Writing with exaggeration and an aggressive tone, New York Post columnist Nicole Gelinas studies politicians economic habits in order to argue that government money should be used to pay for appliances that the government is responsible for. Gelinas tone indicates that the majority of her columns are intended for an audience composed of Right-Wing-Leaning, East Coast politicians. Her use of exaggeration throughout her columns gives her audience a current day event to relate the economics to. Tone is an important element in Gelinas writing because readers are able to relate as well as agree with her topics. The audience is important component of Gelinas columns because she only argues her of view in her columns and therefore is capable of making…
In the following story I will be drawing a parallel between the poem “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou, and the upcoming Homecoming football game between Lane and Curie. In it I will be demonstrating why I believe that both lane and Curie are caged birds. My piece is titled “Escaping one's Cage”. Escaping One’s Cage. Before the game even began you could see the growing anxiety on the Lane Tech football team, they were about to go out representing their entire school, in front of an immense crowd in their own stadium.…
There is a saying once you climb on you now have to ride it out. That means that once you start something you need to finish what you started. That is what Uncle Emil says to Calvin Gant, his nephew, while he holds on to the back of a swimming moose. Cal, the main character, meets a girl in high school who is beaten at home and does not tell anyone because she is afraid that her dad will beat her more. Cal attempts at trying to get Gretchen’s dad, Mr. Luttermann, arrested by trying to frame him of stealing alcohol from an liquor store, but gets caught stealing the alcohol for the plan.…
“A Certain Lady” is a short poem written by Dorothy Parker detailing a woman’s thoughts on her relationship with a mysterious man. The poem is written as a monologue about the woman’s ability to appear happy around the man and his inability to gauge her true feelings. Despite her affection for him, he constantly tells her stories of his exploits with women. While the topic itself seems simple in nature, the relationship in question, as well as the poem itself, is quite complex. Each stanza adds layers of complexity to the poem.…
C&C Essay #2 Abraham Derese March 8, 2015 In the poems “A Blessing” by James Wright and “From Blossoms” by Li- Young Lee, the poets examine and describe blissful, emotional moments in their lives. They both use vibrant imagery to evoke a serene tone of blissfulness to wildlife and soothing language to reveal their love for nature.…
However it is clearly stating such remark with an air of contempt. The author refers to the funeral as a “serious comedy” rather than a “tragedy.” Such opinion on the event, demonstrates the author’s…
You may think of Nikki Giovanni as a writer of wonderful children’s poetry. That’s true, but she is also much more. As well as poetry, she writes essays and short stories about individual growth, personal struggles for independence and fulfillment, and her concern for humanity as a global community. She has published her conversations with James Baldwin and with Margaret Walker, two high-profile African American writers. She has contributed to books such as “The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students” and African American Literature: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama.…
Growing up as a hispanic woman in America has always been more difficult than I thought it was going to be. There were many times where I felt excluded, judged or like I am not as good as other people. Throughout my life this has always affected my happiness because it was never as easy as I wanted it to be. With that being said, many people that are also a different race also struggle with this problem and this affects their wellbeing as well. I came to realize what a struggle being a person of color is to other people as well after carefully reading a short story by Junot Diaz called “Wildwood” and a poem by Claudia Rankine called “From Citizen Six” where both of the characters were treated unfairly, and ran into issues on a daily basis because…
Which is more significant, to be independent or to be dependent? In the lyric poems "Legacies," "the drum," and "Choices," by Nikki Giovanni, the author expressed her thoughts and feelings relating to the independent spirit in life. Her purpose through the three poems is to "suggests that we all must find a balance between what we want to do and what other people expect of us" (page 417). Giovanni used specific stylistic devices in the poems and those devices contribute to the message of the poems. The stylistic devices include using only lower case letters, the lack of punctuations, there's symbolism, imagery, figurative language, tone, and theme.…
Upon initial reading, “The Victims” by Sharon Olds seems to be a poem that paints the picture of a life of abuse; starting from the dawning of the exploitation and arching over into the life of the abused following the maltreatment. In the work, it is made to be believed that the clear victims of the poem are the speaker and their family—which is a rightful and obvious assumption—but there is another victim that is not as prevalent as that of the speaker and their family: the speaker’s father. After a second read, it is made evidently apparent that although the work does focus on the speaker and their family as the victims of the poem, the ideal that the father is also a victim is explored. Since the father is depicted as an abuser, it is seen…
Analyze the imagery in this poem. Imagery is all about what the reader thinks they would sense if they were present in a situation. If I were to put myself in the shoes of the narrator, I must…
The poem “Lost Sister,” by Cathy Song examines the zone and dilemma of a woman being lost between two cultures. The poem demonstrates how the author feels psychologically lost. This poem is about a Chinese woman who is facing the difficult reality of being a Chinese immigrant. In the poem “Lost Sister,” Cathy Song explores the lives of two generations of Chinese women, and how they are linked by culture through the use of theme, tone, and comparison. “Lost Sister,” has major themes that examine one’s identity, a sense of belonging, and rebellion as it relates to freedom.…
Supreme Beings are divinities whose nature reveals a unique quality of being generally, a transcendent spiritual power. A basis of the worship in a religion. The supernatural is something that has not been fully understood. But it is known as an overpower ruling above the people of the world. In her poem "Ego Tripping …
The World’s Wife is a collection of poetry that successfully challenges society’s preconceptions of what it means to be a woman. While the female voice is often silenced, Duffy focuses on the women who were in the midst of male-centric stories in Biblical, mythological and fairytale narratives. Some may argue that the expectations of women are completely subverted in poems such as The Devil’s Wife, in which the maternal and nurturing image of a woman is replaced by the disturbing portrayal of the infamous child serial killer Myra Hindley. Alternatively, some feminine qualities are also explored in this poem, such as a woman’s dependence on men, as demonstrated by Hindley’s twisted, passionate love for Ian Brady.…
In poems, “Stealing” and “Education for leisure”, Duffy uses a range of literary devices like colloquial language and short sentences. Duffy clearly portrays a sinister and lonely persona in both poems. In “Stealing” the persona is presented as lonely and isolated from society so they resort to stealing just for the pleasure of doing it. Similarly, in “Education for leisure”, an egotistical young adult is portrayed who is killing living things to undo his intense isolation. These poems were written by Duffy to show the terrible situation the UK faced in the 1980s.…