Bliss Powers Professor Langdon English 299 29 February 2012 Scholarly Sources for “Those Winter Sundays” Upon first reading the poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden‚ I was an objective reader who assumed Hayden was looking back with nostalgia at his lost childhood. Without researching the poem‚ as well as Hayden himself‚ I had no way of knowing his background as an adopted child to unhappy parents in a dysfunctional household. After reading several sources‚ I’ve formed a somewhat
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Department of Mechanical Engineering MENG 263 TUTORIAL 1 Q1. The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x 2t3 6t2 10‚ where x is expressed in m and t in seconds. Determine the time‚ position‚ and acceleration when v 0. ( Ans. x 2m‚ a 12 m/s2 ) Q2. The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x 2t3 -15t2 24t 4‚ where x is expressed in meters and t in seconds. Determine (a) when the velocity is zero‚ (b) the position and the total distance traveled when the
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"What goes around comes around" means if you want something good to happen to you then you have to help or do something good for someone else. Before you get something good in return you have to do something good for someone else. I relate to "What goes around comes around" because my grandparents would always say "what goes around surely does come back around". Looking back on my past life I see that i have made many mistakes and majority due to my lack of patience‚ disrespect‚ and never listening
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The poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden is a perfect reflection of a child who has grown up and realized the importance of appreciating family and how they express love for you in their own special way. The persona of this poem is not quite gender specific‚ but many people may believe it is indeed a male who now reflects on his childhood relationship with his father with love‚ respect‚ and appreciation. The speaker has indeed matured a lot since his childhood and he can now recognize his
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Italian peninsula; surrounding states in Mediterranean (Greek states‚ Egypt‚ Judea‚ Syria‚ Cyprus‚ Gaul‚ Romania‚ Spain‚ Sicily‚ Sardinia‚ Carthage‚ etc.) Han: Qin broke into smaller states Gupta: regional leadership/rule. Mutual antagonisms among those states: Rome: rivalry between pastoralists in hills and agriculturalists in plains Han: Warring States period before Qin unification Gupta: Hinduism vs. Buddhism; women losing rights. Adequate military resources: Rome: soldiers first recruited
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Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural communication. Hofstede developed his original model as a result of using factor analysis to examine the results of a world-wide survey of employee values by IBM in the 1960s and 1970s. The theory was one of the first that could be quantified‚ and could be used to explain observed differences between cultures. The original theory proposed four dimensions along which cultural values could be analyzed: individualism-collectivism;
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“peaceful” village ends with the brutal death of one of its populace. In the science fiction short story by Ursula Le Guin “The ones Who Walk Away from Omelas‚” a utopian society prospers under one condition - one child must perpetually suffer. Both stories have strong themes; however‚ I think The Lottery is better because it shows how society can involve in a violent act and think nothing of consequences. “The Lottery” by Jackson is an assembly where one person is picked to get stoned to death. The
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THE LOVE DARE 40 Days Love Journey TODAY’S DARE Contact your spouse sometime during the business of the day. Have no agenda other than asking how he or she is doing and if there is anything you could do for them. Day 8: Love is not jealous Love is as strong as death‚ its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire. —Song of Solomon 8:6 NIV TODAY’S DARE Determine to become your spouse’s biggest fan and to reject any thoughts of jealousy. To help you set your heart on your
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of Those Winter Sundays Those Winter Sundays Robert Hayden Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold‚ then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him. I’d wake and hear the cold splintering‚ breaking. When the rooms were warm‚ he’d call‚ and slowly I would rise and dress‚ fearing the chronic angers of that house‚ Speaking indifferently to him‚ who had
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parents. While most parents have a great deal of affection for their children‚ some parents express themselves through their actions. For children who grew up with affectionate parents it may seem hard to visualize what it would be like to have a secluded and strained relationship with them. And unfortunately some children grow up with cold distant parents who have little to no affection for them. Some children have a complicated mix of affection and fretfulness or are filled with angst for no apparent
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