The Taliban is a major conflict in Afghanistan. In Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples‚ the Taliban causes conflict for the main characters‚ Najmah and Nusrat. Najmah struggles with losing her family to the Taliban and seeks to find her father and brother. The Taliban started in 1979‚ when the Soviet union invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban is a group of Islamic extremist in Afghanistan. The Taliban enforces many laws‚ they believe that Islam should be followed strictly. They force
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For example‚ The Persimmon Tree is told in the first person’s narrative viewpoint‚ so that the feelings and thoughts of the narrator are quite subjective‚ appealing and persuasive. The opinions in the story are easily conveyed to the reader and the reader feels like the communication
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Response to Literature Poem Analysis Writing Guidelines Subject: Poem Form: Analysis Purpose: To explore meaning Audience: Instructor Sample Poem Read the poem below and think about its content‚ theme‚ organization‚ and use of poetic techniques. Then read student writer Stefano Giagregorio’s analysis. I AM THE PEOPLE‚ THE MOB By Carl Sandburg I AM the people--the mob--the crowd--the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me? I am the workingman‚
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INTRODUCTION (1 paragraph) Use key words from the essay title in a brief description of what the poem is about. Comment briefly on the themes‚ issues‚ thoughts and feelings the poem explores. Identify the narrator‚ the tone and viewpoint of the poem. STRUCTURE (1 or 2 paragraph) Divide the poem into sections and explain in more detail what the poem is about‚ section by section. Write about the development of ideas and themes from one section to another and one stanza to another. Consider the
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to loose her mother and baby brother so now‚ she is in total shock and she has to make dangerous decisions. (BS-3) The loss of her family‚ caused her to not trust others‚ but she can trust the close people around her. (TS) In the book Under the Persimmon Tree‚ Najmah was immature until she experienced losses‚ which caused a major impact on her‚ and her whole life changed. (MIP-1) Najmah had a happy life‚ until her brother and father got taken by the Taliban‚ she then became very protective and
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Work without hope analysis Work without hope was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The poem is mainly about how spring is starting up and all the animals are moving around and the speaker seems to still be stuck in his depression. The first half of the stanza includes a personification In the first half of the poem‚ the speaker identifies that the bees‚ slugs‚ and birds are coming out of hibernation. The speaker seems depressed as spring is starting up and all the animals are moving around
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To analyze a poem stylistically‚ we can analyze the poetic device‚ which is usually deviation and foregrounding‚ that the poet used in the poem. The term foregrounding refers to an effect brought about in the reader by linguistic or other forms of deviation in the literary text (Leech‚ 1985).In poem‚ devices of foregrounding and deviation are always used to draw reader’s attention and impress the readers. In the aspect of deviation and foregrounding‚ there are some perspectives on the nature of poetic
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(AGG) Different views on issues from people lead to different actions‚ which create arguments‚ and potentially cause direct confrontations. (BS-1) In the novel Under the Persimmon Tree‚ Suzanne Staples depicts how Islam as a religion is perceived by the general public of non-muslim population. (BS-2) She also describes how Islam is viewed and interpreted by its moderate and extremist followers. (BS-3) Finally‚ she describes how the terrorist action by the Islamic extremists provoked a war between
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Analysis of a Poem When You are Old‚ by William Butler Yeats‚ represents and elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. Basically‚ Yeats is showing that as the woman gets older‚ she is alone‚ but she does not have to be lonely. She will always have her memories for companionship. "When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ and nodding by the fire" (l.1-2) depicts the woman in her age‚ needing to nap more frequently
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Literature II Research Paper & Journal Table of Context a. Research Paper ………………………………………………………………………………. 2 b. Poems 1. Sir Patrick Spens ………………………………………………………………………… 6 2. Amazing Grace ………………………………………………………………………..… 9 3. Shakespeare Sonnet 55 ………………………………………………………………… 11 4. The Relic ……………………………………………………………………………..… 12 5. The Flea ………………………………………………………………………………... 14 6. The Anniverserie ……………………………………………………………………….. 16 7. The Canonization ………………………………………………………………………. 18 8. Batter
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