Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine is a unique and complex book made of lyric poems that focuses on various topics of racism‚ identity and prejudice. With the piece of writing being a set of various lyric poems‚ the content can be hard to unpack but Rankine makes certain that even if the reader misses all the subliminal messages‚ they will certainly be able to understand the common themes inside the writing. I will analyze this piece by interpreting the themes that I understood from the
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As the author Dr. Robert C. Thomas writes‚ Fear Eats the Soul “is a film of stairs and stares. Stares‚ because the entire film is made up of a series of looks: gazes that objectify‚ and trap‚ both the-one-being-looked-at and the one looking. These gazes are of such duration that they disturb and implicate the audience watching the film. Stairs‚ because we often see characters filmed behind staircases—or behind screens‚ railings‚ and staircases‚ simultaneously—often while being looked at‚ amplifying
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chains is directly related to the pain that he experienced from being enchained. b) 67b: Death is the separation of the soul from the body. We shall be closest to knowledge (in live) if we refrain as much as possible from association with the body and do not fall to bodily pleasures but live a purified life. Philosophers are only concerned with the well-being of their souls and the best kind of wisdom comes from reason alone‚
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Aristotle Born in the year of 384 B.C. Aristotle was seen as conventional for his time‚ for he regarded slavery as a natural course of nature and believed that certain people were born to be slaves due to the fact that their soul lacked the rational part that should rule in a human being; However in certain circumstances it is evident that Aristotle did not believe that all men who were slaves were meant to be slaves. In his book Politics‚ Aristotle begins with the Theory of The Household‚ and
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most fascinating parts of the trip‚ though‚ was learning about the culture. So many of the younger kids had never seen a boy with blond hair before‚ and women at the mall always wanted to touch my skin and hair. Looking back‚ I realize we‚ American Citizens‚ have the opportunity to experience other cultures. I have met Indians‚ British‚ Australians‚ Japanese‚ Arab‚ and French people in America‚ and yet the Filipinos were
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seeing a sort of resemblance between Baldwin’s speech and the poem "Young Soul." They both make reference to getting to know yourself. Which does give some commonality between the two. I do however feel there are some differences‚ even though the points are basically the same. The difference is within the way you accomplish getting to know yourself. Baldwin’s speech carries on about finding yourself through writing. In the "Young Soul" the speaker is persuading the reader to get to know themselves through
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example set by their parents and what they are taught. Parents that want the best for their kids‚ try to teach them the right way to live life‚ establish rules for them to abide by and ultimately contribute to society in a positive way. In the film‚ Citizen Kane by Orson Welles‚ Charles Foster Kane attempted to live his life unconstrained but rather ironically‚
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Citizen Kane Scene Analysis The scene we’re analyzing starts off with a shot of the New York Daily Inquirer. It’s a close shot‚ taking up the entire screen. I feel this close up is to show the viewer that the newspaper company is going to be the primary focal point for Kane‚ and his two partners at this point in the film. After the close up‚ the camera pans down to show Kane and Leland sitting in a car looking up at the building. Kane says “Take a good look at it Jedidiah‚ it’s going to look a
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Soul-muncher The noise of an engine vibrated across the puddles of soggy and gritty mud. Ahmed steered the wheel‚ into the ominous and gloomy porch. As he switched the gear from 3 to 1‚ a huge cocoon of ghostly webs outside the two spruce doors caught his eye. He stopped. Afraid to leave his blood-red mini cooper‚ he spontaneously heard an extremely quiet buzz coming from his phone. The notification read‚ “Ahmed‚ the order is cold by now‚ please hurry and deliver ASAP. You’re going to be fired
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No Coward Soul Is Mine by Emily Bronte No coward soul is mine‚ No trembler in the worlds storm-troubled sphere: I see Heavens glories shine‚ And faith shines equal‚ arming me from fear. O God within my breast. Almighty‚ ever-present Deity! Life -- that in me has rest‚ As I -- Undying Life -- have power in Thee! Vain are the thousand creeds That move mens hearts: unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds‚ Or idlest froth amid the boundless main‚ To waken doubt in one Holding so
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