Refugee Blues – W.H. Auden ------------------------------------------------- Poet - Wynstan Hugh Auden‚ born as a doctor’s son in February 1907 in York‚ United Kingdom‚ counts as one of the greatest English poets of the twentieth century. Theme - abuse of human rights experienced not only by German Jews but by other Jews and by refugees anywhere. Structure - The poem contains twelve stanzas of three lines each. The first and second line of each stanza rhyme. The two rhyming lines of each stanza
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Mel Carter In “ The German Refugee” by Bernard Malamud‚ we have character named Oskar Gasnerr‚ who is a German- Jewish refugee‚ escaping from German Nazis and comes to America‚ where he has no kins and he can not speak the English language properly. He is supposed to give a lecture in English‚ which is too hard for him to do. Apart from having to talk a language he can’t‚ he is also detachted from her own counrty and family‚ and have economical and social difficulties there. No matter
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Working Mothers: The Effect on a Child’s Development Introduction What is working mother? Working mother is defined as women who are married or not participating in the labour force for income to raise their children. Women start to be active in the labour force once they open the opportunity to the women to work and it is shown that there were a increasing rate of women in the labour force which is 71.3% at the year of 2010 compare to the year of 1990 (66.7%). It also happened because of the
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The main themes in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe are the language – which is a sign of cultural differences - and the conflict between the Ibo people’s culture‚ traditions‚ what they are used to and the changes that are taking place. Through language‚ Achebe illustrates that Africa is not as backward and uninteresting as many Colonial writers presented it. He shows us the originality and formality of the language of the Ibo. By the addition of translations of proverbs‚ stories and songs from
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The Little Refugee – Multimedia Text 1. The Little Refugee is a multimedia text. This book is a great example of belonging due to the representation of Anh Do and his family moving from Vietnam to Australia and belonging into the Australian culture. I chose this article because of the several aspects of belonging represented in this text. These aspects include social belonging‚ cultural belonging and just the overall acceptance in a new country. Anh has many difficulties during his life in Australia
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Mother to Child Transmission of AIDS in Africa G.T. English Composition II A.L. Jan 26‚ 2010 How do you tell a child they have AIDS? How many kids are born with AIDS in Africa? Due to the epidemic of AIDS in Africa should the United States assist in supplying mothers who test HIV positive baby formula to discourage breastfeeding? HIV is not spread through pregnancy‚ but in breast milk. It would make a difference if mothers who are HIV positive in Africa did not breastfeed
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Personal Reflection “The Happiest Refugee” – Anh Do. English Communications 3 – Line 6 Renee Hall. Teacher – Amanda Williams. Renowned comedian‚ Anh Do’s award winning autobiography The Happiest Refugee is a heart-warming and touching journey that leads the audience through Do’s experiences from his early days as a child in Vietnam‚ to his successful career as an influential television personality and well know Australian stand-up comedian. Throughout the text‚ Do explores many ideas and
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tracing his development and changing preoccupations as a writer. His volume of poetry‚ on the other hand‚ spans a much shorter period and is unified by its focus on the civil war and the physical‚ social and psychological consequences of that war. Achebe wrote a collection of poems in which the first poem was named “1966”. It refers to the months preceding the outbreak of the civil war. “Benin Road” is another poem which takes up a related theme of the unexpected but inevitable convergence of fragile
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argument is backed up factually‚ the emotional side of the argument often shines through the pedantic fact based portion. It is the same case with An Image of Africa by Chinua Achebe‚ because the author was very familiar with the land and portrayal of Africa‚ and in turn‚ was deeply offended by Conrad’s writings. In fact‚ Achebe renounced Heart of Darkness as art altogether‚ due to the seemingly unfair portrayals of the natives and their homeland in the book as being savage. However‚ Achebe’s allegations
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Figure 3.11: Teh Nadirah‚ Mother and Child‚ 2015. Acrylic on canvas: 152.4 x 152.4 cm. The artwork is square size format with acrylic on canvas. There are two figures of a boy and a woman in a domestic interior. The boy was standing while staring at the woman. His left hand is on the
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