whose use is justifiable‚ using semplica girls for asthetic beauty justifies their dehumanization‚ less than people but things.
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Oral Commentary English A2 In the oral commentary you are expected to show critical thinking when you discuss a passage. You have to show that you understand the subject matter and your ideas have to be relevant and focused. When presented with an extract from a text‚ talk about the extract and not about the whole text. Your presentation should be organised and coherent. It should not be a series of unconnected points. It is important that you use examples to prove your arguments. Your language
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Larkin Poem Commentaries Here My feelings for ‘Here’ have much to do with the recent video prepared for the Larkin25 anniversary‚ which should be seen in conjunction with what I have to say here. Sir Tom Courtenay’s reading together with the images of Hull and its surrounding areas‚ leave me with the sense that while this is not just a hymn to Hull‚ although it is certainly that – and written when Larkin had first come the city – it is a place which is constantly surprising the poet by the interplay
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Social Commentary on the American Dream The American Dream is the ideal that “every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative” (Dictionary.com). The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is not just a story about the rich and privileged. It comments on the social divides between the old and new rich while speaking about a disillusioned America. Fitzgerald’s characters
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displays a dinner table laden with half-consumed victuals and various decorations. Despite the seemingly simple and straightforward subjects of these respective still-life paintings‚ the items exhibited therein manifest a wide-reaching social commentary of the Renaissance‚ from changes in philosophical beliefs to the re-stratification of both economic and social classes. Before examination of the social explications and implications of Gerritsz ’ Still Life of the Paston (Yarmouth) Collection
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COMMENTARY COVERSHEET • Name: Johanna Troedsson • School: Söderportgymnasiet School #: 1216 • Commentary #: 1 • Referring to section 2 of the syllabus • Date written: 3rd of February 2011 • Date of article: 18th of January 2011 • Source: http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/brant-stigande-matpriser-globalt-hot‚ 1/18/2011‚ 14.30 • Wordcount: 731 words Commentary Number 1 The food prices in our world are on their way up to a level almost impossible to manage. As we try to
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Commentary Passage: Page 248: "-You made me confess the fears that I have " Page 249: "Cranly did not answer." In this passage‚ Stephen is saying how Cranly has made him confess all of his fears to him‚ but then he tells Cranly what he does not fear. Stephen tells Cranly that he does not "fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever" he has to leave. Stephen has gone through several stages in his life‚ and now that he has gone
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