Commentary Essay

AP Literature 19 August 2013 Ode on Melancholy John Keats’s poem, “Ode on Melancholy”, serves as an instructional manual on how to cope with sadness and the feeling of melancholy. Through his vivid use of lyrical language and allusions, Keats’s is able to depict vivid images that haunt the soul and is able to convey his message that the only way to deal with a sense of melancholy is to accept it. Keats believes that once one can accept sadness and make it a part of his identity, then he can overcome

"De Nadie" Commentary This documentary is focused on the numerous immigrants originating from Central America, undertaking an extremely dangerous journey of about 2500 miles up north towards the southern border of the United States, where they hope to cross and profit from the wealth available in the U.S.. The movie is accordingly named "de Nadie", which translates into "No-One", and follows various immigrants on their journeys, interviewing them on their way and depicting the many injustices

Commentary on pharmacare has been provided by many health care professional associations and organizations. The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) adopted a policy resolution at their 2015 Annual Meeting to support the development of an equitable and comprehensive national pharmacare program. They believe that there are scalable solutions that may be adopted with federal and provincial funding to meet this standard. CMA emphasizes that pharmacare should be supported by e-prescribing linkages and

Passage Commentary: Lord of the Flies, Pages 109-111 In this passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the reader gets deep insight into Ralph’s mind and how the boys are adapting to life on the island. Occurring around the middle of the novel, this passage dives into the thoughts of Ralph to see what he is really feeling about being stranded. It shows how the other boys are coping, and it demonstrates the two different sides of the island; the reader now sees the dangerous, wild side

Commentary on Field of Autumn Advancing like a silent threat, the onset of winter is presented throughout the poem as a season with sinister intent. The “acid breath of noon” approaches in a “Slow” manner, as if sneaking up on autumn. The personification of the “acid breath” not only suggests to the reader the fog is murderous, but one could be lead to imagine that the fog is poison gas. This is because “Field of Autumn” was published in 1947, two years after the Second World War; clearly the memory

was surprised by the section which talks about whiteness and a prescriptive notion that people shouldn’t be emotional. The lady in blue states “…yes let’s go on & and be white…let’s think our way out of feeling” (shange 54). This was interesting commentary on the way in which dominant culture undervalues the body and emotions. Certainly all people have the capacity to be emotional and venerable, but these qualities are often

“The Cyclist” poetry commentary “The Cyclist” is a poem by Louis MacNeice which romanticizes the fleeting joys of childhood. These joys are emphasised through imagery of summer – be it activities, food, the beach, a bicycle ride, various techniques such as juxtaposition and enjambment are used to evoke fond memories from the reader. MacNeice’s poem is set in the southwest of England, on a hill with a chalk horse carved into it. It is during the height of summer, when the grasshoppers are buzzing

Monsters (2010) is a modern-day fictional monster film which, acts as a social commentary, touching upon political dilemmas, science fiction, romance and public anxieties. The narrative of the film- based in Mexico- is a world in which the monsters are huge octopus-like aliens. For the past 6 years they have lived in a large area of Mexico that has now been confined as an 'infected zone' however, a huge wall has been built on the Mexico-USA border to keep the aliens out. The film follows a photographer;

Colin Andridge Professor Murphy Eng 201 MWF 2:00 3 March 2014 Data Commentary Introduction After reading and evaluating six articles written by experts on obesity, the data seems to imply that better educating people about how their behavioral lifestyle choices effect their future and current health is the best solution. The six journal articles evaluated and analyzed include: David Freedman’s article, “How to Fix the Obesity Epidemic,” published in Scientific American in 2011. Green Gregory’s

The Great Gatsby (adapted for the stage by Simon Levy) Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby is an impressive social commentary on many themes such as power, money, greed, social status, and so on. The Great Gatsby is originally a novel which has been adapted as a play by Simon Levy. I intend to look at the theoretical aspects of this play and my major focus will be on the social stratification, inequality and gender roles in the American life at that time. The story of the