In the poem‚ “Theme for English B”‚ the speaker self-identifies as a black person specifically a black male. When the speaker states the line‚ “the only colored student in my class‚” it is portraying a sense of self-identity. Reading the first half of the poem‚ it is noticeable that the speaker highlights the ways in which his ethnicity separates him‚ physically and figuratively‚ from his white classmates and professor. Also‚ the speaker gives us a symbol of segregation because he talks about how
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“The Lottery” is a story written by Shirley Jackson in 1948 and tells the story of a town that takes part in a barbaric ritual every year on June 27th. There are several themes in this short story. The main themes in “The Lottery” are our aversion to examine and challenge outdated ideas and rituals‚ that society will pick scapegoats to carry its wrongs and the horrors in following the crowd. The townspeople in “The Lottery” blindly go along with an appalling custom having lost the reason behind
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Themes in Hamlet Impossibility of Certainty and Delay of Action Hamlet undoubtedly takes a long time to avenge his father’s murder‚ and his hesitation is his tragic flaw. He spends a great deal of effort thinking and analyzing and far less acting on his dead father’s request for revenge. Hamlet’s delay of action is a direct result of his attempts to obtain more certain knowledge about what he needs to do as well as the circumstances of his father’s death. However‚ had he not taken so long‚ the
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I Have a Dream Introduction: I have a dream‚ by Dr. King. Background: Martin Luther King Jr. made one of the most famous speeches known to mankind‚ “I Have a Dream”. Thesis: The most effective rhetoric appeal in the “I Have a Dream” speech is pathos‚ show by how serious he is‚ it makes you motivated‚ and it can make you feel sad. Claim: To start off in the speech he is expressing some dark times for the blacks. Evidence: “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley‚” paragraph 5‚
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Kendall Russell AP English-8th Mrs. Guthrie Nov-30-2012 Junior Theme: “Inhuman mockery and Sacrilegious irony!” This is the description The Fourth of July received from one of the many heads of the abolitionist movement. The day commemorated by many Americans as a day to celebrate freedom and independence was described by Frederick Douglass as ”bombast fraud.” through the use of rhetorical questions‚ emotional appeals and visual imagery Douglass hammered to expose to his audience the hypocrisy
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In the song‚ “All That I Require” written by Radney Foster‚ the speaker conveys a theme of the political dangers of extremism and fascism. The line “I’ll make us strong again / you’ll sleep safely in your beds / I’ll reign down hell upon those dirty mongrels’ heads / And the blood of all your children is all that I require” directly correlates to pathos for the pity of the beliefs against previous fascists leaders like Hitler‚ Stalin‚ and Mussolini during WWII. Through this‚ he illustrates the errors
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Rap has been around for thousands of years‚ recently acquiring a more hip-hop like sound‚ focusing on content‚ flow and delivery. Many rap songs contain the themes of gangs‚ violence‚ drugs and crime. Immortal Technique‚ a rapper who grew up on the streets of New York‚ wrote a song called “Dance With The Devil” with all of these themes present. The song tells a somber story about a young man getting involved with gangs and trying to prove himself by selling drugs‚ stealing‚ getting in fights‚ and
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they are enacted in everyday life to empower women. She defines the erotic as a source of power‚ a source of knowledge‚ and a lens through which we can analyze aspects of our lives to evaluate the satisfaction and joy we receive and deserve. We see themes of the erotic in Sapphire’s Push through the interactions the main character‚ Precious‚ has with her social world. In Push‚ Sapphire presents spaces that are supposed to be designated as safe and protective as sites of physical and mental harm and
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Is Hard To Find ~Theme~ In the story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find‚” I particularly liked the opening quote‚ “The dragon is by the side of the road‚ watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls‚ but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” This quote‚ when I first read it‚ didn’t have as much impact until after I had finished the story. I felt it made me go back and re-read both the quote and the story. In doing so‚ I got more from it. What I concluded from the
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