Introduction Esmeralda Santiago’s When I Was Puerto Rican focuses on island life in the 1950s. In the immediate period leading up to the 1950s‚ Puerto Rico experienced a rapid change in the economic situation of the island. The island began to change from a primarily agricultural economy to one dominated by industry and commerce. Sugar plantations (owned by the wealthy and worked by the poor)‚ cattle ranching‚ and subsistence-level agriculture gave way to a more urban style of living. In the 1930s
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I grew up in an abusive home. My parents fought constantly. Their misunderstandings usually resulted in my mother getting beaten up very badly by my father and forced to sleep outside with only her night clothing to keep her warm. I found this terrifying. I was afraid he would kill her. However‚ I had to be tough as I am the first born and I had to assure my distraught siblings that all would be well. My father and I didn’t have a father-daughter relationship. I was too afraid of him. I couldn’t
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The poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman depicts the situation where the narrator is in a class learning about the stars‚ then the narrator left the class in order to enjoy the stars outside. This situation follows the theme which is to enjoy nature instead of learning about nature in a room or place. The author exhibits this by stating‚”How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick‚ Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself.”(Lines 5-6) This suggests that the narrator
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Beginning When we joined the team‚ we were put with a friend from band‚ this kid we didn’t know‚ and somebody from Ally’s math class. Things were great over the summer. My band friend‚ Liam‚ was very close to me at the time so we would always talk about our ideas but that sort of left us cut off from the rest of the team. Of course I would talk to Ally but it was nowhere near the amount towards Liam. During the year‚ she started getting close to him too and I no longer felt like I could say my
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WHEN I WAS TWENTY years of age I went through an evening with Howard Nemerov. He was the main "renowned" writer I had ever met‚ however I would later discover that he was profoundly disillusioned by what he saw to be an absence of admiration from commentators and different artists. (I once heard Thom Gunn call him a "zombie.") My main recollections are of his awesome avidness to nail down the time and place for his late morning martini‚ him recounting "Animula" when I let him know I cherished Eliot
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The poem “When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer‚” is a very smooth and beautiful poem addressing the irony of the professional astronomer. Who is stuck in a room encompassed by algorithms and diagrams‚ never to look up and enjoy the very things he has dedicated his life to. The narrator is mocking this astronomer with the usage of incorrect English‚ in an almost southern drawl‚ when repeatedly calling him a learn’d astronomer instead of educated‚ professional‚ or any other positive and sophisticated
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observations of existence into a message which promotes reader based reflection. His strongest works are debatable‚ but his poems with the strongest messages remain clear. "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer‚" "A noiseless patient spider‚" and "A Clear Midnight" each present a fascinating insight into the nature of human existence. "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer" describes a speaker who is unaccountably disgusted by an astronomy lecture‚ but feels better once he leaves to look at the stars. This
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about my life was when i realized i actually had to try in school. I came to that realization shortly after my freshman year when I failed my math and world studies classes and had to take summer school. there wasn’t anything that made me have to buckle down it was all my choice because i was 16 no job‚ no car‚ and failing my classes. after my freshman year i realized that i was hanging around the wrong crowd and started doing some stuff that i probably shouldn’t have. as soon as I actually seen how
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Poetry—Worksheet Instructions: Analyze the text you selected and fill out the following worksheet in detail. Provide specific examples from the text that support your analysis. 1. Write the title of the text you have analyzed here: "When I Was Fair and Young" by Queen Elizabeth I circa 1585 2. List at least three examples of diction in the text that add to the overall tone. Explain how each word contributes to the emotional power of the piece. "Fair" and "Young" are good choices of words as it conveys
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can’t wait to grow up when we’re young. The world is filled with all this possibility and wonder. I’ve been told ever since I was little that the world is my oyster; in other words‚ the world was completely opened to me and I could be anything I put my mind to. So I just couldn’t wait to grow up. Being an adult seemed awesome and I wanted to skip over the kid stage and get to my life‚ start living and taking care of myself. I thought I knew it all and I was ready to prove it. I had this idea‚ this
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