Summary Of Love In A Fallen City

The poem "A Song of Changgan" is very poignant, as it starts with a bashful girl who does not even smile around her husband and ends with her almost heartbroken, as her husband is far away. The poem shows the different stages of the relationship of the speaker and her husband, and it is an excellent example of long-distance relationships before modern communication systems.

In her text Tseng uses the formal element of the text effectively to communicate her experience regarding ‘home’. Each stanza of her poem is formed with 2 lines: 1 print, and 1 italics. Tseng goes back and forth between the print text and the italics to communicate how she communicates her home to others, and how she remembers her own home. Through this action she seems to counteract her perception of her home between how she tells others and how she remembers. Tseng starts off the poem with a line that seems to give no importance to her birthplace, “My birthplace is incidental.”(Tseng) She then continues under in italics and state, “Never forget your Mother Country”(Tseng) which hints her true feelings towards her birthplace and reveals a sense of nostalgia. Throughout the poem she accepts the stereotypes that americans, and outsiders place on the chinese in print text. She simplifies her journey to United States, and life in United States and then she continues to reveal the truth behind the first statement. The poem is a constant battle between the facade she puts on, and the actual author behind the facade. In her poem she talks of her experiences and homeplaces as if they are of no importance in the print text, but you can see that in the italicized text that they are the foundation of who she is today. In the last three stanza of her poem Tseng discards the Print text and stresses her true experience of her hardships, and the journey. In these last texts she creates a very vivid images of couple of her nights on the boat that she was on to get to United States. The last lines of the poem shows that her journey was truly a life or death

In Sharon Zukin's book, Naked City the Death and Life of Authentic Urban Cities, she is communicating the lose of authenticity in urban cities through gentrification. In her introduction, "The City That Lost its Soul," she uses New York City as an example of how it lost its soul due to gentrification. This source is useful towards my paper because it breaks down and analyzes how gentrification affects the people and the urban areas. She even discusses how gentrification is connected to the use of culture and political power in the areas. Zukin believes that with gentrification comes the desire to live in an "authentic neighborhood" and with authenticity comes the desire for originality.

Chapter 1: David recounts how he first learns of Oscar’s ability to predict death. Chapter 2: Oscar is once again present at the death of a patient named Ellen Sanders. Chapter 3: David goes to visit Kathy and speaks with another patient to get their opinion on Oscar. Everyone believes the cat has a unique talent, even Kathy who has just lost her mother and is being comforted by Oscar when David arrives.

In Part 3 Chapter VII-VIII, Emma is in debt and she is trying to pay what she owes but she is having trouble because she needs more time because Emma has no money to pay the bill because Emma is broke. Emma tries her best to persuade the officers and ask for a loan from the bankers, which she gets refused. Also Emma is desperately begging for more time to pay the taxes but nothing is going her way. As Emma gets rejected she starts realizing that there is nothing she can do, so she starts to be depressed because of what is going on. As we go further in the chapter we see how Flaubert visually makes it clear that Emma has lost all hope after she had visited Rodolphe because she gets rejected because Rodolphe has no money to give to her.

Dagoberto Gilb’s short story “Love in L.A.” presents the idea of freedom and the challenges Jake overcomes to keep his freedom. At the beginning, Jake encounters traffic while daydreaming which leads to an accident with an attractive woman. Jake’s encounter with Mariana forces him to choose his freedom over getting the girl, and Jake decided to lie about his job, insurance, and stay in contact with Mariana after the accident. Throughout this short story, Gilb emphasizes Jake’s desire to have a carefree life, without any restrictions, not even have a valid license plate. Gilb uses traffic to describe how everyone cannot freely travel on the road, no different from the restrictions of traveling in life with a steady job, girlfriend, and responsibilities.

With the translation I did I put a spin on it so I changed up the speakers, and I made it to the point of view of a woman talking to a guy, and I made it as they were in love and not just a fling. I guess by changing the male and female role you can stay the poem is not the same anymore, but instead, I said it was a woman talking to this guy about how much she wants him and cares for him. That was the same thing the original poem was trying a convey, but it just showed it from a male’s point of view. Also, I took some of the more sexual words out, and instead of trying to show a loving relationship between the two saying it’s something deeper than what comes to the surface. In my opinion, in the original poem and some of the translations it came off as lust for the woman, but I wanted to take that in a way to show a loving relationship and how these two people can’t wait to meet up and see one another. From my rough draft to the revised translation I really didn’t take anything out I just added some lines so it could flow

Alain de Botton in “How Fiction Ruined Love” says that our culture’s infatuation on over climatic, romanticized love stories has a shock on our actual lives. In modern culture, few stories manage to convey the complications of a long-lasting relationship. Namely, people often go into relationships with unrealistic and high expectations. Few examples of this are when the going gets tough, couples often clamp under the pressure of everyday life. Ultimately, Alain de Botton argues that love is so much more that just sexual feeling and passion that romantic novels and movies portray it to be.

The writers of poems regarding relationships mostly described relationships between lovers and family. In poem 10 (Mao NO. 147), the female author describes a woman viewing articles of clothing of a lover, which makes her long for her lover. On the other hand, poem 24 (Mao NO. 76), this female author begs for her lover to not come home because she is afraid of what her parents and brothers will perceive of their relationship. These two poems illustrate that romantic relationships are important, but familial relationships are even more so. This idea is present in the works of Chinese philosopher Confucius who employed various poems from the Book of Songs into his view on family relationships.

For this essay I will be unraveling two poems to find a deeper meaning from The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Volume B. The two poems are “A Lover’s Prize” by Beatrice of Dia and “The Wound of Love” written by Heinrich von Morungen. Heinrich and Beatrice are considered to be medieval lyric poets; however, Beatrice was a medieval lyric poet from France and they are known as troubadour. Beatrice just so happened to be apart of southern France’s trobairitz which was just a tribute to some of the best troubadour of their time. She was married to the Count of Viennois, Guilhem de Poitiers but she was having an affair with another troubadour who went by the name Raimbaut d’Orange and their poetic style was quite similar. However, when it comes to Heinrich von Morungen not much is known about him. From the little we know about Heinrich, we find that, his style of writing fit into the category of Minnesang which means “songs of love”. His lyrics (that have survived) are also some of the greatest in early German history. Nonetheless, these writers have both put forth some impressive work.

The showing of both anti-relationships and romantic optimism is played out in both Manhattan and Annie Hall. From the beginning of Annie Hall we know how it is going to end. But throughout the movie, even though we know that the relationship between Annie and Alvy is going to end, we develop optimism towards the relationship. Allen creates a story that from the beginning leads us to fall in love with the two and then become crushed. Anti-relationships is built up in the movie Manhattan.

For the bulk of the mid- to late-20th Century, Eileen Chang’s name and literary prowess fell into obscurity as a result of events related to the Cultural Revolution and her own reclusion. In C.T. Hsia’s A History of Modern Chinese Fiction, he praised Chang for her use of "rich imagery" and "profound exploration of human nature.” In his book, he also claimed Chang to be “the best and most important writer” of mid-twentieth century China. Hsia’s remarks and Ang Lee’s film adaptation of her novella, Lust, Caution, have helped to bring Chang’s name back onto the literary scene.

In Dave Margoshes’ free verse poem, “Note to Self” published on June 30, 2015 in the online literary journal, The Rusty Toque, the speaker is writing down their daily to-do list. Margoshes allows the reader to delve into a piece that combines intimacy with the bluntness of the simple language used. The varied word choice and syntax describe the character behind the writer of the list. In combination, the use of repetition emphasizes key elements in the relationship with the lover. Finally, the structure is used to contrast specific details revealed with vague ideas presented. Using these devices, Margoshes creates an image of how this individual lacks sensitivity and understanding of the sanctity of a relationship by turning it into just another thing-to-do.

Love is a powerful theme that is shown throughout “Red River”, by the family bonds and the sadness of death. In my own life, I have encountered love from my family when my grandmother passed away almost two years ago. “July 16, 2016, was a tough day for my family, but it brought us closer together than we had ever been before. I remember waiting at the hospital with all of my family before my grandmother was moved into the room the hospital called, “The butterfly room”. This was the room that was designated for family members to say goodbye to their loved ones. I remember all 20 of my family members squeezed into this tight butterfly room waiting for the nurses to wheel my grandma in. When they brought her in the room, she was still unconscious and barely living on life support. I hated seeing her this way, it broke my heart. The room felt gloomy and depressing. I looked at my grandmother’s face and tears started to form in my eyes because I knew today was her last day with us. The nurses took her off life support and gave her morphine to ease her pain. Now, the entire family just waited together to be with her until she passed. During this time is when I felt the most love from my family because we all came together to grieve. The hospital room was no longer sad, but hopeful and loving. We all reminisced on memories of my Grandma and cried together. My cousin led my grandmother’s favorite songs and the rest of us joined in and sung along with him. The last 30 minutes were

In the book, Crooked River Burning true love does not disappear. Everything happens for a reason; there is good even in the worst situations. There are similarities that one will share with their love; David Zielinsky and Anne O’Conner both cherished the Cleveland Indians and their morals. When it is time to find the one you are meant to be with there should be no second guessing. David Zielinsky will never stop second guessing until he finds himself with Anne O’Connor at the end of the book. In the life of Anne O’Connor she accepted the fate of David and Irene but their love was never burning. In Crooked River Burning David and Anne will fall in love again because their fire never stopped it only grew.