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“How do the selected poems present the idea of infancy or childhood?” - Infant Joy - Infant Sorrow - Prayer Before Birth* - One Upon a Time* - You’re - Piano* Childhood, is the part of life where humans remain innocent and pure, and are distant from corrupted society. ‘Infant joy’ by William Blake, and ‘You’re’ by Sylvia Plath all portray an optimistic view on infancy and childhood. Blake presents infancy in an affirmative tone, whereas Plath conveys positivity in a more obscure way resulting…

1. The Greasers: the extended family of the Curtis brothers in The Outsiders. The main characters present in The Outsiders are young men ranging from fourteen year-old to twenty year-old. They are very few adults or female characters in the novel. The Greasers’ parents are dead, indifferent, apathetic or abusive. Most of them have to learn to live with poverty and violence The Greasers share the feeling that they don’t belong anywhere. As we have seen previously, The Outsiders, does not only…

‘Far as I'm concerned, friendship between black and white don't mean that much 'cause it usually ain't on a equal basis. Right now you and Jeremy might get along fine, but in a few years he'll think of himself as a man but you'll probably still be a boy to him. And if he feels that way, he'll turn on you in a minute.' ‘But Stacey says, Papa, I don't think Jeremy'd be that way. Stacey now realizes that he does like Jeremy, and that Jeremy is a good person, who he just hasn’t given a chance,…

Edvard Munch painted the famous painting which he named “The Scream” to represent his past. The painting consists of a child standing at the edge of the road facing a different direction from his companions who seem to be walking towards a different direction. The child is screaming while facing the departing companions. “The Scream” is a name given to represent each of the four versions of his paintings which are kept at the Munch museum. The aim of this paper is to analyze the painting. This…

Man on Wire is a documentary/ biography directed by James Marsh and starring Phillippe Petit. The documentary is over a Frenchmen (Phillippe Petit) that had a strange obsession and interest in tightrope walking. He started out tightrope walking just in his backyard; he built building like situations with a wire in between to get the actual feel of tightrope walking. Phillippe Petit was born in 1949 in Nemours, France, at the age of sixteen is when he discovered his passion for hire wire and…

In the novel of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce a künstlerroman written in a modernist style, we see the religious and intellectual awakening of the fictional alter ego of James Joyce named Stephen Dedalus. We see the struggles Stephen are faced with as he grows up and these struggles are his family, morality, religion and nationality. As these struggles between Stephen and the above issues progresses Stephen reaches a point in his life where he decides to reject the…

Chapter 1 Pip is introduced as the main character. He is presented as a poor boy who has a struggling childhood. Within the first chapter, question is brought about when Pip meets a convict in the marshes and is willing to help him. Even though Pip himself has a hard life, he is so willing to help the man. He is also a little scared. Chapter 2 Pip was raised by his sister Mrs. Joe. I thought it was very interesting how much the town looked up to her for sailing him when the parents passed.…

In the short story, “Ball”, by Sam Koperwas, the author teaches us that parents putting their dreams and aspirations on their kids is dreadful thing for the kid and the parent. In the part, where the son gives up on trying to make a basket, the father pulls him by his ear and slams the ball hard into his stomach. Then, the father rambles on about eating an apple everyday and saying prayers can help you accomplish tasks. The father continues with this statement, “Argue and I’ll slap your eyes…

Charles Dickens novel, Great expectations is an account that centres on the life of one man named Pip, as of the time he was seven years old until he was in his mid-thirties. Pip shows us imperative actions in his life that formed who he became. While developing he acquires a collection of different connections and friends that influence him in his decisions and goals for his life. This is a novel of development ,therefore understanding Pip and his evolution is key in developing an…

I read A Dog of Flanders, one of the classic fairy tale. In childhood, I thought this tale is just sad story about a boy and his dog. But, now after growing into a man, this tale is not just sad story, but a profound story about a boy's dream and despair. In a small town of Belgium's Flanders region, 15-years-old boy Nello lived. He lost his parents when two years old, so he did milk delivery with his grandfather in poverty. One day, his grandfather picked up an overworked and abandoned dog…