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    Communication and Crisis Roland K Aidoo HCS/320 5/26/13 Patricia Bird Communication and Crisis Hurricane Katrina was considered as one natural disaster. But in reality it was two disasters. The initial disaster was a natural disaster which ripped the coastlands of Louisiana and Mississippi to shreds and left New Orleans a wasteland. The second disaster was the lack of communication and response that took place between federal‚ regional‚ state‚ and local relief agencies and efforts

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    Stevie Smith In the following essay I will be discussing Stevie Smith with special focus on two of her poems‚ namely‚ ‘Nor We of Her to Him’ and ‘Pad‚ Pad.’ These poems at first glance seem to be very simple but with closer inspection they “cut knife-edge deep to serious concerns.” At first glance‚ both poems seem very shallow and miniscule in significance. Relationships come and go. People are always coming in and out of your life. It is only with further inspection that

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    Emily Dickinson’s poem “They dropped like Flakes – ” seems at first glance to be a simple depiction of the deaths of Civil War soldiers. Upon further analysis‚ however‚ we can read into her poem an allusion to the death of Jesus Christ. Using this interpretation‚ we can see that the speaker of the poem views deceased Civil War soldiers as saviors whose noble sacrifices are comparable to that of the Messiah. The story of Jesus’ crucifixion is a relatively simple one: Jesus carries his cross up to

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    A Comparison of "Limbo" with "Nothing’s Changed". The black people were forbidden to go where white people went. The poet is expressing his views about how bad the situation is and how much he hates it in this poem. In both poems‚ they involve white people taking advantage of black people and they both come from the view of black people and tell us how they are treated. However this is not so obvious in the poem "Limbo"‚ it can be spotted by the opinion the African Slave has of the White people

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    "Victim"‚ what is a victim? Webster’s definition of a victim is "one that is prayed upon and usually affected by a force or agent." my definition of victim is someone who has had a terrible thing happen to them. By both my and Webster’s definition both the narrator from the poem "I fight like a girl" and Malinda from the book "speak" are victims. Both in the poem and in the book the narrators/main characters go thru a lot and at some point reach the point when they are finally ready to fight back

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    Lewis Carroll’s ‘nonsense’ poem‚ “Jabberwocky”‚ he creates a lyrical piece of whimsy. This poem is well known having the main character‚ the Jabberwock itself‚ in Alice’s World of Wonderland‚ where the first and last stanza is repeated throughout the book and movies. Usually brushed off as just another nonsense poem not meant to have full meaning‚ “Jabberwocky” is much deeper than its seemingly strange surface. Carroll uses an amazing quality of sound throughout the poem using onomatopoeia‚ lyrical

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    "Hope is like the thing with feathers" This poem examines the rather abstract idea of hope‚ in the free spirit of a bird. Emily uses brilliant imagery‚ and metaphor‚ to help describe why she thinks that a bird is a fitting metaphor for hope. The poem begins‚ saying that said bird‚ perches in the soul‚ and sings. Emily says that it would take a powerful storm to smother the birds song‚ using a storm as a symbol for hardships in a persons life and the effect they can have

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    Then the events that make “The Girl in the Lavender Dress” different from “Resurreccion Mary” is that “The Girl in the Lavender Dress” being witnessed and told by the author’s grandma and her husband Herbert. And then‚ having “Resurrection Mary” being told and witnessed by only one person‚ Jerry Palus. After that‚ they also different because they both occur in different time periods‚ “The Girl in the Lavender Dress - 1942 to 43” being written after “Resurrection Mary - 1800s”. Furthermore into story-wise

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    In Sold‚ I believe the author-Patricia McCormick-was trying to inform readers about the horrors of many young girls’ daily lives. The book explains the journeys of how the young girls enter human trafficking and how they rely on the other girls in the house. I believe the purpose of this book is to inform the readers of the horrors of what the world is like and it is not as innocent as many people may naively believe it is just because noting that horrible has happened to them. Along with just

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    Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Bells” was first published. Poe was famous for his short stories and poems‚ which were typically read in darker tones. He was consistently losing family to illness and time‚ and was‚ as a result‚ a very morbid and depressed man. The inspiration for “The Bells” is thought to be from the ringing Poe heard every day coming from the Fordham University bell tower‚ since he resided in the same area as the university and would often visit the campus. This poem Poe uses the bells

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