Stella Brooks Mrs. White English 9 L2 6 January 2015 “The War of the Wall” Literary Analysis The short story “The War of the Wall‚” by Toni Cade Bambara takes place someplace during the mid to late 1960’s to the mid 70’s‚ shortly after America’s integration and in the middle of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War era was a very troubling time and effected almost everyone living in America at the time. The war was to prevent and resist communism in Vietnam. America was losing the battle‚ and they
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Many people from the younger generations recall the movie Wall-E. Although it involved a cute robot‚ it also had an eerie message demonstrating the possible future for humanity. The humans were morbidly obese and were constrained to mobile chairs because all their muscle mass deteriorated. As the movie progresses‚ it shows how all these people who had succumbed to sloth consistently gorge themselves in fast food. Wall-E may be a beautifully animated film‚ but it has an underlying message for the
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WALL-E Wall-e is an animated adventure movie that takes place on earth in the future. This story revolves around a trash collecting robot who has been left to clean earth from the mess humans left behind. One day‚ while going through his daily routine‚ Wall-e stumbles upon a seeding plant and carefully puts it in a boot. While returning home ‚ he sees a giant ship land that dispatches a small flying robot‚ who goes around scanning the planet. Wall-e‚ struck with curiosity‚ hunts down the robot
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a Snowy Evening Robert Frost was an amazing poet with poems that ring out with “autumnal tones of New England” (Charters‚ 862). Robert was born in San Francisco in 1874 but did not truly begin his life until 1912 when he and his family moved to England and he was able to pursue his writings. Frost has many amazing works of poetry and like most poets‚ he has many poems that went unnoticed. The Road Not Taken and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening both embody the classic Frost ambiance; they are
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In Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay‚” the speaker proclaims that fame and the things we value last only “an hour” (4). Having lost his wife and children which for him were like gold‚ Frost comes to the sobering recognition that “Nothing gold can stay” (8). Frost feels plagued by solitude but struggles with distancing himself. Frost’s two poems “Mending Wall” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both represent Frost’s desire for human connection because of its value. Though it appears that
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world‚ the Walls’ family appeared to be the classic‚ All – American family‚ which usually entailed a family of four or more‚ with a stay at home mother‚ and a common blue-collar job for the father… However in the case of this particular family when the doors were closed a night‚ whether it was the car doors or a little shack of a house‚ they were not the same put together family they appeared to be to the rest of the world… “dancing along the border between turbulence and order.” (Walls 288). Jeannette
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organize vista of thematic canvases. Earth‚ water‚ air and fire are the four governing elements of each side of the space (Figure 1) These wall paintings showed the ultimate personal artistic preference of Francesco. Under each wall‚ there is a serial of exquisite oil paintings related to the theme. There are 19 of them distributed along the four thematic walls‚ covering by different oval –framed paintings that indicated the contents in the cupboard. “The paintings of the Studiolo concealed cabinets
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WALL-E directed by Andrew Stanton and produced by Pixar in 2008‚ is an animated science fiction movie‚ . What is so unique and very intresting about this movie is that you understand everything with just the images only and with so few dialogues‚ you can still be captivated and feel very strong emotions while watching WALL-E. I believe that this movie has a strong mix of science fiction and a love story the relationship between the two robots is just as important as the general plot. This film takes
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Robert Frost and Edgar Allen Poe Over the history of poetry there have been countless and countless numbers of poets‚ some good‚ some bad‚ and some who will be revered forever. Their many characteristics‚ backgrounds and life experiences affect their style of writing and allowed them to differ from one poet to another. Edgar Allen Poe and Robert Frost‚ two of the most known poets that have ever put pen to paper. Poe and Frost are two perfect examples of two poets that have had different life experiences
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When I read Joy Kogawa’s poem‚ “Where There’s a Wall‚” for the first time‚ my initial impression was that the title was a metaphor for breaking free‚ where the wall represents conformity that can be overcome in several various ways; the phrase “Where there’s a wall there’s a way through a gate or door. There’s even a ladder‚” indicate the various methods a person can conquer a wall. The message of the poem illustrates that people have many options to live their lives; some may opt to be loud and
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