Border Crossing – Pat Barker Chapter Questions Chapter 2 Does Danny see Tom or himself as the devil? Explain Danny see’s himself as the devil because he feels that he has ruined Tom’s life through their latest meeting. How does Tom feel about Danny at this stage? Tom feels curious and worried about Danny and wants to know how life has been for him. Chapter 3 Do you agree with Tom’s fears that “people who remain childless never really grow up”? I do not agree with Tom’s fear “people
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Crossing Borders “Crossing Border” is a documentary about four Moroccan and four American university students traveling together through Morocco and‚ in the process of discovering “the other‚” they end up discovering themselves as well. Watching this documentary open my mind of the people around me and how people do judge other people based on their beliefs and background without even knowing who they are‚ and to be honest I used to be one those people as well. In the beginning of the documentary
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THE SEA by James Reeves The main idea of The Sea by James Reeves is that the sea is similar to a dog in so many ways. They both share similar characteristics and behaviour. In fact‚ one can look at this poem as one long metaphor‚ mainly focusing on the similarity between the sea and the dog. The very first line of the first stanza spells out the metaphor quite clearly: “The sea is a hungry dog”. Moreover‚ the rest of the poem reinforces this idea by frequently referring to a dog’s
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J.Reeves has successfully used the dog metaphor to elicit the behaviors of the sea at many occasions. The poet compares the different behaviors of the dog at different moods with the sea. The first stanza shows the begining of the violence due to the hungry nature of the dog which metaphoricaly depicts the sea waves turning out to be heavy and rough. The second stanza shows the waves quickening and becoming more rough due to the enviromental change‚ thereby the dog is so hungry and angry that it
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Whitman’s poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” seeks to determine the relationship of human beings to one another across time and space. Whitman wonders what he means (not as a poet but as another anonymous individual) to the crowds of strangers he sees every day. In stanza 3 the speaker says‚ “I am with you‚ you men and women of a generation‚ or ever so many/ generations hence”. He assumes that they see the same things he does‚ and that they react in the same way‚ and that
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Crossing the Floor – Conflict‚ Politics‚ Power and Politicians Case Questions 1. Where are the power issues in this case? What is your assessment of the relative power of the key individuals and groups (Stephen Harper‚ David Emerson‚ the riding association‚ the voters)? The newley elected prime minister Stephen Harper had legitimate power in that he was elected to the post of prime minister. His party had genuine power in that they won the election. Harper is entrusted in a very powerful position
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is considered one of the greatest lyrical poems of all time. In Crossing Brooklyn Ferry‚ Walt Whitman uses connotative diction‚ prying questions‚ and critical reader engagement to convey a feeling of connection and unity of people through time. By using these certain rhetoric strategies‚ Whitman creates a piece of poetry that seems to be timeless. Whitman carefully chooses certain words and phrases that really highlight his intentions to connect
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Gary Soto’s "A Red Palm" 2004 When a person hears the title "A Red Palm" there are many things that come to mind. One could either think of a red palm tree‚ or more realistically‚ the strained palm of ones hand. After just reading through this poem a person feels as if they begin to know the man who is spoken about. One can relate to him because most Americans work very hard for a living. Similarly‚ most Americans do not work hard because they enjoy it‚ but work hard because they feel the need
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THE ROUGH CROSSING by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) The Saturday Evening Post (8 June 1929) I Once on the long‚ covered piers‚ you have come into a ghostly country that is no longer Here and not yet There. Especially at night. There is a hazy yellow vault full of shouting‚ echoing voices. There is the rumble of trucks and the clump of trunks‚ the strident chatter of a crane and the first salt smell of the sea. You hurry through‚ even though there’s time. The past‚ the continent‚ is
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The Red Wheelbarrow was an interesting poem‚ one because it’s short and was able to keep my attention for the 4 lines of text‚ two because it seemed to combine the two popular prose styles of romanticism and realism. William Carlos Williams utilizes a sense of realism by depicting a scene of an everyday red wheelbarrow on farm‚ but also romanticizes the wheel barrow in strange yet cool way. He puts the wheelbarrow‚ a simple yard tool‚ on pedestal by saying that "So much depends upon the red wheel
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