The Explication of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro';
Ezra Pound’s words portray a moment frozen in time. The poem, “In a Station of the Metro,'; is a poem of imagery. Through imagery, Pound imbues his vision and thoughts of his surroundings while on a subway train.
Pound’s title, “In a Station of the Metro,'; sets the stage to allow the reader to visualize a “… dark, cold, wet…';(p657) subway station. Pound uses these words to set the ambiance. He puts the reader at the station watching “the apparition of these faces in the crowd';(1). The word “apparition'; takes away the identity of the peoples’ faces as what seems like a train speeding by and blurring the faces of the awaiting passengers. Yet Pound does allow the reader to notice the faces that he sees by giving a select few form, hence, “Petals on a wet, black bough';(2).
The author uses “Petals'; to relate to the faces that he notices in the amorphous crowd from the “bough'; which he relates to the train. Pound uses “Petals'; which signify beauty and delicacy, an object spawned from the sun and places them in the “wet, black bough'; which relates to subjects of a subterranean plane, a place that is void of sun which is indicative of a subway station. The word “black'; used by Pound describes the conditions of the subway. Words associated with black used in this context are indicative of places that are of little law, unknown dangers or catastrophic events (i.e. Black Plague, Black Monday). By placing fragile “petals'; in to what seems as a harsh environment, the beauty of the faces that he sees is magnified by the unpleasant surroundings.
One of the ways the author does this is by using enjambment to make the title and the first line of the poem flow into one single line. This symbolizes how when you are in jail there is no real beginning; one day flows to the next. His extensive use of figurative language, allows for the reader to paint a picture in his or her mind. “... to a dark stage, I lie there awake in my prison bunk.” This line can be interpreted literally and figuratively; he is really in prison in his bunk or it feels so much like a dream that it is as if he were on a stage. However, his diction shows that he has does this often. “...through illimitable tun...
His outside actions of touching the wall and looking at all the names are causing him to react internally. He is remembering the past and is attempting to suppress the emotions that are rising within him. The first two lines of the poem set the mood of fear and gloom which is constant throughout the remainder of the poem. The word choice of "black" to describe the speaker's face can convey several messages (502). The most obvious meaning ... ...
At the start of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck saw Jim as just any other black: not as valuable as any white, good for work, and someone who could be messed with because they believed in trifle things like “witches” (Twain 6). These were common beliefs at the time and the treatment was accepted. Huck had been with the
“On the Subway,” by Sharon Olds as she contrasts the two worlds of a wealthy Caucasian and a indigent African-American. The Caucasian narrator, a female, describes how this black man appears to her as she fears for her life as if he is ready to prey on her. She brings two worlds from different backgrounds together through the use of imagery and fearful and hopeful tones.
Elderly folks are eminently mature and have the finest instinct about what is right and wrong though It’s challenging to change someone’s point of view in a matter like this. When such injustice takes place, it de-motivates senior workers from their work. In an article over Ageists by Vincent J Roscigno, he states facts about different views on older Americans in general and in workplaces such as, “most of the population consists of biases and preconceptions, and the accused are unashamed in their views of older Americans. Those who believe that younger employees have much more value than senior employees are inserting a strong assumption based on their age. “Ageist attitudes and discrimination is what results in lower levels of overall organizational commitment to older workers, and a “push” out of a particular workplace.” Just because of an older employee’s depiction, such unfairness circulates in workplaces which cause false impressions of older
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One of Emily Dickinson’s greatest skills is taking the familiar and making it unfamiliar. In this sense, she reshapes how her readers view her subjects and the meaning that they have in the world. She also has the ability to assign a word to abstractness, making her poems seemingly vague and unclear on the surface. Her poems are so carefully crafted that each word can be dissected and the reader is able to uncover intense meanings and images. Often focusing on more gothic themes, Dickinson shows an appreciation for the natural world in a handful of poems. Although Dickinson’s poem #1489 seems disoriented, it produces a parallelism of experience between the speaker and the audience that encompasses the abstractness and unexpectedness of an event.
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Three major laws that protect employees are Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and The Americans with Disability Act. Title VII makes it unlawful to refuse to hire or terminate anyone based on race, gender, national origin, color, or religion. This law applies to any business that has 15 or more employees, government, labor, and employment agencies (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2012). Title VII also does include harassment, compensation, and advancement issues based on these categories as well. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits discrimination for anyone from being employed or terminated over the age of forty. This law does not protect those under the age of forty and they may be discriminated against because of their age. This law also requires specific record keeping which employers must maintain for three years. The required information is name, address, and date of birth, occupation, pay rate, and compensation earned each week. In addition to that information this information is required to be maintained for one year: job applications, records of promotions: demotions, transfers, layoffs, terminations, tests and test papers, as well as job ads. Some states go beyond the ADEA and provided greater protection to those older workers. The Americans with Disa...
An age discrimination action happens when an employee or job applicant receives less favorable or unfair treatment because of how old they are. Both state and federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibit employers from discriminating against protected employees or prospects because of how old they are. Workers 40 and older are protected by the act. The ADEA applies to organizations with 20 plus employees, including labor organizations, employment agencies, state and local governments, and the federal government.
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