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“To A Sad Daughter” by Michael Ondaatje: A Father’s Confession Michael Ondaatje uses a unique approach on how a father can communicate affectionately to his teenage daughter through the use of dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue, otherwise known as a persona poem, is a monologue in which the character is talking to an unidentifiable listener at a dramatic moment in the speaker’s life. One of Canada’s greatly renowned authors, Ondaatje, is a native of Sri Lanka, but became a Canadian citizen

The Estonian air blew through her dark locks as she stared out over the rolling waves, finding peace in it. Many years Anne Boleyn had stayed on the Island of Estonina, through the grace of the pure blood vampire Queen Natassa, but she still often longed for her home. Darious, a man who served Natassa, had stayed in England to report things about Elizabeth to Anne. Now news had come that Anne 's daughter would be crowned Queen of England, which filled Anne 's heart with both joy and saddness. When

The foundation of any successful relationship is honesty and open communication. In Everything I Never Told You, the Lee family steadily unravels because of deep loss and rampant dishonesty. The novel opens with Lydia’s death and continues as a flashback of the events leading up to her passing. Celeste Ng places importance on certain objects and locations as powerful representations of the Lee family: their desires, challenges, and disappointments. In Celeste Ng’s, Everything I Never Told You

Love and Candies Once upon a time, there was a girl named Joan. She lived with her mother and father in the forest. They were very happy living a simple life. One day, her dad decided to leave his family to work in the city. He packed his bags and told them that he will return once he finds a home for them to live in the city with him. Joan was very sad and heartbroken that her father left them. Her favorite person in the whole world was her father and she missed him dearly. She cried herself

“Johnny! Please hurry up, supper’s almost ready!” said Mom. Johnny Victon is a 13 year old boy who has blond hair and green eyes. Johnny and his Mom live in Lime Springs, Iowa. “Ok, Mom I’ll be right there, I’m feeding Jack.” Johnny loved his dog Jack. He was a big, chocolate lab. “Well please hurry, you know, your father would have made you come faster!” Said Mom. Johnny’s Dad used to work at Lidtke Mill and he had recently passed away because of cancer. Johnny has been depressed ever since his

horses Hagar never cares for horses because she is frightened by their muscularity and smelliness. Horses, obviously, symbolize high energy and sexual potency, which are indicative of Brampton’s personality. The greatest aspects of tragedy in The Stone Angel is that because of her singular tragic flaw, Hagar isolates herself and as a result, alienates those she most wishes to love. This is the case with her father, but also with her brother Matt. In particular scene which is most revealing about

As Emily walked through the front door, she knew that she was making a mistake. Her hands trembled and a drop of sweat was slowly dripping down her face. Even for her, it was somewhat abstruse why she decided to come back. Her coming back to the house, was act that she never thought she would perform. It was a difficult choice, but she knew she had to come back to see if maybe this one time, things would be different. As soon as she opened the door, she could already smell the scent of her dad’s

Mrs Smith is 97 years old; she has two children, a daughter and a son. She lost her husband over 20 years ago so her children have always played a big part helping her with her care weather that was when she was at home or when she came to us at Eastbourne House. Her family is quite small so they are very close and they still spend a lot of time together making sure they come to visit at least 3 times a week. Mrs Smith suffers from depression and takes various medications to help with this but she

Samantha Duggan Dr. Merrill ENG-102-04 4/28/17 “But you may go to church instead” (Randall,15) a mother thought her child would be safer in such a sacred place rather than being a part of the march that just might have been safer. The poem “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall, has multiple themes, but the one that sticks out is violence, which is because it is so powerful and brings the whole poem together. There is also a lot of imagery shown through this whole poem that can put a horrible

it, sadness was brought to us that day at Habitat for Humanity.Finally after finishing the surface area I worked on controlling the gravel that used to reside in the stone beds was now on the sidewalk and on the edge of the road. I stayed busy helping with other tasks with my knees in the dirt and constructing the frame for a stone bed to lay. One of my main goals for volunteering with Habitat for Humanity was help those in life and give back to my community. The power to make people happy and