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    Marcia Douglas Electricity Comes To Cocoa Bottom   Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom takes the reader on a journey of light‚ from the flicker of the firefly in rural Jamaica‚ through the half-moonlight of the limbo of exile in the USA to the point of arrival and reconnection imaged by the eight-pointed star. It is also a journey of the voice‚ traversing back and forth across the Atlantic and across continents‚ pushing its way through word censors and voice mufflers and ending in tongues of fire

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    ocoa Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom – Essay There are several literary techniques that are used in this poem such as “lamps…Oil” this is very ironic because they have brought old technology to come and see the new technology being unveiled. Also the fact that they are “waiting for sunset” is ironic because they are replacing natural light with artificial light. Near the beginning there is a Simile used “Cable was drawn like a pencil line across the sun” This uses one of the main themes of the

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    The poem begins with a vivid imagery of sensations. The onomatopoeia of line one „The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard“ is redoubled in line seven. „And the saw snarled and rattled‚ snarled and rattled.” The assonance emphasizes the sound of the sawing machine. The cutting noise of the saw is compared to a wild animal‚ like a tiger‚ which shows a personification. Both words “snarled” and “rattled” resonate with sound and fury. Repetition is also used in “Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom”

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    notes on electricity comes to cocoa bottom- the poem captures the reactions of the community to the arrival of electricity in cocoa bottom‚ a developing village in the caribbean islands. it starts with the childrens perspectives- creates connotations of childish reactions from the village and a sense of wonder and excitement. ’grannie patterson...peeped’ creates sense of community as involves all generations within the community‚ builds sense of anticipation. ’drawn like a pencil line’ portraying

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    Electricity comes to cocoa bottom and an unknown girl notes to help on coursework. An unknown girl A traditional indian market scene‚ set in the evening‚ it was to hot to have markets in the day‚ lit up with neon lights She tries to capture the moment‚ she is getting involved in the culture by having her hand hennad. It is a darker shade of your own skin‚ suttle. She is watching this girl ‘icing my hand’(verb(icing)) ‘in the evening bazaar for a few rupees’ india money Unknown girl

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    State University and was awarded a Ph D in African American and Caribbean Literature in 1997. Visit Marcia Douglas’s website: www.marciadouglas.com or see http://www.peepaltreepress.com/author_dis play.asp?au_id=17   The poem is set in Jamaica‚ in a town called Cocoa Bottom. People‚ both adults and children‚ have travelled from far and wide to see the switching on of Mr Samuel’s electric lights as it is a momentous occasion. It seems almost as if it is a magical event that even nature is anticipating

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    presentation of the poets’ attitudes to progress in Unknown Girl and Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom. People have been thinking about what ‘progress’ means for hundreds of years. We normally associate it with positive impacts and things changing for the better‚ which the majority of the time is correct. Edward E Cummings once said ‘Nothing recedes like progress.’ and in the poems ‘Unknown Girl’ and ‘Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom’ the poets agree with this statement. Alvi and Douglas present a

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    Speech 9-2 8 April 2012 Cocoa Butter Attention- Everybody loves chocolate right? Well do you want to know what part of the ingredients is? Cocoa beans‚ that’s what makes the chocolate melt in your mouth‚ but this isn’t about chocolate this is about lotion‚ more specifically Cocoa butter lotion. Do you have dry flaky skin that’s bothering you. Do you constantly have to itch your skin? Well if so‚ you need cocoa butter lotion and all that will go away. Motivation- Cocoa butter softens your skin

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    | Cocoa Commodity | | Contents Background 2 Production Process 3 Heap Method 4 Box Method 4 Quality 4 Mode of Transport 5 Uses of Cocoa 6 Primary Use of Cocoa 6 Secondary Use 6 Possible Substitute 6 Demand 7 Changes in cocoa production 10 Implications of shortage 11 Supply 12 Strategy to reduce cost and/or assure supply 18 Works Cited 23 Background Cocoa beans are seeds of the cacao tree‚ which is a member of the Sterculiaceae family. Contained in a

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    Australia Phone: 123-456-7890 Fax: 123-456-7890 Email: mediaplanning@cocoadelights.com Web Site: http://www.cocoadelights.com Contact: Coco Jones Table of Contents Executive summary Business description Founded in 2000‚ Cocoa Delights is one of the youngest gourmet chocolate manufacturers in the industry. However we do not view our youth as a weakness‚ on the contrary‚ our youth is associated with our two most valued attributes: creativity and innovation. We dare to create

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