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Tristen Reading Response


Matthew March ForOur Lives 

Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus is a book that shows the cultural society and social issues amongst the people. The reason that I believe this is because the book commonly gives small details that show abuse and poverty and how people are commonly treated amongst communities.Purple Hibiscus is a book that shows symbolism and social issues in an intriguing way. Papa who is seemingly perfect to the community has major family issues. He abuses his wife, kids and in some cases kids to be. Many do not realize this but there is nothing to be done because he is the glue in their community.
      Purple Hibiscus has shown that many things must be forgotten or things that you would not expect happen very commonly where they live. When Papa beat his wife and future child the children acted like it was just another one of those days and it was normal for beatings to happen. Throughout this book the cultural differences and mindsets amongst the different groups are very different from what you would see anywhere else. I am excited to see how things like poverty and abuse continue to layout through this novel.

Dogs

Dogs are human's best friends. Dogs have been with mankind since the beginning of time. Dogs have always been there for humans and humans have always been there for dogs. The importance of dogs is very overlooked. Dogs relax many people and that is why they are the most common therapy animal. They use a sense of warmth and playfulness to combine for great therapy animals. This is important because many people need dogs for their every day lives. Another important use of dogs are for security purposes. Such as, K9 units or just watching backyards.
         Dogs are single handedly the best animals in the world due to their versatility in usage. They can be used in almost any situation to help others. I have two black labs and they may not be K9 units or the most useful watch dogs but they are very underrated when it comes to other things. Overall dogs are very underrated when it comes to worldly things.
           

Q3 Week 8 Blog Comments

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Katie- Poem

Umbrella

In the song "Umbrella" by Rihanna feat. Jay-Z, the artist use an anaphora to get her point across that she will always be there for her fired and they will protect each other like an umbrella which brings me to my next point. Metaphors are used in this song quite a bit. The rain is all the problems in the world that her friend is being faced with. The umbrella that Rihanna refers to is the protection that Rihanna has for her friend. I feel that these metaphors help make the song more personable and understandable. Rihanna consistently uses words that mean lasting or forever throughout her song. She does so to let her friend that no matter how bad the rain (all problems) is that Rihanna will always have her back. 
     In the song "Umbrella" by Rihanna feat. Jay-Z, the artists uses anaphoras and metaphors to get her point across and to give an example that isn't real but is related to the hardships her friend is facing. I feel that the usage of these two devices were crucial in the song. The metaphor of rain to problems was consistently used in almost every stanza. This emphasizes the rain and umbrella to the rest world problems and her relationship with whomever she is talking to. 


Lyrics-Lyrics 

shootings

oh so

crazy

oh so

dumb

looking for the

answer

that may never 

exist

while everyone is clenching their

fists

yet, they are all being 

dismissed

no answer is found. 

until the day.
they are

missed

I used end rhyme, enjambment and one caesura in my poem. 

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