06 Red Shift Poem Analysis

Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker's dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred, and humility experienced by the “Californios” through rhythm, arrangement, tone, and most importantly, through use of language.

First, although the laws in place seem to indicate that there was sex work persecution, the variability in their application demonstrates the superficiality of prostitution condemnation. Indeed, it must be noted that the local police maintained a working relationship with many brothels, who traded protection for political favors, for information about the local mafia, and even for the monopoly of the beverage sold in brothels, although these connections varied considerably depending on political contexts (K. Herland, personal communication, October 2, 2015). For instance, mayor Drapeau’s “cleaning up” of the city coincided with the end of this system of mutual support, as

From the beginning of William Carlos Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” the reader is captured by the statement “so much depends” (Williams line 1). As this short work continues the reader is seeing a graceful image that Williams creates. The mind’s eye can envision a painting that is tranquil, yet has the quiet activity of a rural farm home. With this in mind, what exactly is the author sharing with the reader? The poem communicates charmingly the dependence a man has for a vital piece of equipment.

The use of line breaks and symbolism in the two poems “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins and “Outdistanced” by Larry Rubin punctuate the shared theme that a willful lack of self-awareness can quickly lead to a greater societal ignorance of what should shape humanity.

Red, in this book, is a fearful, atrocious color that represents all the chaos and destruction that happens everywhere. Death said, “ That basement was not a washroom and they were not sent there for a shower.” He was talking about how all the Jews in the concentration camps that were getting murdered every day in what was called, “Showers.” Including that where the air raids coming to Himmel Street. The most fatal air raid occurred during the night when no one was aware and all sleeping. On that day, everyone was murdered without a chance of survival. Everyone, but Liesel was dead and lifeless.

Laurent Cantet tried to make Entre les murs as true to the real situation in the “banlieues” (suburbs) of Paris through

and that he believes them. The poem also translates into how living in the city is toilsome and that the city is unrelenting. On the other hand it shows how the city can be prosperous and happy with the city’s disadvantages. in the second half of the poem it’s telling how nomatter what is wrong with the city, the people are still proud of who they are.

✔The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane starts off by talking about the soldiers and how they are well prepared and are going into battle with full force. In line 3 he says “ The men at the head butted mules with their musket stocks. They prodded teamsters indifferent to all howls. The men forced their way through parts of the dene mass by strength.” Showing how well prepared they were mentally and physically going into battle. The soldier himself didn’t feel the same way other soldiers had. Showing how scared the main character was, when the rest of the characters were brave and ready to fight.In the poem they start to talk about how the soldiers camouflaged themselves and how long they waited for the enemy to appear. In line 1 Yusef Komunyakaa says that “ We tied branches to our helmets. We painted our faces & rifles with mud from a riverbank.” He then had said in the poem how they were mentally very patient in the war waiting for their enemy to come. Showing a difference between the characters that in the poem the main characters were brave and ready to fight, while the character in the novel excerpt had a different personality and was very scared and had no courage to go to war. ✔The theme of both of the novel except and the poem are the same. In the “ The Red Badge of Courage” shows how a character named Henry badger that runs away from the war with fear, realizing that he has to go back or otherwise he would carry a guilt that he wasn't courageous and masculine

In the times of the Romans, about the thirteenth and fourteenth century, Maurice de Sully had created the area around Notre-Dame to be the heart of Paris (Horne 11). Regardless, over the years, this idea faded and in the sixtieth century, the provost of Paris had made the neighboring streets the designated spot for prostitution (Horne 11). In the text, we see that these women were called names like “creatures”, taking part in acts “with words and gestures well matched for obscenity” (Mercier 95). If we compare the names their being called to the fact that these women were told to work within these boundaries of the city, we can picture the kinds of feelings being thrust upon them by society. There is importance behind the distinctions the French government made to create an area for this lifestyle. Whether or not it was to continue such action to an area or make it easier to partake is inconsequential. They created a divide amongst women they deemed as wives and the prostitutes. One could guess that was societies way of perpetuating the idea that women are only useful as wives and mothers. The names of these districts were unpleasant calling it, “whore in hiding”. “The noises and smells around this area in medieval Paris must have been unspeakable” (Horne 36). We can speculate that this kind of behavior plagued most of the society. A

Within the eighteenth-century Parisian police reports are about singular events, containing the unique experiences of individuals -- the only recorded experiences of many. When she arrives, the reports are a jumbled mess, as sheer recollection is not enough. She must reconstruct the context of these events and rearrange them in the most useful way, one which will create a narrative of the past. In many cases, “the archive miniaturizes the historical object.” The expressions of one’s desires, fears, loves, and miseries can reveal larger social movements, describes Farge. She is not merely concerned about singular events, but the larger historical themes to which the events point. Undeniably, the experiences of the individual are inextricably linked to a surrounding society. Therefore, police reports (individually or collectively) hint at broader societal trends. One example she uses is an illiterate man, Thorin, who was imprisoned in the Bastille, and how his disjointed writings “retained a voice, an intonation, a rhythm.” As a result, she uncovered evidence of an auditory

The protagonist, Meursault, is a man who lives in Algiers, who evidentially shows he has an indifferent attitude toward his surroundings. He receives a telegram, explaining that his mother has died. She had lived in an old people’s home and Meursault shows his thoughts on the impacting news. “Mamma died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know… that doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was

Paris was considered the city of love, for the past decades, but Cat Noir’s preference of Paris was the city of divine arts. He stood on top of a tall building, looking down upon upon the police cars that eagerly waited for him to make his appearance.

This painting was meant to stir nostalgia for the bygone days in Montreal. The painting offers a fascinating portal back to the days when downtown Montreal was a magnet, not just for the locals but also for the many entertainers who partied with vigor in the city. We can interpret from the painting that there was a time when the city never slept, and when Bens restaurant was the place to go to both start and end the day.

Every city is hallowed with a corner that is under the blanket of darkness at every hour of the day. The shadows of such dwellings are suggested to be taking away the daylight. The residents of these caverns are cursed and are objectionable in the culture. The lives of the people residing in these areas are in interminable dimness. Surprisingly, this black junction is popularly known as“the red light area.”

Sanvergogne had parked the car in front of my apartment building, and was waiting for me, behind the wheel. He held the newspaper almost against his big flat nose. And when I say: “the newspaper” I really mean: “The” newspaper. The same old newspaper-“Le Parisien”- he had picked up, I do not know where, nor when, and occasionally opened when he fancied the idea. I must add that if he kept his beloved ‘Le Parisien’ in front of his eyes, he actually never read it. He only held it there, hiding behind it. This was his way to keep abreast of what was going on in our City, and I must admit that nothing happened in Paris without my remarkable friend having knowledge of it…