… of situations occurring in rural settings, as in “The Road Not Taken” (DiYanni 513) and “The Tuft of Flowers” (DiYanni 667-668). These, like most of his poems, are in the style of conversation. Although this helps to make him seem “natural,”…

… James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues,” the protagonist is an African-American high school algebra teacher who lives in the projects in New York City. (This character will be referred to as “William,” which means "determined guardian,"…

… Assimilation occurs in many different ways in our schools, and it is unfortunately a part of life that we all have to learn to accept, no matter the consequences. America is more commonly known as the melting pot, one would assume automatically…

… in history. Klaus Mann, Richard Wright, and Toni Morrison all write novels around historic times. Mann wrote Mephisto, which dealt with the Nazi regime. Wright wrote about America in the 1930’s, in regards to the desperate state of Black Americans.…

… a sweltering hot day, can be an enjoyable way to spend a day. I get in my car, drive a few miles out of town to Amnicon State Park, then get out and walk the cleared paths to the falls. The trails are well worn from the many visitors. Any vegetation…

… as the great white, is probably the most famous of all sharks. It is the largest meat-eating fish on earth today (except plankton eaters) and is known for its aggressive behavior and sometimes fatal attacks on swimmers and surfers. However, contrary…

… out a million miles (and perhaps with pride, at herself, but she never, never smiles) far and away beyond sleep, or perhaps she's a daytime sleeper. By the universe deserted, she'd tell it to go to hell, and she'd finda body of water,…

… what he has written and the hidden messages he has encrypted into his poetry. It is remarkable on how he structured his poems, what language, what inspirations and themes he wrote about. In “The Solitary Reaper” and “Strange Fits Of Passion I Have…

… in conveying the idea of ‘journey’ in ‘Homecoming’ by poet Bruce Dawe. In this free-verse war poem, the idea of ‘journey’ extends itself to cover both the physical and emotional aspects of the subject matter of the poem. Repetition and word choice…

… linkage is a variation of the conventional typebar linkage causing the typebar to strike the platen at a lower velocity but with the same momentum. Although it produces less noise than the conventional typewriter, the noiseless typewriter cannot…