Part I: Today it is estimated 250‚000 children are being used as child soldiers. Some of these child soldiers have volunteered to escape the streets for food and protection‚ but many of these soldiers have been kidnapped and forced to be soldiers. Villages are sometimes forced to sacrifice children to rebel groups in order to not be attacked. About 60% of these children are men and 40% are women; They are used as infantry‚ cooks‚ messengers‚ spies‚ porters‚ and occasionally suiciders because
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The poem that was chosen was “Stone” by Charles Simic. Charles Simic argues that it is better to be as simple as a stone‚ than being energetic and some other kind of creature or object that has action in its life. The narrator is telling us that his idea of perfection or tranquility is being a stone‚ lying there‚ doing nothing for eternity. He prefers this over being something like a tiger or something with action. In the beginning of the poem‚ Charles Simic says the he would go straight to doing
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He Had Such Quiet Eyes By: Bibsy Soenharjo 3.1 SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM The poem is about a woman who has been deceived to think that she was loved by a man with ‘quiet eyes’. She suffers for this and only learns on hindsight not to trust or give in to men who seek women only for pleasure. The poet gives an advice on being able to recognise what is true and what is not‚ when a person is truly friendly and when he is not. You may lose in the game of love and give your heart away‚ but knowing the truth
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On his poetry he used techniques like similes‚ metaphors‚ imagery and personification for example to enlighten readers. His poems “Dolce Et Decorum Est” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth” are significant in conveying his negative attitudes towards the effects of war on soldiers. The poem “Dolce Et Decorum Est” has powerful poetic techniques to depict death in war as a brutal and horrifying experience. This poem portrays the horrific sights‚ sounds and feelings of a soldier who experiences a horrific
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| | our Casuarina Tree is a poem published in 1881 by Toru Dutt‚ an Indian poet. Its a perfect example of craftsmanship.In this poemToru Dutt celebrates the majesty of the Casuarina Tree and remembers her happy childhood days spent under it and revives her memories with her beloved siblings. ------------------------------------------------- Summary The poem begins with the description of the tree. The poet says that the creeper has wound itself round the rugged trunk of the Casuarina Tree‚ like
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in a simple hut. I wonder where I will die‚since I am neither white nor a black man? Question 1 What different denotations does the title have? What connotations are linked to each of them? The title of the poem contains several meanings‚ all of which underscore the main theme. This poem relates to the speaker’s inner turmoil because if his mixed racial ancestry.First of all‚“crossˮcan mean“angry.ˮThe speaker was angry‚ or “cross‚”with his father and mother for their passing on to him an amalgam
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Counseling Techniques Sarah B. Fluhart Bellevue University Abstract Counseling Techniques come in a wide variety of models and from many different theories of counseling. The counseling techniques described during any motivational interviewing process are the basic techniques that will be addressed in this paper. Motivational interviewing techniques include: Asking open-ended questions‚ using affirmations‚ forming reflective statements‚ and providing a summary‚ these techniques along with body
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Analysis Of William Blake’s Poems Infant Joy Notes This simple poem is two stanzas of six lines each. The two stanzas each follow an ABCDDC rhyme scheme‚ a contrast to most of Blake’s other poetic patterns. The rhyming words are always framed by the repetition of "thee" at the end of the fourth and sixth lines‚ drawing the reader’s attention to the parent‚ who speaks‚ and his or her concern with the baby. The infant’s words‚ or those imagined by the parent to be spoken by the infant‚ are set
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job in relaying both messages to each party in need of an interpreter. One way to ensure this is expansion. There are several expansion techniques used by an interpreter to convey the meaning of the hearing person such as; contrasting‚ faceting‚ reiteration‚ explaining by example‚ using 3-D space‚ scaffolding and describe‚ then do. Contrasting technique is used by comparing two things‚ often one that is true and one that is false or visa versa. Research done on “High Context (ASL) v.s. Low
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This poem is about an Afghani fighter called Kamal‚ and about an attack he made on a colonel horse. This poem was first called “Kamal” but Kipling changed it to the epic name it has now. Its style represents the subject of raids and battles. Briefly‚ the story of this poem is about two main warriors: an Afghan raider‚ Kamal‚ and a Colonel’s son. Kamal stole the horse of the Colonel and took it to an enemy area. The Colonel’s son bravely followed him to take the horse back and to show his courage
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