In the short story‚ “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Tyler‚ the son of Daisy‚ Donny‚ is experiencing many troubles in school with his grades and his behavior. The school has called in Donny’s mother several times to meet about these issues. The school suggested Donny see a psychologist and that Daisy be more involved with Donny’s schooling. After all of these meetings‚ study sessions‚ and psychologist appointments. The psychologist says Donny‚ “[is] merely going through a difficult period in his life”
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Jane Eyre: Final Reflection A wasteland is a time of great struggle and decomposition‚ it is a place that seems dark and dreary‚ it is also a major thematic idea in Jane Eyre. A wasteland was displayed in this text by showing all of Jane’s inner and outer struggles with society and herself. There are many ways in which a wasteland was displayed in this novel. To start off‚ Jane‚ the protagonist is a little lonely orphan girl with no relatives or friends to help her. All she really has is
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Marina By T.S. Eliot “Marina” was one of the first Eliot poems I came to love‚ but I hadn’t read it for quite a while. Ironically‚ it was the political conventions that brought these lines from the poem to mind: Those who sharpen the tooth of the dog‚ meaning Death Those who glitter with the glory of the hummingbird‚ meaning Death Marina was #29 in Eliot’s series of ”Ariel Poems‚” first published in September‚ 1930. It was based on the Jacobean play‚ Pericles‚ Prince of Tyre. Shakespeare
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falls within this realm. In this poem‚ Eliot describes the modern city as an emptiness of meaning and uses imagery to intensify this feeling. The first lines suggest a feeling of decline and despair. The imagery helps to achieve this effect by the use of "winter" images. Winter is usually associated with a lack of growth and a loss of vitality. The poem is suggesting that the modern city is in a state of "winter" and has lost its direction and liveliness. Eliot builds on this image to suggest a further
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Friendship is very important in a teenager’s life‚ if you pick the wrong friends things can go downhill. In the story Teenage Wasteland by Anne Tyler‚ a boy named Donny went down a dark path that led to an even darker future. Donny was a teenage boy who abused drugs and alcohol with his friends which resulted into failing in school. Donny’s school recommended a tutor which wasn’t too good of an idea. Donny’s tutor was a big joke who did nothing‚ but lower his grades. The tutors house was just a place
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rise of new ones. For the empires that fall‚ they either start again or perish to be only remembered by stories. While together man may prosper‚ by themselves they are in shambles‚ forever alone only to be distinguished by their cultural identities. Eliot portrays the desolate empire and the lost man by saying‚ “Fishing‚ with the arid plain behind me / Shall I at least set my lands in order? / London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down” (424-426). These lines imply the nearing death of
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Jessica Joy T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” Final Paper Eliot imparts to us the Grail quest’s influence on “The Waste Land” in the notes: “Not only the title‚ but the plan and a good deal of the incidental symbolism of the poem were suggested by Miss Jessie L. Weston’s book on the Grail legend: From Ritual to Romance (Macmillan). Indeed‚ so deeply am I indebted‚ Miss Weston’s book will elucidate the difficulties of the poem much better than my notes can do; and I recommend it (apart
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What intrigues me most about the poems of T.S Eliot is the subtle delicateness of his writing and yet it is delivered with amazing strength and profound depth. In certain poems‚ I felt that Eliot wrote in a rather impersonal‚ detached dry tone. However a lot of his poetic lines are brimming with attitude. His general tone is quite understated. However this only serves to sharpen the impact on the reader’s feelings. I felt his poetry was a type of aesthetic despair. While registering a despairing
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Lourdes Denise M. Hermoso 2011-50624 ENG1 W2-6R Reaction Paper: Wasteland August 23‚ 2011 The film Wasteland follows famous artist Vik Muniz as he visits Jardim Gramacho‚ a garbage dumpsite in his native country Brazil. There he starts a fundraising project of photographing some of the chosen “pickers” and creating enlargements of the photos made of recyclable materials‚ he then sells the creations and gives the proceeds to the group. Watching as the project materializes
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Eliot’s Tradition and the Individual Talent T. S. Eliot is a well-known critic‚ poet and writer who has done a great amount of literary work. Eliot has his own views for judging and analyzing poets and poetry. In "Tradition and The Individual Talent"‚ Eliot has given some significant ideas‚ which are essential to understand in order to understand Eliot’s perceptions regarding poetry and poets. T.S Eliot’s critical essays are the one‚ which cause a mind to think over a situation‚ he has described
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