‘I am a rock I am an island’ -A Study of the Recurring Themes of Alienation and Communication Gap in the Songs of Simon and Garfunkel (THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE STATESMAN FESTIVAL MAGAZINE 2006) “You’re a stranger now unto me / Lost in The Dangling Conversation /And the superficial sighs‚ / The borders of our lives.” Somehow‚ these lines seem to the best representative of what this paper will try to capture-the thread of alienation in the works of Simon and Garfunkel. One wonders
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According to Migration Policy Institute‚ Indians have become the second-largest immigrant group in the United States after Mexicans in 2013 with more than 2 million Indian-born immigrants resided countrywide. Indians are also the top recipients of the working visa and second-largest country to send international students to the United States after China. The reasons behind the high surge of immigration might be vary‚ but a better job opportunity‚ improved living conditions‚ and better education are
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education system’s effects. The students would first have overviews of how a country’s education works with lectures of the curriculum. We would read the book Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire and literary works from authors like Jamaica Kincaid‚ who grew up in Antigua with schooling under the British colonial education system. Pedagogy of the Oppressed will introduce
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Jamaica Kincaid’s poem “Girl” seems to be a mother guiding and teaching her daughter about life and how to do many things. “Girl” makes me think of southern mothers including my own. My mother has taught me how to sew‚ cook‚ and to be polite and treat everyone equally. This may seem like the classic standard women are held to but‚ to me‚ it is much more than that. Being taught to sew has enabled me to be independent in being able to mend my own clothes. This allows me to help my family so they do
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Melissa Rodriguez Professor J. G. Casem English 100 December 3‚ 2013 Final Draft essay #2 Born this Way There are many categories within the gender complex‚ in which different types of people fall under. These different categories consist of gender identity‚ sexual orientation‚ physical gender and gender roles. Identity’s can be changed dramatically depending how a person feels about themselves and who they are attracted to the same or opposite sex. Some play role because it is what
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The list in the story‚ Girl by Jamaica Kincaid‚ would not be accepted in todays modern society. The list in Girl‚ is in stark contrast with how women regard themselves today and can only be viewed as very undermining of what it means to be a woman and what a woman is supposed to be like. The short story consists of a list of what a woman should strive to be. During the time period of the book‚ women did not have a role outside the home. More often than not‚ a woman was a housewife. This meant that
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Readings in Black Philosophy. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press‚ 1995. Cooper‚ J. California. Family. Anchor Books: New York‚ 1991. Hooks‚ Bell. “Healing the Hurt.” We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity. Routledge: New York‚ 2004:134. Kincaid‚ Jamaica. The Autobiography of My Mother. New York: Farrar‚ Straus & Giroux‚ 1996. Sofola‚ Zulu . “Feminism and African Womanhood” in Obiaoma Nnaemeka (ed)‚ Sisterhood: Feminisms and Power From Africa to the Diaspora. Trenton: Africa World Press
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Writing in English. Ed. Victor J. Ramraj. Peterborough: Broadview‚ 1995. 115-120 Dumont‚ Marilyn. “Squaw Poems.” An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English. Eds. Daniel David Moses and Terry Goldie. Don Mills: Oxford UP‚ 2005. 421-22. Kincaid‚ Jamaica. “ On Seeing England for the First Time.” Concert of Voices: An Anthology of World Writing in English. Ed. Victor J. Ramraj. Peterborough: Broadview‚ 1995. 209-213 Thrasher‚ Anthony Apakark. “ Playing With Girls is a Sin” An Anthology of
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2. What did you find humorous in the story? (Kincaid) I found the advise on how to spit up in the air and to move quick so that it doesn’t hit you to be humorous. By the way you shouldn’t become a slut but spitting in the air is perfectly reasonable thing to do. 3. How do you feel about Dee? Do you sympathize with her desire to “improve” herself and her family? Where do you think she goes wrong? (Walker) I sympathize with Dee trying to improve herself but not necessarily forcing her ideas of
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the grey platform‚ Crosses the railway line‚ enters the lane‚ His chappals are sticky with mud‚ but he hurries onward. Home again‚ I see him drinking weak tea‚ Eating a stale chapati‚ reading a book. He goes into the toilet to contemplate Man’s estrangement from a man-made world. Coming out he trembles at the sink‚ The cold water running over his brown hands‚ A few droplets cling to the greying hairs on his wrists. His sullen children have often refused to share Jokes and secrets with him. He will
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