work; whether it be a play‚ a movie‚ or a novel‚ the past is often influential in many ways. It shaped the characters into who they are now‚ whether that be a good or bad thing. Often something from the past often fuels them to a future goal. In The Bone People by Keri Hulme‚ the past plays a major part in Kerewin Holmes life‚ how she feels about it‚ and how she looks back on it plays a better part of the novel. Kerewin’s recent past was a horrendous family fight‚ which she looks upon with bitterness
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"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden is a poem about a how the author is recalling how his father would wake up early on Sundays‚ a day which is usually a reserved as a day of rest by many‚ to fix a fire for his family. The mood of this poem is a bit sad. It portrays a father‚ who deeply cares for his family but doesn’t seem to show it by emotions‚ words‚ or touching. It also describes a home that isn’t very warm in feelings as well as the title" Those Winter Sundays" The author describes the
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In the three poems about parenthood in the eyes of children‚ they all share one common characteristic. They demonstrate the difference of attitude towards their parents as they get older all the while giving an insight to parenthood. The poems are be based around a reflection of their past and speak indirectly to their father in different tones. The authors address how hard parenthood for a father is and how they now understand the things their father had done for them. They later realize at an older
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Winter Park Hotel Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Introduction Donna Shader‚ manager of Winter Park Hotel‚ is considering how to restructure the front desk to reach an optimum level of staff efficiency and guest service. At present‚ the hotel has five clerks on duty‚ each with a separate waiting line‚ during the peak check-in time of 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Observations of arrivals during this time showed that an average of 90 guest arrived each hour (although there is no upward limit on the number
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Fifteen-year-old Clarissa "Clary" Fray is at a nightclub with best friend Simon Lewis when she witnesses a murder by a group of teens at the club she is at‚ surprised that Simon and the club’s security guard cannot see the killer‚ a teenage boy called Jace. Jace claims that the boy he murdered was a demon and they return to their home dimension when they die before Clary leaves with Simon‚ confused by how she can see them yet no one else could. The next day‚ while at a coffee shop with Simon‚ Clary
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Winter Syntax by Billy Collins In the poem‚ "Winter Syntax"‚ Billy Collins writes about the difficulties of writing literature through the representation of a "lone traveler" and his adventures through a blizzard. Collins talks about the important aspects of good writing. He starts off the poem emphasizing the importance of the first sentence and how it is analogous to a lone traveler going through a tough blizzard. By using the analogy of the traveler‚ Collins allows readers to vicariously imagine
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Theme for the lovely bones The theme of grief is the most important theme in the book. The author herself understands what this family experiences. In her book‚ Lucky‚ she tells the story of her own rape and near murder. This kind of experience can be so devastating that the victim must grieve what happened to her and how she has changed. We see her own experience in Susie‚ who not only must follow her family’s progress through grief‚ but also her own progress. It is a kind of primer or textbook
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independent teenager‚ she succeeds by rejecting the traditional gender roles of The Dolly Family. Ironically though‚ by continuously rejecting them‚ Ree ultimately abides the traditional gender roles. Paragraph 1: Throughout the story of Winter’s Bone‚ most women are being diminished because they are abiding gender roles. The women closest to Ree‚ Gail and her mother‚ are in marital relationships. Her mother‚ who is nearly brainwashed and cannot function on her own‚ is described as “a Bromont‚ born
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My Thirteenth Winter is a phenomenal memoir of Abeel ’s life as she struggled with a disability named dyscalculia. Dyscalculia is an Impairment of the ability to solve mathematical problems‚ usually resulting from brain dysfunction. As she succeeded in all other subjects‚ the concept of basic math‚ she could not quite grasp. Samantha tells us her life story before and after she was diagnosed with dyscalculia. I Learned a great lesson from this book‚ be thankful for what god has given you. This
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In the poem Those Winter Sundays‚ I believe it would not make a difference if the character was a male or female‚ since I believe the character of the story is a young child. Additionally‚ a young female or male child could narrate the details of the poem‚ and its meaning would remain unchanged by the gender‚ since the details only perceive a young child trying to grasp his or hers dad’s role in their life. I interpreted the structure of the poem‚ as a young child realizing his father’s effort to
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