“A Retrieved Reformation” Jimmy Valentine is the main character of this story. Jimmy was a criminal‚ intelligent‚ and clever. Jimmy was sentenced to prison for four years because he robbed banks. After only 10 months‚ he was pardoned by the governor and released. He had returned to his home and gathered his safe-opening instruments. Jimmy then proceeded to burglarize a bank in Richmond‚ Indiana. And again‚ he robbed a bank in Jefferson City and purloined five hundred dollars. Ben Price was a detective
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Citizen: An American Lyric‚ written by Claudia Rankine‚ is a hybrid book. The book consists of seven chapters‚ each chapter detailing different microaggressions‚ interspersed with images of various paintings‚ drawings‚ sculptures‚ and screen grabs. Chapter III starts off with another with another short interaction‚ similarity to the conversations in Chapter I. As you rush to meet a friend in a distant neighborhood‚ the friend says you are late “you nappy-headed ho” (41). Rankine continues by explaining
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Fang Xiangning Prof. Qu 15 March 2015 12300120182 The Theme of Valentine by John Fuller The poem Valentine by John Fuller depicts a man’s unrequited but intense love and passionate desires for a lady in the first person. First of all‚ by “unrequited‚” I mean that even though the man confided his profound love for the lady in the poem‚ the lady does not seem to feel for him in the same way. Secondly‚ by “intense‚” I mean that his love for this lady is so strong and great that he cannot help observing
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In the book Citizen‚ written by Claudia Rankine‚ she shows us through her personal encounters that racism and inequality is still alive today in America. Whether it be from a stranger‚ or a close friend‚ attacks on her personal identity is a repetitive thing in her everyday life. As we progress through the book‚ we watch as Rankine struggles to fight the stereotypes that people place on her during her ongoing battle to be seen and not erased. We learn that this battle is bigger than Rankine herself
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tone of the album always seems to be about the main figure of the songs falling in love too easily‚ getting hurt just as easily‚ and the mourning of past love. The first track to really stand out to me on the album to me was the song ’My Funny Valentine’ with it’s absence of the muffled horn that appears on most of the tracks‚ and the bass seeming more poignant than ever. But most of all what stood out to me was the lyrical nature of the song. Baker discusses love he holds for a woman that
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11/14/13 Scene Breakdown The scene I chose to write about is from one of my favorite movies‚ Blue Valentine. Directed by Derek Cianfrance‚ this movie is an examination of a marriage on the rocks‚ as well as the beginnings of a new one‚ by the same people. Ryan Gosling plays Dean‚ a high school dropout trying to make ends meet without any support from his family‚ and Michelle Williams plays Cindy‚ a pre-med student living with her unhappy parents. On an off chance‚ Dean and Cindy meet one another
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Conclusion of Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy Duffy uses an onion in her poem as she shows how this object can represent the positive aspect of love. In this poem she is saying that her love is different and unique. The first stanza tells us she is not giving what would be typically labelled as love like ’a red rose’. Instead‚ she gives an onion. An onion is very unusual gift to give to someone you care about. Although onions are acidic‚ smelly and not very appealing‚ she makes connection by comparing
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I argue that Claudia Rankine in her book Citizen is attempting to expose the injustices African Americans suffer due to the prejudices placed on them because of their fictive kinship. Fictive kinship as defined by Melissa V. Harris-Perry in her book Sister Citizen is‚ “African Americans’ sense of connection to other black people” (116). She goes on to say that this connection among blacks can lead to one person’s bad actions “shaming the race” (Harris-Perry 116). This concept is most thoroughly illustrated
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for many who do not experience the full effects of it on a daily basis or are sheltered from it due to their race. However‚ through novels‚ films‚ and social media‚ some hope to highlight and end the occurrence of racism. In the novel Citizen by Claudia Rankine‚ for example‚ Rankine offers an insightful view of the ongoing racism towards African Americans through descriptions of recent events and personal experiences involving racism. She specifically writes in the second person‚ allowing readers
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For my read aloud I read Louanne Pig in the Mysterious Valentine by Nancy Carlson to Tina Gwyn’s kindergarten class. This book is about a pig named Louanne who receives a valentine in her mailbox but‚ it is addressed from a secret admirer. She only has one clue about who sent it‚ she knows the person has a green pen because that is the color of the signature on the valentine. Louanne is determined to find out who sent it‚ so she spends her day snooping around hoping to find someone who owns a green
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