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link in the Session 2 folder. Follow all the directions‚ adhere to the rules of Standard Written English‚ and submit by the deadline. 1. Contrasts can evoke strong emotions and images in creative writing. Re-read Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing It” (page 42). Make note of the ways Komunyakaa contrasts ideas and images: white and black‚ night and morning‚ stone and flesh‚ solid and air‚ movement and stasis‚ reality and reflection‚ past and present. These contrasts create a sense of confusion and tension
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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural‚ artistic‚ and social period of creation and new modes of thought. Jazz‚ a new type of music swept the streets of New York City in the 1920’s. Every jazz artist has taken the style and made it their own over the years and added onto the legacy of what jazz is. Today‚ jazz is not only still its own popular entity‚ but nearly all modern music can trace some part of itself back to jazz. Ninety percent of the African-American Population lived in the south after
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and I myself surely had never been to war. The thought of it didn’t even interest me‚ but I was eager to let the class know how I felt about this piece because I was attached to it. So attached—that I sometimes still ponder over what drew me to Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing It‚” in the first place. I was always the student who preferred to sit back‚ relax‚ and read R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps‚ J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter‚ or Louis Sachar’s Holes‚ rather than figure out the complexities of somebody’s
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United States and is the main reason for the anti-war movement‚ saying that the soldiers were over there to cause mayhem and not to solve the problem. However‚ these problems still afflicted many veterans even years after the war was over; as Yusef Komunyakaa writes in his poem “Facing It‚” about a man staring at
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Slam Dunk and Hook by Yusef Komunyakaa Fast breaks. Lay ups. With Mercury’s Insignia on our sneakers‚ We outmaneuvered the footwork Of bad angels. Nothing but a hot Swish of strings like silk 5 Ten feet out. In the roundhouse Labyrinth our bodies Created‚ we could almost Last forever‚ poised in midair Like storybook sea monsters. 10 A high note hung there A long second. Off The rim. We’d corkscrew Up & dunk balls that exploded The skullcap of hope & good 15
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Conversion of the Jews by Philip Roth In the “Conversion of the Jews” Philip Roth shows how the main character Ozzie believes in his religion. During the story it shows how Ozzie is a truth-speaker and does not deal with factual inconsistencies when it comes to his religion. Also while reading this story one can tell how passionate Ozzie is about Judaism and how he deeply respects the beliefs and rituals of his religion. Another part of Ozzie that is shown is that he has a lot of respect for his
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In the documentary The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ whether they were in Japan or New York‚ 16 or older‚ all of the professors and teachers that spoke fell in love with The Epic of Gilgamesh upon their first encounter‚ drawn in by its mystical pull. A literary concept/point that was highly discussed was the humanization of Enkidu by Shamhat. Azar Nafisi an author‚ says‚ “Enkidu is the natural man‚ like Adam‚ he is innocent and he has to bite the apple through the divine harlot”. Enkidu starts out as a very
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In both poems Tennyson and Komunyakaa both address their individual experiences in war.Tennyson reflects on the war by expressing his lack of interest of being in the war.While‚ Komunyakaa reminisces on the lost he experiences during the war. Tennyson structures his poem to show his feelings of being in the war and the pride he took in the men he fought with in the war based on how they risked their lives‚he also uses repetition to emphasize the courage and honor they had.Komunyakaa reveals on the
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Promoting Universal Humanism from Blacks in Rita Dove’s Select poems *M. Kalai Nathiyal Dr. K. Palaniyappan PhD Research Scholar Professer and Head Department of English Department of English Annamalai University Annamalai university Chidambaram Chidambaram Email Id: englitphd@gmail.com The History of the effective and creative
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