Kelly Zhang Mr. Go ENG3D1-09 19 October 2012 Love Must Not Be Forgotten “A revolution is not a dinner party‚ or writing an essay‚ or painting a picture‚ or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined‚ so leisurely and gentle‚ so temperate‚ kind‚ courteous‚ restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection‚ an act of violence by which one class overthrows another”– Mao Zedong. In the short story “Love Must Not Be Forgotten” author Zhang Jie reflects on her Chinese identity and the
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wellbeing and their potential to succeed in life. This belief is put into straight opposition in Zhang Jie’s “Love Must Not Be Forgotten” where despite having ideologies of a perfect socialist society placed upon them by the government of the People’s Republic of China‚ Shanshan and her mother are able to renounce such standards yet succeed in life. Through the portrayal of sacrificial love‚ admiration for education and significance of female autonomy‚ Jie emphasizes the rebellious attitude characterized
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“Larkin is pre-eminently a poet of loneliness and loss.” How far do you agree with this statement? Make reference to the poems we have read so far in your response. Philip Larkin‚ one of Britain’s best loved poets‚ was known for his often unenthusiastic outlook towards life and the people that surrounded him. His poems have the proclivity to show the ways in which Larkin was dissatisfied with his own life‚ and not just the life of the persona in the poem. As well as loneliness and loss‚ other
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Claude McKay’s poem‚ If We Must Die‚ is a poem about racial inequality and persecution with a very angry tone. The words of this poem exude with the poet’s rage against the injustices done to his race. His hatred of the inequality is evident in his harsh descriptions of his persecutors. However‚ the reader can also feel the emotions of triumph because "If We Must Die" is also a poem of strength‚ rally and hope for the African American race. In the opening line‚ McKay urges his people not to die
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In Philip Larkin’s collection‚ ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ and Dannie Abse’s collection ‘Welsh Retrospective’‚ both poets create a sense of place as they write about their own environments. Larkin uses a more detached observation as he uses a third person viewpoint‚ seen in ‘Here’ and ‘The Whitsun Weddings’‚ where he shows the journey of life. This differs to Abse‚ who presents a personal connection with the place and in the poems ‘Last Visit to 198 Cathedral Road’ and ‘Return to Cardiff’; Abse uses these
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poem focuses on the house in which Mr Bleaney had a rented room for a number of years‚ until he moved out‚ or perhaps died. A new tenant is introduced to the vacated room‚ and he decides to stay. From the description of his old room and its contents‚ we are able to paint a picture of Mr Bleaney’s monotonous existence and lifestyle. There is great irony in that he fails to realise that by wanting to live in the marked room of Mr Bleaney‚ and by acquiring his habits‚ he is in fact a replica of the figure
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‘Ambulances’ by Philip Larkin Philip Larkin’s ‘Ambulances’ is a poem that describes the literal journey of an ambulance that also takes on an increasingly sinister metaphorical value. The ambulance weaves through the busy afternoon streets‚ demanding the attention of passers-by while forcing the reader to acknowledge the ambulance’s symbolic significance as a reminder of our own mortality. By close examination of the ambulance and its literal movement it is possible to gain a greater understanding
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His early writings would be focused on his life in Jamaica. They would go on to win several literary awards‚ allowing McKay to fund a trip to the United States. In 1912‚ after arriving in America‚ he attended college there‚ and eventually became a part of the Harlem Renaissance movement‚ a group of African American writers who wrote and developed ideas together. These writers focused on the struggles of African Americans in the United States‚ particularly prejudices that they encountered. In 1919
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Charles Bailey “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay‚ we must fight!! The poem “If We Must Die‚ by Claude McKay” is about a certain group of people who are hated and hunted by another group of others. I believe that the poet has made this poem to speak to his fellow African-Americans‚ who are being mistreated by the white slave owners. The speaker tells his people not to go easily‚ but rather fight as long as possible and don’t ever give up before they are killed. The poet believes that the worst things
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Mrs. Eudora Larkin orders and thinks she owns the town and she is ‘classified’ as one of the better people of the town. Well‚ that was my first opinion of Mrs. Larkin. She can be bossy and mean with a hint of disgust‚ but when Arthur Devil‚ the mine owner‚ offends the late Eugene Larkin‚ people sure can change. My first opinion of Eudora was too early and didn’t have much sense‚ but there are parts of Moon over Manifest that she can be barbaric. (220) ‘“ Velma‚’ Mrs. Larkin interrupted‚ ‘surely
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