...A Comparison of “Dog’s Death” and “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” Tammy McGee ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor Jessica Dennis August 12, 2013 The theme I have chosen to write about is death and impermanence, and the two literary works I have chosen to compare and contrast are Dog’s Death by John Updike and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas. How we are affected by death, and how we accept that it is inevitable seems to be a theme for many short stories and poems. Death brings a struggle between the dying and the family and friends of the dying. All the loved ones of the dying want them to do is fight, to encourage them to stay positive, even when there is no chance of survival. We want to be selfish and want to spend as much time as we can with them before they die. Just as the two poets in these poems do. In Dog’s Death by John Updike, the dog wants to lie down, to hide so she can die peacefully but the family rushes her to the vet to try and save her. And in Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas the father is being begged to fight against the inevitable death. I am going to show how loved ones want the dying to fight death, whereas the dying would like to come to peace with death and rest. Both Dog’s Death and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night are poems, however they are structured differently. Dog’s Death is not a set structure, meaning to say it is not a certain type of poem. It has five stanzas...
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...Out of all the fun things that our family did from going on a trip to Disneyland with the Andersons to our traditional winter retreat to San Francisco. The most memorable event of 2016 was freezing our tails on the white waters of Glacier National Park. This year was exceptionally special because us, as a family, went on our second rafting trip. Our host was the Glacier National Park Rafting Company and our guides were Doc and John. The two of them took our family, as well as another older couple, on the exciting overnight rafting trip. On the last few days of our Glacier park reunion, The Thompsons decided to try out a new activity to raft down a river that borders the park. After two hot days of swimming in the pool of the best Koa, we arrived ready to be sent off on the river. From the office, everyone hopped on a bus and drove about thirty minutes up stream to be let off and sent away. During that time, the guides talked about the water levels and how the river will roar depending on the time of year. When the boats were hauled off of the buss and our luggage was packed tight into the supply raft, Doc floated away downstream to meet us at the camping spot. John got us prepared and ready with the tools that we will use for the day. Even though most of us already knew, John taught us how to row and when to row using the secret language of commands that he gave. Then we set off into the the water. The...
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...invites residents to see Las Vegas from a different point of view. All dwellings have stunning panoramic vistas, courtesy of generously sized windows and spacious balconies. Ranging in size from one bedroom to three bedrooms, total square footage starts at 915 square feet, including balcony, and ranges to an impressive 1,891 square feet for the largest floor plans. Proximity to the Strip and upmarket comforts make Turnberry Towers condos a must-see for those seeking value without compromise. ## Condos for Sale at Turnberry Towers Turnberry Towers, open to buyers in 2008, is nestled on ten acres of lushly landscaped land. Prices start in the 200’s, and a wealth of perks and upscale elements accompany ownership at Turnberry Towers. The twin structures each contain 318 units, in 4 distinct floor plans. Striking features of these well-appointed plans include: Zen: At 915 square feet, Zen floor plans have one bedroom and one and a half baths. The floor plan widens from a welcoming foyer to an expansive living room and is endowed with an open-plan kitchen. Access to a balcony is granted from both the bedroom and living room. Additional highlights are an individual security system, Jacuzzi tub, walk-in master closet, coat closet and solid wood doors. Bliss: The square footage of Bliss plans is 1,678 square feet and features an open-plan kitchen two bedrooms and a half bath in addition to the naturally lit master bath, replete with a walk-in rain shower, Jacuzzi tub and a pair of walk-in...
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...Act One of The Crucible introduces a love triangle between John Proctor, his wife Elizabeth, and Abigail, their former servant. This results in a strained relationship for all involved and has a negative effect on all three characters as it costs Abigail her job and reputation, and it leads to a series of possible problems for the Proctor’s marriage. Abigail is introduced in The Crucible as a character who has an “endless capacity for dissembling” (9) As the former servant for the Proctor family, she is not only fired by Elizabeth Proctor because of her relationship with John Proctor but her name is also “blackened” by the somewhat spurned wife. When Proctor enters Betty Paris’s room and encounters Abigail, her “eyes widen” as she is pleased by his presence, and she expresses to Proctor that she waits for him “every night” (22). John, however, tells her to “put it out of mind” as he is not interested (22). Abigail’s words reveal she desires to be with Proctor; furthermore, she makes it a point to remind him that she was fired by his wife because of their past relationship when they had feelings for each other, and according to Abigail, they still do. This foreshadows that...
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...1 The book Code of the Street is a book about urban city life in Philadelphia, PA, for African Americans and how unwritten laws are vital to abide and obtain in order to survive. In this book, Elijah Anderson captivates the reader’s attention by presenting extensive research on how Philadelphia natives adopt the laws of the code of the street and how and when to use these codes of survival. He provides several interviews with many different people who are either forced to enter the code of the street or who are the enforcers. Nonetheless, all are victims because the code is a factor in everybody’s life. As I read this book, I noticed how the code of the street could be a good thing and also a bad thing. I say a good thing because, first and foremost, no one wants to be disrespected and I saw how many of the characters adopted this role in the street life to gain respect and to not be fearful and to be viewed as a “tough” guy. I also saw adopting the code of the street as a bad thing because I saw that there were decent people who were forced to engage in the negativity that the street produced on a daily basis. I saw how the good turned into bad while the bad either were campaigning to be badder or campaigning to make something of themselves. You would think that trying to better your life, especially coming from the ghetto, would be two thumbs up but in the city of Philadelphia, as Anderson described, was a hard obstacle to overcome. Hate, jealousy and envy were the dominant...
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...A READING LESSON PLAN for Secondary Students Prepared by: Faith G. Brillantes Jayah Jay J. Carcedo I. Objectives 1. To appreciate the father’s acceptance of death 2. To understand people’s natural resistance of death 3. To recognize the structure of villanelles II. Subject Matter: A Poem: “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” III. Unlocking of Difficulty A. Vocabulary: Context Clues 1. Old age should burn and rave at close of day; a. Poor b. glow c. admire 2. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. a. Be angry b. calm c. exile 3. Because their words had forked no lightning a. Left b. restored c. split 4. Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay a. Weak b. robust c. strong 5. Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay a. Dim b. glare c. fly B. Background information (through pictures and illustrations) 1. Picture of a family. Explain the relationship of the parents to their children and vice versa in dealing with death. 2. Show video clips that portrays people’s survival against death. IV. Motivation Questions: Have you ever given your best when you knew it was useless? Do you know someone who has? Do you know someone who has been disturbed and frustrated by the way that death comes to everyone? Motive Questions: How did the speaker urge his father to fight against death? How did the speaker use the four different types of men to express his frustration towards...
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...Unit 2 Journey to Identity Text Analysis Title: Boy in The Striped Pajamas The Author: Boyne John Publication Date: 01/05/06 I chose this book because (respond in at least 2 sentences): Because I found the book trailer interesting and I also enjoyed the plot of the book. I also chose the book because it was the only book that seemed most interesting. Connecting with Character: Protagonist Bruno How do you relate to this character? Similarities Beginning: None Differences Beginning: e aren’t the same age W End: Adventurous, curious, and we both have a big heart End: e were born in different years W Identity Development. Identify the protagonist’s stage of identity development throughout the story. Beginning Stage of Identity Development Identity Moratorium Identity Foreclosure Middle End Identity Achievement Text Support “But we had plans,” He protested. “Plans?” asked Mother, raising an eyebrow.. “I’m sorry, Bruno,” said Mother, “But your plans to have to wait. We don’t have a choice in this.” “Don’t you remember you said I look like you?” he asked Shmuel. “Since I had my head shaved?” “Only fatter,” conceded Shmuel “and if I had a pair of striped pajamas too, then I could come over on a visit and no one would be any wiser.” “You’re my best friend, Shmuel,” he said; “my best friend for life.” this was being said without Bruno knowing the confusion going on around him; he just thought he was going to...
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...the Gospel of John. John is considered to be more sectarian and exclusive than the other three gospels. This book was written to convey and convince all those who read it of the Deity of Jesus. The author tells us in John 20, “And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name”. So, it is in this Gospel of John where depictions of extraordinary events that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws is articulated in written form to beautifully show forth the divine nature of Jesus the Christ. The first sign miracle that John uses takes place at a wedding in Cana. Jesus was attending a wedding along with his disciples and mother. This was possibly a wedding for one of his family members because his mother was overseeing the duties of the caterers. According to John, a problem arose when the party had run out of wine to serve, and Mary the mother of Jesus, came to him for help. At this point, Jesus seemingly reluctantly offered his assistance. Jesus performed the miracle of changing water into wine. This miracle not only showed “Jesus' power over creation”, but his compassion for the seemingly insignificant cares of man. This shows for the deity of Jesus in that only God could will creation to become something else. The next sign miracle given in John was the healing...
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...essay I will discuss the mental disorder Schizophrenia and the ways in which John Forbes Nash the main character in the movie A Beautiful Mind dealt with it. I will also define the mental disorder; discuss the symptoms, the causes, the treatments, the relationship between violence and individuals who are diagnosed with Schizophrenia, the general public’s reaction towards people with Schizophrenia, and the ways in which people with Schizophrenia can help the general public and themselves in coping with this particular mental disorder and possibly other mental disorders. Firstly, according to Coconcea (2005) “Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling mental illness” ( 1). According to American Psychiatric Association (2005) “Schizophrenia is a disorder that lasts for at least 6 months and includes at least 1 month of active-phase symptoms of the following: delusion, hallucination, disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms” (pg 298). In addition, according to American Psychiatric Association (2005) “The symptoms for Schizophrenia include delusions, hallucination, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms” (pg 312). In the movie A Beautiful Mind, the main character John Forbes Nash exhibited all of the above symptoms. He often engaged in conversations with his imagined friend and roommate, Charles Herman. John Nash also stated that William Archer an imagined government agent assigned...
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...University | Assignment #6 | Philosophy: Extra Credit | | A Dixon | 6/30/2016 | | John Stuart Mill was an English savant of the nineteenth century who depicted various strategies for finding causal variables. We should take a gander at two of his strategies: the "technique for assention" and the "strategy for distinction" (in spite of the fact that Mill portrayed different strategies, they fundamentally are minor departure from these two). Mill’s Method of Agreement With the technique for understanding, one searches for occasions that happen at whatever point the marvel being concentrated on happens. The single occasion that is observed to be basic to all events of the wonder is said to be the cause. For instance, a few people who get harm to their brains experience difficulty recalling new realities - that is, they experience the ill effects of a specific sort of amnesia. On the off chance that we chose a gathering of these amnesic individuals, we may locate the accompanying sorts of mind harm: • Patient 1- - harm to the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus • Patient 2- - harm to the hippocampus, amygdale, and entorhinal cortex • Patient 3- - harm to the thalamus and hippocampus • Patient 4- - harm to the prefrontal cortex, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdale • Patient 5- - harm to the hippocampus and amygdale What is the one harmed structure normal to these amnesic patients? It is the hippocampus. In light of confirmation, for example...
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...These slaves were known as ‘Family slaves’ - they were not treated in such a way that the planter’s slaves were. On plantations there would range from twenty slaves to fifty, they were also a lot more isolated with the slave owners family, and didn't have connections with the children or wife unless they were house servants. Plantation slave owners were more wealthy, they had to create slave quarters for them to live in and provide food, clothes and occasionally medication. Yet all these things were either rags, or leftovers. Nothing was ever bought especially for them as there were too many slaves. As time went on there started to become less work for the slaves to do on the fields because of development of new technology. This lead to slave owners becoming broke and they couldn't feed their...
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...Before the Civil War John Wilkes Booth was a Maryland boy who came from a family of actors. Booth was an actor himself and was beloved by many for his roles in many different plays. When the war began Booth was a strong Southern sympathizer and had a strong hatred towards abolitionists so much so that he attended John Brown’s execution because he believed him to be a traitor. During the war Booth became a spy in the North and used his job as an actor as a cover to smuggle medical supplies acquired in the North into the South. As a very well-known actor, Booth had more freedom than most to travel around unrestricted. As the battles of the war waged on, Booth’s disgust with President Abraham Lincoln grew more and more each day. Booth believed...
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...Relations * CFO - Chief Financial Officer * CIO -Chief information officer * CMO -Chief marketing officer * CRO -Chief Risk Officer * NTB - Nations Trust Bank * PLC -Public Limited Company Table of Contents Acknowledgement ii Exclusive Summary ii List of Abbreviations iii 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 Company Profile 3 1.2 Vision and Mission 4 1.3 Organizational Structure 4 2.0 The change process 5 2.1 Why PABC required a change management? 5 2.2 Change Management 5 3.0 Management practices with regards to organizational change process 6 3.1 Re-Segmentation 6 3.2 New departments 7 3.3 Risk Management 7 4.0 Management practices with regards to cultural change process 8 4.1 The sales culture 8 4.2 “Whistling Blower” Policy 8 5.0 Management practices with regards to organizational design process 9 5.1 Centralization 9 5.2 Front office back office concept 9 6.0 Management practices with regards to team work 10 6.1 Focus on team effort 10 6.2 The moral boosting 10 7.0 Management practices with regards to individual work life 11 7.1 New HRM system 11 7.2 PABC Colours night 11 7.3 Incentives 11 7.4 Training and Development 11 8.0 Theories that can use to evaluate the...
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...group think. From what I have seen in life everyone will experience groupthink in some way or another. Most people will experience groupthink at their workplace; I am no exception to that. Lately at my workplace I have experienced groupthink between my boss (John), another manager (Meghan) and myself. The problem first occurred when one of the employees at my workplace became pregnant. This employee, who we will call Vanessa, is very religious and is unmarried but has now found herself pregnant and scared. When Vanessa first found out she was pregnant she went to Meghan, who was her manager in charge that day, she told Meghan that she is 6 weeks pregnant and that’s why she has been calling in sick the past few weeks. She asked Meghan to please not tell anyone what was going on because she was unsure if she would be keeping the baby. Instead of Meghan upholding manager-employee confidentiality, she instantly told another employee turning the situation into a jest. Like a twisted game of “telephone”, word spread rapidly, and all of a sudden Vanessa was a target for bullying and became the subject of inaccurate rumors. At the time that Vanessa’s pregnancy had spread around the workplace she had yet to tell her Christian family. This was just a start to the spiral of...
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...Behaviourist approach The behaviourist theory focuses on the study of observed behaviours and learning theories the three theories are; classical conditioning, operant conditioning and the social learning theory. Within the behaviourist approach there are three different theorists these are; Skinner, Bandura and Pavlov. The first learning theory was approached by the theorist Pavlov. The theory he approached was classical conditioning. This theory is pairing a reflex response with a stimuli. A reflex is an automatic reaction and a stimuli is anything in the environment. Pavlov then carried out an experiment with a dog to prove his theory; Pavlov knew that when animals see food they’re automatic reflex is to salivate, he also wanted to create a noise which the dog could respond to. An example of his experiment; Dog food salivate (reflex) Dog bell food salivate Dog bell salivate This experiment shows that when a dog hears the bell they know they are going to receive food making their automatic reaction to salivate activate. The second learning theory was approached by Skinner. The theory he approached was Operant conditioning. This theory is the reactions of others such as ‘shape’ behaviour. This theory has 3 different approaches these are; positive reinforcement, punishment and negative reinforcement. The first one is Positive reinforcement this encourages behaviour this could be using...
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