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    In the poem "The Fish‚" Elizabeth Bishop uses a fish as a symbol to express the theme of life and experience. The poem by itself has little structure to it. There are no apparent rhyme schemes‚ nor any clear meters. However‚ Bishop uses very powerful diction and ideas in the poem‚ forcing the reader to think and relate it to a greater aspect of his/her own life. The persona has a very mature and serious tone‚ and some gloomy element to his/her mood. The poem uses a significant amount of imagery.

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    Fallows‚ “Throwing Like a Girl‚” p. 63 1. He described their outfits because their pictures were posted in a lot of newspapers. In the pictures they didn’t look too bad‚ what the author was mostly concerned is that they both threw the ball “like a girl”. I think the author would expect them to dress different for a big ceremony like that so it may also be one of the reasons why he described their outfits. 2. I think Fallows stereotypes the people that do something “like a girl” because to him

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    to do is make a strong communication” (Stevie Smith) Florence Margaret Smith also known as Stevie Smith was a famous English poet and novelist that lived form 1902 to her tragic death in 1971. Throughout her life Smith went through a lot of heartache with her family and especially within herself. When Stevie Smith became acquainted with the face of death‚ she was fascinated by the melancholy emotions of depression she began to feel. As a result‚ Smith utilized her emotions relating to neglect‚ death

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    The "One Girl at the Boys Party" uses a mathematical metaphor throughout the poem. I believe this is to portray how members of the opposite sex at a young age are as complicated as math problems to each other. Mathematics is considered a universal language‚ but that is only if you understand it. The poem is seen from the eyes of a mother after she drops her daughter off at a pool party‚ and because of the mothers age and experience‚ she is able to understand the complexities that go on between the

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    The Romanticism was a literary movement that developed mainly throughout the influences of the philosophy of Locke and the causes and consequences of revolutionary spirit of the French revolution. Wordsworth was brought up reading the Augustan´s metric poetry and the neoclassicist’s descriptive complex language which fully expressed the ideas of reasoning over sentiments. Influenced and inspired by the changing ideological atmosphere of the late XVIII and the first third of the XIX century‚ Wordsworth

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    Countee Cullen’s "Yet Do I Marvel" and Langston Hughes’ "I‚ Too" are comparable poems in that their similar themes are representational of the authors’ personal tribulations of racial inequality. By comparing these two poems‚ we get a glimpse of the reality of the injustices of racism during the 1920’s by two prominent Black poets. Cullen and Hughes were born within a year of each other‚ and consequently wrote these poems in the same year (1925). This is significant because it reflects the time in

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    In discussions of Greek-letter organizations like fraternities‚ one controversial issue has been the question of how masculinity contributes to hazing‚ and‚ more specifically‚ how ideas about masculinity contribute to the differing hazing rituals in black and white fraternities. On the one hand‚ some Greek-letter organization scholars – such as Tyra Black‚ Joanne Belknap‚ and Jennifer Ginsberg – have compared black and white fraternities and argue that masculinity plays a similar role in the hazing

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    Making a powerful statement for black equality‚ African Americans took the world to its knees in the era of the 1950’s-1960’s by forming the Black Panther Party. This movement displayed an intolerance for harsh accusations‚ brutality and unjust treatment. At that time African Americans made a huge impact on every race‚ not just their own. The group wanted to ensure that all African Americans would have access to an equal opportunity in employment‚ education‚ housing‚ and granted entry to every public

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    This is 2017 and people still celebrate whilst dressing up as racist stereotypes such as this black face party‚ therefore I felt outrage. I would think that since the post Jim Crow era in the 1960s‚ people especially Americans would be educated to not to condone such activities that discriminate others as it was done earlier during the 1830s-1970s when white people would dress up as Black people to entertain the audience‚ resulting in mockery towards Africans Americans. I could not believe how insensitive

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    Black psychology‚ in my opinion‚ is the study of behavior and mental processes of African Americans as it pertains to our identity as African Americans‚ identity as Americans‚ struggle with oppression‚ and being able to deal with white supremacy. Black psychology wants to know how we as African Americans deal with these former issues and continue to survive. According to John S. Mbiti‚ "African people behave and are motivated by what they believe‚ and what they believe is based on what they experience"

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