frustration can be seen in both John Wilmot’s “The Imperfect Enjoyment” and Mark Strand’s “Courtship.” What distinguishes these poems from each other is the type of sexual frustration being portrayed in the poem and how the speaker deals with said frustration. By looking at this shared theme in these poems from different time periods‚ there can be better understanding on how sexuality has changed in recent centuries. “The Imperfect Enjoyment” begins with the speaker embracing a naked woman‚ but as they
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This statement by Momaday is very thematic for the book‚ The Way to Rainy Mountain. “A time that is gone forever‚ a landscape that is incomparable‚ and a human spirit which endures.” When this statement is broken apart‚ it precisely relates to the three focal points of the overall theme of the book. “A time that is gone forever‚” describes the Kiowa culture dying out. Second‚ “a landscape that is incomparable” is the Rainy Mountain‚ which is of great spiritual importance to the Kiowa and the author
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The Way to Rainy Mountain The meaning of this story first struck me as a journey back through the Kiowa history. Back through the time of his grandma‚ to the time when all had just begun. It is a platform that reflects Momaday’s own background‚ sense of purpose and subsequent approach to the subject. He begins by Momaday begins his book by acquainting his audience with the Kiowa’s past. He tells of how the Kiowa migrated in the early 18th century from the headwaters of the Yellowstone River eastward
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On the Rainy River is about a young man torn in a moral conflict. He as been drafted to fight a war he does not believe in‚ and feels he has two choices that will both alter his life completely. Number one is to run to Canada where he can live free of war and live his life by his own standards. Number two requires his submission to the judgmental remarks of his townspeople and society by fighting in the war. Tim O’Brien‚ the author‚ ultimately chooses option two‚ and states he chose the coward’s
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Momaday’s The Way to Rainy Mountain: Summary N. Scott Momaday divides his book The Way to Rainy Mountain in an interesting manner. The book is divided into three chapters‚ each of which contains a dozen or so numbered sections‚ each of which is divided into three parts. The first part of each numbered section tends to be a legend or a story of the Kiowa culture. However‚ this characteristic changes a bit as the book evolves‚ as does the style and feel of the stories. The first passage in the
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Key Question #11 The Rainy River questions and answers 1. I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed this story. Not only did it give some fascinating insight into the mind of a man forced to go to war‚ but he explained his argument with such eloquence and passion that I found myself thoroughly intrigued. The way he describes having to face the draft and the terrifying obstacles that seemed to crop up out of nowhere‚ really makes me think and try to put myself in his position. I would not know
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Every melody in a piece of music is different in how it moves up and down. The distance between two pitches is called an interval. The parts that make up a melody are called phrases. The climax in a melody usually represents a high point in the piece of music. In harder pieces of music there can be more than one melody playing at the same time. Melody is the basic piece of the puzzle between the person that wrote the music and listener. Rhythm is what moves music forward in time. A Meter
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Confessions of an Embarrassed Soldier Tim O’Brien’s personal short story‚ “On the Rainy River‚” evokes an inner struggle to serve‚ or to “run” to Canada. O’Brien shamefully expresses his own horrific tale of compromise of the draft in the summer of ‘68. At 21 years old‚ “young‚ yes‚ and politically naive‚” he feels “moral confusion” for the decision he has to make. O’Brien’s use of first person narration in his old age‚ evokes a sense of embarrassment which he feels for choosing to fight in
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history. N. Scott Momaday’s grandmother lived closely after that time‚ so she knew both times of her people’s lives‚ but was not broken by the change. Momaday wrote his essay‚ The Way to Rainy Mountain to remember his heritage and to remind his audience of a dying culture. Momaday’s essay begins with a description of Rainy Mountain‚ home to his tribe‚ the Kiowas‚ followed by a short history about how they were driven from their land. While the average american child had already learned about the banishment
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