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In Emily Dickinson’s “I’m nobody who are you”, she boldly suggests that it is surprisingly better to be herself, a humble nobody, and not be noticed so much by others (proud somebodies). She dreads the public knowing who she is and having them all being admirers of hers. This theme in particular is carried very heavily throughout the poem. To begin with, Dickinson opens her poem with a demanding declaration that the speaker is a “nobody” (line 1). That word in its entirety ironically sets the…

I'll admit it; I have a man crush on Shani Raja. There isn't anyone out there who'll sit down at their desk, point a camera at themselves, look directly at you through the digital medium and tell you what good writing is, what isn't, and how editors turn hum-drum writing into an excellent read. Shani does just that in 'Writing With Flair 2.0: How To Become An Exceptional Writer'. The course is a true behind the scenes look at how exceptional writing is crafted, edited and polished. And best…

What should be just a meaningless and mundane activity of crossing a body of water, Mary Oliver effectively incites a lively relationship between the speaker and the swamp in “Crossing the Swamp.” The speaker’s journey through the swamp becomes a relatable story to every reader who has experienced struggle. With imagery, structure, and an extended metaphor, Oliver creates this relationship between the speaker and the swamp to transcend off the pages and into the reader’s heart. In a first read…

a way as this. Fear washed away the thoughts of blood-soaked feasting that had previously engulfed his mind. Nothing on Earth could wrench his clawed hands nor himself from the vise-like grip. The creature felt the urgent need to flee to the foul bog from whence he came. This Herot was far different than the one he had emptied of life previously. Higlac’s follower recalled Grendel’s boasting and…

upper-class woman. This novel details Ehrenreich’s study of the average, lower class, working woman. The author knows though, that she truly couldn't perfectly conduct this experiment to replicate her life as the “average woman”. She did not have children to bog her down and deplete her salary. The main point of the first two chapters of the novel is that being educated and wealthy doesn't necessarily qualify a person for any occupation. Barbara Ehrenreich decided to try several different…

Using sand, water, and a scale model of an ancient Egyptian transport sled, a team of Dutch engineers have answered a permanent question: “How on Earth were the pyramids of Egypt built?” the traditional Egyptians had neither wheels nor work animals, that the big blocks, every advisement a minimum of two.5 tons, had to be moved through human muscle power alone. however untilrecently, no one very knew however. The answer, it seems, is just water. proof suggests that the blocks were 1st levered…

contributed to his lack of not giving an ounce of care in trying to cut off his alcoholic beverage addiction. No one could do anything to stop these infuriating moments as Pa tore the family apart and eventually disappeared in the dark, murky waters of the bog, which is fitting for this jerk of a father figure. Pa represents the Swamp because his fits of rage induced by alcohol abuse had caused a chasm to be opened in the Clark family, which separated the entire family and many members were…

Poetry is a fervent display of emotions and experiences that can be traced back further than the 3rd century BCE and was even being created in preliterate societies (wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry). It’s an artform that divulges the author’s beliefs, dreams, passions, and fears while still being open enough to be interpreted in a million different ways. Emily Dickinson and Ted Kooser were experts at creating poetry that could connect to multitudes of people. This paper will analyze two of their poems…

and mocked by the guards in the prison. On the first night that Andy was in the prison, one of the inmates was beaten so brutally by the head guard that he died. Bogs Diamond, the prison bully, became paralyzed after being beaten by the same guard. The inmates also experienced physical abuse from other inmates within Shawshank. Bogs Diamond and his gang regularly beat and raped inmates in the prison. The inmates never knew when a fellow prisoner or a guard would attack them. This…

Decades ago, the esteemed chief of the Ponca tribe, Standing Bear, argued that “Man’s heart away from nature grows hard.” Even years prior to our modern environmental movement, mankind has always had a profound respect and admiration for nature. Our natural world has been celebrated in song, literature, art, poetry, and just about every other form of media one can think of. Naturalists, like William Wordsworth and John Muir, praise nature through written works, showing the emotional effect of…