Sandra Lee Scheuer Gary Geddes poem titled, “Sandra Lee Scheuer”, is written as a response to a tragic death reported in a small news excerpt from the Akron Beacon Journal. Within the poem Geddes truly puts a face to a young woman who was murdered by an Ohio National guard during a student protest. The poem brings us into the day in a life of an unassuming student who may have otherwise only been known through her closest family and friends. In contrast, the Akron Beacon Journal explains the death of Sandra Lee Scheuer as unjustified due to her seemingly proper stature by comparison to her peers. Both of the writings exemplify a certain regret towards her death, yet Gedds' poetry creates an artistic channel which quickly pulls on the reigns of the readers emotions.
In the poem ‘Poppies’, the mother feels very sad; “Three days before Armistice Sunday and poppies had already been placed on individual war graves” this is a reminder that war kills people which makes her sad as her son might be killed in war. She also feels very scared; “I pinned one onto your lapel, crimped petals, spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade of yellow bias binding around your blazer” this suggests that she might be thinking of her son which wounds her emotionally as he might be wounded in war. Similarly, the mother in ‘At the Border, 1979’ also feels very emotional as they are going back to their homeland; “We are going home”, this suggests that the mother is very happy that they are back, however, the narrator doesn’t seem to understand why the adults become very emotional when the two countries looked identical. In “At the Border, 1979”, Choman Hardi uses a child perspective to view the absurdities of both adult behaviour and borders that were caused by conflicts. In this poem, the narrator doesn’t understand why crossing the border was very important to the adults when it’s physically easy to cross.
For example in “Destroying Avalon” Avalon had to face the death of her best friend Marshall who took his own life because of being bullied for so many years and not letting anyone to support him through his tough times. “Marshall is dead” was repeated in the book to emphasize the feeling of grief Avalon faced. In “The Colour Purple” death and loss is shown when both Celie’s children are taken away from her at birth and is given the impression that they where killed. Bullying occurs the day you are born by society determining colours, interest and behaviours that suit the type of gender you are. However bullying doesn’t really show it’s self until we go to school, this style of bullying can be verbal, physical or electronic.
Lysandra goes through several stages once her bet friend beats her in a poetry contest that meant a lot to Lysandra. There things were ignoring, betrayal and holding a grudge. Firstly, the conflict vs. character (Lysandra and Elaine) is shown by Lysandra and Elaine not talking anymore once Elaine won the poetry contest. I know this because Elaine says, “Lysandra withdraws into a secret self and refused to speak to me” (70). Obviously, the conflict between Lysandra and Elaine is shown by Lysandra being so mad she withdraws on her dream to be to herself.
A young lady known as Eva Smith died a slow and painful death by drinking disinfectant. Inspector Goole asked questions and we learn that each member has a connection to do with the death. We later find out the inspector wasn’t a real inspector. Mr Birling then receives a phone call from a real inspector who told him a young girl committed suicide and they were going to be questioned. The
Its just I cant help thinking about this girl-destroying her life so horribly.’ This shows Sheila feels commiseration and sensitivity towards Eva and her death which comes across as genuine regret when she realises she could be linked to her suicide. Mr Birling interrupts her questioning by becoming even more aggressive when trying to defend her daughter. The phrase ‘why the devil do you want to go upsetting a child like that’ that he uses shows he is more concerned that his daughter has been affected by feelings of guilt and shame for what they might have done to Eva Smith. He doesn’t realise the depth of the familys involvement and still feels able to be bitter and outspoken towards the inspector. However, this does impact the inspector at all because he continues his questioning with Sheila further.
English Homework Everyday Use by Alice Walker 1. Maggie and Dee, the two sisters in this story, are very different. By contrasting characters, or keeping track of the ways they are different, you can understand this story better. Write two things that you learn about Maggie and two about Dee that keeps them at odds with each other. After Maggie’s accident, in which she got burned by a fire that happened in her old house, she laced of confidence because of the way her skin ended looked, this made her not going to school.
Suu Kyi, in her feministic speech, Keynote emphasizes of the uneven distribution of power between the genders through a personal anecdote, “Last Month, I was released from almost six years of house arrest”. She positions herself in a dire situation as her experiences with sexual discrimination within Burma have awakened herself in representing the women community. The responders will become sympathetic towards Suu Kyi, hence, being emotionally attached and intrigued. Margaret Atwood utillises pathos in regards to humour unlike the compassion generated in Keynote in order to reinforce the fact that the portrayal on women in literature is mistreated. She mocks the nonsense remarks towards her literature through the biblical allusion, “this is a matter which should more properly be taken up with god”, emphasizing how it is a matter outside the range of power.
Kate’s journey is a physical and emotional journey of her experiences between the ages of twelve to her suicidal death. Kate started off as a sweet, carefree girl growing up in a criminal family watched carefully but the corrupt police. Throughout her emotional and physical journey Bedford shows Kate’s growth and development through a number of themes, issues and writing techniques. Bedford metaphorically links Kate to the seasons. On page seven Bedford writes; “It was a time of muddled feelings, at one moment part of the strong rhythms of the seasons and at another, at odds with everything natural and blooming” – Kate.
Sombre non-diegetic music sets the mood, while an extreme close-up focuses on her fumbling hands. Voice over is used while Plath is recites her poem, “The Arrival of the Bee Box”, which metaphorically captures her search for freedom, and the director’s perspective that Plath’s suicide freed her from the trappings of her unfaithful lover. The picture book The Emperors New Clothes shows how perspectives which conflict are often changed to conform. Hughes’ Red conveys conflicting perspectives through the personification of colour into personalities of Plath. The Minotaur shows Hughes’ subjective view and conflicts with Plath’s view portrayed in