«Up the Down Staircase» The text under analysis is a fragment from the novel «Up the Down Staircase»‚ written by Bel Kaufman‚ an outstanding American writer. She worked as a teacher of the English language and literature in a New York high school for many years. She is best-known for her novel «Up the Down Staircase»‚ which was published in 1965. The book deals with the experience of a young high school teacher. So‚ it’s rather obvious that the novel comprises some autobiographical episodes. The
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Jan Perkowski created a ten-part analysis outline to be used for analyzing different characteristics and functions of vampires that appear in film‚ television‚ and literature. This outline can be used to analyze the film The Lost Boys‚ and how the vampires in the film function as a metaphor for drug use‚ American nationalism‚ and a broken family structure‚ all of which were common in the 1980’s. The first part of Perkowski’s analysis encompasses the information sources for the film‚ which includes
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Lost in Translation (2003). Director: Sofia Coppola. Summary The film takes place in Tokyo where two characters find themselves feeling alone and lost in the foreign landscape. Bob‚ a famous American actor‚ and Charlotte‚ who is married to constantly working photographer‚ are drawn to each other. They grow sympathetic towards one another and together they navigate the spaces (clubs‚ restaurants‚ karaoke bars) of an unfamiliar culture. They gain a deeper understanding of one another. Charlotte
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In this poem‚ Blake is trying to dispel the myth of grandeur and glory associated with London and to show the ’real’ people of London and how they felt. London was seen and portrayed as a powerful and wonderful city where the wealthy lived and socialised. However‚ Blake knew that London was really a dirty‚ depressing and poverty-stricken city filled with slums and the homeless and chronically sick. To reveal the truth‚ Blake combines description of people and places with the thoughts and emotions
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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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Poem Analysis Digging Digging is a poem written by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s about a person looking back into the past and thinking about his father and his grandfather. The memories in the poem are about his father and his grandfather’s occupation. The sentences: ‘Stooping in rhythm through potato drills.’ shows that his father was a potato farmer and ‘My grandfather cut more turf in a day’ shows that his grandfather was a turf harvester. The title of this poem also has a meaning
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Why Bob Clark’s Baby Geniuses Should Be Hailed as a Modern Masterpiece What is a masterpiece? One might come to ponder. Cinematically‚ one might point to films such as Orson Welle’s Citizen Kane‚ or Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ both of these have‚ of course‚ their own personal merits‚ but might I suggest a different approach‚ a film oft overlooked: Baby Geniuses. The premise of the film is a simple one‚ a faculty of scientists have uncovered that babies are born with vast knowledge
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Analysis by N. Mohsin Autobiography‚ by Louis MacNeice In my childhood trees were green And there was plenty to be seen. Come back early or never come. My father made the walls resound‚ He wore his collar the wrong way round. Come back early or never come. My mother wore a yellow dress; Gentle‚ gently‚ gentleness. Come back early or never come. When I was five the black dreams came; Nothing after was quite the same. Come back early or never come. The dark was talking
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Rebekah Frost LAL 153: Online Summer 2015 Unit 14: Poetry Analysis Assignment Poetry Analysis Essay Due: 7-20-15 “Having a Mind to Change the World” By Howard Nemerov The poem is about daylight saving time. Daylight Saving Time (DST) is an age-old practice where people would advance time by one hour to extend daylight time into the night. In effect‚ they would sacrifice sunrise time‚ also by one hour. People in the regions affected would adjust their clocks around the start of spring. They would
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To Celia is a love poem with a simple four line rhyme scheme (abcbabcb)‚ written in first person. The over all tone of the poem is dreamy‚ optimistic‚ persistent‚ and gullibly innocent. The rhythm is smooth‚ and pensive‚ and seems to fall into an iambic pentameter. The poem gives the reader an intimate sense of this man’s love‚ and obsession for the woman of his desire‚ Celia. I interpreted this poem as having a theme of lost love. I imagined that Celia is his ex-lover‚ he still is in love with her
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