The use of irony is the two poems “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins and “Outdistanced” by Larry Rubin punctuates the shared theme that history repeats itself, and those who fail to learn from it, repeat it. In the “The History Teacher” the teacher doesn’t teach his students correctly, he takes the violence out of the history making the ‘Ice Age’ the ‘Chilly Age’ (2-3). This exposes the audience to the fact that the teacher doesn’t value our history, despite him being a history teacher. As the
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In the poem, “The Hand”, it talks about a teacher questioning a kid, basically asking what he wants to do with his life, and if he was going to give it what he’s got or not. This was a question for the kid to answer for himself, no one else could answer it for him. In the reading, “A Model for High Schools”, it talks about kids dropping out of their original high school due to, drugs, violence, lack of care, lack of teachers caring, etc., but later in life a school opens up that gives those kids
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Lord of the flies is described as a big allegory story because the story is a symbolic level of meaning where the characters and setting represent well examples like the island represents the whole world. When Jack , Ralph were on a plane after World War 2 the world was divided in two camps the United States and the Soviet Union and there were like Jack and Ralph. During that Cold War a lot of people suffered from atomic bombs all across the country.When they suffered from the atomic bombs Jack
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In this week’s reading report, you have three different authors who have a way of conveying the same message but just a different way of doing so. In chapter 23 you have author Tulasi Srinvias, who argues against pre-packaged food and how since women became excited about it, the pre-packaged meals started to flood the urban Indian market. In chapter 28 you have author Alison Leitch who argues in hopes to bring attention to “slow foods” and in chapter 29 you have author Jeffrey M. Pilcher, who argues
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Lit Device #4 - Repetition Repetition: “Literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.” Example: “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known”(386). Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Context: In A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, Charles Darnay is condemned to death because of the Evremondes’ bad awful reputation among the common people in France. Living up to his
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Over the course of history, a recurring theme of American literature authors utilizing their stories as “moral purifiers” has manifested. These authors use their works of literature to attempt to draw attention to and reform ideals and occurrences that they deem wrong or immoral within their time period. Three stories that efficiently display this concept are “A New England Nun” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin, and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose
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"Pride... If you haven't got it, you can't show it. If you got it, you can't hide it". That is one of the poems Zora Neale Hurston wrote. Zora Neale Hurston wrote books and was a Civil Rights Activist. One of her books is called "Their Eyes Were Watching God". Zora Neale Hurston was a famous author who had a tough life, had great education and some interesting awards and achievements. Zora Neale Hurston had a tough and complicated life. Her mother died when she was nine years old. Then, her
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Robert Frost’s poem, “Home Burial” is one of his earlier works. In it, he uses a dramatic lyric form that brings forth the emotions being felt by the husband and wife. It is a sad poem that is focused on two tragic events, one that has happened and one that is foreshadowed to happen. The first event and the key to the poem are the feelings of a couple towards each other in dealing with the loss of a child. The second event is the foreshadowing to and the end to a marriage. The poem also focuses on
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No Nasty Chemicals From birth to success, Ecoman gives the reader a captivating look inside Malcolm Rands’ life and the life of his company, ecostore. This is certainly a book not to judge by it’s cover. Ecoman begins with the foundation of Mamaki, the permaculture village Malcolm co founded with his friends in the Northland in New Zealand. The book then treks backwards through Rands’ youth and into his childhood. The story then turns around and starts walking towards the present, with a step backwards
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dying and Absalom, Absalom!, Sanctuary, and The Story of Temple Drake. His story Sanctuary was controversial, it was written in 1931. His story of Temple Drake was made as one of his projects. He was awarded in 1949, he received a Nobel Prize in Literature, and even was awarded two in each Pulitzers and National Books Awards. Throughout his life, he worked as a railroad financier, politician, soldier, farmer, businessman, lawyer,
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