Kabul Poem Analysis

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

The title itself alludes to “The Unknown Soldier,” almost parodying it. According to Georgia Virtual School, an unknown soldier died in battle, however, the body is unrecognizable. It is also known that soldiers are tagged. The fact that the title is the way it is and the subtitle mimics a tag implies that the lives of common folk is so insignificant and uneventful that they might just as well be unknown since they are just another face in the vast crowd of people. This relays a metaphor in the eyes of the reader.

The poem opened up with the mythology of Britain’s foundings being rooted in the fall of Troy. Following the fall of Troy, Romulus quickly founded Rome which led to having Ticius founded Tuscany and Langobard did the same with Lombardy. Soon after the founding of the three nations, as the myth goes, Felix Brutus founded Britain after the French floods. Soon after the founding of Britain, the nation raised children as soldiers; they were fighting machines in a troubled time filled with turmoil. Among all of the kings, there was one prodigy named Arthur; Arthur stood among the highest; almost untouchable from his fellow peers. His courage and aptitude for ruling were ever so present during his time as king, gaining the respect from his

In the poem “Facing It”, by the poet Yusef Komunyakaa, he himself is the one who is speaking, the poem is about his own life experience at the Vietnam Memorial. The way a person can tell if the own poet of the poem is the speaker is by the use of “I”, or first person throughout the poem. In this case, the poet uses words like “I” and “I’m” that support the fact that he is the speaker. The Vietnam War was a Historical event taken place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Which was one of the first war that African Americans were integrated with White people, and the majority of the soldiers were African Americans. Komunyakaa, being an African American soldier in the Vietnam War and surviving, is an honor, as not much African American’s survived. For Komunyakaa all his bad and painful experience is coming back to him to hurt him, as he is visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He is expecting to see his very own name engraved on the black granite wall, as he feels like part of him is gone and left behind in the War. In “Facing It” Komunyakaa memories from the War are coming to him and the memories are affecting his life style in the sense of haunting him/ hurting him with the use of imagery, metaphors, similes and personifications throughout the poem.

Throughout Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, the reader observes many injustices committed due to the presence of the Taliban and cultural conflict in Afghanistan. One of the most concerning issues in Afghanistan is the mistreatment and inequality that women face on a daily basis due to Taliban mandates. Women in Afghanistan are treated as inferior beings to men and are unable to stand up for themselves due the laws the Taliban enforces. Hosseini uses the wives of Amir and Hassan, Soraya and Farzana, to represent the injustices to which women in Afghanistan are subjected.

Firstly, the novel shows a lot of political turmoil in Afghanistan. The political turmoil starts with two military overthrows, following by the Soviet Invasion. “Our ears [become accustom] to the whistle of falling shells, to the rumble of gunfire, our eyes familiar with the sight of men digging bodies out of piles of rubble.” (Chapter 16, pg. 223) This quote shows how everyone is facing a lot of difficulties. People are dying and there is a gloomy atmosphere with lots of tension

The role women play in this novel demonstrates a significant part in how Afghanistan is portrayed. The first most important part of a woman’s life shown in The Kite Runner is her reputation. The level of respect they get is dependant on their reputation of being a proper woman. Maintaining a good social status for Afghan women is a lifelong restriction because when they do something against the role of a good woman, their reputation is tarnished. One example of this shown through the reputation of Soraya Taheri in the novel. Soraya runs

As we earlier discussed the issue of Cultural Identity in this novel. It is the major part which reflects the readers about that time, about the system of that time through which people should be discriminated according to their culture and religion. Afghanistan is the land of many ethnic groups, which is why the country has so many different cultures yet they are all call themselves proudly an Afghan. It also shows us the different aspects of culture who work together to form a national identity.Cultural identity can be defined in terms of one unit as a shared culture, a sort of collectiveness, and holds people as common people and that culture shows ‘One People’. We can also see the example like Language. People communicate with each other in one language i.e. they spoke Afghani Farsi. Language is used as one sign to show them that they are united to each other as one people. Since the language is the

Some scenes, when portrayed through the imagination of a grade ten, high school student, maybe not be one hundred percent accurate. Therefore, the film provides visual aid and reassurance to its viewers. The film truly shows the brutality of the book such as "the stoning scene” found in chapter twenty one. It accurately portrays the true brutality and heartbreak found in Kabul,

In the middle of Missouri you’d think you would probably find lots of farmland, fields of corn or wheat, cows; Old MacDonald pretty much living down the road, but that is no longer the case. Anywhere you are lucky enough to find land, the grass is shriveled up, dead and crunchy beneath your feet. Now all of the barns are filled with families rather than farm animals; more and more people are traveling to live here since the coasts are shrinking and they’ve got no place to go. I imagine they miss their old lives by the beach, I bet the coasts have a much sweeter smell than the dryness of the land here. Sometimes I see people at the edges of the river, probably reminiscing about the place they used to call home, but none dare to touch the murky

In 1996, he founded the Art Collective Casagrande along with Joaquin Prieto and Julio Carrasco, in Santiago, Chile. Since then the Collective has been a prominent group in the performance of interdisciplinary, local, and largescale collaborative projects, in which they use urban and aerial spaces. Among the countries where the collective have been working are Chile, Argentina, Spain, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Italy, and England.

An Iranian student travels to Afghanistan, explores its legends, and loses his heart to the place... What shall I speak of, in Afghanistan? It 's snow-capped ranges, like the Hindu Kush or the high mountains of Badakhshan, in whose folds hide the fabled ruby mines? The walnuts of the East, as large as a man 's fist; or the grapes as big as a plum?

The Syrian Refugee crisis is not a foreign concept as of late. Syria’s civil war has created one of, if not the worst humanitarian issues this world has ever seen. These issues are made prevalent in the song “Borders” by M.I.A, and also in the poem “Home” by Warsan Shire. Both lyrical pieces have a rhythm about them that unveil all the tragedies that have unfortunately become a reality. Although the presentation of the message is not quite the same, M.I.A exploring the crisis with an upbeat rap song and Shire through a videoed poem, both project the crisis in a way that clenches the heart and reminds everyone that these are real people facing real problems, and humanitarian valiance is vital.

Today, people around the world hear “Afghanistan” and immediately think about terror, destruction and brutality. This did not always used to be the case though. As depicted in Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner, Kabul, the capital city of the country, used to be an amazing place with modern ideals, infrastructure and, for the most part, peace. Throughout the novel, however, this narrative begins to change. Afghanistan begins to crumble after the government is overthrown and does not get much better, regardless of how many attempts to reset the government there are. As a result, the story's protagonist Amir is forced to leave his home and flee to America. Later, though, Amir returns to find his homeland even more destroyed and inhospitable. Cruelty throughout Afghanistan not only shapes the country, but the people in it as well.

Well past 11 PM, guests after dinner started moving, exuberant Sajjad too moved but his sixth sense made him conscious - the roving eyes of Benazir. Yes, it was Benazir, who on her first encounter with Sajjad felt mesmerized by his personality, mannerism and orientation. When out Sajjad looked back at the bungalow of Brigadier Khan, found two beautiful eyes were still prowling after him from a glass window half covered by curtains.