...Contents Seamus Heaney’s Life: Biographical Life………………………………………………………………….......Page 1 Timeline of Events……………………………………………………………………Page 2 Political History (Northern Ireland – 1960/1970)…………………………………..Page 3 Seamus Heaney’s Work: Evaluation of Poetry influences…………………………………………………….Page 4 Seamus Heaney’s Poetry……………………………………………………………Page 5 Digging…………………………………………………………………………………Page 6 Analysis and Explanation of Digging…………………………………………….....Page 7 References…………………………………………………………………………....Page 8 Biological Life Childhood: Seamus Heaney was the eldest child from among the nine siblings in his family; he was born on 13th April 1939 in Mossbawn (Northern Ireland), which was their own family farmhouse. But later in 1953 (14 years later), Heaney’s family had decided to move location to Bellaghy which is just only a few miles from their farmhouse. His background consists of two different traditions which come from both his parent’s families, an Ireland from the Cattle-Herding Gaelic (Father’s family – Patrick Heaney) and the Ulster from the Industrial Revolution (Mother’s family – Margaret Kathleen Heaney). He studied at Anahorish Primary School in the local area; and as he grew older, he started to attend St. Columb’s College where he was awarded a scholarship at the age of 12. Career: Heaney who was only 18 years of age at the time when he had decided to travel to Belfast where he was given the opportunity to study English Language and Literature...
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...Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney was born in Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in 1939 and died in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland in 2013 at the age of 74. Seamus was born into a typical Irish farming family, and later had nine younger siblings to look after. His father, Patrick Heaney came from a farming family as well, and his mother Margaret Heaney came from At the age of 12, Seamus received a scholarship to attend the boarding school of St. Columb’s in Derry and after school he studied English at the Queens University, Belfast and graduated in 1961. He worked as a schoolteacher before becoming a collage lecturer in Oxford University and then eventually a freelance scribe in the early 70’s. In 1965, he married a fellow writer Marie Devlin and they had three children, and from 1976 onwards they lived together in Sandymount, Dublin. A lot of Seamus’s poems “tend to revolve around several common themes” and “are all interconnected”. His memories of his childhood and death are two major themes, which make an appearance in many of the poems he has written. Due to where, and in that certain time period, he grew up in, a lot of Seamus’s poems also focus on nature, farming, his homeland, war, family and religion. There are many critics that suggest, Heaney’s poems on the Northern Irish troubles which he liked to write about had an “overcautious approach, aesthetically and politically, and [gravitated] instinctively towards Parnassian inoffensiveness”...
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...enjoy working with customers and can build a rapport with them quite easily by greeting them with a smile and adjusting to their mind sets. Employment History First Source Solutions LTD Building 1, Springtown Business Park Northland Road, Londonderry, BT48 OGY 7/11/10 – 21/9/11 Customer Service Agent Sainsburys, Londonderry 25/11/12 – 5/1/13 Fresh food assistant 4rS Recycling Resource Centre Derry, Unit 23, Pennyburn Industrial Estate, Londonderry, County Londonderry, BT48 0LU 16/6/14 – 8/8/14 Business Administrator Sports Direct, 37 Borough Road, Grange Precinct, Birkenhead CH41 2XX 10/06/15 – Present Casual Sales Assistant Education Second Level Education St Joseph’s Boys School, Westway Derry BT48 9NX (2004 – 2010) Eight GCSE’s at grade C or above including maths and English. (29/8/09) Third Level Education North West Regional College Strand Road Derry BT48 7AL (2010 – 2012) Course Level 3 Diploma in Information Technology Result Pass/ Pass (26/6/2012) North West Regional College Strand Road Derry BT48 7AL (2012 – 2014) Course HNC in Computing Result Merit (16/6/2014) Further Education Liverpool...
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...source of tension in Derry? 70% of the population of Derry is Catholic and 30% Protestant. Despite this, through a process of gerrymandering and discrimination, the city council has been dominated by unionist politicians since the foundation of Northern Ireland in 1920. The Apprentice Boys were a unionist body who engaged in triumphalist marches and for decades contributed to the domination of the city by unionists. In these circumstances it is hardly surprising that their activities caused tension in the city of Derry. The Apprentice Boys of Derry was formed to commemorate the victory of the Williamite forces at the siege of Derry in 1688. Thirteen apprentice boys had shut the city’s gates in the face of advancing Catholic troops under the command of King James. The Apprentice Boys of Derry have two main parades in Derry each year, one parade along the city'’ walls on 12 August and a commemorative closing of the gates in December. The Apprentice Boys parades were a reminder to Protestants of a Protestant victory over Catholic forces. At the same time the parades were also a reminder to Catholics of a defeat and of ongoing discrimination and gerrymandering in the city. The practice during parades of throwing coins from the city’s walls into the Catholic Bogside area added further to Catholic anger and opposition to the Apprentice Boys. Given the level of discrimination in Derry and the use of gerrymandering by Unionists, it is not surprising that Derry became one of the...
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...Summary There are two leading roles in “On the Face of It”—Mr. Lamb and Derry. Mr. Lamb is an old lame but positive man. On the contrary, although Derry is a young boy, he is very self-abased and withdrawn because of his ugly burned face. The play takes place in Mr. Lamb’s garden which is beautiful and attracts Derry to come in. When Mr. Lamb met Derry and found he was having a hard time and had no confidence, he wanted to help him. He talked a lot with Derry about life, things, and people, and all are positive. Mr. Lamb told him that he still had a wonderful brain and a fine physique, so he had no reason to lose in his abilities. In addition, he taught Derry to listen, to watch, and to think, and there are lots of beautiful things he didn’t notice before with an unhappy mind. What’s more, Derry also learned to be friendly and do not be afraid of living with people…Mr. Lamb really taught Derry many things, as a result, Derry gradually changed his negative attitude and became happy. Derry promised that he would came back soon. Unfortunately, when he came back, Mr. Lamb died alone. Review There are lots of stories and facts tell us that you must have a positive attitude even you are suffering some bad things and lost everything. This play is one of these. Mr. Lamb taught not only Derry but also us some positive thoughts. Derry scared his face and he thought no one love him even his mother, but there must be someone not afraid of him like Mr. Lamb. So we must...
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...with himself. The jury disagreed. Edward was committed. Edward killed himself within his first week in the institute. He insisted that he wasn't insane. I was overwhelmed, angry, woeful, melancholy, and scared all at once. This was a new feeling. I called it "pifuched."( No relation to the f word. It is simply a combination of the four words) It was the last day of the school year. I had to start a new school in Derry, Maine. I had to say goodbye to my friends. I left and only saw them through social media. I felt blistering heat in my head when I finally packed up to move, I felt like a volcano...
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...In 1983 the band U2 released their new album ”War” and it went to number 1 on the charts in the UK. The band’s first ever album to reach number 1 and the band’s first political theme album. The song ”Sunday, Bloody Sunday” is about the conflict in Northern Ireland and the event called bloody Sunday. In the lyrics of the song, you can clearly see that the band is upset about the incident and they are talking about the consequences of the war. “Broken bottles under children’s feet. Bodies strewn across the dead end street”. The lyrics also have parts like this, “How long? How long must we sing this song? How long, how long?” Which indicates that the band is tired of the battling and is wondering when it all is over? The morning on 30th January,...
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...This text is written by, Denis Murray; it is written as an article. It is an article because you are told that he is a journalist, and he is also writing to BBC while explaining his experience. The man writing the article, Denis Murray, is also the one speaking, he is telling his story to the readers about his first gunshot experience, in Northern Ireland, he is telling us about how he wants the streets of Belfast and Derry to become like England, Scotland, Wales and the Republican of Ireland. His biggest dreams along with many of the residents of Belfast and Derry are to be able to walk the streets without have to be armed with a gun. He would like the people to live among peace with each other. “Can't wait for the day when policemen and women on the streets of Belfast and Derry become like their counterparts in England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland – and can, on a daily basis at least, not have to carry their side arms and say goodbye to the gun.” – Basically he is saying that he want the residents to feel safe enough, to say goodbye to the gun. In the first paragraph he is talking about that only a few people have actually heard gun shots since World War II, and that there has not been a gun culture in United Kingdom, so it’s legal to have a gun by your side. It’s not like in f.eks. Denmark, were we know it’s illegal to have a gun. They don’t know how to live without any gun, to protect them. We are also told that he has seen enough guns for a lifetime,...
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...I might have lost some fans, but I might’ve gained some too” (Haupt, 2017). While King has many successful books, he would not be as much of an idol without his second best seller and his most successful screen adaptation to date. With over a million copies sold and two screen adaptations, It quickly became one of King’s most popular and successful books to date. It is about a group of kids who live in a town called Derry (based off of King’s hometown) and have to fend off an ancient entity called It that terrorizes the town every 27 years. The creature takes the form of a circus clown called Pennywise who wakes up every 27 years to feast primarily on children before going back to sleep in the sewer system underneath Derry. 27 years later the now grown up children come back to Derry to try and fend off Pennywise yet again. King strategically writes Pennywise in a way that almost makes him a metaphor for the people of Derry. In an article by Tony Magistrale he states that, “...the clown that haunts the canals, deserted trainyards, and, most frequently, the Derry sewer system, preying on the children while inciting adults to greater levels of mayhem and violence, is the collective representation of the town’s adult crimes and darkest impulse” (2003). On the surface level Pennywise seems like a villain, but if thought about hard enough Pennywise is there to repent the town for all the wrongdoings they have committed. The same article states, “Following a particularly gruesome outburst...
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...Christopher Nolan’s rendition of the Batman universe in his movie, Batman Begins, is not only packed with entertainment value, but upon closer inspection reveals great room for interpretation using religious themes. In this context, the film promotes the belief that fear is a person’s worst enemy and can be used as a weapon by the proponents of both good and evil to achieve their means. This belief in turn is supported by the visual culture of Batman Begins. Drawing on concepts about religious creative expression from Ken Derry’s “Indigenous Traditions,” I will analyze the ways in which masks in the film function as devices for externalizing and exploiting people’s fear, as well as the role that the Batcave plays in helping Bruce Wayne use his childhood phobia of bats to his combative advantage. Additionally, I will draw on both Foucault’s concept of the panopticon, as well as Derry’s notion that with religious objects what you see is not what you get, to show how both bats and the blue flower function as weapons of fear. The belief of Batman Begins is two pronged: on the one hand it hints at the disastrous effects fear can have on people’s lives and on the other it shows how this vulnerability to fear can be exploited. The first fifteen minutes of the movie establish the paralyzing effects fear has on the protagonist, Bruce’s, life. After falling down a well and being attacked by a hoard of bats, 10 year old Bruce acquires a fear of those creatures...
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...PART I A Brief History of Ireland – Gaining Perspective Bloody Sunday, also known as the Bogside Massacre, occurred on January 30, 1972 in Derry, North Ireland. It could be argued that the causes were many, but what really triggered the tragic event, was the North Ireland and British governments, and the British military troops, instituting Operation Demetrius and internment, in response to increasing civil rights marches influenced by the equal rights movement of African Americans in the United States, and their outcry for equality and fair treatment. In 1969, when British troops were told to suppress nationalist activity by both the Irish Republican Army (IRA), and local citizens participating in marches or protests, they did so by internment,...
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...- History/Origin Northern Ireland came into existence with the British Government of Ireland Act (1920) which divided Ireland into two areas: the Irish Free State, made up of the 26 southern counties, and Northern Ireland - comprising of the counties of Antrim, Down, Armagh, Londonderry, Tyrone and Fermanagh. Roman Catholics, who made up around one-third of the population of Northern Ireland, were largely opposed to the partition. Irish Republican Army (IRA), nationalist organization devoted to the integration of Ireland as a complete and independent unit. Organized by Michael Collins from remnants of rebel units dispersed after the Easter Rebellion in 1916 (see Ireland), it was composed of the more militant members of the Irish Volunteers, and it became the military wing of the Sinn Féin party. With the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, the IRA became the stronghold of intransigent opposition to Ireland's dominion status and to the separation of Northern Ireland. During the troubled early years of the Free State, the IRA was responsible for numerous bombings, raids, and street battles on both sides of the Irish border. Popular and effective at first, its fortunes turned after Eamon De Valera, a former IRA supporter, took over the Free State government in 1932. Weakened by internal dissensions, by a loss of popular support because of its violence and pro-German agitation during World War II, by the attainment of republican objectives in 1949, and by government...
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...The case we read this week, “The Team That Wasn’t,” presented a multitude of issues that Eric Holt’s team faced when working together on strategic repositioning of Fire Art Inc. These issues, while specific to the case, are often faced by leaders in organizations. As a team, we believe there are certain aspects of Eric’s actions that directly affected the progress of the team. In addition, we recommend a series of steps that Eric should take to improve their progress. To give a little background information, Fire Art Inc. is in trouble and the CEO, Jack Derry, has hired Eric Holt with the solitary task of “strategic repositioning”. Eric Holt goes full speed ahead with this directive and forms a team. This, as the reader can identify, is where the first issue arises. To begin with, as the team began working, there was no clear goal(s) set for them. Instead of clearly defining the actions that the team must take to reach success, a vague task of “strategic repositioning” is identified as the plan. Furthermore, no timeline for intermediate deliverables seems to have been set. Setting a clear schedule of what the team must accomplish would have helped with timely decision making. The first problem we identified is the lack of clear group identity, definition and accountability. A team that doesn’t live by a sense of collective accountability in actively solving problems is only a group of individuals, not a team. One can draw an analogy to a football team or an ox-drawn plow when...
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...Graham Jarvis Research Paper English 1020 Tri-C Mr. Adam Brodsky 12/17/2007 Robert Frost’s influences that made him the honored American poet of the 20th century Robert Frost’s influences that made him the honored American poet of the 20th century Robert Frost was the most widely admired and highly honored American poet of the 20th century. His occurrences throughout his life inspired his poetry, most of which were inspired by his own life story. For that reason many of Frost’s poems have the same or similar topics to what Frost was dealing with in his life. Robert Frost’s main influences for his poetry came from his experiences in life. He used his relationships, nature, and the religion that surrounded him to create the poems that have made him the recognized poet that he is today. Robert Frost had many important relationships throughout his life that affected many of his choices as well as his poetry. In several of his relationships he suffered devastating losses including the death of his father, his mother, his sister, two of his children, and his wife. The loss of each of these important relationships influenced his career and affected poetry in a different way. Robert Frost’s relationship with his father, William Frost Jr., impacted Frost’s life which in result affected his poetry. Frost’s father was a journalist and a teacher that moved his family out to San Francisco...
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...Business name My name is Megan Quigley, and I am a sole trader of a new pizza business. My pizza business will trade under the name of “Mama’s Delight Pizza ”. My business will be located in Northside Shantallow, Derry, Northern Ireland Mission Statement A mission statement is a formal short written statement of the purpose of a company or organisation. The mission statement should guide the actions of the organisation, show its overall goal, and provide a sense of direction. The mission statement also defines the essence of a company what it stands for, what products or services it intends to offer customers. The mission statement also gives the readers a window on the raison deters of the company. Our mission statement for Mama’s Delight Pizza is: "At Mama's delight Pizza we aim to produce pizzas of the best quality and taste to give pleasure to our customers. We want to become well known for good quality pizzas and excellent customer service pizzas in the Derry area" Aims and objectives An aim is where the business wants to go in the future, its goals. It is a statement of purpose, e.g. we want to grow the business into Europe. The aims of Mama’s Delight Pizza are: • To be the best pizza take away in the Derry area • To improve customer relations • To delivery a high quality standard of pizzas to our customer Objectives give the business a clearly defined target. Plans can then be made to achieve these targets. This can motivate...
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