Women On The Beach

Women On a Beach By: Chuming Sun The poem I decided to analyze is Ann Michael’s “Women On a Beach”. In this poem, imagery is used in almost every line. The vivid imagery of the poem makes it really emotional and draws in the emotions of readers. The poem describes a perfect dreamy afternoon that eventually turns to night. The description of color is ubiquitous in this poem. The red shirt in contrast with pale sky is artfully described as a “stab” in the sky. The pink and brown sweaters and the white sails add to the colorful imagery and almost immediately the reader can imagine the beach-side scene. What makes the everyday unique is the way you are; the poem uses phrases such as “Light chooses” and ”the wind’s finger”, to personify and to show the tenderness of nature. The curving women’s body represents the curving shoreline. When the author said “air the colour of tangerines” it is a metaphor to represent the sunset. The last 4 sentences in the poem begin to cool down and make the poem feel really slow. Example from the text was the author describes nightfall as “Night exhales it’s long held breath” and turns a banal sunset into an exquisite scene. The last sentence of this poem the author wrote “In the moonlight, a boulder of women”, which is a strong imagery to end the poem and leaves readers room for imagination.

Statement of Intent

Statement of Intent Independent Study Project 1984(George Orwell) July 26 2014 By: Chuming Sun The topic for my ISU will be on George Orwell’s demonstration of symbolism and images in the book 1984. Throughout this book, symbolism can been seen and is widely used. Winston’s dream, the portrait that was in the bedroom of the bookstore and the dream that Winston’s had about O’Brien are all examples of symbolism In my ISU, I will try to demonstrate that there are many strong symbols in the book 1984 and that all the symbols work together to express the themes of the book. The symbols that were used through this book had strong meanings. Even though most of the symbols did not directly affect the flow of the story, but they were there to convey/send a strong message to the reader and sometimes even reveal what will happen in the future. I will show and explain all the symbols that are indicated in the story. The main points that will be considered in this paper are: One of the main symbols seen in the book 1984 is the image that is located in the upper room of the bookstore. The image symbolizes the past and the loss of/stolen power of the party. The paper that Winston buys symbolizes the past from which he was trying to recover. When the party members decided to arrest him due to thought crimes it showed that his dream was shattered. Winston’s dream was about O’Brien speaking of where they will meet in the future and it is an ironic symbol of what will happen at the end of the book. The main challenges that I will face in this ISP will be to truly understand the symbols in the book, because everyone has different points of view when reading the book. The second challenge that I will have will be to keep my essay within the word limit while adequately expressing my opinions. Primary Sources: Orwell, George, and Erich Fromm. 1984: a novel. New York, N.Y.: Signet Classic, 19611949. Print. George Orwell's 1984. Dir. Ned Judge. Perf. Michael Radford Simon Perry Michael Radford George Orwell John Hurt Richard Burton Suzanna Hamilton Cyrill Dominic Muldowney Eurythmics Roger Deakins Tom Priestley. Discovery Communications, Inc. :, 2003. . Secondary Sources: "1984: An Alternative Analysis of the Classic Dystopian Novel." Understanding Weakness. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 June 2014. . "Symbolism in 1984" StudyMode.com. 08 2007. 2007. 08 2007 . "Symbolism in 1984" BigNerds.com. 28 2008. 2008. 28 2008 . 1984. Dir. Michael Radford. MGM, 1984. Film.

My Essay Structure

Essay Structure Chuming Sun This essay is effective because in the introduction, the author starts off with a rhetorical question that interests a reader. After having grabbed the attention, she moves to the specifics and alludes to big names of famous writers, names such as Dan Browne, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe and many more. It adds a sense of reliability to the reader if he or she has read off of any of these names. After that, the author makes a smooth transition to the real thesis of the essay which is, “Agatha Christie is Queen of Crime Fiction.” It is an effective thesis because she wrote it in a contradicting form- speaking of two other authors and how one might consider them the Queen of Crime Fiction, but then rebuts it by saying Christie is Queen and follows that statement with immediate reinforcement. Another very effective thing that was done by the author is using details from Agatha Christie’s novels without actually retelling the story. The author adds some specific novels of Agatha Christie’s for the reader to refer to after reading this essay. In the conclusion, the author made a captivating introduction. In the main body, the writer talks with specifics, about Agatha Christie, her work and its notable qualities. The author also includes the general, talking about readers and their comfort. Finally, this essay is effective because it follows the proper format. The introduction states the thesis and three points that support it, there are also paragraphs that follow which explain each argument in detail, starting with the strongest argument first. Finally, there is the concluding paragraph which restates the thesis for reinforcement in the reader’s memory.

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Dear Katrina, In your essay Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, when you talk about Middle English, I found it to be plagiarized. I believe this is plagiarized because when I referred to C. Hugh Holman’s A Handbook to Literature, I noticed that the excerpt from the book and your essay follow the same exact order when stating information and are very similar throughout the paragraph. Although you argue that this is common knowledge, I believe you would have never found out of such detailed facts without doing research. You had to gather information from reliable sources. This leads me to believe that your claim of common sense is invalid and that the original material was not written by you. The author of the book spent years of careful investigation to be able to publish that information in a book, for you to just take it and rephrase it is unjust to the author’s labours. Taking information for an essay is justifiable for reinforcement of facts, however, there are no citations showing where it was taken from nor are there quotation marks enclosing any part of the writing. In the book, A Handbook to Literature it says: “English as spoken and written in the period following the Norman Conquest” while your essay wrote: “We know that Middle English refers to the type of English that people used in the time period after the Norman Conquest”. Your essay and the definition from the book are similar. You may have paraphrased it and claimed it being common sense, but to most onlookers, they can see how they both present information in the same manner and order. My advice to you is cite your sources as long as the main knowledge or idea is derived from someone else’s work. Sincerely, Mr. Sun