Bridges

In the sonnet “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” written by William Wordsworth and “The Planners” written by Boey Kim Cheng, the poets show their attitude towards the world and nature through the co-existence of man and nature as well as the loss and extinction of nature, both which help effectively convey the poets’ ideas. "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, written in iambic pentameter with ten syllables per line. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABBA ABBA CDC DCD. The poem begins with a…

Horace from Lord Byron’s poem Don Juan states that it is difficult to write about issues that are common to people however, it can also refer to the difficulty of writing about objects that exist in our environment that people often overlook such as nature and buildings. Emotional problems are difficult to write about because it requires a certain amount of vulnerability and often people struggle to express them in a way that is easily understood. Common objects can also be challenging to…

Omar Akram in his essay, “Can Music Bridge Cultures and Promote Peace” clearly accomplishes his goal of persuading the audience through persuasive techniques such as logos, pathos, and ethos with pathos being the dominant. Throughout the essay Akram keeps on mentioning that the world we live in can be a peaceful place and people can live united even if there are many distinctive cultures in the world. Feeling a need to bring these cultures together instead of creating a sense of superiority in…

II. DERIVATION OF THE CONVERTER STRUCTURE The new generated topology is called Full-Bridge Hybrid Switched Capacitor (FBHSC) Inverter. A Half-Bridge version was previously presented [30]. The new topology was generated initially by differential connection [31]–[33] between two HSC dc-dc converter [16] (cf. Fig. 2a), which was generated as a bidirectional version of the HSC boost dc-dc converter [34], [35]. The unidirectional dc-dc version can be seen as an integration between a conventional…

Term Paper Walter Younger in the play A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry and Eddie Carbone in A View From the Bridge, By Arthur Miller, are both similar in the way they pride themselves, however, are very different when it comes down to handling their pride in tough situations. Both Walter and Eddie pride themselves on wanting a better life for their loved ones, therefore, they both think critically when it comes to resisting the human tendency to think egocentric. Walter Younger is…

In the novel, A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove by James Moloney, one of the characters experienced an amazing journey that changed his life and himself forever. This character is Carl Matt. During the novel, Carl a Matt is faced with many heat breaking experiences which allowed him to develop into an amazing person with many different layers. Carl deals with issues of neglect, family and identity and belonging. Throughout the novel the character of Carl Matt changes and develops massively, finally…

After reading A.A Akoms’ article Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy as a Form of Liberatory Praxis, I can agree with the importance of understanding how “hip-hop culture” can create a bridge for communication in the classroom. I also believe the hip-hop is a way in which some cultures communicate and express themselves. It is for this reason that teacher’s academic institutions should place value in it in order to engage students who…

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

The two poems by William Blake, The Tyger and The lamb are two poems that represent two opposites. The Tyger is the representation of evil and The Lamb is the representation of good and innocence. He, William Blake, was a successful poet and painter born in November 1757 in the city of London. William Blake thought and had a theory that injustice, death, war, and suffering were caused by human beings and because of their erroneous or false beliefs. William Blake wrote 2 collections; the first…

The short story by Ambrose Bierce “An Occurrence at Owl Creek” brings up many interesting ideas and topics about death and dying. In the story a man was condemned to death because he intended to assist the confederacy but was captured by union soldiers. The story focused around the man who seemed to have escaped death because the rope snapped. As soon as it appeared that he had avoided death reality cut in and his neck broke. The story ended to his limb body hanging. This “occurrence” is…