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the image of pain in her dramatic monologue “Pumpkin Eater” to show how the narrator’s husband drastically pushed the narrator to an extent. She became sick of their relationship, growing numbness to the pain that he makes her face. Sandra Cisneros writes “Pumpkin Eater”, based on a nursery rhyme called “Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater’. The hidden meaning of the nursery rhyme is that there is a cheating wife, who is murdered by her husband, then hid in a pumpkin shell, because he couldn’t hold control of

“Mrs. Potato Head” is a song by the musical artist Melanie Martinez, from her Crybaby album, which I enjoy listening to for its dark themes mixed with innocent and childlike elements. This song is a part of the album’s collective story following a girl named Crybaby, and her experiences with many issues such as poor family structure, loneliness, heartbreak, and societal pressures. This song specifically follows Crybaby taking in the societal pressures to be beautiful, and trying to understand the

revealed abuse toward children. Women also received their share of violence in some of the cute little jingles. For example; Peter Peter pumpkin eater Had a wife and couldn't keep her He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well! My analysis of Peter and his wife builds a classic case of intimate partner violence. Peter must have an addiction to “pumpkins” which I believe is symbolic for something else; drugs, alcohol, gambling,

I wish I could’ve done something differently, I wish I knew my daughter had these crazy thoughts in her head. How could I have never noticed? How could I not notice the tension between my own two children. It all started Friday afternoon during lunch, Jill, Jack, my husband Jessie and I were all sitting at our old barn wood dinner table, In the middle of our formal dining room with light grey walls and deep red accent wall. On that wall we have a bunch of picture of Jack and Jill growing up, most

up in India, he was constantly bullied and made fun of by his classmates, because they called him “pissing” since it sounded similar to his name, Piscine. When I was in elementary school, I was sometimes made fun of when people chanted “Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater”, and each of us found a way, or attempted to find a way to end the teasing. The name Piscine, when pronounced, greatly resembles pissing, and because of this other students and teachers occasionally teased the main character; sometimes

Nursery Rhymes “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, “Jack and Jill”, and “Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater” are very well known around the world. They are told to our children at a young age and are remembered forever. Should they really be told and remembered? There is a lot of dark twisted violent meanings behind some of these simple nursery rhymes. “Ring around the Rosy”, “Humpty Dumpty”, “Rock-a-Bye, Baby”, “London Bridge”, “Jack be Nimble “ and “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary” are some of the rhymes I can vividly

There are eight categories of rhymes: Lullabies (Rock-a-bye Baby,) singing games (London Bridges,) nonsense (Hey Diddle Diddle), riddles (Humpty Dumpty), counting (One, Two, Buckle my Shoe), tongue twisters (Peter Piper), verse stories (Queen of Hearts), and cumulative rhymes (House that Jack Built) (Pars. 5). According to the World Book Encyclopedia the earliest known published collection of nursery rhymes was Tommy Thumb's SongBook in 1744, but in 1697 there

James Baldwin is a wonderful author in regards to weaving certain topics, both controversial and non-controversial, into his texts. The struggle with masculinity is one of a plethora of topics that Baldwin discusses. Although they might seem insignificant, they serve a great purpose in introducing the societal views of these ideas and definitions through different perspectives. Masculinity and its perception by male characters is a topic that is touched on in many of his texts. Whether it’s through

onaryDictionary of Ònìchà Igbo 2nd edition of the Igbo dictionary, Kay Williamson, Ethiope Press, 1972. Kay Williamson (†) This version prepared and edited by Roger Blench Roger Blench Mallam Dendo 8, Guest Road Cambridge CB1 2AL United Kingdom Voice/ Fax. 0044-(0)1223-560687 Mobile worldwide (00-44)-(0)7967-696804 E-mail R.Blench@odi.org.uk http://www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm To whom all correspondence should be addressed. This printout: November 16, 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations: