based on the poems that I have read, the strategies that I try to mimic, and the images that I am trying to convey. The poems that I have read from the poet Tony Hoagland are, “Jet,” “lucky,” “The Change,” “At the Galleria Shopping Mall,” and “America.” In the poem “Jet” Tony Hoagland compares jets burning jet fuel to drinking beers ("Tony Hoagland"). He uses a lot similes and metaphors to contrast our size in the world. He ends this poem saying to appreciate what we have. The Poem “Lucky” is…
The 1800's were colossal years in the progression of medicine. Advancements, for example, the first blood transfusion and the stethoscope have made ready for present day drug. The 1800's were enormous years in the progression of solution. Advancements like the first blood transfusion and the stethoscope have paved the way for current medicine. Alongside the many medical advancements, the rise of essential figures happened. These individuals would not just find new strategies in the medicinal…
important aspects in today’s world. These are the only avenues that can be used in helping individuals learn their heritage and source. Preserving such sites is important in promoting studies and research. The move by the National Park Service to manage and preserve such a site is insightful and a good move towards promoting sustainability even in generations to come. Visiting such a relevant historic site requires ample preparation. Data collection materials in form of notebooks and pen is…
Texas during the 1880’s. These businessmen would buy land; then they would then hire workers to lay out a Main Street, build a few makeshift buildings, and finally move out. After the town was built and deserted by the workers, the speculators would hire people to hand out brochures in other parts of the State or would even bribe people to move into the towns as a way to increase the town’s population and the odds of having the railroad run through it. Why did the speculators do all this? The…
Martin Luther king the Human Rights Activist Martin Luther king used civil disobedeince to oppose racial segregation in the American South (Altman 60). “King echoed the message of Gandhi and Thoreau: that nonviolent resistance is fighting back. Like Gandhi, King was not happy with the phrase “passive resistance”. He believed that it gave the false impression that the resister quietly and passively accepts evil. But nothing is further from the truth the method is passive physically, but…
My Antonia, Willa Cather’s novel starts off by an unknown narrator telling the reader about a friend since childhood named Jim Burden; both had a bohemian friend named, Antonia Shimerda, who Carther wanted to recount their friend, Antonia, but since Burden knew her better, she tells him to write about her. Jim then writes a memoir about Antonia, calling it My Antonia. The story starts by Jim retelling his early life when he meets Antonia and her family. Ten year old Jim who had lost his parents…
hopelessness. When I left my room to go about my day, I didn’t see faces struggling to grapple with the reality of a Trump presidency. I saw plenty of Europeans bewildered and worried, but I had no contact with anyone who was equally as devastated as I was. I am one of three Americans at UPJV. After the news hit that morning, I couldn’t go to sleep for a few hours of reprieve from the shock. I had to wear it on my face and my sleeve as I went about my day and attended my classes. I had to wait…
In the 1760s, colonists in the British America reaped many benefits without incurring any costs from the British Imperial system. However, there was no major problem in the area. Over the next decade, Britain started basing its policies on its war debts. There was an attempt by the British to reform colonial administration, enforce tax laws and introduce troops in America (UShistory, 2014). The aim was to raise more money to furnish the war debt. However, that strategy led to conflicts and from…
there are numerous similarities in these wars. These similarities can analyzed through events and documents from both wars. One of these examples is the massacre at My Lai, Vietnam, which happened on March 16, 1968. Soldiers entered this area believing it housed scores of Vietcong fighters. In reality, there were not any enemy fighter at My Lai and the soldiers ended up killing 500 Vietnamese civilians. Another example was the massacre at Haditha, Iraq, which happened on November 19 2005. A…
As I looked out into the crowd at my book signing, I saw two familiar faces. Those two faces inspired my newest book. My book is a story about a woman, brought up in the bible belt of America, who had her whole life together. She was leading a successful career, and about to marry the man who she had spent the past ten years with. She was fulfilling all the prophecies her mom had projected on to her. But suddenly she realized that those things were not what she wanted. She wanted the beautiful…