Forget Myself

class, containing twenty people where the majority of them are girls who are easy to get along with, making the environment lively, vivacious, and active as the room is filled with laughter. Aside from the instructor, a commonality between the classes is that the people come to create a community by taking part in the classes, thus becoming an audience. An audience is a role that people temporarily perform, producing representations of audiences. In the studio, there are large mirrors which the students face. When I look in the mirror, I see myself as an audience member with the class. Through the mirrors, I am watching the audience, even though I am part of the audience. We care about audiences to measure success. It is evident with the number of people in attendance that yogalates is much more successful and appealing. I have noticed that between the two classes there have been minor changes with behaviour in general, and with myself. In the smaller class, I am more self-conscious about holding a pose longer, or if I lose my balance. Due to the size of the class, it is easy for everyone to see my mistakes. However, I learn more in the advanced class seeing that the instructor has the time to assist each individual. In the yogalates class, I am less self-conscious about other people seeing me make a mistake as I know I will not stand out, since there are more people around me who are also making the same mistakes. Since there are a lot of people, it’s difficult to focus…

suddenly can’t find a word she is looking for to say, laughs it off, continues with her speech but also feels as if there is something just not right. Words and communication are what Alice lives for, she enjoyed playing Words With Friends and could score 66 point words! We see that her diagnosis is devastating for her. She actually admitted to her husband “I wish I had cancer instead.” (James Brown, 2014). And throughout the film, we can see why. We are able to notice signs of the disorder…

Finding Self, Whitman’s Way: The One Among the Crowd “The impalpable sustenance of me from all things, at all hours of the day; The simple, compact, well-join’d scheme-myself disintegrated, everyone disintegrated, yet part of the scheme” (Whitman. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.). Walt Whitman was a graceful, yet outlaw poet that pushed the boundaries ink and paper. Whitman’s works were a journey of finding self through the natural world and his relation to the world, along with cleaver wording that…

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are two writers during the late 19th and early 20th century. They are often referred to the founders of American poetry. Both writers have many similarities and differences from each other, but neither of them can be imitated through their style. They have influenced many during and long after the Romantic era of literature. A common theme through each of their following poems is that some aspects of nature cannot be taught or learned, but only understood through…

edition of Leaves of Grass, and continued to expand upon the work. Whitman’s main technique in order to express his views was the utilization of symbolism in his poems. Through the symbolism, he hoped to convey his ideology concerning the oneness, spiritual reality, and fluidity that existed between man, nature, and the world (Premalatha 1). The poem “Song of Myself” from Leaves of Grass was revolutionary in its symbolism. The piece looks at the journey of the soul once its burden is released in…

“I celebrate myself.” Walt Whitman’s introduction into Song of Myself sets a distinctive tone for his writing. Whitman’s influenced American in many ways and the driving forces of this influence are disguised within the complexities of his writing. Whitman’s desire was for humans and specifically Americans to be in harmony with the universe, with themselves as individuals, and with each other as a nation and he used his writing to encourage this belief between fellow man. Encompassed in the…

minister. Even the “bitterest Trouble” “Like other new Things – shows largest – then – / And smaller, by Habit –” (“It Don’t Sound”). Whitman agrees that death is natural and not to be feared. He believes the universe is connected, and death creates a deeper oneness with the world. For Transcendentalists, there is not a tangible afterlife, but the body, formed energy, turns into unformed energy and returns to the oversoul. The ultimate reality is spiritual, not sense perceivable, and death…

In this free verse poem, “A Song,” Walt Whitman is describing how great he believes America really is by using metaphors and by adding a touch of repetition, imagery, and personification to give the reader a warm and fuzzy feeling. The first line in this poem emotes a powerful feeling. By writing about “making the continent indissoluble,” Whitman is creating a backdrop for the rest of the poem. It allows the reader to understand that the words that follow include colossal ideas about a nation…

Through the extensive storytelling form embedded in Song of Myself by Walt Whitman and How it feels to be colored me by Zora Neale Hurston, the common both works encompass a stylistic writing that draws imagery to circumstance. With comparable insight from a host of scholars, both of these short stories reveal a theme that examines the essence of human circumstance vs. the realities of Nature. While Walt Whitman directly exhibits the theme of man vs. nature through the story. He explicates…

you thought you knew about life. It would require a man like Walt Whitman. To many, this sounds impossible. But to Whitman, it was natural. His conflicting views on different topics in his writings often frustrated and confused some readers. They did not understand that he saw himself as the collection of souls that he had encountered throughout his life in America. Whitman felt that the unfiltered and unadulterated American ethos was too powerful, and in a sense too sacred to be manipulated or…