Essays on Clung

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‘Subject’ The Opposing Emotions Found in Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz" Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz" is a very brief poem, but one filled with powerful verses and a plethora of emotions. It is a poem that talks about a bedtime dance performed by a father-son duo. The poem has given birth to multiple interpretations over the years, regarding the speaker’s emotion towards his father. While some argue that the poem is about a father physically controlling or even abusing his son, some see it as an expression of love by a clumsy and rough, yet, affectionate father. However, familial relations are a complex subject, and ...

This paper will reflect over the immigrants who came to America during the late 1880’s through the early 1900’s. It will reflect over the struggles they had to achieve. It will reflect over the punishments and crimes they had to endure. It will reflect examples of this through books and history. Ellis Island use to be an island where immigrants would come to enter into America. Ellis Island has a history that is rich and leaves an enchanting impact. While the island is now a museum, the memories and stories it carried remains presence. Ellis Island was the ...

“I don’t want to go.”

“You’re going.” Dad placed my pink suitcase on my bed, while I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes. The suitcase was an embarrassing thing I still used when I traveled, something for a much younger girl. Bad enough, but this vacation was the worst idea I’d ever heard of.

“I can stay home by myself for a week. I’m fourteen years old. I can look after myself.”

Mom came in the room and glanced at Dad. “I don’t understand why you don’t want to go, Emily. You were always fascinated with Egypt, the pyramids, and the tombs when you were in elementary school.”

“Just watch the news!” I was getting really frustrated. They ...

Symbolist literature often discusses the abstract - the essence of symbolism is to discuss the truth through indirect means. Symbolism is full of metaphors, often discussing the nature of reality. Since it is either difficult or not as interesting to get across the author's ideas about life and reality in a realist or naturalist way, Symbolism looks to hide those messages in metaphors and objects that are different from the explicit message the author wishes to convey. Two prominent examples of the ways Symbolist authors deal with the subject of reality are Huysman's A Rebours (Against Nature) and Oscar Wilde's ...

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The click-clack of her heels on the shiny tiled floors was distinct even from the kitchens.

She served a timid smile along with my milkshake and promised that she’ll follow not long after. Her shift was about to end, anyway. As she walked to another customer asking for a drink, I could see her weary face sigh. She’s done this for ten hours each day for six days a week for five years. You can see it from the calluses on the back of her foot where the heels dug in, her ...