Analysing And Contrasting Two Poems
Analysing And Contrasting Two Poems (Coursework) This essay will compare two poems, which both have some similar aspects however there are also many differences. The two poems, which will be compared, are "The Whistle" by Yusef Komunyakaa and "Game After Supper" by Margaret Atwood. Yusef Komunyakaa was born on the 29th April 1947 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He has won a number of awards for his poetry including the highly prestigious Pulitzer Prize. In 1999, he was elected a chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. He now lives in New York City. Margaret Atwood is a Canadian writer who was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1939. She has written several novels, which have been considered for the highly prestigious Booker prize. She has recently won the Booker prize for her novel 'Alias Grace' and is the author of more than fifteen books of poetry. Atwood's work has been translated into many languages and published in more than 25 countries. In 1986 Ms Magazine named her Woman of the Year. Margaret Atwood now lives in Toronto. Both of these poems have some similar aspects for example, they are both written in free verse and are both examples of modern poetry. There are no rhyming schemes throughout both poems what so ever. To my understanding, I believe that the poets have written their poems in a nostalgic way and those are reconstructions of their childhood experiences;
What happens in the story? Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit is a short story written in 1955.
What happens in the story? Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit is a short story written in 1955. It was published in the collection Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams and other prose writings (1978). If you have not yet read the story, then do so before you read this summary! In a very simple way the title is well chosen - for the first part of the story is about Superman and the second about the snowsuit. But this also shows that the story begins with pleasant fantasy and ends in unpleasant reality. And there is no Superman to rescue the narrator - only Uncle Frank to help her accept what has happened. The story tells how the narrator (whose name never appears) plays games in which she makes up adventures for Superman. Later she is invited to the birthday party of a wealthy spoilt child, Paula Brown. Paula is proud of her birthday present, a blue snowsuit from Sweden. Some time later, Paula is playing tag in the snow when another child pushes her and she falls into an oil slick, which ruins her snowsuit. Paula blames the narrator and the other children also join in the accusation. Although her Uncle Frank believes her, the narrator has no happy ending to her story - everyone is convinced that she is to blame for the damage to the snowsuit. The themes of this story This is a story in which ideas are very important - perhaps more than the characters. Scapegoats
Compare and contrast the way the writer's depict relationships between men and women in at least two of the short stories you have studied.
Compare and contrast the way the writer's depict relationships between men and women in at least two of the short stories you have studied The short stories Lamb to the slaughter- Roald Dahl (1954), Catbird Seat- James Thurber (1945) and Tony Kytes, the Arch-Deceiver- Thomas Hardy (1894) show how the relationship between men and women can be complicated. In Lamb to the Slaughter the writer has intended to convey a tensional feeling between Mrs Maloney and Mr Maloney because Mr Maloney has something different to do from his occasional routine, he is scared, tired and probably feels sympathy for Mrs Maloney according to his harsh decision. The story focuses on murder, rather than a lustful relationship. It specifically empathises Mrs Maloney because the twist in the story centres around the character Mary Maloney. The story is not finished deliberately and it is left for the audience to discover everything even the characters and their future and what would happen next. Although in Tony Kytes, the Arch-Deceiver there isn't too much of tension created in fact there is a particular relationship between the men and women, it is very emotional and sexual but it summarises the case of recognition, when the women find out the deceit that Kytes caused and his betrayal. Hardy did not like industrialisation and thought men were experts but Kytes was out of control. The author
Compare the Two Short Stories, 'The Speckled Band' And 'Lamb To The Slaughter'.
English Wider Reading Coursework. Hayley Pearcy 11GIo Compare the Two Short Stories, 'The Speckled Band' And 'Lamb To The Slaughter'. INTRODUCTION. The two short stories that I am going to compare in this essay are both written in different eras. The first, 'Lamb To The Slaughter' was written by Roald Dahl in 1954. His stories mainly contained ordinary people doing strange and different things. The second, 'The Speckled Band' was written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1892. He was famous for writing the traditional detective story and this is no exception. It is accurate to say that the two different eras in which these stories were written reflect in the content of the stories themselves although portraying a rather different image in each one. 'Lamb To The Slaughter' has been clearly influenced by the 1950's era where there was a growing affluence and in this story there is a perceptible emphasis on household items which reflects this such as 'The thermos bucket' which is mentioned in the very first paragraph and also the 'freezer' and 'cooker' which are mentioned further on. Also there is a reference to the upper class lifestyle, which also links to the rising affluence. This is demonstrated in the drinking of whisky and soda when Mr Maloney arrives home from work and also the ritual of eating out on Thursday nights, something that the
The changing tradition of war poetry
The changing tradition of war poetry Before World War 1 war was described as a good thing and that it was sweet, good and honourable to die for your country. The soldiers were compared to knights and heroes. Even if they died in war they still died as a hero to the country and died a glorious death. If you didn't fight for your country then you were see as a coward and a traitor to your country. You would also become a hero when you return. There were lots of recruiting posters saying "your country needs you". These posters would make you feel guilty and you would feel isolated if you didn't join war. Also these posters would say what your future would be like if you didn't fight for your country. Also your children would think of you as a brave and honourable man. But if you didn't and your children asked you one day what you did at war you would be very ashamed of what to tell them. Some of the poems were written by women who had no experience of war. Most of them were written by generals in charge of the armies. They were educated and could read and write. Before war very few poems were written by soldiers who experienced war. These poems were inaccurate in showing the realties of war. They thought that war would end by Christmas but they were wrong as it carried on for four years. The soldier's attitudes changed as war progressed because they thought it was like a
Creative writing - The Disappearance.
The Disappearance At first when they heard about the disappearance they didn't believe it. "Why, we saw her the other day at the Ram Ratan grocery store" they proclaimed. "Yes, didn't she wave to us yesterday with her little boy? He looked just like her. We spoke to her the other day, she had that salwar-kameez on, yes she never did wear English clothes." "Terrible" others whined. "Its getting so that nobody's safe here in London these days." Because that's what everyone thought. Crime. It must have been. How else could an Indian woman in a bright flowered lime sari and Nike walking shoes just disappear? So thinking the worst, that maybe Zeneve had been abducted, raped or maybe even murdered, her husband reported her missing that very night. She'd been out for her evening walk he told the police. She took one everyday after he got back from the office. Yes, yes always alone. She said it was her time alone, time for herself. Away from the bubbling curries in their non-stick pans as they hissed on the cooker, away from the never ending chores that had to be done, her own tranquil world where the domesticated wife was non-existent...that's how she had put it to him. (He didn't quite understand that, but was happy to watch his little boy play football with him, perhaps, until she returned to serve them dinner.) "Did you folks have a quarrel?" the policeman inquired with a
Compare the treatment of males and females in the two stories; Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver and News Of the engagement.
Compare the treatment of males and females in the two stories; Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver and News Of the engagement. In examining the two stories I will be approaching a sustained inference on how men and women are portrayed within each story. Looking at each story I will be able to summarise the way in which the writers deals with the sexes. Within each short story I will be dealing with different issues that emphasis the treatment of theses constituents. Evidentially, the characters are an important indication to what and how ideas are portrayed. I will be dealing with the characters and how they bond 'male and female' interaction or parental bonding 'mother and son'. I will also be looking in depth on love and how that affects the people within each story. Tony Kytes the arch deceiver is a short story that has a very contradictory meaning. As expected the title would be an indication to how the story is structured. 'The arch deceiver' this immediately gives an implication to what is in expectance within this story. The idea that deceivers are dark schemer, have a clinical view of how things should be. However, 'arch' gives a clear indication that this character is the top, the highest by the way in which the title dominant within this story. It would be lead to believe that Tony Kytes is a person who has aspirations and has high standards that are planned to accuracy.
The popular myth of the Battle of Britain quickly emerged during the early part of the War. However, not all later interpretations fully follow it. Why?
The Battle of Britain The popular myth of the Battle of Britain quickly emerged during the early part of the War. However, not all later interpretations fully follow it. Why? Introduction It was obvious that after France surrendered to Hitler on 17th June, Britain would be the next victim of the Blitzkrieg, but the Dunkirk evacuation, which was seen by the British public as a victory, enabled the Allies to prepare themselves for war. It is said that Hitler did not have big intentions on invading Britain. He really planned to invade Russia. This was shown when Hitler simply offered Britain a negotiated surrender in July 1940, Britain rejected it straight away, this meant that Hitler had to invade, he codenamed his plan Operation 'Sealion' The English Channel was the only obstacle for the Germans. Hitler realised he had to gain air superiority. Therefore it was up to the R.A.F. to defend Britain from the German invasion. The German fighters started the battle by making intense attacks on the British shipping in the English Channel to clear the Channel of ships and to draw out and to destroy as many British fighters as possible before the full frontal attack on Britain itself. This intense bombing went on for weeks. As well as ships, the Luftwaffe destroyed almost 260 British fighters. The Luftwaffe felt that the time had come for a really massive strike to finish off the
London Knights - Situation analysis.
London Knights Situation analysis Target audience Objective Tactics Positioning statement PR Advertising Sales promotion Direct marketing New media Methodology In order to find out an in depth information about the London Knights so I've decided to carry out a secondary and primary research. I used the Internet as part of my secondary research. The Internet was very important because I've got a lot of competitors' corporate information, which I can present in this report and they were very relevant. I also used the London Knights web site (www.london-knights.co.uk) to find more data about the Knights. Google was the search engine that I used to find any information about Ice Hockey. The competitors' websites that I used were (www.sheffieldsteelers.co.uk, www.belfastgaints.com). The advertising website called ADASSOC (www.adassoc.org.uk) was also very relevant because it shows a lot of advertising methods in details and I found some facts and figures where it helped me to judge how the Knights can use for their advertising strategy. To find out what the existing spectators think about the Knights, I carried out fact to face surveys at the matches. 700 spectators were being interviewed and the results are being used in this report. I also wanted to find out why people do not attend ice hockey so face to face was also carried out outside the matches and 50
Wilfred Owen - "The old Lie"
TRACE THE HISTORY OF "THE OLD LIE" WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE POETRY OF WILFRED OWEN The "old lie" is a term that was developed by Wilfred Owen. The phrase refers to the story that was told to soldiers and civilians of the day. This story was indeed an idealistic view of war and fooled the general population into believing that war was glamorous and glorious and that dying for ones country was noble and dignified. The old lie was developed over many years and originally started in the days of the Romans that in roman times fighting for your country was honourable as every warrior needed to be extremely fit and skilled in battle, hence, it was an occupation for the physically elite. In modern day war, an unfit unskilled man can easily kill a skilled and fit man with a gun with little or no effort, and this death is one of an undignified nature and certainly not glorious. The views from Roman times have been carried through to the modern ages though and even though it was a reality that war was no longer fought by skilled men and death on a battlefield was anything but dignified, civilians had no idea of this and still believed the "old lie" as old attitudes had been carried through to the modern days. The attitudes of people towards war changed during World War One for many reasons. Originally the attitude to war in the 18th and 19th centuries was that war was
