Seamus Heaney Exam Question Lewis Alcorn 5T Seamus Heaney is one of the most popular poets alive today. Discuss and explain why you think this is so. Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the twentieth century. A native of Northern Ireland‚ Heaney currently lives in Dublin. Heaney taught at Harvard University from 1985 to 2006‚ where he was a Visiting Professor‚ and then Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University (1985-1997) and Ralph Waldo Emerson
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from the 1900’s won’t say the same thing as someone from the 2000’s. There are many reasons why that is. One being that they didn’t have the same things we do today. Plus technology wasn’t as common as it is today so it was all manual labor. Now that there is more technology there is less need for that. As time went on‚ American identities changed a lot. Back in the day‚ people didn’t have the same things as we did today‚ so their American Identity couldn’t have been the same as today. Back then it
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How does John Steinbeck portray Jim Casey as a Christ figure in his novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath? In his novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath‚ John Steinbeck brings a variety of diverse characters to the reader. The majority of these characters’ individuality lies within whom they symbolize. What I’m trying to say is that the character in the novel represents another being outside of the novel. For example‚ the former preacher Jim Casey who is also a good friend of the Joads may to some readers represent
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In the poem “Marching Through a Novel” by John Updike‚ the novelists conveys the submissive nature of his characters in the trusting relationship they have with the novelist. Through the metaphor of war‚ the soldiers -characters- show obedience towards their general -the novelist. The general starts of by illustrating the characters with “misty faces” which gives the reader the impression that they cannot be seen clearly. This could be literal seeing as the novelist goes on to talk about landscape
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How does Steinbeck create a sense of drama in this section of the novel? This section of the novel is about the fight between Curley and Lennie; it is dramatic because it is unfair on the both of them‚ Lennie because he didn’t do anything wrong and Curley because Lennie is a lot stronger. Steinbeck creates the drama by using things like imagery for example when he says “flopping like a fish”. The tension between the characters in this section makes the fight inevitable (it is definitely going to
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Political Climate of 1950’s vs. Today The novelist Lauren Groff once wrote‚ “In America‚ possibly because of whatever the American dream is‚ this happens over and over again. These eras repeat” (“Lauren Groff Quotes”). Two such eras are the 1950’s and the 2010’s. The 50’s‚ remembered with the military-man Eisenhower; the 2010’s‚ with the watershed Obama‚ may seem stark in their physical attributes; however‚ at their heart‚ these two eras may have more in common than first realized. The political
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An Ecocritical reading of John Updike’s novel‚ Of the Farm E.Seethaselvam Assistant Professor of English M.K.U. College‚ Madurai – 625002. At Present : Teacher Fellow (Ph.D. FDP-UGC-XI Plan) Dept. of English DDE‚ M.K.University Madurai – 625021. Ecocriticism is the response of the literary community to restore the balance of the universe because extreme anthropocentrism has resulted in the depletion of
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How does Steinbeck present the theme of violence in ‘Of Mice and Men’? John Steinbeck’s short novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ presents the desolate nature of 1930s America‚ in particular Soledad‚ close to where Steinbeck himself grew up and worked during this time. Notably‚ Steinbeck focuses on the life of migrant workers who were forced to travel from ranch to ranch in search of work as a result of the simultaneous occurring disasters ‘The Great Depression’ and ‘The Dustbowl’. Due to the economic crisis
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How does Steinbeck’s writing make the fight‚ a powerful and significant moment in the novel? Steinbeck uses many ways to make the fight powerful and significant; he makes things in the scene fast paced‚ from where Curley sees George smiling‚ to him starting the fight and Lennie getting beaten up‚ to Lennie crushing his hand. Yet Steinbeck stretches the fight over 2 pages and a bit‚ where as it would have probably lasted less than 30 seconds which shows it’s a significant piece and amongst it there
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Question: Write on the theme of ‘forgiveness’ that you find in the novel‚ ‘The Curse’. Lee Su Ann‚ the writer of the novel ‘The Curse’ had brought up many themes in her writing. One of the themes that I liked very much in this novel is ‘forgiveness’ which was clearly portrayed in Azreen’s character. As we know from the beginning‚ Azreen is a very outspoken‚ aggressive and stubborn character but towards the ending of the story she had learnt to forgive others. Azreen was very much influenced
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