The Life Of Gerald Gilliam

In this scene, John Grady and Alejandra take their whole relationship to a new level of intimacy when they skinny dip together in the dead of night. McCarthy’s use of imagery emphasizes the vulnerability of both these teens and uncovers their true natures. McCarthy writes, “she stepped from her pooled clothing so pale, so pale, like a chrysalis emerging” (141). Here, the reader sees the use of imagery as

The author uses tone and images throughout to compare and contrast the concepts of “black wealth” and a “hard life”. The author combines the use of images with blunt word combinations to make her point; for example, “you always remember things like living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet”. This image evokes the warmth of remembering a special community with the negative, have to use outdoor facilities. Another example of this combination of tone and imagery is “how good the water felt when you got your bath from one of those big tubs that folk in Chicago barbecue in”. Again the author’s positive memory is of feeling fresh after her bath combined with a negative, the fact that it was a barbecue drum.

In “Mericans” Sandra Cisneros uses imagery to develop the text’s theme. Imagery is when an author uses visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. In “Mericans” Sandra Cisneros uses imagery multiple times to describe and develop the scene around the narrator. The first example of imagery is “Some with fat rags tied around their legs and others with pillows, one to kneel on, and one to flop ahead”. Additionally imagery is used again, as it states, “After all that dust and dark, the light from the plaza makes me squinch my eyes like if I just came out of the movies.” The use of imagery creates an visualization of the area around the narrator and how she is reacting to that area.

The issue being debated in the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff is street smarts versus book smarts. Gerald Graff is an English professor at the University of Illinois and has written many books. The author claims that people are better off if they are more street smart than book smart. The authors is very persuasive using real life examples. I although disagree with this claim. I think that you need an equal mix of both street and book smarts.

This literary device is being used when he states, "I see a young Negro boy. He is sitting on a stoop... The stench of garbage is in the halls. The drunks... jobless... junkies are shadow figures of his everyday world". The use of imagery throughout his passage is to evoke emotions like empathy, from his audience. It allows his audience to be able to establish a connection with the images he portrays, and for the audience too also be able to understand how desperately social change is needed in the United States. Another example of imagery would be where he states," black people, brought to this land in slave ships and in chain, had drained the swamps, built the homes... to lift this nation from colonial obscurity to commanding influence...". He uses imagery to put the audience into the Black community's hoes, so that they are able to comprehend that the way Americans are treating them is not right and needs to be changed because they also made the nation great. He is further persuading his audience for social

“Hidden Intellectualism,” an excerpt from They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff, explains the importance of having diverse intellectualism and helping the kids with street smart intellectualism turn it into academic growth. The author’s claim in this excerpt is that school and colleges are missing out on an opportunity of helping the street smart kids grow their intelligence into good academic work. The significance in the author’s claim is that the students who believe they don’t have much of an opportunity in school or other things related to academics, realize they do.

Imagery is one of the many things that are used substantially during this poem to help express Tupac’s emotions and thoughts. For example, lines such as; “Tonight is filled with rage, violence in the air” give off an image of the area Tupac grew up in, during nightfall. Another example of imagery; “and tomorrow I wake with second wind”. This line helps express Tupac’s feelings about the changes he wants to encounter in order to fulfill his dreams. Tupac uses “today”, “tonight”, and “2Morrow” as symbols of the times when he believes certain things happen. The “2” in “2morrow” can symbolize the way his mother helped Tupac achieve his lifelong dream.

Eazy E was a west coast rapper. He was the Co-founder who was part of the group N.W.A. known for albums like Straight Outta Compton. Eazy E was born on September 7, 1963 in Compton, California. His original name was Eric Lynn Wright. He started a group named N.W.A. with his other rappers Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. They were known for their violent lyrics. They made A album called Straight Outta Compton. At that time Eazy was a solo artist.

“Like So many things its is not what's outside, but what is inside that counts,” This quote comes the movie Aladdin and it is represented in many things, simple, and complex. The quote comes from the merchant and the quote describes the theme as when an individual gains enough “greed”, they disguise themselves in order to gain their desire, and can be used to describe evil and good, just like lucifer, he was in disguise of an angel but his true motives came up and down he fell, or the soldiers fighting for us, on the outside they look like the average joe but they have seen things you can't even handle and they do it for our country. This is true for all three works in the essay, in two of the the works the greed is used for evil and in one the greed is used for good. In the first work of art, Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, we see an antagonist named Roger Chillingworth try to seek revenge on the protagonists lover. Roger seeks revenge on the protagonist, Hester Prynee, because the protagonist is his wife and she committed adultery. In the novel Scarlet letter it begins with a lecher on top of a scaffold with a baby in her arms, it is revealed that she is an adulterer. She committed adultery while her husband was away on a trip, and while she is on the scaffold she notices him in the crowd. There are ministers who try to get the name of the father but Hester refuses to reveal his name. She goes on a journey of trying to keep the father hidden and wear the burden

Co-author of “They Say/I Say” handbook, Gerald Graff, analyzes in his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” that “street smarts” can be used for more efficient learning and can be a valuable tool to train students to “get hooked on reading and writing” (Graff 204). Graff’s purpose is to portray to his audience that knowing more about cars, TV, fashion, and etc. than “academic work” is not the detriment to the learning process that colleges and schools can see it to be (198). This knowledge can be an important teaching assistant and can facilitate the grasping of new concepts and help to prepare students to expand their interests and write with better quality in the future. Graff clarifies his reasoning by indicating, “Give me the student anytime

On the other hand, the imagery in the next half of the poem that Soto uses about adults is much more serious and sad than the imagery he has used for the children. A first example is “The cotton gin stands tall in the money dream”. This visual imagery is in reference to to picking cotton, or agriculture in general. Agricultural jobs are common among poor Mexican workers and are probably one of the only ways that many believe they can really earn money. In this second half of the poem, the author’s use of imagery is mainly featured around jobs and money. A second example of imagery when the speaker is talking to

Both West and Noboa Polanco utilize imagery to move the theme of a sense of self along. West writes, " 'Places like this have an amazing way of helping you discover who you are.' I smiled, staring out at the endless dark sea. It did seem like the blank canvas of discovery.(West, page 197)" and Noboa Polanco writes, "To have broken through the surface of stone, to live, to feel exposed to the madness of the vast, eternal

A great example of imagery is in the line, “brake rods, exhausts, piled like snakes” (63). This quote is depicting what one can find in used car lots that were full of not only car parts, but snake-like salesmen as well. The scorching heat of the sun is mentioned again when Steinbeck explains that “the sun whipped the earth”, and this is also an example of personification (163). Moreover, by explaining in great detail most actions and conversations the Joads had throughout their travels, Steinbeck makes the reader feels as though they are a part of the family. Private enterprise is criticized as a man tells the Joad men, “... “ever’thing in California is owned... An’ them people that owns it is gonna hang on to it if they got to kill ever’body in the worl’ to do it” (206). This conversation had served to raise awareness of how the large farming companies were taking advantage of people by running small farmers out of business, paying low wages because men would work just to feed their starving children, and keeping the poor poor. Steinbeck was advocating for change with his writing. Another attack had been on the government in this quote, “Sheriff gets seventy-five cents a day for each prisoner, an’ he feeds ‘em for a quarter” (271). By including this, the novel is demonstrating how its take on the corruption of the government and its law enforcers - that this practice of paying to put struggling people in jail

The Song “Beverly Hills” by Weezer is a hit song that relates to lower income individuals striving to become successful and wealthy. The singer conveys this message by using similes in order to truly explain how he wishes to be living. To start, the singer says “Rolling like a celebrity,” relating to how many view celebrities as very rich people who live lavish lifestyles. This statement infers that people who do not have large sums of money envy celebrities who make millions and are equipped with many luxuries that most do not have. Furthermore, the singer then says “I wanna live a life like that,” referring to prior lyrics about how wealthy people are pampered with housemaids and many other people tending to their needs. The singer is being

First, they use the image of the restless soul. This evokes the feeling of frustration. They take it further with images of “Exploding egos” that “Mix like sticks of dynamite.” Although they cannot truly understand the struggle, their moral or ethical nature does not agree with the injustice that is suffered by others, and this is exhibited in their lyrics.