lifestyle holds him back. Some lessons Ponyboy learns is that ‘violence doesn’t solve anything’ and he must ‘stay gold.’ Firstly‚ the main character Ponyboy learns that he must ‘stay gold’. ‘Stay gold’ means staying true to yourself and don’t change. When Johnny was about to die the last words he said were ‘Stay gold’ to Ponyboy. Ponyboy discovers life has an expiration date and that he must stay true to himself and never change just because others are changing and because of peer pressure and he must
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the island. I chose Consuelo because she is the protagonist; she’s the one that expresses in the novel everything in her life like what is happening to her sister Mili because she was not as normal as everyone else‚ ”What did you do? I grabbed Mili’s hand and pride the knife away from her. Consuelito‚ I did it! Just like Abuelo does. I got the hen ready for dinner!” what kid will take a knife and kill a hen. The problem her parents had‚ her father was always trying to change to American life and the
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Book Publishers Associations’ Award in 1991. He has also published several children’s books in his life. Discussion There is no set garentee to unlock the meaning of a poem. Each poem dictates an individual mode of approach. A useful approach to the analysis or discussion of a poem is to list some of the elements that are foregrounded in the poem. M H Abrams defines foregrounding as follows: `To foreground is to bring something into the highest prominence‚ to make it dominant in perception’ (Abrams
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Why does music make us feel something ? Do they have a meaning‚ do they represent anything? Yes‚ songs could have very powerful meanings that could lead to something very special. Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield is a song about you being able to express yourself‚ live life to the fullest‚ do what your heart tells you because no one else can. Ya gotta be by Des’ree is a song about having the inner strength to figure out who you are‚ and how i’m stopping myself and thinking everyday how you gotta
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money‚ but it takes a little to no effort spending it. Some people say “money makes the world go around”‚ however‚ some say “money is the root of all evil”. Buy Nothing day just proves the meaning of those sayings. Due to the considered implications‚ a 24-hour consumer detox is not effective. The author’s most compelling point is Buy Nothing Day is a way to increase awareness of excessive consumption. Also‚ to expose the environmental and ethical consequences of overconsumption. It sure does make an
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wanted Ponyboy to stay golden. He was implying that Ponyboy is good and innocent and should maintain thoes qualities throughout his entire life and future career. After Ponyboy had recited the poem for Johnny‚ it had opened his eyes and changed his perspective of how the world was seen as he said “You know‚ I never noticed colours and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them. It seems like they were never there before.” (Chapter 5‚ Page 95). A line that has a lot of meaning is “So dawn goes
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Poem analysis Nothing Said by: Brenda Agard 1. The poem is about people who have lost family members‚ brothers and sisters for example. 2. The poem is written in the 2nd person plural. You hear the voice of the people who are protesting about the fact that they have lost their family members. The writer could also be one of the protesters or marchers. 3. Well in the beginning it says what the situation is of the people and what happened. After that the writer tells what they
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exhibited as something they are not.This poem intrigues me because it shows the different ways of how someone is perceived to be despite‚ being dead or alive.I like how it consists of much relatable content like the judgmental factor of how someone’s description changes once they have died. This relates to our world today because many peoples perspective on their loved one changes once they are pronounced dead in many cases such as Edgar’s poem. Prior to this‚ the poem "Richard Bone" by Edgar Lee Masters
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Renisance Poem Meaning During the time known as the Harlem Renaissance‚ there where many historical figures who contributed to the works of the newly found African American movement. Many people of the African race or ancestry‚ where bold enough and willing enough to write songs and/or poems with underlining messages expressing there feelings towards society and themselves. Such a poet was Langston Hughes‚ one of the most historically known figure throughout the era. He wrote poems of such
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America. In the first verse it talks about the 1920’s and just explains what their goals in life were. Then in the second verse it talks about their 1970’s which is important because during this time it was all about sex‚ drugs and dancing. This generation was known as the “me generation” which suggest they did stuff because they liked it or it felt good not because anyone else told them to. Lastly the final verse talks
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