The poem "The Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike dramatizes the conflict between dreams and reality in the case of Flick Webb. Flick shows such promise in his teenage years‚ but he ends up in the pathetic reality of helping out at a garage and playing pinball in a luncheonette. The poem begins with the description of "Pearl Avenue" which "bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off / Before it has a chance to go two blocks..." Pearl Avenue presents a ticket name connoting a clean‚ freshness
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The final scene of the first act opens up with a powerful soliloquy presented by Macbeth‚ If it were done when tis done (I.7.1-28). Shakespeare uses various literary techniques to express the ideas rushing through Macbeths mind prior to the murder of Duncan in his home. In previous scenes‚ Macbeth has been told prophecies of his future predicting him as king of Scotland‚ Duncans current position. Macbeth‚ with the aid of his wife‚ sees this task accomplishable only by the murder of the current king
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The Victory After reading several poems in my Backpack Literature textbook (Kennedy‚ X. J.‚ and Dana Gioia‚ 2008.)‚ I came across Anne Stevenson’s The Victory. Stevenson’s words hit me in the gut and made me feel her tension and conflict of becoming a new mother. Anne Stevenson portrays a mother’s feelings of pain during childbirth and mixed emotions of becoming a new mother. The poem contains a tone of conflict and anger. “I thought you were my victory/ though you cut me like a knife’ (Lines
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Making A Fist By: Naomi Shihab Nye The title contributes‚ to us readers as it shows‚ that we are alive and strong as long as we can still make a fist. The person speaking in this poem is speaking to her daughter after a long car ride of days and days‚ maybe even weeks. Her mother is giving her comfort and reassuring her that even though people go through obstacles‚ you need to be strong enough to go through many aspects in life to bring happiness. And just tells her if you can still make a fist
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1 Literary Terms 1. Allegory: a literary work that has a second meaning beneath the surface‚ often relating to a fixed‚ corresponding idea or moral principle. as in metaphor‚ one thing (usually nonrational‚ abstract‚ religious) is implicitly spoken of in terms of something concrete‚ but in an allegory the comparison is extended to include an entire work or large portion of a work. 2. Alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds. It serves to please the ear and bind verses together‚ to
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Sharon Olds’ poem "Late Poem to My Father" exposes the profound effect that childhood trauma can have on someone‚ even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and pity in the reader by reflecting on the traumatic childhood of her father‚ and establishes a cause and effect relationship between the abuse he endured as a child and the dependence he develops on alcohol as an adult. The idea of emotional retardation caused by childhood experiences is not uncommon‚ especially in our
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Luis Diaz Mrs. Crane-Post English Composition 2 October 24‚ 2013 “So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs From Americans” By: Jimmy Santiago Baca O Yes? Do they come on horses With rifles and say‚ Ese Gringo‚ gimme your job? And do you‚ gringo‚ take off your ring‚ Drop your wallet into a blanket Spread over the ground‚ and walk away? I hear Mexicans are taking your jobs away. Do they sneak into town at night‚ And as you’re walking home with a whore‚ Do they mug you‚ a knife at your throat
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Explication of "Because I could not stop for Death" The poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson expresses the speaker’s reflection on death. The poem focuses on the concept of life after death. This poem’s setting mirrors the circumstances by which death approaches‚ and death appears kind and compassionate. It is through the promise of immortality that fear is removed‚ and death not only becomes acceptable‚ but welcomed as well. As human beings‚ we feel that death never comes
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Gonzalez 1 Angel Gonzalez Prof. Warshauer English 102 Fall 2010 The Church for Teenagers: Explication Essay “The restaurant was shaped like a big bottle‚ though squatter than a real bottle‚ and on its cap was a revolving figure of a grinning boy who held a hamburger aloft. One night in mid-summer they ran across‚ breathless with daring‚ and right away someone leaned out a car window and invited them over‚ but it was just a boy from high school they didn’t like. It made them feel good
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By Symbolism: An Explication of a passage in Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” “They all know it is there‚ all the people of Omelas. Some of them have come to see it‚ others are content merely to know it is there. They all know that it has to be there. Some of them understand why‚ and some do not‚ but they all understand that their happiness‚ the beauty of their city‚ the tenderness of their friendships‚ the health of their children‚ the wisdom of their scholars‚ the skill of their
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