“My Papa’s Waltz” is a poem written by Theodore Roethke that describes a childhood memory of a son and his father doing their nightly “waltz”. The poem portrays the traumatic memory using metaphors. For example‚ the waltzing that takes place actually symbolizes the abuse the child received from his father. At a glance‚ the poem seems to be about an innocent relationship between a father and son. However‚ the poem describes a traumatic flashback of a father abusing his son. “My Papa’s Waltz” reflects
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G.A ENG 102 7/29/2012 THE SRENGTH OF " MAMA" IN ALICE WALKER ’S EVERYDAY USE Alice Walker ’s _Everyday use_ is a story about a mother and her two daughters‚ Dee and Maggie. Mama‚ the narrator‚ of the story gives us a good description of both daughters by showing their different strengths and weakness. Dee and Maggie are as different as day and night but Mama love them both. Dee the older daughter is very beautiful‚ independent‚ confident‚ and educated but she is also arrogant‚ selfish and self
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Being the eldest child of three‚ Gertrudis was foreshadowed to be rebellious towards her family traditions. After many years of being oppressed by Mama Elena’s traditions‚ Gertrudis’ first lust for progress became evident when she had a reaction to her sister Tita’s quail in a “magic” rose petal sauce. This reaction causes her to have “such strong emotions in her that she runs off with a solider in the revolutionary army and thus away from her mother’s oppression”. (Napierkowski 193). Gertrudis never
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Ang Mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan by Bob Ong (Visprint‚ 127 pages) I’ve been reading Bob Ong’s books since college‚ ever since a friend brought her copy of his first book‚ A B N K K B S N P L A Ko (That reads as Aba Nakakabasa Na Pala Ako – literal translation: Wow‚ I Can Read Now). Bob Ong is one of the popular Filipino writers‚ who‚ until now‚ I am not sure if he is really one person or many contributing to one book. I’ve read almost all of his books ever since then‚ always looking forward to
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before generations‚ everyone in the house is a laborer. This is something that brings self-torture to Walter being a laborer‚ and Mama‚ watching both her husband and her son work themselves until the death of them. Walter base of his disappointments of his dream starts at his son Travis. Whenever speaking about his dream‚ he mentions his son. On page 120‚ when Mama claims that Walter stepped into his manhood‚ he explained to Lindner that he has a son and pulled him closer and that he and his father
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My Papas Waltz‚ written by Theodore Roethke writes a poem about his childhood‚ and his drunk father who he never seemed to have a problem with‚ until he saw his father was harming him in a sense. The first stanza was talking about how he could smell his fathers breath‚ the smell of whisky‚ but he still danced on. The second stanza was still about them dancing and going on just messing around. The third stanza then starts to go away from the innocence and talk about the violence that was happening
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The book‚ Mama Might Be Better Off Dead‚ was written back in 1993 and shared a story of a family who did not receive adequate health care because of their financial status. Unfortunately‚ most of those individuals who were uninsured‚ poor and ill had detrimental outcomes in their quality of health care and life. This novel shows the lack of access to care and the health of the poor. It explains the importance of why healthcare is making the efforts to become a more culturally competent and patient-centered
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Ultrasonic Studios in New Orleans. Sony released it under the Sony Classical Listening Station label in 1998. The songs that I will use for my discussion are: “You Can Depend on Me” a tune written by Charles Carpenter‚ Louis Dunlap and Earl Hines. “Mama Don’t Allow It” by Sammy Cahn and Charles Davenport. “Petite Fleur” by Sidney Bechet.
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“Mama might be better off dead” Reaction Paper The author of the book “Mama might be better off dead” by Laurie Kaye Abraham vividly described about the unfortunate reality of the healthcare failure in the urban America with the Banes’s family who resides in the deprived neighborhood of Lawndale‚ Chicago. Abraham wrote about the challenges that Banes’s family faced with poverty‚ poor health system in the community‚ and racial inequality. Abraham did a fine job by utilizing these challenges that
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A carefree and warm moment between a father and his son‚ or is something more sinister happening behind the curtains? “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke is‚ at first glance‚ a poem about a tender father dancing with his son. However‚ using literary elements such as symbols‚ allusion‚ imagery‚ metaphor‚ tone‚ rhyme‚ and simile‚ it is revealed that the relationship between them is more complex and darker than we imagine. Despite the seemingly playful moment‚ the poem portrays the theme of violence
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