Homesickness

jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror” Although both poets (Dorothea Mackellar and Oodgeroo Noonuccal) have written about the same country, the opinions expressed through each individual poem is different. While Dorothea Mackellar is struck by homesickness while she writes, Oodgeroo Noonuccal on the contrary, is writing in her homeland about the tragic scene unfolding before her eyes. Oodgeroo Noonuccal uses similes to construct an image in the readers mind of what she was witnessing. The…

Free-Range Parenting Typically, the childhood an American kid goes through can be compared to the movie Boyhood, where the boy hangs out with his friends all day and heads home before sundown for dinner. This can be considered a form of “free-range” parenting, which refers to parents that allow their children to do many activities unsupervised, such as going to the park, riding the subway, or going to school by themselves. While this doesn’t mean that parents let their child do everything on…

good luck charms and as a result, people offer sock monkeys as gifts. They are given to patients in hospitals as a symbol to of a quick recovery, it given to employees to relieve stress, they have even been sent to soldiers overseas to relieve homesickness…

think and become aware for the first time of the notion of home as such. It could therefore be said that ‘home’ started to exist for me once I no longer had it”(Brownell). He decided to do something about it. And in the process of alleviating his homesickness, he created one of his…

The desire for individuals to belong to a community or group is a significant part of being a human being. Peter Skrzynecki poetry explores the desire as individuals to belong to a community as it is a common life experiences that we all share and is reflected in many ways due to the experiences concerning belonging. Peter Skrzynecki demonstrates these desire throughout his poem ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’ and ‘Migrant Hostel’ which communicates the need for familiarity; a sense of disconnection is…

World War II was a time full of anger, sorrow, and pain for many between the years of 1939 and 1945. This war not only affected the European countries where the war was staged, but similarly many of the countries throughout the world. From the soldiers, doctors, and nurses on the front line to the Jewish communities who were carried to their death, the Second World War affected everyone. The role of music in this war, however, played a vital role. A role to which was, in many cases, a greater…

The production Anon(ymous) by Naomi Iizuka was produced by Playscripts, Inc. Anon(ymous) was shown in the John Anthony Theatre at Collin College and was attended on the 8th of October, 2016. Location of seating in the theatre was to the left facing the stage where the seats were furthest and slightly elevated. An advantage to this position in the theatre was having the ability to see over others who chose to be seated closer to the stage, so the entire set was able to be seen in its whole. Due…

Huckleberry Finn grew up in a unique situation. His father, Pap, the town drunk, cared more about liquor than his son. Huck, trying to escape this situation, ended up on a raft with Jim, a runaway slave. Jim nurtures Huck in a way Huck never experienced in his short life. Jim gave of himself to Huck, Huck gave of himself to Jim, and both grew closer together (//). Jim cares deeply for Huck and HUck’s feelings and Huck’s fears. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim protects Huck in…

The women in the Odyssey play a pivotal role in Odysseus’s journey back home from Troy after the war. His journey was made complicated right from the start when Ajax, a Greek warrior raped King Priam’s daughter Cassandra which enraged the goddess Athena, and she was mainly responsible for Odysseus’s late homecoming. Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus comes across women during his journey who appear in the form of temptresses or seek to destroy him. Athena plays a lead controlling role in the…

I walk back to my dorm from class with a huge smile on my face. Suddenly, my heart starts pounding, and my hands get sweaty and fidgety. Inside, I’m gasping for air while my mind is racing a million miles. I hide it until I shut my door where I break down into a full attack. After eight years, it becomes habit, hiding my attack until I’m away from public eye. I feel like my panic attacks caused by my anxiety holds me back from reaching my full potential. If it continues to occur, I worry that it…