Compare and contrast how three poets explore the theme of childhood.

Compare and contrast how three poets explore the theme of childhood. I am going to compare the content, language and structure of 3 different poems, half past two, piano and my parents kept me from children who were rough. The piano key themes are a memory of his childhood of his mum and a relationship between a mother and a child, "My parent's" are about a relationships between a child and a mother, the mother try to keep him away from being a bully or getting bullied and "The half past two" is about a child's perspective on the adult world whilst all three poem explore the theme of childhood, they have different approaches to the subject. In the piano poem, the speaker is an old man who is talking about when he was a child, in this poem it is written in first person by D.H Lawrence. In each stanza he can hear a women singing and make him think of his beloved mother when he was a child. The structure of piano are in each stanzas at the end of the line are rhyme to other sentence. The length of a stanza are long like the piano note, in each stanza have four lines which the first line goes steady and get faster when it get to the end of a stanza. The word 'insidious' is a hard word for 10 years old child to understand, so that mean is written from grownup's point of view. The enjambment relate to the tempo of piano. In The poem it rhyme to give a rhyming scheme as aa, bb,

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Cahokia was the largest city in USA before Columbus arrived. Its decline is mostly due to the lack of raw materials and climate changes.

Maria Renee Simon America's Forgotten City Main Idea: Enlighten people around the world about this mostly unknown vanished city in America. Supports: * Cahokia was the largest city in USA before Columbus arrived. * Its decline is mostly due to the lack of raw materials and climate changes. * This city has been abandoned and forgotten by many. Essay: Cahokia was the largest city in the United States and the greatest Indian creation before the arrival of Columbus. It has vanished and forgotten in 1492, however Cahokia was populated with around 20,000 residents and had huge man made mounds. Monk's Mound is the biggest of the mounds and it is the most impressive monument in this unknown civilization. They also had logs where people used to mark a calendar, showing how knowledgeable the habitants were. Researchers have concluded that it had been ruled as a theocracy, or government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion. Nevertheless, authority was fairly decentralized and based more on respect. Cahokia was built by Indians that planned the architecture of the city really thoroughly. It has a diamond shape with Monk's Mound in the center. People settled in this wonderful land around 650, people began building mounds around the city in 1050, and was abandoned and forgotten around 1300. No one is sure of the reasons why this city disappeared but

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Presentation on Leslie White. In his new quest to understand why peoples behave the way they do he later enrolled in Louisiana State University as a student of psychology and sociology

Leslie White: Presentation Background Info: * 1900-1975 * Born in Salida, Colorado * After his parents divorced when he was 5, he and his two siblings moved with his father into a farm near Greeley, Kansas o There, they had no indoor plumbing, running water or electricity o But, they had a fine view of the advent Halley's comet * then White developed an interest for astronomy * He intended to major in physics in Louisiana State * HOWEVER, when the US entered WWI, White joined the Navy o it was here that his primary focus turned to issues of human behaviour * In his new quest to understand "why peoples behave the way they do" he later enrolled in Louisiana State University as a student of psychology and sociology o he moved on to Columbia university where he received his M.A. a year later * He never took a single course under Boas, even though they were there at the same time. * He studied under Alexander Goldenweiser (a former student of Boas) o White learned Boasian methodologies and developed the characteristic emphasis on ethnology and antipathy for cultural evolutionism. o However, in later years White would grow to become a critic of Boas, bashing his ideology at every opportunity, * This was detrimental to his career and perhaps even the development of his own original ideas. Energy * Everything is the universe may be described in terms of energy.

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Chinese Architecture. This Essay shortly describes the ancient Chinese architecture with the main point on the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Essay Chinese Architecture This Essay shortly describes the ancient Chinese architecture with the main point on the Hall of Supreme Harmony. INTRODUCTION The Chinese architecture is less studied than the architecture of almost any other great civilization on the world. Also in the Western countries a common comment about the Chinese architecture is that it looks all the same, with the standard picture of the Forbidden City on mind. This Essay will be about some points of the ancient Chinese architecture, which here can't be described in every detail, because the classical Chinese architecture has a long and creative history. Different types of architecture will be described shortly and the main point lies on the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing and some of its architectural features. MAINPART General The earliest buildings in China are dated 7000 years and since then the architecture went through some developments. The architecture was shaped by different factors. Of the 56 ethnic groups which exist in China, the Han are the most numerous. 94% of the people in China are considered as Han Chinese. All these groups live in different areas in this huge land and therefore they have different local building materials. Also the religions, like Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, had an influence on the temple and altar architecture. Beside these two

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Trobrianders: Men working for women

Authority & the Exercise of Power * Yams play a prominent role in the display of conspicuous consumption, used to impress others in hope of acquiring status and prestige in the Trobriand society. * Yam competitions are held to "announce fame and renown" (111) where one must provide guests with large quantities of yams. * Competitors can make "good friends" (112) with members of a different clan. * The distribution of yams allows chieftains to contract marriages create affinal relationships with other matrilineages outside of their own clan. The polygynous practices of the chieftains of the Trobriand society, gives him authority within his clan. * The female that has produced the most yams may claim her matrilineage is "strong" allowing her to receive a greater number of marriage candidates. Adaptation & Economic Organization * Trobrianders are a subsistence society specializing in slash and burn horticulture. * Yams serve as a "bank account" = contribution to the economic system ? Those that produce the largest quantities are often rewarded with valuables such as the stone axe-blade or money, known as balanced reciprocity. * Role of women in the economy is evident in the process of yam harvests and mortuary distributions (If you are associated with the deceased you are given banana-leaf bundles). * Men supported women by trading resources for bundles

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The caste system in India has developed over many generations. Even today, the caste systems are strongly held. There are five main caste systems in India: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, and Harijans. With in these caste systems, there are also many

Janaki Dasari Victoria Baker English 101 30 January 2010. Caste System in India. The caste system in India has developed over many generations. Even today, the caste systems are strongly held. There are five main caste systems in India: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, and Harijans. With in these caste systems, there are also many subgroups. In the olden days, people would not talk to another person from a different caste system. They lived in their own little groups and would not let others enter. The Brahmin caste is in the first group and they are treated as gurus with a lot of respect because everybody believed that they came from one of the Gods. The Kshatriya caste is made up of people who rule the country like rajas, otherwise known as presidents or kings. The Vaishya caste is famous for their merchants. The people of the Shudra caste are famous for cultivating the fields and are like farmers. The final caste is Harijans and they are called the untouchables or Dalits. Even though the government is trying to get rid of and help the lower caste systems, they still exist in India. The Shudras and Harijans are in the lower level group and they were treated as slaves for the other upper three castes. The untouchables were also considered as almost nonexistent. Even though they were Hindus, no one gave priority to them and they were assigned to do all kind of

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Zoroastrianism: The Oldest Religion in the World

Zoroastrianism: The Oldest Religion in the World "Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith." Mary Boyce, a scholar in Zoroastrian Studies. The Zoroastrian Religion was founded in Ancient Iran 3500 years ago by the prophet Zarathustra. Zarathustra was born in 660 BC and died in 583 BC. Zoroastrianism was one of the most powerful religions in the world from 558 BC to 650 AD. The persecution of the Zoroastrians in Iran by the Muslims from the 7th Century made many of them flee and migrate to India and other parts of the world. The Zoroastrian Religion survived through the rise and fall of many civilizations. It was the official religion of the three Iranian Empires: The Achaemenian, The Sassanian and The Parthians for over 1000 years. One of Zarathustra's first followers was Iranian King Vistashpa. The Religion spread through Persia and was followed by Cyrus the Great in 558 BC. Cyrus brought Zoroastrianism to all the people he conquered but didn't force them to convert. He controlled parts of Greece and Egypt along with the Middle East. Cyrus' son Cambyses who conquered Egypt in 525 BC continued to introduce Zoroastrianism into the world. Cambyses son, Darius the Great, reigned from 522 - 486 BC. Darius extended the Persian Empire the furthest, all

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Tribes: The Study of an Online Community

Tribes: The Study of an Online Community Tribes is an online multiplayer game where different missions, worlds, weapons, and players combine to create a defend and destroy kind of gaming experience. Players use mouse, key, and voice commands to target and destroy the enemy as they sneak around trying to capture the other team's flag and return it to their own base. But it is more than just a game that these players have created with Tribes. They have created a whole online community with an interactive website leading to discussion forums and chat rooms, where the action really takes place. Call it a behind the scenes look at Tribes. Teams are put together, players are taught and assisted, and even more so, long-lasting friendships are made. I studied the discussion forums of Tribalwar.com and continually entered the Tribal war chat room hosted by the server irc.dynamix.com for a period of two weeks. I found an online community full of life constantly being infested with anything from small talk to serious gaming talk. In the article "Log on and Shoot," Katie Hafner discusses online gaming becoming a sort of addiction. She claims it is turning into a "virtual party" and that oftentimes the game becomes the underdog when conversation takes over (Hafner 75). And this, Hafner says, is the kind of stuff that gaming networks want. They want to have the social environment it

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What is the name and cultural association of the food dish you tried? I tried Korean traditional food called Kimchi, which is one of the top five healthiest foods

Amelia Christy Lingkam Anthropology 2 Friday/ 1.30-5.00 Leslie Anderson Friday 3rd, 2008 EXTRA CREDIT - FOOD AND CULTURE . What is the name and cultural association of the food dish you tried? I tried Korean traditional food called Kimchi, which is one of the top five healthiest foods in the world because it contains essential vitamins like vitamin A, B, C, etc. This food also good for diet because rich of fiber. 2. What are the main ingredients of the dish? The main ingredient of the dish is Korean cabbage, radish, a young radish, leaf mustard, hot pepper, a green onion, garlic and ginger 3. How is this different from the foods you are familiar with and eat regularly? The taste of this food and the color are not usual. I think this food is very unique compare to the food that I used to eat everyday, which have a lot of varieties of meat, sauce and vegetables. In my home country, the food is usually tastes sweet, but in Korean Kimchi the tastes is different. It is like a combination of sour, sweet, and spicy. 4. Food plays a large part in defining our family roles, rules, and traditions: describe one food that figures prominently in your family. I think the food that plays a large part in defining our family is rice and fish. As we know, Indonesian is an island country where seafood is cheaper than meat. When I was in my home country, I used to eat rice and

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Criticism of the Biases Found in Nature Writing

Criticism of the Biases Found in Nature Writing Many of the earliest stories focused on the state of being, of living and enhancing comprehension of the natural world, or the wilderness. By experiencing nature firsthand, it allows for the possibility of discovering meaning in our own lives and our relationship with the world around us. There is a very personal connection between the individual and the experiences he has accumulated. From these experiences, private points of view are formed within the self, and every human being will react and interpret these experiences differently. Whether it is a moment of "outsight", an epiphany, or a heightened sense of awareness, the lessons we learn and the truths we take from experiencing nature are infinitely unique. Following such an encounter with the natural world, humans have a pressing need to express themselves, to share their experiences as best they can, to pass on a part of themselves. This is where nature writing falls short. Such personal experiences are meant to be shared, but cannot be taken for the truth - for we all have our own truths, morals and opinions. What must be understood is that what one person may get out of a sunrise or an avalanche is quite different from the next individual. We all have our own interpretations of nature, and by reading another's viewpoint it not only taints our own experiences of what is

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