daughter‚ Pecola‚ will be highly valued in society so that Pauline’s status will rise through her daughter’s status. However‚ Pecola does not meet those standards. In the novel‚ Morrison includes a chapter where Pauline has many journal entries in which she depicts how she feels towards her children. She comments on how she would love Pecola no matter how she turned out‚ but concludes the entry by stating‚ “[b]ut I knowed she was ugly. Head full of pretty hair‚ but Lord she was ugly” (126). Pecola grew
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I am pleased to recommend Claudia Manderson‚ a previous math student of mine from the past two years‚ to your honors college. I taught Claudia in Algebra 2 Honors as well as Pre-Calculus Honors‚ in both of which she earned high-marks every semester. I have found her to be a well-rounded and morally grounded student. Claudia is an exceptional student in her academic performance as well as in her achievements and involvements outside of the classroom. Even with her heavy course load of all honors
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Citizen‚ by Claudia Rankine‚ is a compilation of poems and writings explaining the problems with society’s complacency towards racism. Rankine also points out instances where underlying racism hurts more than flat out racist remarks. The novel is riddled with images symbolizing the discrimination towards African Americans‚ which contribute to the overall theme of racism becoming naturalized. Citizen works to debunk these natural assumptions and feelings of the common stereotypes of African Americans
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Claudia Rankine‚ author of the book Citizen features multiple artistic genres including: poetry‚ prose‚ images and videos that can be found online. She uses many images that strike readers as beautiful and intriguing to show the importance of understanding the message and main ideas of her book. On image she used in her book‚ which can be found on page 160 was created by Joseph Mallord William Turner. The Slave Ship was created in 1840‚ based on a poem that depicted a slave ship that was caught in
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some ways. Leiber has a passage name “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes.” The main character has a relationship with a man name David‚ but she tells him how she wants things to go. Hemingway passage name “Hill like the White Elephant.” The two main characters are in a relationship‚ and the man is acting in control of their relationship. Leiber ad Hemingway passage both portrays an unstable relationship. The Girl with the Hungry Eyes illustrates a woman that is a model and uses David. She uses David
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Darker eye color genes are more dominant than lighter eye color genes. Each parent can only give one gene from each trait. The father inherited a brown eye gene and a blue eye gene. However‚ the father passed down the brown eye gene to its offspring. The mother inherited a green eye gene and a blue eye gene. Based on evidence‚ one can come to the conclusion that the mother will pass a green eye gene to the offspring. As a result‚ the offspring will have a brown a gene and a green eye gene.
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An Eye For An Eye Capital punishment has often been referred to as ‘an eye for an eye’. This idiomatic expression dates back to Mesopotamian times from Hammurabi’s Code. The phrase represents what many view as a harsh sense of justice based on a need for reprisal. What is the real purpose for capital punishment? Many Americans are becoming less and less concerned with using punishment as a deterrent for future crimes and more focused on using it as a means of retribution. In a recent study‚ eighty-eight
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An Eye for an Eye Life is a precious gift from God. Even when a person has no material possessions‚ life is still possessed. In light of these observations‚ it is logical to assume that murder‚ the taking of another’s life‚ is the most heinous of crimes. Undeniably‚ penalties imposed upon criminals should match the crimes committed. Therefore‚ the worst crime possible‚ murder‚ should receive the worst penalty possible‚ death. One argument against the death penalty comes from the Bible‚
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reader. Learning how to effectively use syntax is key when you are putting together words in a sentence because in order for the poem to be effective they must fit together as a sentence and appear as a line of poetry. I really liked “Citizen” by Claudia Rankine because she touched upon some issues that are very prevalent in the United States.
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Claudia Rankine was born in 1963 in Kingston‚ Jamaica‚ and studied at Williams College‚ then took an MFA at Columbia. Since then‚ she has had great success publishing collections of poetry‚ anthologies‚ and has received many awards and fellowships. She is currently the Henry G. Lee Professor of English at Pomona College as well as a chancellor in the Academy of American Poets. To say that Ranking has reached a bounty of success in her life is an understatement. In Citizen: An American Lyirc she presents
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