"O Captain! my Captain!" Walt Whitman wrote the poem "O Captain! my Captain!" after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman describes Lincoln as the captain of the ship‚ as the leader of the country; he also refers to him as a father: "Here Captain! dear father!"(13)‚ "My father doesn’t feel my arm‚"(18). Clearly‚ a captain is not a father. Why‚ then‚ does Whitman connect the two together? Are there certain similarities between them that can’t be avoided? A captain is
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1. The major problem with the performance appraisal process in the regional office is the lack of employee involvement. If the employers took the employees’ opinions about how they should be rated‚ they would be more interested in the process and know their expectations and hence perform much better. In the regional office‚ it seems that they have no employee involvement and the staff think that the “work standards were irrelevant and unfair”‚ discouraging them to improve their skills and do better
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Answer: True Correct Answer: False . Question 2 .0 out of 1 points To keep Church officials happy‚ Veronese decided to repaint his entire artwork depicting Christ feasting with disciples and members of the Venetian elite. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False . Question 3 .0 out of 1 points Auguste Rodin was told by a government official that he should put clothes on his overly sexualized figures in The Kiss. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False
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“O Captain! My Captain!” Literary Analysis Every great nation’s past contains a great leader who sacrificed everything for his or her country. Abraham Lincoln gave his life after striving to abolish slavery. Soon after Lincoln’s murder‚ Walt Whitman wrote an apostrophe poem to Lincoln. In this eulogy‚ Whitman praised Lincoln’s accomplishments and mourned his death. In “O Captain! My Captain!”‚ Walt Whitman uses repetition‚ symbolism‚ assonance‚ and metaphors to portray the theme that every great
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A big screen advertisement caught my eye the other day while taking my pet dog for a walk. The poster stated in big blue letters next to the image of a Labrador “Through expense and damage how can we put up with them?”(Dogs). Bored and tired after picking up poo after poo‚ this got me thinking‚ do the advantages of having a pet really outweigh the disadvantages? Later on that evening Olli was sick and poor mum‚ who was meant to be going to her sister’s wedding reception‚ had to take him to the vet
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The problems inherent in performance appraisal may be listed thus: 1. Judgement errors: People commit mistakes while evaluating people and their performance. Biases and judgments errors of various kinds may spoil the show. Bias here refers to distortion of a measurement. These are of various types: First impressions (primacy effect): The appraiser’s first impression of a candidate may color his evaluation of all subsequent behavior. In the case of negative primacy effect‚ the employee may seem
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ruthless pirateer known as Captain Hunter. To start he is a very determined person letting nobody stand in his path towards glory. When the time comes to prepare for his risky voyage; he shows great detail and thought in what he needs. First‚ he meets with Whisper: the only survivor from the Matanceros raid‚ which of course is where Captain Hunter is planning to set sail to. This island is heavily garded with many spanish soldiers including the most ruthless of them all: Captain Cazalla. This cold-blooded
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Q: It seems like you‚ the author‚ want to make the world more aware of what has been going on in North Korea. What were the challenges you faced writing Shin’s story? A: One of the biggest challenges trying to write this story was getting him to cooperate with me. He didn’t want to recollect his time in the camps in North Korea. These camps were detrimental to the civilians of North Korea. I’m very grateful for his cooperation in writing this novel so I can make the general public more aware of how
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The Cheerleading Captain plays a very important role on the team. The captain’s experience‚ attitude‚ and ability to effectively communicate information effects the team’s success. I believe that I would make a great captain because I possess all of these skills. I am an experienced cheerleader. I have been on the Varsity team for two years. You have taught me what it takes to be on a winning team. It takes hard work‚ perseverance‚ never quitting‚ and a lot of practice. This is invaluable
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Is school trying to make us fail or what? That word. That one word which makes most students procrastinate. That one word which teachers are constantly throwing around at the end of every lesson. The word? Homework. It may be considered helpful and profound to some people but what is it that makes homework so unappealing and harmful? Maybe it’s the length of time you consume out of your free time or the thought of doing even more work after a tiresome day at school. Many students are
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