The Blackbird

I flip back to where I started and I hand Helen the parson's diary. She sits down next to me to read and I become very aware of her presence. It feels as though my little corner of Cold Book Storage just got a bit warmer. I steal a sideways glance at her under the guise of pointing out a good place for her to start. I lean closer, then I move back. Probably safer for me if she wasn’t sitting here, but I don't dare ask her to get up and sit somewhere else. I'm aware of her next to me,…

Adventurous, headstrong, liberated and motivated: today these are traits applied to both men and women. However, in the Romantic and Victorian periods being a woman with these characteristics was frowned upon. Women were encouraged to marry quickly and were taught, from a young age, “skills” that would help them find a husband. They were to be the angel of the house, and only fulfill duties that were suitable for their frailty. Once married, women had no right to their money, land or even their…

Milton ACORN (1923-1986) The Island Means Minago (POETRY 1975) CHARLOTTETOWN / A World War II veteran and a carpenter by trade, Acorn was nicknamed the People’s Poet by his fellow poets after he failed to win a Governor General’s Literary Award in 1969 for I’ve Tasted My Blood. He won the award six years later for his unofficial folk history of Prince Edward Island. The subject of two National Film Board documentaries, Acorn was also the recipient of an honorary degree from the University of…

During a time when Mexico was ruled by a dictator. On July 6, 1907, Frida Kahlo was born. Her birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo. There were many injustices in Mexico for over decades, three years after Frida was born that was the start of the Mexican Revolution. . Frida use to tell people know that she was born in 1910. The beginning of the Mexican revolution. Frida was her father’s favorite because he felt she was the brainiest and like him. She was the third child, out of…

Some kids might find starting middle school to be a very stressful time and some might find starting middle school to be the best learning experience or a living hell. Natalia Gonzalez was only 10 years old when she started middle school. Starting 6th grade was very new to her, there were plenty of things to get used to including, , being in a school that goes up to 8th grade, having activities with the older kids, and teachers are more strict with turning in your homework and might not be as…

Musical Analysis of “The Beatles”, the self-entitled White Album The first song of the album, “Back in the USSR”, written by Paul McCartney, directly parodies and references the Beach Boys, with subtler allusions to Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. It is set in the key of A major and has a 4/4 meter. Song form consists of an intro, four verse sections, each followed by a refrain, a bridge that follows only the second and third refrains, and an outro. The melody is undoubtedly bluesy, but…

Many African Americans became quite popular due to their personal style in the aspects of photography, painting, drama, poetry, and prose during the Harlem Renaissance. Each aesthetic person had their own purpose for their works of art. Many of them wanted to depict the beauty of Harlem as well as emphasize the importance of equality between races and classes. The Harlem artists produced many great works of art in the black community from the 1920s and beyond. There had been a few…

~ Their destination was ever growing closer. Soon, the prince and princess were nearing the point where the road conjoined with y=-3x. A blackbird, or perhaps a crow, flew overhead. The prince made no effort to look at it, as he'd already had enough experience with terrible black things to ensure he didn't see his own shadow without jumping. The bird, however, was attempting to make itself…

CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION Diaspora basically refers to the people who move from their original homeland to the foreign land. this movement to the alien land leads to many problems for the diasporic people like they suffer from identity crisis whose outcome is alienation. The Diaspora began with the 6th century BCE conquest of the ancient Kingdom of Judah by Babylon, the destruction of the First Temple (c. 586 BCE), and the expulsion of the…

Each had his own following, and there were some violent debates. At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep. Of late the sheep had taken to bleating ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’ both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this. It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into ‘Four legs good,…