An Araby Critque

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Yeats Tour

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Short Stories by Kipling

1. "How the Whale got his Throat"

2. I think a life application from this story would be to be clever or "a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity" like the Mariner. The Mariner was able to craft a brilliant device out of the few things he had while inside the Whale. The device worked and was able to prevent the Whale from eating any more humans and many other fish. The Stute Fish was also shown to be clever by setting up the whole event.

3. The story was pretty funny and enjoyable. I liked how it was easy to follow and how Kipling incorporated the list of rhyming words (I think it's called an asyndeton, but I'm not completely sure). It made it seem like I was reading a Dr. Seuss book again. I also liked how the narrator used recurring phrases; it added a nice mood to the story.

Work Cited

Kipling, Rudyard. "How the Whale Got His Throat." Readbookonline.net. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/913/.

A Poem Inspired by Kipling

If you're willing to do a daunting deed that must be done,

Even if it is winning a staring contest against the sun;

If you're willing to catch a nuke with your bare hands,

In order to save every person in every land,

If you can watch an Asian drama, and not shed a single tear;

If viewing such a thing is your greatest fear;

Then I must admit that you are braver than most people I know;

It seems like you're willing to do the impossible.

Dickens' Stories

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The poor Oliver asks for more food. Later, he accidentally gets involved in organized crime and has an evil half-brother. Surprise Oliver, you have more family; and you live happily with the guy you were suppose to pickpocket.

Work Cited

Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist." Comp. Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Web. 6 Apr. 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist.

The Hound of Heaven

Work Cited

Thompson, Francis. "The Hound of Heaven." Bartleby.com. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.http://www.bartleby.com/236/239.html.

Housman

Housman by stkakigi

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"When I was One-and-Twenty" By A.E. Housman

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free."
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
"The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue."
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

Work Cited

Housman, A. E. "When I Was One-and-Twenty." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print

Poet's Corner. "Explanation: "When I Was One-and-Twenty"" Gale and Cengage Learning. Web. 4 Apr.
2011.http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/poets/poems/wheniwas_ex.htm.