this that I believe her to be a "good human." In the poem‚ it says she is a good person “Out of the huts of history’s shame‚ I rise‚ up from a past that’s rooted in pain‚ I rise‚ I’m a black ocean‚ leaping and wide‚ welling and swelling I bear in the tide” (Angelou 25-30). Stating “I Rise” twice shows her
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The Struggle of Cultural Assimilation: An Analysis of Cultural Clash in “Shrapnel Shards on Blue Water” In “Shrapnel Shards on Blue Water” by Lê Thi Diem Thúy‚ the narrator expresses her longing for Vietnam‚ her home country‚ and how she feels that she and other Vietnamese people represent “fragmented shards” in the American culture- isolated members of a foreign culture. She portrays her emotions almost as if she is pursuing an actual person by using the pronoun “you” in the first stanza to
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People have foretold the end of the world for centuries‚ illustrating great destruction and dilapidation. The 1920’s‚ a time period full of these conjectures. World War 1 had just ended and the great depression would soon strike. What better time period than this to foresee the end times? One such apocalyptic prediction during this time period surfaced in the form of a poem‚ The Second Coming‚ written by William Butler Yeats.Though a rebellious view‚ the poem depicts a world falling apart due to
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These traps could have been made with a net attached to two poles set in the sand at low tide. At high tide‚ someone would pull the net up to the surface of the water making a barrier and trapping the fish in the shallower water. When the tide subsided the fish would remain trapped in the net or lying in the mud for easy gathering. Some older and more permanent traps were made of stone walls or pillars. These traps
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Analysis of the text “Doctor in the House” by R. Gordon The text under analysis is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” written by a famous English-speaking writer Richard Gordon by name‚ who was born in 1921 .Richard Gordon is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere‚ an English surgeon and anaesthetist. Richard Gordon has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a
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the bladder. The most common risk factor associated with bladder cancer is smoking. A Meta analytical study of several case studies in Europe found that cigarette smokers were about 3.3 times more likely to develop bladder cancer than nonsmokers. (Tide‚ 2015) Further research has suggested that‚ smoking can be implicated in the etiology of nearly one quarter of bladder cancers in females and as many as one half of male bladder cancer cases. Another important risk factor for bladder cancer is exposure
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illustration E - explanation “How many of us haven’t watched a Hollywood film or read in the gossip magazines about the transgressions of Hollywood stars? How many of us can name a Bollywood film or a Bollywood star? In the text “Prince of Tides” (magazine article “Piyush Roy” taken from Stardust Icon)‚ the reader is presented with an insight into an enigmatic equivalent of Hollywood’s Johnny Depp.” e.g 3 Notes from a Big Country “When you hear the word “Moose” (sometimes
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icon of the world’s power and corruption. There is several rhetoric patterns found in the poem. The rhyme pattern is an End rhyme. Poems with end rhyme are those whose last word of every line ends with a word that rhymes‚ for example: “While the tides shall ebb and (flow); Money maketh Evil (show)” Flow and show are two separate words‚ however both have rhyming sounds. Lang uses words to help create the tone‚ mood‚ and emotion. Some more rhetorical pattering are: “taketh‚” “maketh‚” “to throw
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Why did the Spanish armada fail in 1582 In 1588 Phillip 11 sent an armada to other throw Elizabeth and replaces her with a catholic monarch. In this essay i am going to explain why the armada failed by looking at the difference between the Spanish and English and how these affected the outcome of the conflict. An important reason for the failure of the Spanish armada was the planning. The Spanish plan was simple but could have been effective. The Spanish had the strongest army in Europe and 34
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absolutely no idea of the value of time in life. We perform our jobs in a haphazard way‚ miss appointments with ease and arrive late for any appointment‚ however important it may be. It is too hate for us to learn‚ much to our grief that time and tide wait for no man. Due respect for time rewards us with wealth as well as success. When a work is delayed‚ the time which could have been profitably used is wasted. Time lost is lost forever. There is no dearth of people in this world who complain
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