The poem “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes‚ is about a mother advising her son about life. She tells him that life is not easy and that he should not give up even when life is hard. Throughout the poem she uses an extended metaphor to compare life as a decayed stair. The mother expressed the hardship of life by saying‚ “And splinters‚ And boards torn up‚ And places with no carpet on the floor” (4-6). She describes the stair as an old and decayed stair that seems impossible to climb. Life is hard
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“Trumpet Player” by Langston Hughes addresses the issues of slavery and discrimination that was going on in the United States. The poem means that no matter what your life is like‚ the memories of your past will always be with you‚ but if you can find something that comforts you and eases the pain‚ you can turn your pain and suffering into art. The lines “The Negro/with the trumpet at his lips‚” which are repeated in stanzas two and five‚ tell the reader that the poem is about an African American
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TED Analysis The TED presentation that I viewed was‚ Jason Pontin’s: Can technology solve our big problems? Jason Pontin is currently the editor-in-chief and publisher of MIT Technology Review‚ and routinely investigates to find out what technologies currently in our world are going to “get us there.” Pontin has been editor-in-chief of the MIT Technology Review since 2004 and publisher since 2005. After 2005 Pontin begin a transition to digital-first magazines and reduced the number of annual print
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Education is also a big part in the world‚ with education women can proceed to higher job positions‚ and even have a chance to run for the highest position in politics. Since Social media is a part of everyone‚ it can influence everyone as well. A TED Talk by Johanna Blakley tells that in the future females will most likely take over social media. Also‚ she showed us graphs and a lot of research that females use social media way more and more often. With that said‚ it shows us that women use the
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another task‚ what would you use that gift for? Apollo Robbins has the answer; become a pickpocket. Robbins is an absolute master of the arts of manipulation and misdirection‚ the name of his presentation as well‚ and he proves it several times in his TED Talk. During his presentation‚ he demonstrates to the audience how easily distracted and utterly powerless a person can become when dealing with his profession. This may be very interesting to watch‚ but I believe this should also raise much concern
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After days of speculation‚ Senator Ted Cruz will announce today at his afternoon rally in Indianapolis‚ Indiana that he has chosen former GOP rival Carly Fiorina to be his running mate should he manage to win the Republican nomination‚ according to a close source familiar with the plan. “We will be making a major announcement at 4 p.m. Eastern‚” Cruz told reporters early Wednesday afternoon when asked about the major announcement is naming a running mate. “You guys should come and at 4 p.m. You
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The speaker of the poem is by the author Langston Hughes himself. This is a lyric poem because it expresses Langston’s emotions towards the river. By identifying the speaker‚ it allows the reader to understand that the speaker is using the river as a metaphor for representing life. In this poem‚ the speaker and the author are the same. The subject of the poem is the slavery‚ and the emotions the speaker expressed is happiness and love because of civilization. In the poem‚ the poet used imagery
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Summary of TedTalk: During the Ted Talk‚ Dan Gilbert‚ explained how happiness can be found in two ways. The first being natural happiness when we actually do get what we were aiming for. While the second is synthetic happiness‚ where we as humans are happy even though we might not have gotten what we wanted in the first place. Gilbert has conducted two types of experiments just to prove his point that synthetic happiness is in fact a real thing. For the first experiment Gilbert had a couple paintings
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Mary Hyland 11/18/14 P.3 Poem Reaction Paragraphs Emily Dickinson: “Success Is Counted Sweetest” This poem brought about a reaction in me of true success. The message is those who succeed‚ never truly appreciate success: only those who fail‚ or who lack something‚ can truly appreciate the joy if they had succeeded. The poet says “those who ne’er succeed” genuinely value success‚ or as she says‚ “They “count” it “sweetest”. Dickinson also states the members of the victorious army
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familiar is the Christian religion. In Langston Hughes “Salvation” exposes the flaws within the Christian religion‚ the fact that individuals do not understand what they are being taught and just doing what is expected of them as well as the hypocritical ways that happen in the Christian organization. Growing up‚ it is normal for children to just go with the flow of their environment and to do what is asked of them by their elders. In “salvation” Langston Hughes reveals the feeling
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