All About Me Kenneth Lai Period 2 9-1-10 I never thought that if I sat down to write about myself‚ the result would be this. My name is Kenneth Lai and I was born at Kaiser Hospital in Berkeley‚ California on November 10‚ 1993. I live with my Mother‚ aunt and uncle in San Leandro‚ California. My mother and father divorced when I was about three years old and as a result‚ my Mother and I have lived in many different places. My mother works in a lab of some sort‚ making materials to cure eye
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Five Bells Time that is moved by little fidget wheels Is not my time‚ the flood that does not flow. Between the double and the single bell Of a ship’s hour‚ between a round of bells From the dark warship riding there below‚ I have lived many lives‚ and this one life Of Joe‚ long dead‚ who lives between five bells. Deep and dissolving verticals of light Ferry the falls of moonshine down. Five bells Coldly rung out in a machine’s voice. Night and water Pour to one rip of darkness‚ the Harbour floats
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Historical Context. Slessor was appointed official war correspondent by the Commonwealth government in February 1940. He served in North Africa‚ Greece and Syria thus saw a good deal of action. He regarded the position as a great honour and was loyal to the traditions and mythology of the Anzacs. Slessor’s was famous for his war diaries and poetry as his experience of being at the war front directly influence his writing. The futility of war is a common theme and sense carried throughout these
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De’Ja commons Pgs. 176-179 Etiology: Sociocultural level of analysis Lee et al. suggest that a social fat phobia may underlie anorexia‚ and this phobia is starting to thrive in other parts of the world Places where anorexia has increased a lot it is due to media influence and large amounts of info about dieting and eating disorders Girls who become anorexic are more likely to accept the messages about beauty and thinness in the media. It isn’t clear whether this acceptance lead to the anorexia
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In his story‚ My Papa’s waltz‚ Theodore Roethke examines the relationship between a father and son. The essay describes the daily interactions between the two. Some people may consider the relationship to be abusive‚ while others see it as a loving relationship with a little bit of roughhousing. The relationship between the father and son in this poem is seen as loving and fun. In the first stanza‚ the father is portrayed as a drinker whose alcohol-scented breath “could make a small boy dizzy.”
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Hayden and My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke are two very similar works of literature. Both poems deal with the narrator looking back on the lives of their fathers and recalling certain events from the past. Those Winter Sundays deals with the narrator looking back on how her father sacrificed everything for the family and was never fully appreciated. My Papa’s Waltz deals with the narrator looking back at a time where he played joyfully with his father. The poem My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke
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In the poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ Theodore Roethke uses many connotations and detail that could be understood as positive or negative‚ but in my eyes‚ the word choice and intense details seem indicate a more sullen tone and a more abusive behavior towards the speaker. This poem is about a father and a son “waltzing” in their kitchen with their mother watching. Roethke does use a few words such as clinging and romped that could indicate a playful dance and a child clinging to their loving father not
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w w ap eP m e tr .X w *6364028069* 9701/05 CHEMISTRY Paper 5 Planning‚ analysis and evaluation October/November 2007 1 hour 15 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams‚ graphs or rough working. Do not use staples‚ paper clips‚ highlighters
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POETIC DEVICES IN MY PAPA’S WALTZ 1. Rhyme Scheme- a repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of the line This poem has a simple ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH rhyme scheme‚ meaning that every other line within a stanza rhymes. Example: The whiskey on your breath (A) Could make a small boy dizzy; (B) But I hung on like death: (A) Such waltzing was not easy. (B) The lines with corresponding letters rhyme. The B rhyme in this stanza is an example of a slant rhyme – "dizzy"
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In Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz‚” a child and the father appear to be dancing. The author uses descriptive words to explain the dance that is happening between the father and child. The child’s experience in the poem is not a pleasant one‚ we see this throughout the detailed lines. The father in the story appears to be very drunk. This is seen in the very beginning of the poem. The child states: “The whiskey on your breath / Could make a small boy dizzy” (lines 1-2). It is also apparent
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