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    Winter Dream In Fitzgerlad’s story a young man falls in love with a woman and despite trying‚ he fails to win her over and winds up losing her forever. When comparing the plot with more modern day fairy tales‚ there is some discussion. In most fairy tales they end happily ever after with the prince and the princess together. In Winter Dreams‚ however‚ young Dexter doesn’t wind up being with his love‚ Judy‚ in the end. Judy marries another man after Dexter rejects her on their final night together

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    The speaker in the poem‚ “Those Winter Sundays”‚ by Robert Hayden‚ reveals both his loving and regretful feelings about his father by using symbolization‚ diction‚ and a regretful‚ “if only” tone‚ which are all reflected by the “angry home”. Hayden uses symbolization to convey the child’s feelings for the father. The speaker would “rise and dress‚/ fearing the chronic angers of that house.” The reader can imagine a child nervously getting out of bed to see his or her father. The bed is a symbol

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    For my sociology project during the winter break I have decided to break this social norm: forget the name of the person I will sit on the Christmas table. Remember the name of the people you are with‚ is a sign of respect in our society. Even if you don’t remember the name most of the time‚ we try an easy way out in order the name of the person involved in the conversation. For this project I will ask them to repeat their name so before to speak with a person in the family I will ask him/her to

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    In ’Those Winter Sundays’ by Robert Hayden the author describes his hard working father working to looking after his family during hard times. The author describes a period in America during the Great Depression. Accordingly‚ when a man’s duty as would be to provide for his family. Robert Hayden grew up in America great depression when food was scarce as was providing for one’s family wasn’t easy by far. The author seems to be reminiscing and appreciating his father for getting up early on Sunday

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    My partner for the in class listening activity was Tara Van Winter‚ who is a transfer student at the University of Maryland. The stereotypes that were associated with being a woman‚ a twin‚ and a person of white dutch descent. These stereotypes have been a constant presence in Tara’s life‚ and often affect the way she is perceived by her friends‚ family‚ acquaintances and society. The stereotypes perpetuated by her identities are displeasing to her because the violate the values she holds‚ such as

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    Love fuels actions What is real love? Do you show it by doing things for them? In his poem “These Winter Sundays” Robert Hayden uses imagery‚ poetic diction‚ and repetition to explore the theme of you do things for the ones you love because you love them. He uses imagery describing the cold tells the reader what his father has to face to warm the house‚ he follows up the description of the cold with talking about his father’s hands- “and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold‚ / then with cracked

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    For my gut reaction writing‚ I read “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. The poem brought back memories of cold winter nights by the fire. My living room has a gas fire‚ and even when it is below 40‚ the living room can still be 80. The second stanza reminded me of the days I would spend cross country skiing‚ especially the part where Hayden says the cold is splintering and breaking‚ because when you are cross country skiing in the mountains around Seattle‚ you can hear each little sound caused

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    Goal: Total word count in this document: Title: Are you still trying to get rid of your winter weight? It’s common that people gain weight during the winter‚ depending on where you live‚ the main reason is the weather and lack of sun. We all feel less motivated and just want to stay warm and cozy in our beds. But it’s May and the sun is shining and the sun is out to play! A healthy lifestyle is vitally important‚ but many of us struggle for one reason or another. You might not have a vivid idea

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    The first poem in the collection for analysis is “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. The poem is about realizing and regretting not being more appreciative for the father’s hard work and those little things the father did for the family‚ that the speaker took for granted. In the second stanza‚ you might also think that the relationship could have been tough and now the speaker regrets not being more thankful for the things his father did for him. In line 13-14 when the speaker says‚ “What

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    Speaker in poetry Christen Borgersrode I chose to write about “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. This poem was a touching memory as the speaker looked back on how he never thanked his father for all he did on those chilly Sunday mornings. In lines one through five the speaker talks about how the father would always get up in the early morning‚ in the “blueblack cold”‚ and get a fire started to warm the house after working hard that previous week. This shows that the father worked hard

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