Paul Zimmer states, “Even now when I hide behind my elaborate mask it is always known that I am Zimmer” (Lines 21-23). In this last paragraph from “Zimmer in Grade School” Zimmer brings the poem to present tense and makes a self reflection of himself now. Robert Hayden also has an element of self reflection in his last paragraph from “Those Winter Sundays”, “What did I know, what did I know of love’s austere and lonely offices?” (Lines 13-14) He is now speaking from an adult’s perspective by reflecting on past emotions and looking back and asking himself what did he know about the consequences love has sometimes. Both authors write in a mature manner throughout their poems, but have a really good way of putting the reader right back in the scene they were in. Zimmer makes a statement in which it seems like he is speaking from a younger age.
The message of a poem can be given in many ways and the poet must consider all elements and focus on their chosen technique to convey it. Longfellow’s poem is listed on many websites as Native American poetry (which it will be used as such in this paper) but further searching revealed that it is enjoyed by many English speaking cultures. The poem is a lyric which means that is songlike, does not tell a story, but relates and describes feelings (Russell, 2009, p. 172). Longfellow’s poem also utilizes an end rhyme that changes every two lines which is aided by keeping each line between seven and nine syllables. The poem is an analogy and does not directly say what it means but leaves it up to the reader to figure it out for themselves.
Because, they are being chase by the biker gang and together the girl, grandma, and the grandma’s dog they hide under a dock distance away from the bikers but the dog won’t stop barking so the grandma makes the decision to kill her dog for the safety of the girl and her grandma. This is when the girl realizes that the grandma would do anything for her. The story of “How Far She Went” is told in third person complete omniscient as the story presents the thought or feelings of both the grandma and the girl. When the girl is sent to her grandma’s house by her dad she is mad, upset, and doesn’t agree with her grandmother’s being. In the other hand, her grandmother is the old school type of lady but cares very much for the girl and Mary Hood presents this throughout the story.
Comparatively, she is unexpectedly thrown into the unknown when her family dies and she is left to help the community and forget about her needs. As the panic sets in when she enters the shaft, she is facing more and more doubts about her future separately. Brooks also shows the reader an insight into the world of the people living with the Plague: dark, dangerous, and seemingly hopeless. Overall, Brooks uses symbolism to show aspects of the Plague’s influence on Anna and the town in
“A Worn Path” written by Eudora Welty outlines the struggles of Phoenix Jackson, an old Negro woman on one of her many treacherous journeys through the Natchez, Mississippi wilderness to a medical clinic in town sometime after the Civil War. She makes the journeys for her infant grandson who is in need of medicine for his throat which he injured by drinking lye on a previous occasion. Phoenix is very determined and persists to overcome all the obstacles encountered on her journey and demonstrates her determination, unselfishness, and courageous nature even though she obviously suffers from dementia. We join Phoenix on her latest journey down the worn path through the thick woods where she is determined to accomplish her ultimate goal. She must keep the animals from scurrying under her feet by swishing the cane about her feet.
Steinbeck uses Curley's wife's character to depict the inferiority of women. He also uses her to inform the reader of the dire range of choices for women of that era. Steinbeck creates the character of Curley's wife to show the reader that life as a house wife is dull and repetitive. He does that by making Curley's wife not fit into the expected mould of a married house wife. She is a lonely character constantly searching for attention, even if it is from ranch workers, cripples and the coloured.
Sam Larson AP English, Period 8 Mrs. Koenig 24 October 2011 The Role of Race in “A Worn Path” “A Worn Path” is a short story about an African-American woman from the Deep South who must travel to a nearby town in order to buy medicine for her sick grandson. Written by American author Eudora Welty, famous for writing stories about the Deep South, this story is criticized by many for its use of race and how racism is openly alluded to. “A Worn Path” begins by introducing the reader to an old African-American woman, Phoenix Jackson. Phoenix is traveling through the woods on her way to pick up medicine for her grandson, for he is sick with a throat ailment. While traveling through the woods, Phoenix talks to herself and to her surroundings, sounding off against the native animals so that they may leave her alone.
The slaying of Susie devastated her whole town and brought them closer together. Losing such a young and bright student such as Susie in a horrible way such as murder and rape, the town would react in the same manner because murder never took place in their small Pennsylvania town. Death is portrayed as a sad and depressing entity. Although everyone will experience some sort of death in their lifetime, many do not know how to handle a sudden and brutal one. For the Salmon family, the death of their daughter Susie is a tremendous task to try and cope with because of how she died.
They saved the meat for another time when they were rally starving. The two women knew they could not stay here in this awful place were there tribe left them, they needed a place with a little life such as the river. This trip to them was the worst. They made snow shoes to help them throughout the trip and each night they would dig themselves a pit to sleep in and to keep the cold from killing them. When morning hit each time the women were weaker and they had to build up the courage to get up every time because they knew if they were not moving then they would die for sure.
Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections CJA/374 Juvenile Justice System and Processes July 2013 Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections This paper is based on case study one: Colleen M. Colleen is a 15-year-old Caucasian female who lives with her aunt on a farm she is from a broken home initially. Her father abandoned the family and her mother is in a drug rehabilitation program. Prior to this incident Colleen had no contact with the law for the exception of running away from home in the past. Colleen is presently in trouble with the law and the dispute centers around Colleen’s dog biting a neighbor. The neighbor threatened Colleen and tried to take her dog to animal control after she was bitten.