Semicolon

How are the different perspectives of parents and children explored in the two poems? In ‘Girl’ and in ‘Little Boy Crying’, Jamaica Kincaid and Mervyn Morris both poems use the perspective of the parents in the poem to convey the message that they are giving. Both the mother and the father are giving advice to their children under different conditions. Kincaid’s mother gives her practical and helpful advice that will help her daughter keep her own house, while Morris talks about the emotions…

I wasn’t required to actually take your English class; however, the class was a good start at getting back into writing and bias analysis in literature. Completing rhetorical analyses defiantly needed a scrub down and cleared the dust off of my eyes. I wouldn’t say that my overall English writing had improved in this course, but that is not to say that it was useless for me. Exposure to writings that irked me and writing about them pushed me out of my comfort zone, forcing me to try to find a…

One of the best thing about me is that I really enjoyed reading short stories. Every story that I read in this book feels more like poetry than an actual story. However, I enjoyed reading most of them because they feed my mind. Reading the story “Boys by Ricky Moody” and “Girls by Jamaica Kinkaid” really caught my attention, they are very short, but great pieces to cut right within to the heart of the primer. Nevertheless, what makes them similar is how they were created using similar literary…

They both share a story of growing up; however, they tell it in their own way. In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, Jamaica Kincaid used repetition, use of semicolons as well as rhythm. “Girl” is described to be a posed poem. Kincaid also incorporates run-on-sentences in her work. Kincaid also uses Caribbean English in “Girl.” Kincaid use of the mother in the story reveals to the audience how a mother trains…

Queen Elizabeth I of England and U.S. Army General George S. Patton were most definitely not around in the same time period. In fact, there is a time span of 356 years from when Queen Elizabeth gave her famous speech to the troops at Tilbury and when George Patton delivered his speech about him gaining command of the Third Army. However, they both had the same goal which was to build a connection with their men which in turn motivates the men. The two just happened to do it in very different…

death is put down, to be viewed as lacking power in the grande scheme of life. “Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so”, this is Donne’s beginning of stop deaths pride. Death could possibly be seen at the end of the second line as it ends in a semicolon which symbols something stopped but then continues and goes on. This could be the pause between the physical death of a person and their soul moving on into the eternal afterlife as in the same quatrain says “ Die not, poor death, nor yet canst…

The author of “The Sniper” is James Riordan. James Riordan created a name for himself as a respected Russianist, and children’s author and translator. Riordan is relatively qualified to write a story based on the snipers of Stalingrad, for he spent an amount of time researching the topic in Russia. In Moscow, Riordan studied Russian politics and history, becoming well versed on the rising of The Communist Party (Riley). Much of Riordan’s life was spent studying and debating Russian politics and…

I Complain My favorite part of the day is when I walk into my band class. Immediately, I can hear the loud sounds of a boisterous saxophone playing their part or the lilting sounds of a flute practicing their solo. These sounds fill me with happiness and they help to lift my mood. I love being in band. I have been a part of band for six years now and I love it even more every year. I enjoy the exhilaration of the performance, or joking around with my clarinet section. I am delighted that I…

scription drug abuse and addiction Ocean drugs are good they help people cope with disorders and various health conditions people use prescription drugs hopefully every day but these drugs can also have an addictive effect to them prescription drugs are a rising problem throughout the world and can be gateway drugs for people that misuse or abuse their prescriptions or over-the-counter drugs and example of drug misuse is taking more than what is recommended for you cough syrup is safe until is…

Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush” is famous for being written on New Year’s Eve, which marked the turn of the century. The very work darkling is an old word which has been used since the 15th century, while the Thrush is a type of songbird which is known for its beautiful voice. The title as a whole could be literally interpreted as a songbird whose song which is slowly fading over time but will not be forgotten. A deeper interpretation could be the fact that Hardy is perhaps looking back on…