Anna Sidhu September 26‚ 2010 Unit 1 – Lesson 1.1 – 1.11 Aunt Poem Literary Response After reading the poem Aunt by Al Young the inference I can make about the aunt’s personality is that she is not afraid to express her emotions whether those feelings are of happiness or anger‚ out going‚ and a generally happy positive person. The reason I know that she is not afraid to express her feelings is from the line in that poem “O & her anger realer than gasoline slung into fire” and “She
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The poems Living in Sin and Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers‚ both written by Adrienne Rich surround women before the civil rights movement when gender equality was inexistent. In Living and Sin and Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers‚ gender inequality and the traditional marriage system are portrayed as discriminatory towards women. However‚ the differences in these poems show that their involvement and motivation to obtain gender equality play important roles in determining their happiness and freedom. To portray similarities
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or objects‚ Jane Hirshfield manages to simplify the complex emotions and ideas within society by utilizing symbolisms of everyday items and experiences to convey her perceptions about nature and regrets in life as well as analyze the complexity of one’s identity. Perhaps Hirshfield’s Zen Buddhist affiliations contribute to the philosophical tone of her poems in their abstract conceptualization of life experiences and emotions. The universal theme throughout the majority of her poems consist of actualization
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The poem I am going to talk about is “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” by ADRIENNE RICH. When I saw the title of the poem‚ the first thing we can know is the speaker had an aunt named Jennifer. Also‚ I thought real tigers would be describing in the poem‚ and I wondered how could a woman rear some tigers. But after I saw the first line of the poem‚ I found out the tigers in the poem were not real. In the first stanza‚ we can see the speaker used the word “prance” to describe the move of the tigers‚ it made
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Dear Aunt Bessie‚ Thank you forgiving me the chance to spend a good amount of money on the things that matter in America. Although some people may think this an easy task‚ I would like to let them know that it was quite difficult. However‚ after a long time of thinking‚ I have decided that women’s suffrage‚ child labor‚ and deforestation are the problems that need to be helped the most. Women’s suffrage will get your first offering of 600‚000 dollars. Jane Adams made a valid point in saying
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January 15‚ 2004 was the day I became an aunt. I just got out of volleyball practice when my cell phone rang. I knew it was my mom calling to tell me sister had the baby because yesterday my sister was having real bad stomachaches. Nervously I answered the phone and sure enough‚ it was my mom saying my sister‚ Jamie‚ had the baby. She was coming to pick me up from practice and we would go straight to the hospital. I couldn’t decide whether to be happy or scared for meeting my niece for the first
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Significant - adjective; important. If there was one person who has made a significant impact in my life‚ there would be no doubt my aunt LaTania. She is hardworking‚ always there for me‚ and has shined throughout all of her struggles. Many people in the world do not have a positive influences and most of them are the ones in trouble. Everyone should have someone like my aunt. As the manager of Source Corp Imaging‚ she has many responsibilities to uphold. Training all employees‚ doing payroll‚ filling
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Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers By Adrienne Rich Aunt Jennifer’s tigers stride across a screen Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. The massive weight of uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand. When Aunt is dead‚ her terrified hands will lie Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered
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put your million dollars? Dear Aunt Bessie‚ It’s an honor that you have chosen me to distribute your entire life earning of one million dollars! I promise you that I wont let you down. America is growing day by day and it needs help because there are many problems that it’s facing. I’ve narrowed it down into four important causes on where your money will go. My choice for the most important cause is the woman’s suffrage‚ this cause will receive your $600‚000. Jane Adams‚ the co-founder Hull House
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Aunty Knows Best Aunt Alexandra’s Thoughts After She Says‚ “We’ll see about this.” (177) First of all‚ how dare she! I feel like I’m raising two crude boys‚ in the stead of the gentleman and lady I feel I am owed! My brother was always vacant in our childhood‚ but I will not allow him to corrupt a whole new generation of Finches‚ especially now that I see how Francis is turning out! You know‚ I’m rather sure that the problem with that little brat Francis is that he must have spent too much time
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