Ted Hughes’s poem‚ “Wind”‚ describes the impact and strength nature has over human beings. The poem is written in first person‚ which emphasizes the idea of a personal experience and suggests that the speaker of the poem is Hughes. The poem is situated away from the cities‚ presumably in the countryside or in a very isolated place‚ this can be supported by the use of words like “fields” and “hills”. The setting of the poem is in autumn since the weather is described as being cold and grim. The
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In this tech-based world‚ media is one of the channels to discover what is happening all round the world. Through watching the TED shows‚ we are looking into two huge global challenges that the world is encountering – modern slavery and women inequality. Regarding to slavery‚ Kelvin Bales‚ a writer‚ shares the information and the plausible solutions for this issue. For women inequality‚ Sheryl WuDunn provides a few examples to illustrate how women are treated in the less fortunate regions. Comparing
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Podcast: As an expert in contemporary poetry‚ I see the texts within my usual range of interest as those that are written about or inspired by our daily lives. However today I speak about some works of poetry that stand the test of time. “Good” poetry must have the qualities of language which make ideas and emotions condensed. They must display a recognisable format or structure that relates to our concept of poetry. A common test of what makes any text worthwhile is its popularity‚ its relevance
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The jaguar by ted Hughes In stanza 1‚ an image of distorted nature commences. The opening line ‘the apes yawn and adore their fleas in the sun’ presents an oxymoron that evokes a sense of both boredom and decay for the reader. The aural imagery and onomatopoeia of ‘the parrots shriek’ is complemented by two similes ‘as if they were on fire’ and ‘strut like cheap tarts’ to add visual imagery‚ parrots that are acting desperately and unnaturally for attention and food In stanza 2‚ the empty cage
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stories they all have one common goal which is to solve the case. However‚ the methods they use are very different from one another that does not mean they do not possess similar qualities. For instance‚ in the film The Maltese Falcon the lead detective Sam Spade is an American hardboiled detective who is rough around the edges. Spade drinks more than usual and gets into physical fights. Unlike the classic age detective Sherlock Holmes from the film A Study in Pink. Sherlock deals with confrontation with
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The Other Wes Moore connected to TED Talk John Coyle the speaker of my Ted Talk talked about strengths and weaknesses. Coyle encouraged his audience to focus more on their strengths rather that their weaknesses. Coyle believed that if a person worked too long to improve their weaknesses‚ then it is obvious that they can’t improve those weaknesses‚ and should move on to focusing on their strengths. Therefore‚ the best thing to do is to move on to building up their strengths‚ because they can surely
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Elopement goes with a huge price I could still recall that when I was still a little child I would always admire the hero and heroine eloping together from their unreasoning families. I was filled with the admiration for their bravery to challenge the social ideas and defend their romantic love. Such stories always end up with”They lived happily together ever after” in my naïve mind. However‚ after reading My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather and Shangshi by Lu Xun‚ I started to reflect on the real sense
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David R. Roediger’s‚ Working Towards Whiteness is a book examining how the “new immigrants” to America became white during what he called the “long early twentieth century”. The book is divided into three parts‚ part one talking about what was classed as whiteness and where American’s placed new immigrants on a social level. Part two talks about the “in between” stage‚ what it was like to live in between the racial binaries which were around in the early twentieth century. Lastly part three talks
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I found “The Shrine Whose Shape I Am” by Samuel Menashe difficult. When I first read the title‚ I thought of Japanese shrines. After reading the poem‚ I realized that the speaker was talking about Christian shrines. I only know about Christian churches‚ so I wasn’t sure if shrines and churches were the same. I found the first stanza challenging because I’m not sure what the “fringe of fire” is supposed to represent (2). I considered that the fire is temptation or pain from the devil since fire is
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Leadership Sam Walton Sam Walton‚ the founder of WalMart since year 1962‚ was said to be a brilliant and versatile leader. Walton was a very self-confidence leader as he was once forced to close his shop ( Not name as WalMart yet) due to certain issues between landlord and him but he was so determined that he will be successful in his venture‚ he decided to start over a new shop at a rural place then successfully expand his reach to many places until the first WalMart opened at Roger‚ Arkansas
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