...James Ross Robinson 10/13/2014 English 102 Mrs. Windsor Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends is a poem wrote by poet and musician Shel Silverstein. Silverstein was born in September, 1930 in Chicago. At the age of 20 he enlisted in the United States Army serving in both Korea and Japan. During his time in service he wrote cartoons for the famous Stars and Stripes magazine. It wasn’t until the late 1950’s to mid 1970’s when Silverstein gained national recognition for his cartoons in Playboy magazine. In 1963 Silverstein teamed up with Ursula Nordstrom a book editor who persuaded him to start writing material for children. As the 1960’s ended and the 70’s began Silverstein composed songs such as “A Boy Named Sue” made popular by the famous musician Johnny Cash. Although he had a very successful career doing other things it was his poems written in both 1974 and 1976, Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Missing Piece making him a famous children’s author. In 1999 after a long and successful career Shel Silverstein passed away at the age of 69 in Key West, Florida. Where the Sidewalk Ends was wrote telling us to allow our past to be left behind and move into the future. As adults we forget how to be free spirited and full of optimism. I myself often wish things in life could have been different, for instance obtaining a college degree right after high school. Our lives are often stressful, we can have good days and bad ones. Silverstein uses...
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...In this easy I will be comparing the Lorax By Dr Seuss and the Giving tree by Shel Silverstein. The Lorax is about an intelligent young man named Ted, who lives in a place virtually devoid of nature. Ted fell in love with a girl named Audery. Ted wanted to win the heart of the Audery but to do so he must find something she really cherishes which is a truffle tree. To get the Trufflula tree Ted delves in to the story of the Lorax. The Lorax once was the conservator of the Lorax and the Once-ler is a guy who cut down all the trees in the forest because of Greediness for money and lost all his respect for nature. Now that I have described what The Lorax is about I am going to describe about The Last Tree. Once there was a tree that loved a boy. The boy would come to play with the tree and collect the tree leaves and eat the tree's Apple. The boy also loved the tree with all his...
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...The book “Everything On It” was very well written and is intriguing for three primary reasons. First of all, the author catches the reader’s attention with the titles of his poems. For example, “The One Who Invented Trick Or Treat” is an excellent example of an intriguing name. I was thinking “I need to read this, this poem must be extremely cool and fun to read. Another title is “A Car With Legs”. This title when I read it I was thinking “What? What is that supposed to mean”, so I read on and wanted to find out. Titles of poems are very helpful, but the actual writing is the main part it was such an intriguing book. The first poem hooks me into reading more and more of Shel Silverstein's poems. Shel Silverstein makes his poems so...
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...Texas Writer Offers a Gift of Prose and Poetry Just in Time for Christmas In search of an amazing gift idea for the Xmas season? A retired social worker recommends ‘Word Gifts’. Smelling Christmas in the air? It is time to start brainstorming gift ideas, but what is there to give – or –gift – when everyone will have the same idea? Do something different then: give a gift of hope, of reflection… and of literature? The book The Gift (Xulon Press, 2011) by retired Texan social worker Lila Ellexon Senter makes a perfect gift for anyone who seeks the real meaning of Christmas in this age of consumerism. The Gift is a wonderful collection of ‘word gifts’ that are word sharing and reflecting on. The book contains literary gems from well-known...
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...There is Eritrean saying that says “the candle burn to give a light while the name indicates”; as the name “The Giving Tree” tells everything also. Silberstein explains in her poet “ The Given Tree” how a generous, selfless, love and caring mother help for her bay no matter what age. First, Silberstein starts her poet saying “…every day the boy would come to play/ swinging from the branches, sleeping in the shade” (lines 1-2). This part poem explains the relationship between the early stages of childhood. Since a baby is dependent of his mother, he usually needs her such as play. The word play can be many thing such as giving a shower while a baby enjoy, after feeding while a mother try to burb her baby, during changing diaper and asking for attention. Also, the writer mentions “swinging and sleeping” which is a common caring mother do to her beloved child. After feeding, playing, and giving everything what a baby need is time for break which is a nap. A baby usually asks the warmth love of a mother, the swing of her hold and let sleep on her chest. For the loved tree mother of mother no matter what it’s fulfill happiness to do that even though her child might not understand her tiredness. As a mother which is fruitful tree explain in the poet, her child grows and try to be independent. But for unknown reason he comes for help and asks his mother for help saying, “"Can you give me some money, tree, to buy something I’ve found?"”(Line 9). For the mother, it is very hard to say...
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... The novel, "Touching Spirit Bear," has lots of good life lessons. There’s a boy named Cole Matthews. The boy learns a lot of life lessons on his way to becoming a better person. Some of these life lessons are, animals can teach us more about ourselves than any human, anybody can love, forgive, and heal, and actions speak louder than words. Animals can teach people more about themselves than any human. In the book, the author states, “animals can teach people more about themselves than any human,” because, in the book, at the intro page I got the evidence Cole thought that he could beat up the spirit bear easily, but then he was wrong because whenever he went near the bear the bear scared him. Then later on in the novel Cole fought the spirit bear then got really scared. Later on, then Cole learned from the bear not always fighting and stuff so then the bear thought Cole a lesson of not always fighting. Secondly, anybody can love, forgive, and heal. The author stated this, on page 12 because after since Cole hurt Peter and then started going to the island and doing all the things Edwin and Garvey told him to do he turned into a better person. Also, then Cole started feeling bad for Peter when Edwin told him he tried to commit suicide a few times. Then Cole decided to call Peter over to the island so he could also then calm down and not act like committing suicide. When Cole was on the island he then learned who to heal from angriness, how to forgive people and how to...
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...The Eritrean saying goes “as the candle renders light while the name tells”; as the title “The Giving Tree” tells everything also. Silberstein explains in her poem “The Giving Tree” how motherhood is generous, kind, sensitive, selfless, loving and caring to her boy no matter what his age is unlike man’s mechanism. First, Silberstein starts saying “…every day the boy would come to play/ swinging from the branches, sleeping in the shade” (lines 1-2). This part of the poem explains the relationship between the early stages of a child and his caring mother. Since a baby is dependent, he is usually attached to his loving mother and she lets him play around with gladness. The word “play” can mean so many activities such as giving him a bath, burping...
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...older he goes to the tree less often. Every time the boy went to the tree he always asked for something and the tree gave the boy something always and always shared stuff while the boy did not. In the Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein uses personification to show that to give is more than to receive. Tree is personified to show that the tree is like a parent.The tree is being personified to show that the tree is like a parent because when the boy comes to the tree the boy wants something and the tree gives the boy what he wants or the necessary stuff to reach his...
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...My life is a story, but I prefer to call it poetry. In a few lines and stanzas I am able to express myself, and how I am feeling. I use symbolism, literary devices, and just everything I need for other to feel my emotions as they read my poems. In a rough time poetry is my therapy. This is because sometimes you can tell someone everything and they still will not understand, but reading my poetry they will. When I was nine years old I read “Where the Sidewalks Ends” by Shel Silverstein. After that I found a great interest in poetry. At first I would mock Silverstein’s work. It was when my grandmother died that I began to at act out. At this young age I did not know how to control my emotions. One day I was in my room so upset in tears and...
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...Can you learn life through a poem? In “Where the sidewalk ends” by Shel Silverstein he expresses laughter and living. Shel Silverstein always wants his readers to laugh, learn and have fun reading his poems. You will always be able to take something good from his poems and share to others. Shel Silverstein is one of the best Writers who’s poems will always be remembered. The poem “Where the Sidewalk ends” is teaching readers about youth, exploring, and versions of reality. In “Where the sidewalk ends” youth is a main part, because it is one of the targeted audiences who reads this poem. Also he teaches youth about growing up and being smart. As in this line “ for the children, they mark, and the children, they know the place where...
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...The book of poems, Where the Sidewalk Ends written by Shel Silverstein is completely inappropriate for children as proven in the poem “Sick” because it implies that every lesson parents teach their children is completely wrong and there are no punishments for when children break the rules. For example, in Shel Silverstein’s poem, Sick, the young girl, “Peggy Ann McKay” talks about why she cannot go to school, “A gash, a rash, and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I’m going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox, “(3-8). Peggy’s actions and words show how she exaggerates and lies to her parent and creates an image to children of how they can just lie and say these things so they do not have to go to school. It brings children away from progress in their education, the exact opposite of what especially children’s literature is supposed to...
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...example of my theme, because it shows that communities are different but still is based on the basic needs. He states that more than likely a lot that is normal in America may be weird in Japan. With the streets and blocks as his example. My final and last connection is a poem by Shel Silverstein, called No Difference. In the poem it states that “small as a peanut, big as a giant, were all the same when we turn off the light,” I take that to mean that communities may be bigger, or smaller but they all are only what the community is wanting, and needs. It also says “Rich as a sultan, poor as a mite, we are all the same when you turn off the light.” This means that a community may be poor or rich, but they all made for what is needed. Finally the poem states “Red, black or orange, Yellow or white, we all look the same when you turn off the light.” This means that people in the community may be a different skin tone, but they all help the community for the greater good, making each community different. In conclusion, all of the Poem/Ted Talks connect to my theme in different ways. The ted talk shows how communities across the whole world may be completely different. The poem by Shel Silverstein shows that all communities are beneficial, and different but are all the same. The Human Family poem shows that people in the communities and the community itself is different. ...
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...The gift of giving; whether this be time, money, or materials is beneficial for the receiver, but can also benefit the giver. I had read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein as a young elementary student but the meaning and moral of the story was never more relevant until my sophomore year of college. The book was given to us to read before we went out to play a basketball game last basketball season. It was January 2015 and we were preparing to play a critical conference game against Marian University. Coach made his way into the locker room to give us an intense pre-game speech but this time we were told to read a book instead. Initially all of us were confused on why coach would be asking us to read The Giving Tree before we went out to...
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...place where mobile matters most.”([1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/forrester/2012/09/21/why-apple-had-to-do-maps-a-mobile-engagement-analysis/) He summarized that on map applications, more information than merely location is embedded, which makes these apps more valuable. Also Caterina Fake, founder of Findery.com, once made a point that “Without location, mobile apps have no ground. They lose their context.” According to these comments, it seems that in the long term, Apple has no ways continuing its cooperation with Google on map apps, which happens to be the competitor with the biggest threats. From information perspective, it is also unwise to give Google continuous access to Apple’s user data or any product plan and strategy. Also, Shel Israel mentioned that Apple does not want to “partner with another mapping company; otherwise, it will once again be caught by the shorthairs longterm...
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...Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda: 1. Introduction * What is the CSR (CSR definition)? 2. Why CSR (Importance of CSR)? 3. Approaches of CSR 4. Critics of CSR 5. Real Cases for CSR 6. Ref. 1. Introduction a. What is the CSR (CSR definition)? CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large (The World Business Council for Sustainable Development http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/definition.php) The way in which firms seek to voluntarily align the interests of owners and other stakeholders with the long-term best interests of the society (Thomsen, S.Conyon) The stakeholders include Stakeholders include customers, employees, suppliers, government, the environment and the wider society 1. Why CSR (Importance of CSR)? Companies promote CSR for a variety of reasons It’s good for business Customer demand Improves corporate reputation Increases financial performance 2. Approaches of CSR The CSR have 3 approaches: - Win-win: engaging in CSR leads to higher profits - Delegated philanthropy: stakeholders prefer firms that engage in philanthropic activities on their behalf - Insider-initiated...
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