This volume presents a collection of poems written by children‚ compiled over a twenty-five-year period. The author‚ Naomi Shihab Nye‚ collected the verses written by students in grades 1-12 while conducting a series of workshops with them. The book is divided into four topics: ‘The Self and the Inner World’‚ where the young poets write about topics such as growing up‚ their bodies‚ food‚ and reflect about people and events that define them; ‘Where We Live’‚ where students express their thoughts
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“Where Children Live” by Naomi Shihab Nye describes children as they grow and create their identity. Nye creates many pictures of places where children play. The pictures also portray images of activities children commonly do. The speaker is a grown person who has gone through the cycle of child to growing into identity. The speaker begins by mentioning home to be a “pleasant rumpledness‚” creating a tone of comfort and coziness (line 1)‚ which is the view most children have in their mind when they
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Poetry Essay What is happiness? Different people have different definitions of happiness. For children‚ happiness is the satisfaction of receiving candies or toys. For adults‚ happiness is a good job or happy family. For Naomi Shihab Nye‚ happiness in a poem “So Much Happiness” is something else that not only can sing but also can be felt by touching. Due to the flow of this poem‚ dramatic situation‚ image‚ and syntax are three important elements that strongly demonstrate a different perspective
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The Discovery of the Self Naomi Nye’s Works The purpose of this paper is to analyze the self and identity in the works of Naomi Nye‚ and to examine the popular culture representations of Arabs as terrorist. After the September 11‚ 2001 attack‚ more and more disappointment‚ frustration and curiosity towards Islam and Muslims have aroused amongst Americans. Part of Naomi Nye’s political statement lies in her attempts to change the American mainstream perception of Arabs by providing readers with
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Thesis: In the poems “For Mohammed Zeid of Gaza”and “Why I Could Not Accept Your Invitation” by Naomi Shihab Nye‚ the poet uses the poetic devices of repetition‚ cacophony‚ as well as a free-verse style of writing in order to convey the emotions of frustration and sadness that flow through these war torn communities. Repetition The Word bullet is repeated many times throughout the first poem. “No bullet like a worried cat...But this bullet had no innocence‚ did not which and one well…” (For Mohammed
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Naomi Shihab Nye was born on March 12‚ 1952. She lived in Jerusalem most of her life then she moved to San Antonio‚ Texas. She later received her BA in English and world religions from Trinity University. Her experience in both cultures have influenced much of her work. Much of her literature has been inspired by her local life‚ the things around her and what happens in her life(“Naomi Shihab Nye”). Naomi Shihab Nye helped people overcome obstacles in their life through her literary
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“Making a Fist” “Making a Fist” is lyric poem by: Naomi Shihab Nye‚ in her poem she describes the speaker as an adult woman. The woman is reflecting on her past memories of her experiences with her mother‚ as a young seven-year-old girl. The main characters are the speaker who is an adult woman reflecting on herself as the seven-year-old girl‚ asking her mother questions about dying. The character felt like she was going to die during a car trip traveling north of Tampico (a seaport in eastern
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Naomi During the middle of the nineteenth century‚ Japan began frequently coming into contact western nations. Because of the backwardness of its feudal state system and military power in the initial age‚ Japan signed some unequal treaties with westerners. The Meiji Restoration and the industrial revolution were the ideologies that Japan learned from western nations. Meiji Restoration and the industrial revolution not only changed Japan’s infrastructure‚ it was also a culture revolution that created
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causes a Terrorist to be labeled a Revolutionist or a Revolutionist labeled a Terrorist. Today’s society usually uses the terms interchangeably; when one begins to talk of revolution‚ they are normally labeled as a terrorist. A terrorist is normally labeled a terrorist by their enemy‚ but a hero by the people they fight for. Is it possible that a person who has been labeled as a Terrorist to actually have good intentions for those he fights for? Is it possible they are labeled a Terrorist only due
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Can you possibly imagine living in today’s society without technology? Most would say that life would be so difficult to live in without having the technological assistance to satisfy them. Ever since the human race came into existence‚ we have strived to invent tools that can be used in our daily life in order to comfort and relieve us. Even the smallest things require some sort of technology. For example in order to talk to someone outside your immediate vicinity you use a phone. It’s come to the
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