‘Harry Wood’ Pun – explain both meanings 1) What evidence is there in the first stanza of Harry Wood’s struggle for survival? Harry Wood’s struggle for survival is clearly revealed in the first stanza through the use of the pun “digging his way out of poverty” as he literally worked hard in the “mines” and metaphorically worked extremely hard to earn money to climb the social hierarchy from the bottom of social class “mines” to a reasonable position “foreman’s place” 2) What does the
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‘Harry Wood’ by John Foulcher‚ is a poem set in the 1920-30s which explores the idea of change. This poem shows us what happens when change does not occur in a person. Harry throughout the whole poem says the same; harsh‚ cruel man that was just seeking to survive. He did at some point have social change with‚ a wife of which he had children with however‚ as he was an introvert and had his mind set on just surviving and never really “living life”. With Harrys attitude and beliefs never changing it
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‘Harry Wood’ is a biographical poem about a miner who is depicted as diligent‚ persistent‚ and independent. This ‘Aussie Battler’ was cast as a foreman in the mines during his twenties when he began literally and metaphorically “…digging his way out of poverty” fighting a fearful future of potential poverty during the Great Depression in the 1930s‚ which is used to convey Harry Woods level of dedication and determination towards his job. Harry‚ much like the average Australian‚ is struggling to survive
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In his poems “Martin and the Hand Grenade” and “Harry Wood”‚ Foulcher explores the ideas of the difference between adults and children in their interpretation of warfare. Foulcher also explains the ideas that man has a violet streak which can lead to destruction. In the second poem‚ the composer conveys the selfishness of living only to acquire wealth and how material possessions do not ultimately bring happiness and fulfillment. Foulcher uses his senses and a variety of techniques to convey his
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future‚ he wanted his grand kids to be wealthy and not fight for survival day by day as he did. From the beginning up until Stanza 4 the poem is depicting Harrys past life in the mines. The first 4 stanzas to me show a man of great courage‚ tenacity and a massive ambition to build a better life for himself. In stanza 2 we hear of Harry “firing a man for fooling with the ropes.” This shows that he is a man who isn’t afraid to crush other along the way‚ this is evident in the next line where he
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novel In the Lake of the Woods. "Painful realities‚ thoughts‚ or feelings"‚ "refusal to acknowledge"‚ and "defense mechanism" all pertain directly to the main character of the novel‚ as well as the way the book is written. For this reason‚ I feel that this definition of denial and the word denial itself perfectly illustrate the theme of Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ "In the Lake of the Woods". The main action takes place near the town of Angle Inlet on the shores of The Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota
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1) Theme 1: Females seen as unequal to men • “The education of his family’s soul is never far from my father’s thoughts. He often says he views himself as the captain of a sinking mess of female minds” (Leah‚ page 32) • “He warned Mother not to flout God’s Will by expecting too much for us. ‘Sending a girl to college is like pouring water in your shoes… it’s hard to say which is worse‚ seeing it run out and waste the water‚ or seeing it hold in and wreck the shoes” (Adah‚ page 50) • “When his
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Foulchers poetry is shaped by his intense focus on memories and experience. The poems Harry wood and summer rain portray that John Foulcher uses these memories and experiences are created by settings of both time ad place and are expressed though the language and thematic concerns of foulchers poetry. In the poem “Harry Wood”‚ John Foulcher describes the life of a man he know making it biographical.. through Harry’s story we learn that he was a miner‚ earning money in a time of poverty ( probably
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Theme of Stopping by the wood s on a snowy evening The poem “stopping by the woods on a snowy evening” is written by Robert Frost. The poem is set in the woods and the speaker here is the stranger who stopped there‚ admiring what his eyes saw‚ the beautiful view. In the opening stanza‚ the poet wonders about owner of the woods and thinks he knows him. The stranger is in the woods and has a horse who thinks its weird that its owner has stopped in a place that does not have a farmhouse ‚ but
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Tim O’Brien’s In the Lake of the Woods is centered around the mysterious disappearance of Kathy Wade. Mysterious is the key word‚ as throughout the novel O’Brien plays with the fine line between ambiguity and reality. Kathy’s husband John Wade‚ the main character‚ is a Vietnam veteran and former politician whose participation in the infamous Mai Lai Massacre caused his fall from grace. Following a landslide defeat in the congressional elections‚ Kathy and John retreat to solitude in an isolated
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