Stage fright We must take some risks to find happiness. I find that most people are comforted by what they feel certain of‚ people like the fact that they know their place in life and have no urge to search further or take risks to find something different‚ something better. I learnt at the age of fifteen that sometimes risks can put perspective on our lives. It encourages us to push ourselves to strive further and harder to follow our dreams. My experience finds little resemblance to the
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order to make that change. In the poem “If We Must Die‚” Claude McKay calls for racial pride against white oppression through his use of similes‚ metaphors‚ contradictions‚ and biblical allusions. McKay uses a simile to introduce his trope of blacks being hogs trapped in the city. He also establishes that being a hog is not something that he likes and that he wants to change. The simile is found in the first line of the poem when McKay states‚ “If we must die‚ let it not be like hogs.” Here‚ McKay
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white lynch mob that targeted blacks in Washington. There were 28 public lynchings in the first half of the year‚ and the following summer and fall came to be known as "The Red Summer" of 1919. The Red Summer was the motivation behind McKay’s "If We Must Die." However‚ even without the history behind it‚ Mckay’s poem is still a powerful message‚ universal enough to relate to any person facing their own destruction. The poem start with the speaker establishing that he and his allies are under attack
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In rhyme and meter‚ Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” generally conforms to the conventions of a Shakespearean sonnet‚ but at several moments throughout the poem‚ McKay also strays from the rules of the English sonnet. In composing his poem in the style of the traditional Shakespearean sonnet‚ McKay creates a clear narrative that is both easy to follow and equally artistic. However‚ in deviating from this conventional style‚ McKay draws attention to specific phrases that contribute greatly to the contrasting
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Racism had always been a problem in certain parts of the United States around the 1930s‚ but that sparked many movements‚ one especially was the Harlem Renaissance. In the poem “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay uses key phrases to show how colored people are being treated during the time of the Harlem Renaissance and how they should be able to overcome the racism and violence because he himself was colored and experienced some of the racism himself and was able to stand strong against it. One of the
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How to we save the earth Our planet is in great danger. The people of earth have wasted and misused the natural recourses of earth. Several plans have been developed to stop the abuse of earth.Environmental problems have become so complex that many individuals feel they can have no effect on them. Problems like oil spills‚ hazardous waste‚ loss of rain forests‚ endangered species‚ acid rain‚ the ozone layer‚ the municipal waste crisis can feel out of our control. At the very least‚ these problems
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really asked myself is what types of jobs will there be in the future? After reading “Better than Human: Why Robots will and Must Take Our Jobs” by Kevin Kelly I really begin to think about what jobs will be gained and lost from robots becoming more advanced and this realization really hit much closer to home then I expected. If our technologies keep advancing at the rate that they are going‚ then we could see over half of the jobs that exist now disappear (Kelly 300). With that being said these same
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Should we OBEY our Elders?? A Photo of an Elder! A Tale of Correction By Ray Walter Swangkee ― The Colorful Peacock from Angel Ridge‚ Box 305H2‚ King’s Mountain‚ Kentucky 40442 The Divided States of United Lies! My E-mail Address is: theking@alltel.net‚ as in: “The King at TELL ALL‚ dot‚ Network of Truth.” Please Visit the most Beautiful‚ Enlightening‚ and Inspiring Website on the Internet‚ at: www.ThePeacock.com “O my Son‚ no one likes to Obey any Person that he or she
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You can bench 400 pounds‚ run the 40 yard dash in 4.6 seconds‚ and hit 30 home runs if you take steroids. Do you take them? The pressure today to get the college scholarship or the professional contract is overwhelming for students. Everybody wants to be the next big star. Steroids have been known to make you stronger‚ faster‚ bigger‚ and better‚ but are the side affects and the chance of being caught worth it? Some of the psychological side affects are edginess‚ impatience‚ mood swings‚
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the ask (why do we want to go to this destination?) what type of attractions and entertainment that this destination has to offer? Next is the transportation (how am I getting there? What mode of transportation am I going to use? Airplane‚ bus‚ car or train?). Then is accommodation (where would we stay on our way to the destination? where would we stay once we reach our destination?) once all these questions are answered and one arrives at the destination‚ the next question is what are we going to
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