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    In the poem‚ “Lost Love”‚ by Louise Gluck‚ word choice and literary devices are key features Gluck uses to deepen the heartache told within the poem. When analyzing this poem‚ the reader understands the agony faced by the speaker based on the poem’s use of denotation and connotation. Denotation can be defined as “the dictionary meaning of a word” (Johnson‚ Arp 763) while connotation is described as “what the word suggests beyond what it expresses”(Johnson‚ Arp 763). The poem is about a child who

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    Jean Louise Finch criticizes the quality of education in schools. Firstly‚ she implies that prison education is better than the education given in regular schools “The other boys attended the industrial school and received the best secondary education to be had in the state‚ one of them eventually worked his way through engineering school at Auburn” (Lee 11). The words “best secondary education” implies that children in a prison-like setting receive a higher quality of education than the children

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    the rebellious ways of Queen Victoria’s fourth daughter‚ Princess Louise. Told in alternating timelines‚ the story first introduces Louise on the day of her wedding‚ having just married the Marquee of Lorne. Although the Louise and Lorne are a seemingly perfect pairing‚ the marriage is a scandalous one as it is the first in three centuries wherein a member of the royal family has wed a commoner. That night‚ it is revealed to Louise that her new husband prefers the company of men and agreed to marry

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    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born February 4th‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. She was born to James and Leona McCauley. Rosa’s childhood was sadly filled with racial discrimination.. Several times‚ she saw Ku Klux Klan members.. Her parents split in 1915 shortly after her brother Sylvester was born. Rosa moved to her grandparents with her mom and brother in Pine Level‚ Alabama. She grew up around education since her mom was a teacher. At age 11‚ Rosa began schooling when she moved back to Montgomery

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    to when I first read this text‚ but it was not until later that I came to understand this societal pressure to write in a certain way is still just another form of oppression. To define this type of oppression‚ I reference this section from Mary Louise Pratt’s "Art’s of the Contact Zone": "....in order to lay out some thoughts about writing and literacy in what I LIKE TO CALL CONTACT ZONES. I use this term to refer to social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in

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    The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster Wei Li University of Virginia‚ Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business‚ and Centre for Economic Policy Research Dennis Tao Yang Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The Great Leap Forward disaster‚ characterized by a collapse in grain production and a widespread famine in China between 1959 and 1961‚ is found attributable to a systemic failure in central planning. Wishfully expecting a great leap in agricultural

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    support‚ and most importantly love. The bond between brothers is a bond that cannot be forged. There are many types of relationships: Husband and wife; Father and son; Mother and daughter; but the bond between brothers is one like no other. In Louise Erdrich’s short story “The Red Convertible‚” Lyman and Henry’s relationship will give readers the understanding that time‚ war‚ and death will change people‚ but the bonds of brotherhood cannot be broken. At the center of “The Red Convertible”

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    people in the situation may have used Positive thinking to go through a difficult time. During the Japanese air attack‚ many Japanese people were moved into barracks through a torrid heat in the summer. Miss Breed receive a letter from a girl named Louise Ogawa. In her letter she explained how it was hard for her to keep a positive mind during the situation. “This trip made me realize the wonderful work of nature.” This shows that even through that hard time she managed to enjoy nature.In spite of

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    has their own inner journey that is caused by certain events that happen in their lives and causes growth‚ understanding and change in perception of themself and the world. There is obvious inner journeys that the characters in Othello‚ Thelma and Louise‚ and the Wizard of Oz. Shakespeare’s play Othello is the story of a man in the military‚ who meets the woman of his dreams and woos her over with his beautiful story telling. Othello comes across as a very smart man who respects everyone who he crosses

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    brushes cut the stone in watered arcs 21. and in the soak frail outlines shiver clear 22. a moment‚ things us kids pressed on the dark 23. face before it hardened‚ pale‚ remembering 24. delicate old injuries‚ the spines of names and leaves. Louise Erdrich ’s poem "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways" reads like a short story of Native American children dreaming of past experiences in their quest to return home and their failure to do so. This particular poem is made up of three short poems that

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