Zeinab Al Hamad
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Government spending to much money on libraries
Public spending towards library facilities can be extremely beneficial in a multitude of ways. The targeted end goal of a library is to inspire young readers, and to help build character, and develop intellectual skills. Libraries are then beneficial in the long term of a person's life as this can help them improve in writing skills, technical reading skills, and can also help determine a person's perspective on society both as an individual and as a whole. As stated in the articles, libraries can be the foundation to the start of one's career path and inspire them to challenge themselves to overcome obstacles.
By Zeinab Al Hamad3 years ago in The Swamp
Argue this thesis: “Lord Randal” dramatizes the conflict between love and the social structure within which the lovers find themselves.
In the poem “Lord Randal”, there is a conflict between love and social structure in which the lovers find themselves in. Lord Randal goes to see his lover who poisons him either metaphorically or physically to obtain his wealth. He later dies broken-hearted at home with his mother who loves him and pays a lot of attention to him, but who also may want his wealth. Lord Randal expected love from the relationship while his lover wanted money. The interaction between Lord Randal and his mother started as loving and caring, but it slowly turned to more questions and demands from the mother. Randal’s “true love” and desires conflict with the responsibilities that society expects of him. His mother focuses on the social structure and what is expected of Randal, which is taking care of his family financially and the woman he is involved with. This may be why his true love poisoned him, to gain wealth from his death. “Lord Randal” brings to life the clash between Lord Randal’s expectations for love and the reality he faces using incremental repetition, dialogue choices, and the creation of suspense and uncertainty. The poet uses incremental repetition to capture the reader’s attention on how society is structured and how it conflicts with love. Incremental repetition is using lines that are repeated with little changes that change the meaning of the context. One example from the poem is the first line of each stanza. The first line has always been the same, but different at the beginning. There are some differences, but it ends the same way with “Lord Randal, My son?” (1)The mother started to ask her son questions using the 5Ws ( who, where, when, why, what) to give the reader an idea of the poem and the storyline. In the last four stanzas, she changes the context of the question and the poem from being more caring to being more selfish. In the first line of the poem the mother says, “O where ha’ you been,”(1) which shows the reader that she is paying attention to her son, but later on when she asks, “What d’ye leave to your mother,” it shows that she only cares about what he owns and what he would do with his money. By using incremental repetition, this shows the reader that in society, the mother and the lover are more focused on their own financial security and well-being instead of love. Therefore, the poet uses incremental repetition to focus on the conflict between social structure and love.
By Zeinab Al Hamad3 years ago in Education