Westfields, a medium sized wetland region, is located on the outskirts of Limerick city and within the floodplain of the River Shannon (CAAS (Environmental Services) Ltd., 1999). Wetland regions are broadly defined within the Ramsar Convention (1971, 1), as, “areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt including areas of marine water, the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six
POETRY STUDY Book A: Kennedy, X.J. The Phantom Ice Cream Man. David McPhail ill. New York, Atheneum, 1979. Print. Collection NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) recognized award winner: 2000. Collaboration of 5th grade English Language Arts Teacher and Library Media Specialist for an upcoming poetry unit. Classroom teacher will introduce the lesson and the SLMS will prepare materials needed, block time and assist with project when students are in the library. Lesson 1: The collection
Wideman’s “Our Time”, and Patricia Nelson Limerick’s “Empire of Innocence”, are two very different stories about one particular theme. In these selections both authors are writing history. Wideman is writing the history of his brother’s life, and Limerick is writing the history of the old west. Although the theme is the same, the two authors’ styles, methods, and writing concerns differ greatly. In the following passage from “Our Time”, John is visiting his brother, Robby, in prison. While listening
I am a student of Software Engineering at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro. The purpose of writing this letter is to show my keen interest to spend one semester of my undergraduate studies at University of Limerick, Ireland. I was always attracted by computers since when I was a kid and keeping that interest in mind I decided to go for an undergraduate degree in Software Engineering at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. Here I have studied courses like Databases
ethnicity, and religion. Its author, Patricia N. Limerick, describes the differences seen between the group of Anglo Americans and the minority groups of Native Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics Americans and African Americans. It is noted that through this document, Limerick exposes us to the laws and restrictions imposed in addition to the men and women who endured and fought against the oppression in many different ways. Overall, the author, Limerick, exposes the readers to the effects that the
ARTICLE ANALYSIS Both of the articles “Dancing with Professors” by Patricia Limerick and “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott resolve the issues faced by college students when writing papers. The first article, “Dancing with Professors,” explains why college professors expect more elaborate papers even though they assign dull and un-motivational reading to their students. On the other end of the writing spectrum, “Shitty First Drafts” explains how valuable the first draft is to students, and why
The Frontier Patricia Nelson Limerick describes the frontier as being a place of where racial tension predominately exists. In her essay, “The Frontier as a Place of Ethnic and Religion Conflict,” Limerick says that the frontier wasn’t the place where everyone got to escape from their problems from previous locations before; instead she suggested that it was the place in which we all met. The frontier gave many the opportunities to find a better life from all over the world. But because this chance
about task one. In task one you are supposed to write a essay in which you compare and contrast either a narrative, haiku, limericks, or a free verse poem. I will be comparing and contrasting between a limerick poem and a haiku poem. In a limerick poem, the poem is “humorous, rhyming five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme.” An example of a limerick poem is, “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would Not Take the Garbage out.” The ends of each sentences for the first, second, and
the protagonist. However, this story is not an accurate depiction of the important elements of the “New” West according to author Patricia Nelson Limerick, in The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West. Instead, the character Murieta exemplifies many of the myths of the American West and the idea of innocence. In her book, Limerick describes the “idea of innocence” that permeated the American West (36). According to the author, the underlying motive for every action was pure
alike due to its raw, disturbing portrayals of Frank’s life growing up in Limerick, Ireland. The memoir was even turned into a film, which was again fairly well received. However, though some might argue that the stories contained within McCourt’s memoir are brutally honest and open, accurately depicting the life of a poor Irish family struggling to survive through various hardships, others – specifically the people of Limerick – have found the memoir to be offensive and inaccurate, casting the city
America, Patricia Nelson Limerick ponders whether or not there is any benefit for society to have historical knowledge. Limerick contradicts herself numerous times in her opinion on the usefulness of history. She implies that there are many lessons that can be learned from history. However, Limerick is disappointed in the human race because it fails to learn from the mistakes of others. She therefore wonders, "What do we gain besides a revival and restoration of the misery?" (Limerick, 473). Based on Limerick's
The definition of nonsense has been debated throughout literature. Yet nonsense itself cannot be defined, but rather it is defined by its inability to be defined. It’s the destruction or defiance of the norm that often leads to creation of nonsense. The language of nonsense itself is closely intertwined with various techniques of style, structuralization and various motifs. Authors such as Lewis Caroll in Alice and Wonderland and Edward Lear’s The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear use such techniques
October to April the walls of Limerick glistened with the damp. Clothes never dried: Tweed and woolen coats housed living things sometimes
surroundings may hold. Our society presses forward without looking over their shoulder to see where we have been. Without acknowledging our present culture and studying our culture in the past, where are we going? Studying Clifford Geertz, Patricia Limerick, John Wideman, and Ralph Waldo Emerson has made it easier for me to answer my own question. These four authors of varying expertise tied together a common thread called culture. Clifford Geertz in his essay “Deep Play” brought us the world of cockfighting
Franks revelation of Esteem Growing up in Limerick, in his memoir Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt describes the continuing difficulties The McCourt’s face in 1930’s with World War II going into motion after in the early 1940s. Frankie goes through many changes as he progresses through his childhood. He is enrolled in Catholic school, with many rigorous Headmasters with a seemingly sole purpose of belittling the students. To get ready for confirmation Frank is forced to join the Confraternity, a brotherhood
heads back to Angela’s native Limerick to start a new life. Sadly, all that the move brings is a more difficult battle with reality. “I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said, ‘Sickness son, and things that don’t fit.’” (McCourt 94) Sickness. Sickness: both in the form of disease, as well as in the form of alcoholism, are the definite antagonists within Angela’s Ashes. Both disease and alcoholism run so rampant in the poorer areas of Ireland, such as Limerick where Mc... ... middle of paper
Years later, this Ducart design would be referred to as “Newton Perry”. Excluding Dublin, the Limerick Georgian area is the largest collection of Georgian houses and other buildings still surviving and in daily use. Some of the most well known landmarks built in Limerick during this period include Colbert Train station, Taits Clock monument, Sarsfield Bridge and the Dominican Church in Glentworth
new way of looking at the Westward Expansion of the United States geographically, culturally and economically. Many ideas within the field of study have evolved over time and adapted to new interpretations and perspectives. Patricia Nelson Limerick argues “Western history has been an ongoing competition for legitimacy—for the right to claim oneself and sometimes for one’s group the status of legitimate beneficiary of Western resources. This intersection of ethnic diversity with property
antagonist; he is responsible for keeping his family poverty-stricken. The story begins with Malachy leaving Ireland, where he fought in the Irish army to come to New York, to keep from being assassinated. There he meets Angela, who has migrated from Limerick, Ireland, and gets her pregnant. Malachy from the start portrays the antagonist; he tries to leave New York to keep from marrying Angela, but drinks the money away. The cousins coercive Malachy into marrying Angela and he says, “Och, said Malachy
“Church—our refuge, our strength, our only dry place” (10). Limerick, considered the Holiest City in Ireland because it has the Arch Confraternity of the Holy Family, the biggest sodality in the world (146). Frank attended Arch Confraternity and a Catholic school at the same time. By attending both church and school