Analysis Of The Poem Those Winter Sundays And The...

If you had the opportunity of going back in time would you? Back to your childhood where life was so much easier? It helps you become the person you are today by learning on what those who loved you did. In the poem â€Å"Those Winter Sundays† and the short story â€Å"Mothers†, both narrators show that reminiscing about their loved ones can be emotional. People should hold on to memories, it can be the only thing they truly have from the past. On one hand, the poem and short story show reminiscing to impact the lives of the narrators as they grow up in a negative way. The narrator of â€Å"Those Winter Sundays† by Robert Hayden show how he goes back in time reminding himself that his father would usually get irritated. â€Å"Fearing the chronic angers of that house† (Hayden 13), because he would often feel afraid of him. A child should never feel fear of their father. I mean NEVER! If a kid that young feels like that it is because they were getting disciplined by screams, spanks, and or punishment. His dad wasn’t the father to be played as a fool. As a father, he should’ve spoken to him saying not to be afraid that if he did all this was to correct him to become a better person. Getting a child to be afraid is a good thing because you know that they will obey their parents. They would always follow your set of rules so you won’t have to worry of them heading the wrong path. As for â€Å" Mothers† by Anna Quindlen, everywhere she looked she was reminded of her late mom. â€Å"When I see a mother and aShow MoreRelatedEnglish Lit 13021282 Words   |  6 PagesHomework Questions Homework 1 1. Discuss â€Å"Cathedral† in terms of James Joyce’s theory of epiphany (in the fiction section). What is the epiphany in the story? Who has it? How does the epiphany relate to the title? 2. Discuss the importance of tone in the story â€Å"Cathedral,† particularly the narrator’s tone. How does the tone affect the reader’s perception of theme? How does it enhance the epiphany? 3. Why is the meeting between Mala and Mrs. Croft in â€Å"The Third and Final Continent† a significantRead MoreAlienation in WWII literature2652 Words   |  11 Pagesgovernment, but also a decline into bankruptcy. Clement Attlee’s Labour party aimed to implement the Beverage Report and tackle the â€Å"five giants†: Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. They faced many challenges such as rationing and heavy winters, raising alarm bells for the country’s economy. After much debate the United States and Canada eventually loaned four billion dollars with interest, putting Britain’s future into the hands of the Americans. i A decade after the war ended, BritainRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pagesaccept or reject, explain a complicated idea, apply conscious quality control as you think, and resist propaganda. Your most important critical thinking skill is your skill at making judgments─not snap judgments that occur in the blink of an eye, but those that require careful reasoning. You are not reasoning logically if, when you want a gorilla suit for a Halloween party, the first thing you do is search for the word Gorilla in the Yellow Pages of the telephone book, and the problem here is notRead MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagestheory focuses attention on the human issues in organization ‘There is nothing so practical as a good theory’ How Roethlisberger developed a ‘practical’ organization theory Column 1: The core contributing social sciences Column 2: The techniques for analysis Column 3: The neo-modernist perspective Column 4: Contributions to business and management Four combinations of science, scientific technique and the neo-modernist approach reach different parts of the organization Level 1: Developing the organizationRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesInc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, or you may fax your request to 201-236-3290. Many of the designations by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as tradem arks. Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Robbins, Stephen P. Organizational behavior /