how the Taliban is portrayed in the book Under the Persimmon Tree by‚ Susan Fisher Staples. One of the main characters‚ Najmah‚ is greatly impacted by the Taliban. These horrible people have destroyed her family by separating them and even killing some of them. The way the Taliban is portrayed in the book is similar to how it is in real life‚ the presentations showed that the Taliban is a group of people who are extremists. In under the persimmon tree the Taliban are horrifying people. In the book
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poem entitled “Curiosity” written by Alastair Reid is a symbolic poem that uses cats as a metaphor for humans. It relates felines to people in the sense of curiosity‚ and what could be considered actually living life to the fullest. Essentially‚ this work contradicts the popular phrase‚ “curiosity killed the cat” by placing it within a broader context. Instead of discouraging curiosity‚ Reid explains why people should embrace it. In the first stanza‚ the author argues that the cat may have died
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Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy feel unappreciated and lost as employees. Jorge is “outside…of [Americans] understanding” and The Secretary is lost in her work and compares herself to objects such as her “hips are a desk.” The employees from these poems have become hidden behind their duties and are slowly sinking into the unknown. “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits” begins with Jorge’s point of origin. While working as a janitor‚ “no one asks where [he’s] from” assuming he’s “from the country
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picked to represent my emotions during this unit is a poem that talks about hate. To start‚ the unit itself is boring to me. Learning about gender theory is not something that seems exciting to me. In the poem‚ it says‚ “If this is a play‚ I want my money back.” This signifies the waste of time that this unit is to me. I did not feel like this unit is significant to my learning and so I felt upset that I had to sit through it all. Furthermore‚ the poem states‚ “If this is a kidnap‚ I’m trapped in the
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Algeron Charles Swinburne’s “Love and Sleep” established a theme of his lover’s beauty and his unconditional love towards her through strong diction which creates a passionate form of image. In the poem‚ such words as “lying” (1)‚ “asleep” (1) and “night” (1) implies the speaker is in his bedroom‚ creating a lonely‚ quite atmosphere. In this immersive atmosphere‚ the writer strikes a chord with the readers and graphs the sorrow and yearning incisively and vividly. Moreover‚ the word “saw” (2)‚ being
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In “Convergence of the Twain‚” Thomas Hardy describes the greatness of the Titanic and the vanity that embodied its doom‚ radiating an admiring‚ yet regretful tone towards the events of April 14‚ 1912. During the first stanza‚ Hardy talks about the Titanic’s “solitude in the sea.” “Deep from human vanity‚” implying that the reason the Titanic is so deep‚ sunk under water is due to the vanity that created her‚ and ultimately sank her. The headline of the Titanic was “unsinkable‚” typifying
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(AGG) Imagine losing someone so close to you that you live in isolation because nobody understands you and you can’t understand others‚ this is what Nusrat struggles with in the book‚ Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples .(BS-1) The initial loss of Margaret leads to disconnection from the people around her.(BS-2) The absence of Margaret from Nusrat’s life has made her find her true love‚ Faiz too.(BS-3) Because of Faiz’s death‚ Nusrat figures out how her parents must have felt when
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(AGG) The author of “Under The Persimmon Tree” often uses symbolism throughout the book. (BS-1) The author of UTPT uses the stars to give Najmah a superstitious belief‚ and give her hope and guidance to drive her towards her goals. (BS-2) The stars are used to help Nusrat accept loss‚ she looks to them for hope and guidance‚ and they have a religious meaning to her. (BS-3) The author uses changes in the stars to convey events and changes in Najmah’s life. (TS) The stars are used to portray changes
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Culture-Relationship Paper Having outlined the nature of leisure in general‚ the more specific definition of leisure can be described with some exactitude how the concept may and may not be applied. In the first place‚ leisure should be distinguished from free time‚ that is‚ time left free not only from regular employment but also from overtime and from time spent in travel to and from the work place. Free time includes leisure‚ as well as all the other activities that take place outside
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Teds Hughes and mark doty poems are written in animals point of view ‚ Showing each unique animal character and their point of view about this world from their perspective. The poet uses literary devices in their poems using tones‚ personification ‚ and visual imagery to evoke the reader’s emotions and to make the poems more comprehensible. In this two poems the poets made a unique quality of personifying the hawk and the dog because they cannot articulate their thoughts and emotions into
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