To Be Of Use Marcy Piercy Analysis

“Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don’t make it wait any longer.”(Maraboli) When you make that decision in your life that you aren’t content with where you are, it finally clicks that you need to get up and make that change in your life. Giving yourself the power to go in any direction and being able to make the decision on how your attitude will affect your day. Knowing your self worth even at the lowest points in life that when you want to be great, you will be. It may not be easy to climb out of your lowest points because you start to make excuses for yourself on why you could never be happy again. Thinking that it just isn’t meant for you to be successful after the depressing times you have been through. Similar to, “Fight Song,” Rachel Platten wrote this song at her worst times in her life, but used it to remind her not to give up, that she believed in herself and still had fight left. The rhetorical devices used in Rachel Patton’s “Fight Song” are intended to reveal to the listener that to empower yourself, the listener needs to make those changes their life for their own happiness.

Focusing on micro examples in order to explain a macro concept is the basis of what Donald Wright wanted to do with his book “The World and a Very Small Place in Africa”. In this text, Wright explores the concept of globalization in the small country of Niumi, a country in West Africa with the Gambia river flowing through it’s land. With it’s position in Northern West Africa, Niumi was a major part in the expansion of Europeans for a great part of world history. This expansion impacted the civilization of Niumi during the European Colonial era, and after the colonial era. Globalization, a major theme in our lectures, was a controlling theme and major concept Mr. Wright discusses throughout this book. His micro connection with Niumi & globalization can apply to other

In the minds of most people, the words, "hard work" and "heavy labor" carry a negative connotation.  What these words imply is not something that is generally welcomed with enthusiasm but is often accepted either by force or obligation.  Marge Piercy's poem "To Be of Use" conveys an opposing connotation about the idea of work.  The central theme of the poem is that satisfaction, gratification, and self-fulfillment can be attained by using one's capabilities to serve a functional purpose in life, for it is the opinion of the speaker that an idle existence has no value or significance because it is worthless, vain, futile, and

And my teacher, who gave me her own pencil when she saw I had none.” (Patricia McCormick,29).They know they have a lot to do once they get their wages and have money,but they do not care about it till the time comes for it,instead they see what they can do at that time in that place to make their family happy.They can go through a lot but at the same time be happy with what they have,but they cannot hold it for long and soon they will break down and maybe will not be able to take in what is happening to them

In her essay “Everyday Moments” Beth reminds us that “Life is not about achieving goals or reaching milestones but rather about appreciating each and every day for what it’s worth” (Beth, par.1). This essay encourages us to answer the questions of when we will stop waiting and start living our lives. Beth did a wonderful job of communicating that humans should start to define their self worth, not by their biggest accomplishment, but by their personality and weird quirks.

We live in a world many people or actions can bring misfortunes towards society; however, through those dark times, there is always going to be light that shines in a person that can impact the world or a just a single person. Many people can be given a platform through these situations in which they are able to gain the talent of speaking their minds or having the determination to make the situation better. Others are able to have the talent of writing down the issues going on without expressing the idea in general, they have the talent of bringing awareness through writing. Horace states the following, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” Horace is able to pinpoint that with a tragedy it allows

Mr. Guerrero qualifies as extraordinary. His debut album “FEYAS” was praised by Jazz Times Magazine calling him “A dazzling pyrotechnician and accomplished composer. This is one of the most startling and rewarding piano-led debuts since 4-time Grammy Award Winner Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s 1990 Blue Note offering, Discovery: Live at Montreux.”

A strong will, high work ethic, and as sense of ambition is what truly makes people great. The desire to constantly better yourself and to work hard for others, just so happens to be left out of some people’s lives, which can be detrimental to themselves as a result; for those who put their everything into everything that they do strike awe in all that see them. In Marge Piercy’s poem “To Be of Use”, she paints the picture of the people whom she wants to be in the company of, which just so happens to be those with strong work ethics. The reason why Piercy most-likely wants to be around people who demonstrate those traits is because people have a tendency of aligning themselves with whomever they stay around the most. Without the hard work of many different people in any society, much of what the world has grown to enjoy and take for granted would simply not exist such as Medical and technological advancements, massive food production, and even literature and other forms of

Tikvah Omole Mrs. Thielman Communications 10 Too Good to Be True “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is a quote written by Lord Acton that summarizes Animal Farm. Animal Farm was written by George Orwell and in it, he showed the different ways that logical fallacies were used during the Russian Revolution. Stalin used the media to influence the way that people thought about him and in animal farm, Stalin is depicted as Napoleon and his mouthpiece/propaganda is Squealer. For the sake of upholding influence over the working class on Animal Farm, Squealer sways the animals into believing that Napoleon was good and Snowball bad through the use of many logical fallacies and some of them are biased language, and illogical reasoning

Work was ploughing the fields or picking grapes; work was long hours in dark and dirty factories, where you had to yield to the authority of other men. Work was tiring and it was joyless. It was coming home with joints aching, with rough hands covered in grease and dirty. Work was toil. The working men and women of his household, his parents and siblings, came home depleted; dripping in sweat, smelling of grease, of glues and rubber. Work was what men did, had to do to look after their families. He knew that those wealthy enough to be educated did other work – they were doctors or lawyers or engineers and he imagined that their work was easier, that they derived some pleasure from it, but that was not the kind of work that he would ever do, maybe his children, his children’s

Anyone can make a large difference by the smallest act. Many authors find ways to use their writing to help make a large difference in the world. Marge Piercy does this in her poem “What’s That Smell in the Kitchen?” This poem was used to help boost the feminist movement for equality. Her poem engulfs the idea that one small act can help to make a large difference in the feminist movement, and she does this using several poetic techniques.

I forgot the best of them would go without my every spending a day or a dollar enjoying them. That’s my life story in those few words, a life never lived.” (LaRocco & Coughlin, 1996, p. 109) She gets it now even when it seems too late. Yet many can learn from her mistakes to find ‘it’ early in life so life is not wasted.

Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build. It also takes a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. Ambition is often the driving force in one’s life, and it will be hurtful. We can see that in “The Pearl,” “Viva la Vida,” and my personal experience. As we read “The Pearl,” we saw how ambition is very hurtful.

‘Seeking the Edge' is a book wrote by Dr. Joseph L. Rose, a professor at Pennsylvania State University in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department. This book contains a lot of advice and motivating stories for improving our life as a student and also as a human in general. From the short stories that were in the book, we can apply some of it to our own life. For example, there was a chapter called ‘On Happiness and Pleasant Thoughts'. In this chapter, there is a short story called ‘Enjoy the Moment' that tell the readers to always appreciate your life every single day. This is because we don't know which part of our life will become the best moment for us. This story

The point is that one of the greatest sources of personal satisfaction is utilizing a strength and making a difference with it, because that strength represents the best version