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    What makes a human an individual? Would it be the characteristics that make us unique‚ the usage of the word “I”‚ and or different personalities? Imagine being born into a society where there is no such thing as “I” or an “individual” and we were only taught plural pronouns. The impact that would have on our personal development and individuality is brutal. The word “we” impacts the lack of individuality by degrading self esteem‚ replacing the usage of the word “I” in society‚ and supporting collectivism

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    LINGUISTIC SEXISM AND VIOLENCE OF SOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL ANTHEMS INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Having a distinct national anthem just like a unique national flag as a form of national identity is one thing that is common to virtually every country or nation of the world. An anthem according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica is a song or a hymn expressing patriotic sentiment that is either governmentally authorized as an official national song/hymn or

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    Identify what you think the author’s purpose is‚ and what techniques were used to achieve this. In the two poems‚ Dulce et Decorum est.‚ and Anthem for Doomed Youth‚ both written by Wilfred Owen‚ the author’s main purpose was to expose the true horrors of World War II and to challenge the romanticized view of war that poets such as Rupert Brooke held. To achieve this‚ Owen used familiar imagery techniques of similes and personification‚ and sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration.

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    Anthem For Doomed Youth’ is written in the style of a sonnet‚ traditionally a style of poetry used to express love‚ here it is used as an elegy. On the other hand‚ ’The Send Off’ is written in four cinquains‚ these fragmented stanzas give the poem a question and answer format with the three line stanzas providing the narrative and the two line stanzas that follow allowing Owen to express his opinions. ’Anthem For Doomed Youth’ also uses questions‚ both of the two stanzas start with a question‚ this

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    In the critical response poem “The New True Anthem”‚ 1988‚ Kevin Gilbert challenges the Australian public about our patriotism or lack thereof. With this poem Kevin Gilbert acknowledges the fact that there is not just one single opinion of what has happened to the beautiful land that was once home to many native Aboriginal tribes all over the country. Australia’s sense of pride and admiration that is declared by Dorothea Mackellar in “My Country” is challenged and questioned by Kevin Gilbert. The

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    strongly about a main theme or issue. The two poems‚ Dulce et Decorum Est‚ and Anthem for Doomed Youth are both written by Wilfred Owen. Owen’s main idea was to expose the true horrors of war and to challenge the romanticised view of war that poets such as Rupert Brooke held. To achieve this‚ Owen used familiar imagery techniques of similes and assonance‚ and sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration. ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ aims to give a clear reference to the audience‚ a glimpse of

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    Ayn Rand‚ author of the novel Anthem‚ had the philosophical view of both a Romantic and a Realist. She states‚ "I am Romantic in the sense that I present men as they ought to be. I am a Realist in the sense that I place them here and now and on this earth." This quote implies that she portrays man in an idealistic sense‚ but she places her characters in a realistic world. Emigrating from the her home country of Russia into America‚ Rand was initially exposed to a somewhat technologically backwards

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    TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis By: Matthew S. Title: Anthem for a doomed youth is a title that sounds like they think the generation that is up and coming is going to fail miserably. Paraphrase: The soldiers in war don’t get a honourable death‚ they are being killed off like how cattle are being killed of‚ for the survival of the weaker. The soldier who die’s child[ren] are the ones who know he passed‚ and know that he meant a lot‚ but will never know if he died on honourable death‚ and that’s why

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    Have you ever done something‚ thinking you’re doing the right thing‚ and then suddenly things get flipped around and now you’re the one getting in trouble? Having all of your technology taken away as a consequence? In the book Anthem‚ written by Ayn Rand‚ Equality 7-2521 experiences something a little similar‚ only he is the one discovering technology. “I am done with the monster of ‘we’ the word of serfdom‚ of plunder‚ of misery‚ falsehood‚ and shame. The people are taught that it is a sin to

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    In the short story Anthem‚ by Ayn Rand‚ a person named Equality 7-2521 lives in a socialist society and struggles through countless troubles. For example‚ everybody in this society is one body that thinks the same. They have a motto‚ or the great truth‚ that says: “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but the great WE‚ one‚ invincible and forever.” He‚ however‚ is faced with the opportunity to augment his position in this economy‚ though he might also be judged for his motivation when

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