Leave of absence

Whitman in the poem "Song of Myself" incorporates a multitude of different elements and aspects of America in order to create a great American epic. The poem is a combination of a biography, a sermon, and poetic symbols. It is also filled with symbols and commentary to address the important issues of America. The poem also aims to unify all aspects of humanity. In addition, Whitman seems to challenge some of the rules of decency that were common during that time period by using imagery and…

Having grown up with a supporting family, I have become ignorant to the hardships experienced in other households. However, after having read the novel Chinese Cinderella written by Adeline Yen Mah and interviewed Sarah Marcello, my outlook on this subject has been influenced. Chinese Cinderella follows the life of a young Adeline as she struggles through life as the unwanted child of the Yen Mah family. Sarah Marcello was sent to live with her grandparents in Italy following the discovery of…

Words of the Beating Heart: An Analysis of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” Walt Whitman once poetically proclaimed, “Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” (Whitman Brainyquote). This is just one of thousands the of thoughts that he and many authors shared during this time period. Furthermore, he played a great role in the transcendentalism literary movement, which was a point in history when authors expressed themselves through the simplicity of nature. Consequently, they viewed the…

ENG 112 Dr. Mahua De Draft 2 Should Fathers Get Equal Family Leave? In the actual generation, both men and women not only tend to share parental roles equally but also work hard and thrive in their careers at the same time. At the workplace, fathers are excluded from paid time off for parental leave just because employers believe that women are primarily responsible for the housework. Thus, providing new fathers with the same paid leave given to women is not a request that should be accepted.…

“Leaves of Grass” (1855) is in many ways the extensive celebration of a large, democratic self that corresponds with the vastness of the American continent. However, Whitman’s evocative choice of title relates his book to nature by way of a distinctly small…

The book A Chinese Cinderella begins in the fall of 1941. The main character is a young girl named Adeline and she is in kindergarten. Adeline has 4 birth siblings, Lydia, Gregory, Edgar, and James and 2 step siblings, Franklin and Susan. Adeline's meanest sibling is Edgar. Edgar goes out of his way to make Adeline's life miserable. He enjoys hurting her and making her feel like she is less than him. James, the youngest of the boys, is sometimes compassionate towards Adeline; however, he is in…

You Talkin To Me? (read with a NYC accent) Somehow, someway, before I was born, before my existence was even a concept, before fate found it’s stepping stone, Walt Whitman was thinking of me. He was dreaming of all of us; the people he would never meet, the people who may never know his name, the people of the past, present, and future. Few evidence can be found that Whitman had any clairvoyant powers, yet he seemed to know what to look for, when thinking, dreaming, and wishing for the future…

shall claim thy growth, to be resolved to earth again" (Bryant 2673). The earth has now become our home, our resting-place, our lap, "and here you are the mothers' lap" (Whitman 2747). The life/death cycle will continue. The bodies returning to the leaves of grass will now nourish the vegetation. New life will sprout from the earth. In a sense, death does not fully exist. The growth of the grass proves that death does not end a life (Reef 50). Whitman asks and answers what happened to the…

Was Walt Whitman the first hippie? His radical ideas make him worthy of this title. Whitman rejected many of the popular ideas of his day and created on his own style, which is know as free verse writing. Whitman wrote during the transcendentalism period, transcendentalism means that there is an underlying connection between all things, such as humans, and nature. Not only did he form his own style, he also formed ideas, about, the lessons that can be taught through nature, the value of the…

While it was reported that 40 weeks of maternity leave led to the lowest number of neonatal deaths (Ruhm), in the United States, employers are allowed, but not required, to offer up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for special circumstances such as childbirth (Gilpin). However, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, less than 15 percent of Americans are actually offered the paid parental leave (Gilpin). In the unlikely event that they are given this option, female…