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    Who is Gwendoyn Brooks?

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    Gwendolyn Brooks was one of the many great writers. In her early poetry, Brooks attacked racial discrimination, praised African American heroes, and satirized booth blacks and whites. She showed great mastery of classic and Modernist poetic techniques. Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7,1917 in Topeka, Kansas. She grew up in the Chicago community called Bronzeville (Brooks 1). Gwendolyn Brooks parents was David and Kiziah Brooks. Her mother was a school teacher. Gwendolyn's father was

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    Historically, in Western culture, who are some of those who have written/worked for justice from jail? Along with King, Miguel de Cervantes, Rustichello de Pisa, Henry David Thoreau, O. Henry, Oscar Wilde, Nelson Mandela, Jean Genet, E.E. Cummings, and Jack Abbott have all written a work of literature from prison. What does King offer as his reason for being in Birmingham? King offered that his reason for being in Birmingham was due to a nonviolent direct action program. King was the president

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    The Theme Of Courage “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are”(E.E Cummings). Courage is a crucial theme in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee indicates that real courage is the ability to stand up for what one believes in even in fear. Although courage is misinterpreted by the narrator Jean Louise Finch (Scout) and her older brother Jeremy Finch (Jem) near the beginning of the novel, they soon come to understand what real courage really is. The theme of courage help

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    Comedy is a universal language. The world was meant to have laughter. However, the definition of comedy can vary from one country to another. What may be hysterical in one part of the world can seem dry to another part. Humor is like baking, there is a whole layout of ingredients needed, different forms and formats, to make up the delicious comedy in our lives. British TV comedy is no exception. British humor has key instructions from laughing at yourself, harsh sarcasm, and humor in about almost

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    Public policy concerning education in prisons decisively emphasizes punitive programming over rehabilitate or educational programming. In regards to higher education in prisons the persuasive public echo of “why should criminals get for free what the rest of us pay for” is a falsehood built on the backs of these rulings. I would argue that the education paid for through incarceration entails a greater personal cost of freedoms than a paid tuition could ever represent. I doubt anyone would ever go

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    social media can increase our risk for depression. “To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing it’s best, night and day to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human can fight, and never stop fighting.” -E.E. Cummings Have you ever noticed that once a person mentions that they’re depressed in a conversation, it’s usually followed by an uncomfortable silence? Is depression really such a bad thing to talk about? Often people will say, “Oh, it’ll be fine,” or

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    Brittany Woelber Final Examination American Literature Brucker 1) In the poem “the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Eliot, there is many lines that put forward J. Alfred Prufrock’s loneliness. Alfred is alone, and not only that but he is growing old alone. He has no one to look after him to make sure he is safe, no one to make him happy or bring company into his life, no wife, no children, and Alfred also seems as though he is not happy with himself. In lines 73 and 74 : ““I should have been a

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    My Life At Penn State

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    I see things differently now. Knowing that I really did not want to pursue my career as an Actuary, my thoughts wandered to the area of public health, specifically healthcare management. When I first read this excerpt by E.E. Cummings, I realized that I have been fighting the same battle throughout my undergraduate life at Penn State. I have finally come to understand that I must pursue my own path. I need a career that will help a large number of people and will continuously challenge and motivate

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    History has had an inarguable and behemoth impact on the trajectory of art and literature that it surrounds. Quite often, these mediums are a mere reflection of the artist's or author’s existence, and can be viewed as heavily autobiographical, regardless if the artist acknowledges this or not. In fact, many artists and authors will deny that their work is influenced by outside events, and wish to attest that their productions are sporadically born out of the creative abyss of their minds. However

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    you again. Margaret P.S. Enclosed is a poem I think you should read." Koren was upset the most by the fact that her fondness of drinking, somehow, caused her to lose the trust of her distant friend. She replied to her pen pal with a poem by E.E. Cummings, "Since feeling is first Who pays attention To the syntax of things Will never wholly kiss you: Wholly to be a fool While Spring is in the world." This showed that Koren did not care about other people's opinions about her problems. She

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