In the poem Carpet-weavers, Morocco by Carol Rumens, she uses figurative language and concrete imagery to create a shifting mood. Furthermore, the structure of the poem leads the readers to an emotional end

Carpet-weavers, Morocco by Carol Rumens In the poem "Carpet-weavers, Morocco" by Carol Rumens, she uses figurative language and concrete imagery to create a shifting mood. Furthermore, the structure of the poem leads the readers to an emotional end (an epiphany). In stanza 1, Rumens establishes the positive, fairytale mood by using figurative language and visual imagery. In line one, the poet uses the metaphor "loom of another world." Which suggest that the poet isn't from that place because the loom is different, from another culture. Line 2 describes the Moroccan children's hair and dresses using visual imagery; "Their braids are oiled and black, their dresses bright." This gives the reader an idea of how the children are. A positive mood is created which you can tell from the "bright dresses" since it is related to joy, beauty and good things. She then uses both metaphor and sound imagery; "Their assorted heights would make a melodious chime" which once again creates a joyful mood. Carol uses figurative language and imagery to change the joyful mood to a dark and gothic mood in stanza 2. The 4th line shows the reader that the children are focusing and staring at the "flickering knots", and she uses a simile to compare the flickering knots to television. The effect is that it shows that the children have nothing to do, and they probably come from a poor place since there

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The War and its Impacts on the Mentality of Soldiers in Stockings

Submitted By: Timothy Kim Submitted To: Mr. C. Penney Date: Monday, Oct. 6th, 2008 English 10 IBDP The War and its Impacts on the Mentality of Soldiers in Stockings More than two million people were involved in the Vietnamese war and the amounts of casualties were enormous, due to the fact that the war itself has continued for 16 years straight. In today's society, the Vietnamese War is an inevitable part of our history to be remembered of and many writers put their feelings of the war into a short story, a novel or a film such as the movies, Rambo and Forrest Gump. They all depict one true nature of a war and that's the ability of the wars to change any soldier's mentality into a state of mind that can be described as craziness or insanity. The war in its entirety shows us the glory and the power but for each individual who has suffered a physical damage or mental disorder, all the wars of all sorts are just not worthwhile. If the soldiers ever return home, almost all the soldiers come back to their home with a completely different mindset and they all get nightmares about their horrifying memories that they have lived through. We all think of veteran soldiers as having a post-traumatic stress disorder or crippled, physically and mentally, but the story, Stockings, shows us a different type of soldier that does not give in to this powerful effect and lives through the

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Lord of the Flies Begins with Making Friends and ends in death and violence. What do you think the main reasons and what is Golding trying to show by it?

Lord of the Flies Begins with Making Friends and ends in death and violence. What do you think the main reasons and what is Golding trying to show by it? " Lord of the Flies" by William Golding tells us about a number of English School boys stranded on an island. To survive by themselves without adults, they elect a leader, set up rules and perform basic survival skills. Soon, arguments and conflicts arise about their lifestyle and duties within the group. As some of the boys' delicate sense of order fades, their behavior starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. The main reasons for the boys' actions that cause death and violence include having a common aim, craving for power, rules that aren't being carry out. Golding tries to show this by having the boys set up territories and rituals, the deaths of Simon and Piggy, changes in clothing and appearance, rule breakings and changes in language. The first reason for the change is that the boys all having a common aim. Before they elect a leader, they don't know each other so well, not knowing the aims of one another and what their personalities are. They are being friendly to each other, they haven't established a pecking order, they are still in good traits. The boys are equal , they do not appear to have something that others want as well, we can see their kind conversation in chapter 1. The second reason for the

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Fear as motivator

How does the feeling of fear contribute to the way the main characters act towards society in the novels Native Son and Narcissus and Goldmund? Intro: The novels Native Son and Narcissus and Goldmund have a few similar aspects when it comes to the main characters trying to fulfill their fate. Wherever they go, there is always something that makes them act the way they are towards society. Each may have a different motivator, but both have their goals into fulfilling their fate and finding the right path to do what they got to do. For example, Bigger has to go out and find a job, and when he finally got one, his whole adventure starts right in Dalton's house. So many incidents happened, especially when Mary got drunk with Jan, fitting Mary into the furnace. After that, he is set out to explore his new fate by escaping and going away as far as he can with fear in his heart, never to be left without him. In Narcissus and Goldmund, Goldmund is set out to wander around throughout Germany after leaving a Catholic monastery school in search of what could be described as "the meaning of life", or rather, meaning for his life. Goldmund is a bright person who looks up to Narcissus, who was his teacher, and Narcissus has much fondness for him in return Goldmund comes across many beautiful woman in his eyes and makes love with them along his journey. Many years later, where Goldmund

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"The Plague" and "Beloved" comparative essay

Both The Plague and Beloved are books that gained excellent reputation. They both portray some of the sufferings of humans with one focusing on a plague whilst the other focuses on slavery. The Plague has the form of a chronicle, the journal of an event as it occurs, day by day or time period by time period. The author is therefore able to select, separate and connect elements into what he/she thinks is a meaningful pattern. On the other hand, Beloved by Toni Morrison tells of a story in not the usual linear tale but rather, in fragments, thus forcing readers to consider the worth of each and piece them back together bit by bit. In my opinion, I think that chronological order is not the most convincing way to convey a story or an idea because it doesn't leave a vivid marking in one's mind. Each story consists of various parts including the conflict, climax, and themes and they are not best portrayed in chronological order. Every story has a conflict no matter how it is told. Readers are usually taken on a rollercoaster ride in which he/she can only guess the next part of the ride until the very end. In The Plague, the protagonists are all of the citizens of Oran who fight against the antagonist: the plague. Chronological order leads the audience step by step into the plot as if it's leading a child across a park. This of course allows the audience to take in information at a

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Roselily, a short story by well known author Alice Walker, is the tale of a black woman of the south facing a difficult decision on her wedding day.

Roselily Choose a novel or a short story in which the main character faces a dilemma. Outline briefly what the dilemma is and go on to discuss how the characters reaction to it gives you a deeper understanding of the story. "Roselily", a short story by well known author Alice Walker, is the tale of a black woman of the south facing a difficult decision on her wedding day. The story goes on to explain her circumstances and why this decision has to be made. During this essay I will explore this dilemma and how the characters reaction to it gave me a deeper understanding of the text. Roselily is a woman standing on the alter of her wedding and finding herself at a crossroads; Whether to live her life for herself or for her children; to marry a man she does neither love nor desire to ensure her children's future or to leave and put her children's future at risk. Roselily knows that should she marry this stranger who is to be her husband that she will not have the life she wishes for, that her life will be completely changed and they will move from the place she knows and loves to a cold inner city of the north. This is a huge dilemma and how Roselily reacts is portrayed as the story unfolds. Throughout the story "Roselily", the antagonist Roselily herself faces a struggle between her conscience, wanting what is best for her children and her desire, wanting what is best for

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In Khaled Hosseinis The Kite Runner, Assef is exemplary of an evil leader who misuses his power and stands in the frontlines of crippling Afghanistan and its people into a pitch-black mist of chaos.

The Violence Runner Seung Woo (Mike) Son, 11A (Word Count: 799) Throughout the history, there have been leaders of good and evil, moral and immoral, peaceful and violent alike. Sometimes, when the evil takes power and misuses it, the staggering impact they entail in the society can be appalling and outrageous. In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, Assef is exemplary of an evil leader who misuses his power and stands in the frontlines of crippling Afghanistan and its people into a pitch-black mist of chaos. First of all, Hosseini places Assef under the perfect setting in which the author bestows Assef the opportunity to develop his power as an antagonist in the novel. In the nineteenth century, Hazaras fails to rise against the Pashtuns in Afghanistan, and subsequently, discrimination against the Hazaras becomes prevalent in the society. In this type of environment, Assef naturally gains superiority over the Hazaras as a Pashtun and forms discriminative views and ethnic hatred towards them. It is even understandable for Assef to claim Adolf Hitler, the infamous dictator who relentlessly exterminated millions of Jews and other ethnic groups, to be a great leader, "a man with vision." (Hosseini, page 40) This is because to Assef, Hitler is his role model; Assef believes that Hazaras should be exterminated from the face of the earth, as he is determined to ask Daoud Khan, the

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Discuss the concept of contrast between characters i.e. Antigone and Ismene".

In this essay I am going to be talking about the concept of contrast between characters i.e. "Antigone" and "Ismene", in beginning and "Antigone" and "Creon" in scene 2, within the play "Antigone". I am going to contrast the effects that each character gives in individual senses; most of the effects that are shown are mainly expressed in the effects of language/ imagery, themes, symbols, structure and organisation. In the beginning of the play we see that Antigone and her sister Ismene are arguing above the situation of their "brother's death by each other's hand". This effect gives us the impression of conflict throughout the play. We see that Ismene has a deep respect for those how are above her in politics and family, where as Antigone has a different view on how she represents her self towards other people, she dignifies the way how she dose not ask for help but shows that she is determined towards her brothers death, we see this when she says "then in future I will not bid you help me". However "ismene" sees it differently "we now left alone - do but consider how most miserable we too shall perish" in this I think that "ismene" has lost all hope in the family as well as a human being, she yet tries to confine in her sister by self pity in a sense that "antigone" would understand where she is coming from as honouring the law. On the other hand in scene 2 we also see

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Like water for chocolate. How a recipes like Gertrudis. Sugar represents the love that Gertrudis has in her.

Gertrudis Chocolate fondue! * 1 kg of grated cocoa seeds * 5 table spoons of sugar * Rose extract * Grounded chili powder The ambiguity of chocolate is very similar to the complex character of Gertrudis. Gertrudis is the only daughter who is able to be emancipated from her tyrannical mother: she has the courage; she is pushed by some extraordinary power to leave and make her own life. Chocolate is known as a sweet treat nowadays, when in Mexico it was used as raw cacao beans and was very strong if not cooked and prepared carefully. The chocolate represents her very strong character as revolutionary leader; her leadership - her desire to be considered not less then a man on the battlefield, "how she had triumphed in life. She was a general in the revolutionary army."(163). She has the power to make decisions for her own troops, like no other woman in the family; she has broken the traditions - just as the chocolate can make a person change in a glimpse of a second due to its hardness and tenderness at the same time. The chocolate can also represent the very energetic character she has. She is always intrigued by task that involves "rhythm, movement or music"(11), which also has its inconvenient, leaving Gertrudis flittering from one task to the other, rarely concentrating on difficult or uninteresting duties. Sugar represents the love that Gertrudis has in her.

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Scarlet Letter Chapter Commentary Practice

The wistful and paranoid tones in Chapter 22 of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reflects Hester Prynne's optimism in the success of her escape to the Old World, but in turn her constant fear of all the effort being undone by outside forces. Hester is hopeful that Minister Dimmesdale and she, along with their daughter Pearl, will be able to make a new life for themselves in England, because of their previous encounter in the woods the other day. Her confidence in the preparation is waning due to the interference of Roger Chillingsworth, her husband, and a conversation with Mistress Hibbins on Election Day. The author's diction enlightens the reader to the elaborate disintegration of Hester's positive outlook on the upcoming journey to break away from the unchanging Puritan systematical way of life. "At the final hour" of Hester's residence in New England, she, in conjunction with Pearl, has a feeling of "dread [,] inspired" by the "remoteness and intangibility" that Reverend Dimmesdale exhibits while in the procession. Soon the reunited family is to board a ship, setting sail to a fresh start at life as a whole unit. When the holy reverend appears, Hester and Pearl are moved to a state of unease at his isolated and otherworldly appearance. In Pearl's account of her interaction with the "swarthy-cheeked wild [man] of

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