...EXTENDED STUDY CONNECTED TEXTS Over the centuries, poetry has endeavoured to communicate human emotion and ideas. Bruce Dawe’s grave Homecoming and the saddening Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen convey the trauma in war-stricken situations and the loss involved. Significantly differing from these sombre themes, William Shakespeare is able to convey his love and appreciation for a woman in My Mistress’ Eyes which conflicts with the self-hatred and resentment apparent in Jennifer Maiden’s stark Anorexia. Delving into personal emotions, a number of the poems express despair in conflict or, conversely, aim to portray an inner turmoil. The depressing atmosphere of Homecoming appeals to the reader by evoking a sense of despair. As the soldiers’ bodies are returned from war, Dawe explores the undignified treatment of the corpses, zipped “in green plastic bags”. Irony in the title alludes to the fact that the soldiers are not returning to a celebration and are unidentifiable, “piled on the hulls of Grants”. Gaining an emotional distance through the use of a third person voice, the poem enables the reader to view the tragedy in its entirety. Repeating “home, home, home” accentuates the emotional ties of the soldiers, a technique indicative of the monotony of the experiences involved in warfare. Equally, “telegrams tremble like leaves from a wintering tree…the spider grief swings in his bitter geometry”, uses simile and metaphor to portray the coldness of death and spreading...
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...Belonging Critical Essay “Belonging to a community or group has a significant impact on an individual’s sense of self” Introduction Individuals desire a sense of belonging within various groups in the community to engage with others in an enriching and meaningful way. Displacement from a community, culture or family can have a significant impact on individuals’ sense of self and where he truly belongs. Peter Skryzynecki’s poems, “Feliks Skrzynecki” and “Migrant Hostel” explore the effects of displacement due to migration and the consequential lack of identity and place. Bruce Dawe’s poem “Enter without so much as knocking” and an image from Shaun Tan’s book “The Arrival” explores various aspects of belonging suggesting that belonging to a place is central to an individual’s identity and sense of security. Feliks Skrzynecki ‘Feliks Skrzynecki” explores the hardships experienced by migrants growing up in Australia. Skrzynecki highlights the underlying idea of Peter’s difficulty in trying to accept his inherent Polish culture, which is evident in the third stanza “His polish friends always shook hands too violently…I never got used to” while at the same time unconsciously assimilating to a new civilized Western culture. Skrzynecki utilizes an extended metaphor of Hadrian’s Wall; “Watched me pegging my tents further and further south of Hadrian’s Wall” to epitomize the confusion and choice surrounding Peter in the ethics and values of each culture to which he must choose. Peter...
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...Most of the buildings were brick or even stone with one or two metal ones here and there. The grass is long and overgrown with weeds killing off big patches of it in the larger sections. The ground was completely dirt roads with a few cobblestones in it. The few trees that remained were small and brittle. Off in the distance an owl hoots it’s loud call. Aiden was used to the drab environment of his neck of the woods. Living pretty close to work did have it’s advantages. He could just walk home within ten minutes and crash. There was no need to have a car if someone could even get their hands on one. So it really did not take long to get home. Opening the door and walking to a brown couch Aiden crashes onto it. Aiden’s home was a tiny apartment building. Immediately when someone walks through the door there is the living room, to the right is a small cramped kitchen and finally a bathroom connected to the living room. Turning on his small box television to his favorite station - a old time crime...
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...to Macbeth’s degradation; subsequently after she hears the great news, she hastily orders Macbeth to take over the throne and belittles his manly hood because of Macbeth’s reluctance even swearing if the “spirits [could] unsex me” (Shakespeare 24) she would have acted instantly. Correspondingly, Macbeth’s psyche is engulfed with darkness, feeling as if he had to affirm his confidence by murdering King Duncan. Subsequently, Macbeth claims the crown only to hide behind it using it as a shield. An example of this would be when he uses his power to affirm his position on the throne; Macbeth was frightened by the fate “[Banquo’s] descendants will be kings” (No Fear Shakespeare Macbeth, line 68) as they will be destined to overthrow Macbeth to do so. Accordingly, the cynical Macbeth orders murderers to kill Banquo and his son to stop the lineage but, fails to kill Fleance. This frightens Macbeth because all his work will only be for the kings after himself....
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... No one. I stuff all my shit into my gym bag, grabbed my phone out from it, and left the gym chamber. Exiting the gym, I enter the actual office(s) of the agency. Agents worked overtime sometimes due to their assignments and missions. The entire building reeked of determination, stubbornness, power, strength, and teamwork- all which I have, except for the teamwork part, that is. I work without a team, without a partner, by myself, alone, solo, solitary. It keeps me on task and focused on nothing else besides my work. I made my way towards the elevators whilst turning on my phone- instantly recieving a text from my boss, Brick. From: Brick I need you to stop by my office after you work out. I have something to announce and talk about with...
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...Caulfield, the protagonist in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye struggles to find a sense of belonging in a world that he feels is increasingly demanding conformity, resulting in his self-imposed isolation and lack of genuine sense of self. As a young person, about to embrace a largely foreign world, it is imperative for myself and other young people to find a balance between our own individuality and the concession we choose to make in regards to our individuality when seeking connections or relationships with others. Everyone must realise that while we are each unique, we are also members of the human species, sharing universal characteristics and experiences. Therefore, the relationships we have with others will inherently help determine much of who we are. Only once we have made these realisations can we begin to gain a coherent understanding of the functioning of society and avoid Holden’s predetermined fate of loneliness. From birth, we are assigned concrete features of our identity. We cannot control the family or culture we are born into, but the relationships we form with our immediate family, at least initially, will define certain aspects of who we are. Bruce Dawe’s ‘Life- Cycle’ discusses the revered cultural icon that is the Australian Rules football supporter. Every child born into a...
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...in areas such as reading individualized education program (IEP) goal, improving communication and social skills, increasing positive peer interactions, many educational outcomes, and post school adjustments. Positive effects on children without disabilities include the development of positive attitudes and perceptions of persons with disabilities and the enhancement of social status with nondisabled peers. Several studies have been done on the effects of inclusion of children with disabilities in general education classrooms. A study on inclusion compared integrated and segregated (special education only) preschool students. The study determined that children in the integrated sites progressed in social skills development while the segregated children actually regressed. Another study shows the effect on inclusion in grades 2 to 5. The study determined that students with specific learning disabilities made some academic and affective gains at a pace comparable to that of normal achieving students. Specific learning disabilities students also showed an improvement in self-esteem and in some cases improved motivation. Now a day’s many Filipino’s had a lessen IQ. They cannot understand well in a short day, and in a short year of education so, I think K+12 programs are boon. Why boon? It simple because Filipino’s should learn many things and have maturation and learning in terms of getting right education. We must be prepared and know the reality that every person has to gain...
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...and his sons will be king. Macbeth inquires more, but the witches dismiss him. Macbeth can’t believe that it comes true when he becomes Thane of Cawdor, and wants to become King but Malcolm, the prince of Cumberland, stands in his way. - Scene 5, 6 + 7 Macbeth sends a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, and after she reads it, she fears that his nature “is too full of the milk of human kindness.” She believes that Macbeth will not take the actions necessary to become King without her help. She plans on killing Duncan that very night and tells Macbeth to “look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it”. When Macbeth becomes reluctant, Lady Macbeth persuades him by questioning his manhood, saying that she would go to extents such as bashing her own child’s brains out if it meant Macbeth would become king. She tells Macbeth that he needs more courage. The plan that they come to is that they will drug the King’s guards, kill Duncan in his sleep, and then frame the guards. Act 2 - Scene 1 Banquo enters Macbeth’s castle with his...
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...experience the good life. We opened the giant door to the dining room to find plentiful guests surprising and congratulating us for being selected. There were so many elegant foods here, but what caught my eyes the most was the trifle sitting in the middle of the dessert table. I made my way through the room to get what I was most craving for and devoured it with happiness and satisfaction. “This one is a royal favorite, good sir. You seem to have great tastes just like the great family here,” said a baker from the...
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...when we were young and dreamt of the day we entered the world of adolescence. So eager to experience the sweet taste of independence that is, till reality came knocking on the door. It is the breakthrough from childhood to adolescence that was captured as the theme in John Updike’s story A &P and James Joyce’s “Araby”. The use of imagery to describe the lifeless and ordinary setting made it clear to distinguish the characters desire to overcome the barriers of childhood. The story of “Araby” begins at a dead end street where the narrator lives with his aunt and uncle. He describes the short days of winter and mentions, “The space of sky above us was the color of ever-changing violet (107).” He is expressing the continuous change that comes along with getting older, just like the ever changing skies, this feeling of continuous change is something the narrator has no power over and is frustrating to him. To represent the initiation into adulthood and the loss of child like dreams the narrator describes the street where the boys play: “The career of our play brought us through the dark muddy lanes…to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens… to the dark odorous (107). It seems as though where ever the boy goes darkness follows, representing a dreadful feeling of growing up. Passing through to adolescence comes with the crushing of dreams and illusions. In addition to the point on desire to enter adulthood, when in class the narrator says to him self: “I watched my masters...
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...We leaned towards hiding so we found the closest hiding spot we could find. I quickly looked around and to my right, there was a monkey jungle and to my left, there was a snack shack, we both decided upon the snack shack to seek shelter, in there we could at least come up with a plan on how to get out of here. On the snack shack, there was a map of the whole nature center which we used to find the best way to get to the control room. On our way to the control room, we found things like trash cans and exhibits that we could hide behind so that we could safely make it out of the exhibitions without getting attacked. As we finished the map we heard thuds on the door and I knew that at that instant we needed to get out of here. In response I pushed open the door and followed the map as we made our way through the route I realized one of the paths that we needed to take was blocked off so we started running in hopes that we didn't get seen, there were no tigers on the path that we...
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...identity. Early in the book, the boys’ relationship seems fueled, in part, by Gene’s envy and resentment of his friend’s dominating spirit. As Finny demonstrates his physical prowess, Gene feels the need to accentuate his academic prowess. Finny’s fall from the tree, however, apparently purges Gene of his darker feelings and steers their relationship in a different direction so that codependency rather than envy characterizes it. The scene immediately following the fall symbolizes this evolution, as Gene dresses in Finny’s clothes and sees himself as looking exactly like him. From this point on, he and Finny come to depend on each other for psychological support. Gene plays sports because Finny cannot, allowing Finny to train him to be the athlete that Finny himself cannot be. This training seems an avenue for Finny simply to live vicariously through Gene. But Gene actively welcomes this attempt by Finny, for just as Finny derives inner strength from fulfilling his dreams through Gene, so, too, does Gene find happiness in losing his own self (which he seems to dislike) in Finny’s self (which he likes very much). Thus, the boys’ relationship becomes a model of codependency, with each feeding off of, and becoming fulfilled by, the other. This codependency preempts the development of their individual identities, perhaps dangerously: by living within their own private illusion that World War II is a mere conspiracy and continuing to believe that Gene (and Finny through him) will go...
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... The only thing these two religions should be worrying about is the fact that they should start saving lives and spreading the word of God and not criticizing one another or saying one is better than the other because in reality that is determined by the people ,the whole mission of these churches is to teach about God and God’s word . Paramo 2 Being a Christian/Catholic is not about going in depth into religion and pulling of appearances and thinking you are in a higher position ,it is about establishing a relationship with God ,demonstrating humility and try to live your life free of sin or in other words just trying to live accordingly, because we are only human our flesh is weak and there is always temptation knocking at your door2 Corinthians 10:3”For though we walk in the flesh we are not waging war according to flesh”. This bible verse clearly states that we are human,but it does not mean that just because we are human...
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...Schaefer English 10A, Pd. 3 15 October 2015 Fearing Maturity Incites Internal Struggles Throughout the generations, all adolescents have had to deal with the internal struggles while coming of age. J.D Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, applies literary devices and language patterns to develop the main character, Holden Caulfield, and his internal struggles and conflicts of maturing into adulthood. Salinger effectively uses Holden’s lies, language of depression, and flashbacks to accurately portray how teenagers often fear growing up, and feel the need to hang onto their innocence. Lying is an effective way for teenagers to hide their emotions and pretend to be someone they’re not, essentially testing the waters of maturity without taking the responsibility. Holden flees Pencey Prep School after being kicked out for failing the majority of his classes, and finds himself on a train sitting next to the mother of one of his classmates, on his way to New York City. Taking a liking to the woman, Holden begins to spin a web of lies. He tells her his name is Rudolf Schmidt and casually adds, “I have to have this operation… It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little brain tumor on the brain… right near the outside”(58). This single lie entertains Holden, as he would rather talk about something that he has never experienced instead of being truthful about himself. He avoids taking on the responsibility of being mature enough to tell the truth about failing out of Pencey...
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...me!" David is shock by the words coming from his mother's mouth. She's always been modest, but now she's just a horny, sex crazed, careless slut. David rapidly penetrated her more forcefully. The sexual sensation he's been building up with his mother for the last 30 minutes -drive him wild. His cock ejaculated it potent seed like a slingshot -deep within his mother's uterus. Martha roll her eyes backwards and moan. She can feel the warmness of her son's seeds blasting deep in her cervix. Her body shiver tremulously, as her son flood her cunt to the brim. David collapse on his mother's chest and Martha realize the situation she's in. "Oh my god, I can't believe I agree to let you fill me up so carelessly. Shit, this is bad!" She look at her vagina. "Well, I did agree to do this without protection. I guess risks of pregnancy comes with the territory." Martha said...
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