In Frank O’Hara’s “Ave Maria‚” he explores the topics of teen angst and the ageless act of “going to the movies‚” which becomes a recurring symbol carried throughout his poem. He uses the movie theater as a motif for freedom and the liberation of innocence. This relationship is developed through symbols within the movie theater and the language used to describe it. O’Hara’s comparison between movie theaters and the liberation of innocence is important because it reinforces his overarching message
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Sample Reflection Journal Entry Lani Akamai Lesson 1.1 One of the new understandings I made this week about a shared literacy lesson with my class is that they really enjoy poetry. Before I read the poem Covers to them‚ we discussed the new words and concepts. As they talked about what they already know about covers and the different types of covers there are‚ I found out their background knowledge. The next step was to read the poem to them. We then read it as a group. After several more
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The Schoolteacher’s Guest tells the story of Ines‚ a retired schoolteacher who runs the first hotel in the town‚ Agua Santa. Her son had previously been killed and his murderer had fled. Years later the murderer returns. Ines kills him and confesses to her best friend Riad Halabi. They bury the body and the whole community help to keep it a secret. It is set in Latin America. The town is described as being quiet‚ uneventful and cut off from the mainstream of activity; an ’insignificant backwater’
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Although it may initially appear to discuss the differences between painting and poetry‚ Frank O’Hara’s poem “Why I am not a painter” rather serves as a manifestation of the similarities between the two arts. What struck me during the reading of “Why I am not a painter” is that it bears an elusive similarity to ekphrastic poetry‚ the type of poetry wherein the poet discusses a work of art (a painting‚ a poem) and thereby tries to extract a concluding truth or principle. But instead of using poetical
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Symbols in the story “Good Country People” Written by: Flannery O’Connor Do you believe that people can be too smart for their own good? In Good Country People‚ Flannery O’Connor gives readers a glimpse through a vulnerable state of a person’s tough exterior. As a young woman Flannery O’Connor was surrounded by racist southern folks. In Good Country People‚ written in 1955 by Flannery O’Connor‚ occurs in a small town in southern Georgia during a stimulating time in America. In Good Country People
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The story “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” written by Flannery O’Conner is a suspenseful short story that tells the tale of a family vacation gone wrong. Essentially‚ the grandma in the story leads the family off track to visit a plantation home that she believed existed in the area they were in. Unfortunately‚ the home was located in another state and her false recollections landed the family in a deathly situation with a run-away convict. The grandma‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is a prideful‚ persuasive
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“A Good Man is Hard to Find” In this short fiction story by Flannery O’Connor‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find”‚ is mainly about a family who were on a trip to Florida and happened to have got into an accident. A truck had pulled up with three men inside‚ who the family thought would help them. As they came out of the car with gums they realized that they were not going to be saved. One of the men‚ the main man was a criminal whom had escaped from prison not so long ago and was being searched. This
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Ben Dunlap “The Life-long Learner” The guest lecture with Ben Dunlap on life-long learning was great and kept me wanting to watch. I thought he was a great storyteller and I enjoyed watching the lecture. Ben Dunlap‚ the president of Wossford College in South Carolina‚ tells stories of three successful men: Sandor Teszler‚ Francis Robicsek‚ and Roger Milliken. I thought that his main point he was trying to get across was to “live each day as if it is your last and learn as if you’ll live forever”-A
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Be Our Guest Be Our Guest‚ a Boston based company‚ is a rapidly growing equipment rental company with substantial seasonality in its revenues and profits. For years‚ the company has been renting party supplies and furniture to caterers‚ event planners and hotels; it has also managed to grow gradually in a very volatile and seasonal business. The founder‚ Stephen Lizio and co-owners Al Lovata and Simone Williamson found it difficult to fund daily operations because of seasonal cash shortages
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