Analyze: The Girl The poem that I will analyze is from Sharon Olds‚ The Girl. This poem is quite graphic but it describes a life lesson that two girls had to endure. This poem describes a graphic preplanned rape event. The girls were 12 years old‚ it seems that they were at the wrong place and living a wild life‚ and getting involved with the erroneous people. They partied with their supposed best friend‚ this is what I am getting from the poem‚ they were being chased and after being caught they
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In her poem‚ "The Race"‚ author Sharon Old’s conveys meaning to her audience and poem through the use of imagery‚ parallelism‚ and tension‚ which complement the structure of her poem and add emotion that appeals to her audience. In order to convey meaning to her poem‚ Old’s utilizes imagery to allow the reader to locate themselves in the poem. Her vivid and descriptive diction add credibility to her imagery. For instance‚ she writes‚ "The jet was full‚ and people’s hair was shining‚ they were smiling
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Sharon Olds in "On the Subway" writes the poem to contrast the lives of a Caucasian woman and an African American boy. It displays how the narrator realizes the bonds they share because of their fear for each other. She starts off by describing the boy as they face each other. She says he has the casual look of a mugger while she’s wearing a fur coat making her seem like the victim. Here they contrast as him looking like a mugger puts him in the lower class. On the other hand‚ she wears a fur coat
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Apache girls go through a rite of passage. The ceremony last for four day. This rite of passage is to build strength‚ endurance and the character of a woman. The ceremony takes place on the fourth of July. A lot of money‚ time and energy is spent on preparation for the ceremony. Preparation for the party gives added importance to the ceremony and prepares the girl mentally for what is going to happen and gives her time to clarify her responsibilities. The ceremony starts with the rise of the morning
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Alyssa Giordani Ms. Bonin Academic English II 3 March 2017 The Catcher in the Rye Essay Adulthood does not seem to come fast enough for some. For others it comes too soon. Beginning to understand the responsibilities you possess is a difficult process to undergo. Change is unavoidable. Based upon pass experiences change can be regarded as either positive or negative. Along with maturing comes the loss of innocence. When you grow up you learn that the world is impure. You learn that there are people
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In society‚ there is and always has been complications between Caucasians and African-Americans. In this poem‚ Sharon Olds explores this relationship using imagery‚ repetition‚ and multiple tone shifts. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author introduces a situation that contrasts a white person with a black. Correspondingly‚ she applies imagery to emphasize this difference greatly. For example‚ the shoes he is wearing at the time are black “laced with white” and compares them to “intentional scars
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Rites of Passage Essay David Yurovsky Period 3 Boozer March 27‚ 2014 Throughout the world‚ every culture has introduced their own versions of the “Rites of Passage”. The coming of age when you pass from being a child into adulthood. Some rites are as simple as a dance or the painting of faces‚ while others are as extreme as forceful circumcision and sleeping with other men’s wives. Regardless of the circumstances‚ it’s never easy becoming a grown-up. As a part of the Western Culture‚ we
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“The History of Rites of Passage” Stacey M. Robertson ANT101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology July 29‚ 2013
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In the unique poem “on the subway”‚ Sharon Olds develops in both portraits in her pottery. The result of this is reader receive an insight of the narrator mind‚ when it came to that experience. Olds used imagery‚ tone and to do this. In poem the imagery job was to put reader in the shoe of the young white narrator. Imagery allowed reader to come to a conclusion of why would narrator think like she did. An example of this were in line nine through ten‚ where narrator claimed that IQ the African
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Rites of passage‚ the journeys that dot the edges of our ultimate quest through life. They are the universal changes that can be as insignificant as a first kiss but with everlasting effects on our perspective on life. Stand By Me is a movie that was first released in 1986 from the studios of Director Robert Reiner. It details the story of four pre-adolescent teens‚ Gordie‚ Chris‚ Teddy and Vern who embark upon a quest to find the dead body of Ray Brower‚ a kid also around their age that had been
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