The two different short stories titled respectively "Sonny’s Blues" and "This Is What it Means to Say Pheonix‚ Arizona" maintain several similarities throughout their particular lengths. Both observant tales of changing times and cultures‚ the novellas incorporate themes of brotherhood‚ loss‚ and the rekindling of relationships. Due to the resemblance between the themes and atmospheres of the two stories‚ an analyzation is necessary to draw assessments associating these particular tales. One of
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In the poem “Funeral Blues‚” W.H. Auden’s choice of diction allows the reader a greater understanding of the intensity and depth of feeling experienced upon the loss of a loved one. Likewise‚ the symbolism used by the poet pulls us into the actual world of the grief stricken as he searches for ways to mourn this passing. Auden’s choice of diction here was used to drawn the reader into the emotional disrepair felt by the afflicted. He shortens sentences and uses comparisons to the destruction left
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Comparison and Contrast of Two Gothic Cathedrals Gothic Style is some of the most beautiful works of art that man have ever made. It originated with the Romanesque style of building which lasted for about one hundred years before it was replaced by Gothic styles. The founder of the Gothic style was a man by the name of Abbot Suger. Notre Dame de Chartres cathedral was built in France between 1145 and 1513 and is Gothic architecture. Another Gothic architecture is the Bourges and it is
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Funeral Blues Summary Stanza 1 Lines 1-2 Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone‚ The song begins with a series of harsh commands : stop the clocks! Cut off the telephones! The speaker sounds forceful and even angry. These seem like physical representations of time and communication to us. He wants everything to just stop. In the next line‚ he ask for silence. He wants dogs to stop barking too. On the other hand‚ the speaker is addressing an audience
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Personal Response The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth that was taken December 7th‚ 1972 when the Apollo 17 crew were travelling toward the moon. The title of the beautiful photograph could symbolize many things but what I understood from it is that we see ourselves living on a small planet with many different aspects but in the end were always together if we put the effort in staying together. When observing The Blue Marble‚ I have realized many things such as the photograph gives me a better
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off course. Most of these ships were recovered‚ but one such ship drifted so off course that it could not be recovered. The name of the ship was the Blue Raccoon. The number of passengers was twenty. It went off course while going on‚ what should have been‚ a routine trip to mars. On the way it when off course. Over the next Twenty million years the Blue Raccoon drifted through the cosmos‚ until it came upon a planet. This planet was green and had life‚ much like early earth. This planet long forgotten
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Ross Lodge Wheeler English 1302.004 3 October 2014 Varsity Blues In the movie “Varsity Blues‚” not everyone can appreciate what a small town Friday night feels like. Living life underneath a microscope. The whole town in the stands. You can practically fell them breathing down your neck criticizing every move‚ every play the team makes. That’s what it felt like for the boys from West Canan. No matter how tough things get you can always stand up for yourself‚ friends‚ and family. Growing
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At a glance‚ one may conclude that Carver’s “Cathedral” is a simple story‚ but a critical analysis demonstrates that it is the interactions and epiphanies that normal people have that ultimately change their life. The narrator has certain perceptions about the blind people and what happens at the Cathedral and other commonplaces. Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” is a story told by a narrator who has limited awareness of himself and those around him. He wonders how a blind man can have such understanding
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The short story “Cathedral” is an intriguing piece of writing written by Raymond Carver. In this story‚ the author created a character‚ the narrator‚ as a person that lacked warmth or emotional involvement‚ even with his own wife. The blind man is portrayed as a human being with a love for life. He has a human connection towards the narrator’s wife whereby he fully understands her emotions and supports her needs. My essay will explore the use of setting in this short story. My thesis will focus
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ghetto in New York‚ during the 1950’s. During this time black people were forced to live in a world of discrimination‚ poverty and suppression. After reading Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues‚ I couldn’t stop thinking about how it had affected me even though I had not gone through a similar experience myself. I just kept wondering what Baldwin had meant his story to be about. I would dare say that his main interest laid in showing the complecity of human relationships. Sonny got arrested for “peddling and using
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