Half-Life

he is doing what Porphyria wants, but in reality, he is behaving selfishly to satisfy his own desire. Irony is utilized to show that the audience knows Porphyria's will, at first, was to lure her lover and obtain his love. Porphyria was unaware her life was going to end by this meeting. In Macourek’s poem, the teacher states, “ I’ve had enough aggravation, which shouldn’t surprise anyone, for something like that would make anybody’s blood boil” (Macourek 2). At the end of the short story, Laura…

to know who an individual really is or where they are coming from, we misconstrue and prejudge unjustly. Within TED Talk featuring Chimamanda Adichie’s speech “The Danger of A Single Story”, “Just Walk on By” by Brent Staples and even in my personal life, the main protagonist was falsely accused of being someone they are not. Stephanie Ericsson’s “The Ways We Lie” shows how we can use lies to alter the viewpoints of others or even our…

had towards Mama. Adichie did not state anything about the Mama defending herself, or doing something to protect the baby. This implies that their home is not safe nor a place to be happy or loved. Other people can stay that Kambili is living a great life this is because she is rich and has many “rich people privileges”. One example from the text is “the glass étageré, which Mama polished often[...]marble floor[...]spacious dining room gave way to an even wider living room[...]” (7). This can…

The video “The Dangers of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adiches describes what happens when one put labels on different groups of people. For example, putting labels on Africans, and Mexicans and basically everyone that the audience meets. “The Dangers of a Single Story” is a powerful piece because it uses strong and effective examples, it is thought provoking, and it uses a humorous tone. Chimamanda Adiches begins her speech by talking about her childhood and growing up in Nigeria. This is…

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“The Danger of a Single Story” by Ngozi Adichie, who is originally from Nigeria, concentrates on the following quote: “They make the one story the only story”. Adichie emphasizing her point of view of a single story throughout her experience. It all started when Adichie demonstrated her knowledge about Fide’s poor family or how she was informed by her mother’s perspective. Adichie knew the other side of the story when she visited their village and saw the breathtaking patterned basket that was…

In Robert Frost’s blank verse poem “‘Out, Out-,’” the speaker recounts the story of a young boy who loses his hand, and ultimately his life, while working with a buzz-saw, presumably on his family’s farm. The speaker remains an observer throughout the narrative, presenting the poem in the first person. The use of first-person narration establishes an intimacy between the speaker and reader, so that the reader sympathizes with the speaker and not the “they.” “They” remain ambiguous throughout the…

The Dead by James Joyce exhibits the particular character of Gabriel as the primary character of the article. Gabriel is a person who is in his last phases of life and expects demise at any moment. He no longer feels the same about living, and it is appeared, however the perspective and the symbolism used. One of the principal artistic gadgets used is the perspective which the article is exhibited: third-individual. For example, the storyteller describes the occasions encompassing just…

Childhood is something we all experience as well as, it is the most essential part in our lives. We can see this in the poems: “Half-past Two” by U.A. Fanthorpe, “Hide and Seek” by Vernon Scannell, and “Prayer Before Birth” by Louis MacNeice. Each one of these poems present childhood from a different perspective; the first two poems portray childhood as an exciting experience, taking it stereotypically. However, “Prayer Before Birth” conveys childhood as an imagination of the unborn child and…

metaphor in a way very rarely seen in poetry. It continues through the entire poem, tumbling and reflective, calling light to a life half sad, half hopeful. The characters, too, are a motley mix of qualities, forlorn and shabby but also graceful. The poem is complicated, both in meaning and structure, and I ended up with several varied interpretations. There are threads of life, of Lorie, of the kid, and of the boyfriend, all weaved together in a fascinating but somewhat wild way that makes it…