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Swift's Gulliver's Travels Throughout the entire book, the reader is kept constantly aware of his own presence (by Swift's repeated mention of "the reader") and the speaker, who often uses "I," "me," and occasionally "we" -- a self-centered narrator if ever there was one.
5) Based on what you've read, is this really a work for children? What is going on here that might fly right over the heads of most young children? This book satirizes almost every institution of Swift's day, from the government to the Church. The fact the Lilliputians and Blefuscuans are fighting over which end of the egg to eat first is funy to children, but has deeper and somewhat sadder implications for adults.
6) Describe the narrator. What kind of character is he? What observational details does he choose to focus on? What, if anything, do these observations tell us about his own preoccupations or obsessions? Te things Gulliver notices seem to shift with each new country and his changing attitude. In Lilliput, he focuses on the organization of their government and cities, just as they do. In Laputa, even when describing the physical dimensions of the island, he ranges into incredibly detailed scientific observations. Gulliver is gullible -- easily molded by his environment.
8) This work is not solely narrative as Swift includes other documents (letters, articles of impeachment, etc.). What is the effect of these inclusions? Are they merely distracting? Are they intended to add credibility to the text itself? Select one such inclusion and note the effect on your reading of the whole. The articles of impeachment that pertain to Gulliver in his first voyage serve to sharpen the satire of over-officiousness and the tyranny of bureaucracy that he sees at work in Lilliput. They are also highly unbelievable, however, which seems to emphasize that this is a work of fiction rather than strengthening the "truth" of the narrative.
American Literature "Song of Myself" stanzas 1-21 by Walt Whitman Pride in the self and one's perseverance at life "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. "I am satisfied -- I see, dance, laugh, sing;" Equality and the view of American lands "And it means, sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, growing among black folks as
Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" The Road Not Taken Although readers have a tendency to miss this element from the poem, the title is probably the largest giveaway, particularly with the Poem, "Road Not Taken." A lot of individuals have got the idea that The Road Not Taken is actually a good poem about simply being different as well as choosing the road that no individual will take; that it
The remainder of the poem assumes a more regularly rhythmic form, although the meter is not strict. Some of the remaining lines and stanzas follow an iambic hexameter, such as stanza three. However, many of the lines are in anapestic hexameter, or contain combinations of various meters. The poet inserts dactylic and anapestic feet along with iambic and also trochaic ones for intensity and variation, much as one would
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Unfair Robert Francis was an American poet whose work is reminiscent of Robert Francis, his mentor. Francis' writing has often compared to other writers such as Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Henry David Thoreau. Although Francis's work has frequently been neglected and is "often excluded from major anthologies of American poetry," those that have read his work have praised him and his writing. In "Fair and Unfair," Francis comments on balance
Your answer should be at least five sentences long. The Legend of Arthur Lesson 1 Journal Entry # 9 of 16 Journal Exercise 1.7A: Honor and Loyalty 1. Consider how Arthur's actions and personality agree with or challenge your definition of honor. Write a few sentences comparing your definition (from Journal 1.6A) with Arthur's actions and personality. 2. Write a brief paragraph explaining the importance or unimportance of loyalty in being honorable. Lesson 1 Journal