Who Is Sarah Kay

One morning, when I shook Sarah’s hand, she didn’t wake up. Her hand felt cold, so I pulled her yellow blanket up around her shoulders. I crawled back into my own bed and waited. Every few minutes I called, “Where’s Sarah?”, but she just kept on sleeping.

In this assignment I was partnered up with Sarah carney, and in this paper I will discuss Sarah ‘s life history, cultural background, her dream, and my analysis of her dream.

The poem’s structure channeled bountiful information regard the complex emotions within the narrator. The poem started with the word “and” and followed the word “suddenly.” A time sequence is suggested here. It is believed that the speaker tells his

Construct a close reading of this poem that demonstrates your awareness of the poet’s body of work.

The reason I picked this topic is because I admire Anne Hutchinson and the history of her

Sabrina Benaim’s spoken word piece “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” is emotionally overwhelming. Crammed with many impactful metaphors, the poem captures feelings of darkness and loneliness that accompany mental illness. Her hysterical tone barely allows time for breath, stressing to the audience the panic that comes with being trapped inside your own mind. The piece is performed in front of a live audience in Oakland (CA), as part of the 2014 National Poetry Slam semi-finals. The purpose of this essay is to justify why and how the piece “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” is both creative and communication. It shall also address the various strengths and weaknesses the spoken word piece has.

Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay shows a great amount of character development throughout the story. Ten-year-old Jewish girl Sarah Starzynski is involuntarily forced to grow and develop as she is rushed into adulthood during World War II in France. After hiding her brother in a cupboard and being arrested by French police, Sarah is brought to Darcy labor camp. She is ripped away from her mother and father, and when she escapes with her accomplice Rachel they are hidden by Jules and Geneviéve, a French couple on their farm. Rachel’s health quickly deteriorates and when Jules attempts to get a doctor to examine the girl, she is taken by the French soldiers to her death.

Up until and during the mid -1800’s, women were stereotyped and not given the same rights that men had. Women were not allowed to vote, speak publically, stand for office and had no influence in public affairs. They received poorer education than men did and there was not one church, except for the Quakers, that allowed women to have a say in church affairs. Women also did not have any legal rights and were not permitted to own property. Overall, people believed that a woman only belonged in the home and that the only rule she may ever obtain was over her children. However, during the pre- Civil war era, woman began to stand up for what they believed in and to change the way that people viewed society (Lerner, 1971). Two of the most

On September 25th, I had the opportunity to attend Notre Dame of Maryland’s third annual 4 under 40. Emily Mitchell read from her novel and Angela Pelster-Wiebe read bits from her book “Limber”. Dominique Christina and Denice Frohman, otherwise known as Sister Outsider Poetry, each read their poems. Though I found the whole event to be inspirational and positively overwhelming, I believe Sister Outsider Poetry inspired me the most.

Sarah, Your Story Part 1 Video was intriguing and your overall theme centered on independence and tenacity. Sarah described her experience growing up home school, and how her experience prepared her to become successful in college. Sarah had trouble in Math, just like many people, but her troubles did not prevent her from passing her class; therefore, Sarah’s perseverance in math was an example of tenacity. Also, Sarah described in detail how her love of books originated. She read books that was on the state of New Mexico’s banned reading list; so, Sarah asserted her independence. Another example of her tenacity is when Sarah started a job as a temporary employee in San Diego, and through hard work and determination Sarah now is a permanent

“Sarah’s Key, the New York Times bestseller by Tatiana De Rosnay, takes place in Paris to discover the dark truth of a Vel d’hiv child that links with a journalist’s research.”(#2) A little jewish girl named Sarah Starzynski was one of the many jewish children that were rounded up in the Vel d’Hiv event. June 16th of 1942, was when the roundup had hit full wave of all the Jewish families, the French police following government orders on that the fateful morning of Vel d’Hiv begun. Causing trauma and fear to the girl, she faced many challenges that were horrible, and tragic that no child should ever be put through. A mother of one and married to a frenchman, at the age of 45, a journalist living in France for over half her lifetime was given

Strength does not lie in numbers, but rather in accumulated experiences. Some people choose to live in such a way that every fathomable opportunity is seized, while others bow down to grief and avoid the gift of pleasure out of pure fear. In Sara Teasdale’s poem “Lessons”, she lyrically explores the idea that individuals have a great bounty of life experiences to enjoy. Life is too short and this earth is too plentiful to not take advantage of every unusual and thrilling opportunity, including understanding and facing our rawest emotions. Through diction and personification, Teasdale iterates that opposed to shrinking away from moments in time that may make us uncomfortable, individuals should embrace what they feel and what beauty this earth

This collection of over ninty words is much more than just a poem. It’s a story of millions of people. It ties in rhymes, sadness, happiness, religion and anger though a broad spectrum of other ideas.

I remember the day just like it was yesterday, the pale color and coldness of her skin. The sky was clear blue, soft, with a touch of red, and the trees seemed stiff in their bright green shade. The wind was blowing with its humid dry air. And All I could do was stand silently in disbelief, caught up in my own thoughts and calm as I ever been. Wondering what I could have done differently to change the course of time, life had taken us upon. Since that very day a chunk of my heart was ripped away, and broken into pieces… “Oh how I miss her so much.”

In conclusion, an important idea in this poem was to reveal yourself and not be afraid of who you really are, but proud of it. Techniques which helped readers to understand this idea were the use of similes and metaphors. This idea is relevant for people today to consider as we often feel put down by who we are, and instead of being what others want us to be, to be who we truly are. Young people in this society should be revealing their true self to the world and not be afraid of standing out. Katy Perry has shown that we do not have try to fit in, we are all individuals and we shine