Essay 2: A Short Comparison of Two Poems Why is it that people write poems? Sometimes‚ it seems that authors write poems to confuse or to mislead. As most would know‚ poems aren’t actually written for that purpose. They are written to amuse and enlighten in a critical thinking way. Poems are like secret passages with deep meanings within the lines and rhythms; after being pulled apart and analyzed‚ they can leave your mind blown. I will be comparing “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke with another
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’s story "Two Kinds" is a battle of wills between the narrator‚ a young Chinese American girl‚ and her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant. "Two Kinds" is a coming-of-age story‚ in which the narrator‚ Jing-mei‚ struggles to forge her own sense of identity in the face of her strong-willed mother ’s dream that she become a "prodigy." Jing-mei is caught between her Chinese mother ’s traditional ideas about how to raise a daughter‚ and her own development as a Chinese American girl straddling two cultures.
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Two Teachers High school students often find it difficult to view their teachers as anything but "the enemy." However‚ after the first few months of the school year‚ students learn to appreciate their teachers as individuals with different approaches. Some teachers are "cool‚" while others are "tough." Some can be both "cool" and "tough" at the same time. Although Sally Thompson & Robert Crawford are both respected teachers at our school‚ their teaching styles and expectations for students differ
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The story of two brothers Once upon a time‚ there were two brothers Shankha and Likhita‚ who were Munis and used to live in their Aashramams on the banks of the river Baahudaa. One day‚ the younger brother‚ Likhita‚ went to the Shankha’s aashramam and on not finding his brother‚ sat under a mango tree. He started eating one of its mangoes‚ without taking the permission of the owner of the tree (Shankha). Shankha returned to his aashramam and found Likhita eating the mangoes. Shankha then told Likhita
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Michael not want to be seen with Smitty?(3-4) Michael didn’t want to be seen with Smitty because Smitty is a hangman. Every hangman is hated because people think that he is cruel and because he kills prisoners who are friends or parents with people in the town. If Michael is seen to be friend with Smitty‚ he would have a bad reputation and people of his town would hate him because he is supporting someone that all the others hated. It won’t only affect his life‚ but also his work‚ because no one
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blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice. Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Allusion – A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature. Ex: She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa Analogy - the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. Ex: shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel Antithesis - is a counter-proposition and denotes a direct
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Carmen Morales English 201-101 Feb 29‚ 2012 Prof. Wright Assignment: “Two Kinds” Piano “Two Kinds” By Amy Tan is about Jing Mei mother who is clear in her daughter’s goals. She want Jing Mei to be a prodigy and famous. Her mother send her to the hair solon to make her look like Shirley Temple. She also forces Jing Mei to take piano lesson and soon has a recital‚ Jing Mei was confident to play. Her mother invites their auntie Lindo because she
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I thought the movie “Two For The Money” was pretty good even though I‚ myself am not a big sports fan. I was surprised how somebody could change in an instant when given so much money at a young age. The movie itself starts off with a man by the name of Brandon Lang who is played by Matthew McConaughey. Lang used to play College Football who ended up getting hurt due to an injury. Since he couldn’t play he knew the in’s and out’s of Football and the teams. It was almost like he knew what the outcome
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Two Kinds by Amy Tan: Literary Analysis - There are many key elements which together make up a story‚ namely a story’s setting‚ its main characters‚ the plot‚ and the symbolism it contains. A story’s setting is usually described in the beginning of the story‚ giving an explanation of where and when the story is taking place. Many stories have a protagonist and an antagonist as well as other key characters. The protagonist is the "hero or antihero; (the) character you tend to ’root for’." . The antagonist
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author tries to show his readers that any decision made could change a life in a positive or negative way. Throughout his book‚ Wes Moore compares the lives of two boys with the same name‚ growing up at the same time‚ both in bad neighborhoods. He examines these young men and tries to show when and why their lives changed for better and worse. People cannot choose their living conditions or who their parents are‚ but Wes Moore shows how the decisions made today can change a person’s future for better or
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