Nemare's Online Journal

Introduction
In this essay, I’ll be talking about these two poems, ‘Remains’ and ‘War Photographer’ and how they express the theme of power and many others in different ways. In Remains, the poem is about a man who seems to be in the army and ends up killing a probably innocent man and starts having flashbacks about the poor death of the man. In War Photographer, the poem is about a man who has joined a group of men who are in war and has a job as someone who takes pictures during war, some of people who are dead or people who are in danger of dying.

Remains
In this poem, power is shown through the act of guilt. This is shown in the quote ‘His bloody life in my bloody hands’. This shows the power of guilt as his life is now dominated by the memory of killing the man, the reason for this is because it is almost like it has been engraved in his head, this means that its permanent and cannot be forgotten. The part where it says ‘bloody hands’ makes him think that killing the man was almost like it was all his fault and no one elses cause the death was all on him. The part where it says, ‘his bloody life’ shows that the man has experienced severe actions since his body was pierced and dominated by the bullets, saying that his life is bloody also shows that this is how the reader saw the suspect with blood all over him.

In the poem, the speaker aslo has power in a senior position mainly because he is in control of himself and won’t get repercussioned for his actions. In the poem, he let his actions get the better of his mind, he’s controlled his mind which is why he shot the man with his allies without thinking about it first, almost like an instinct. These actions unfortunately caused him to suffer dramatic symptoms such as insomnia (when you can’t sleep), this was mainly because he kept having visions of the mans death and couldn’t stop thinking about the incident. ‘And the drinks and drugs won’t flush him out’, in this quote, we know that he tried get rid of the scene by drinking, which seemed to be the only good option this man had in mind, but it didn’t turn out so good as it didn’t work.

War Photographer
In this poem, power is also shown through the act of guilt, as well as the quote that I used for Remains, guilt is also an act of power. ‘Solutions slop in trays beneath his hands, which did not tremble then though seem to now’, this quote shows the power of guilt. Since he is a war photographer, he cannot help those his taking pictures of, hence why his hands tremble. Saying that his hands tremble tell us that he might be scared or traumatised by the deaths of the people in the war, it terrifies him so much that he can’t even hold the pictures properly without shaking. You could say that the frightening could actually lead to anger, if his hands tremble, it could be that he managed to by pass the terrible and sad thoughts and soon start to think of taking the situation into he’s own hands and try to deal with it himself.

Remains
In this poem, I’ll be showing how this quote expresses power through the act of memory. ‘He’s here in my head when I close my eyes, dug in behind enemy lines’. This quote shows the power of memory when it says, ‘when I close my eyes’, this means that he is remembering what happened in the past when he killed the man, he is also traumatised by the scene and it causes him to have visions and nightmares of him every time his eyes close. The quote also shows the power of fear because he is scared as he is sad. ‘He’s here in my head when I close my eyes’, we know that when someone closes there eyes and always sees someone like a memory, it can sometimes come as a threat, hence why the quote shows the power of fear.

War photographer
In this poem, I’ll now be talking about how a quote shows the power of memory and other variations. ‘He remembers the cries of the mans wife.’ This quote shows the power of memory when he says that ‘he remembers the cries’ is the main reason why this represents the power of memory. It tells us that he might be shocked and also scarred if he is to remember that specific part of the war which is known to be a very bad feeling. In comparison, it’s similar to the quote in Remains ‘he’s here in my head when I close my eyes, dug in behind enemy lines.’ The reason why I am comparing these two is because they are both memory’s from the writers. They both have a memory that is fairly side in many ways cause they are both memory’s of death. The only difference is that one death was caused by another, whereas the other death was caused by them self.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, the ways in which ‘War Photographer’ and ‘Remains’ both discuss the theme of power is that they both show power in many different ways, whether it’s guilt or memory. In my opinion, I think that the best type of power shown through both the poems is guilt because both the writers tell us that in the poems, they are guilty of what there actions were. The poem I like best mainly for its use of guilt shown in power is Remains, this is because in the poem the man and his allies took an innocent or non innocent mans life and because of this, the writer suffered mental issues which caused him to have drink problems and trouble sleeping. These poems were compared quite fairly.

This essay will be based on the perspectives of Mumbai through three main protagonists: Asha, Abdul and Sunil. I will be giving out information about these three characters perspectives on Annawadi, Mumbai and the people of Annawadi.

Abdul is a boy who lives in the slums and sorts out rubbish as his daily job. His thoughts on Annawadi is that he likes it best when it is in the morning, probably because of his mum and how rude and cruel she might be to him. His not really friendly with his neighbors either.

Next, we have Asha who is the slum lord of Annawadi and practically controls the whole of the slums. Since she is the ruler of the slums, she does get doubts about Annawadi ruining the look of Mumbai’s nice area, however Asha seems to be good at what she does which is take care of the slums and tries her best to make it better.

Lastly, there’s Sunil who is a much younger boy than Abdul that used to live in the orphanage with his little sister Sunita in Mumbai. He decided to leave the orphanage maybe because he found out that the sisters were only being nice to them and giving them ice cream etc. when people come to visit the orphanage. I think that Sunil thinks of Mumbai and the people as kind and a nice environment especially when it comes to children. In this essay, I will be exploring how Katherine Boo presents the different perspectives of Asha, Sunil and Abdul and the various language techniques she uses to do so.

This quote ‘The pale sun lent the sewage lake a sparkling silver cast, and the parrots nesting at the far side of the lake could still be heard over the jets’ shows us that it must be in the morning referring to ‘the parrots nesting at the far side of the lake’ as parrots are more likely to start there activities in the morning. It also shows us that in the morning is the best times for Abdul as he enjoys these times the most and when he hates Annawadi the least. It also tells us that he obviously doesn’t like Annawadi but only enjoys it when he can leave his house away from his mother in the morning.

The quote ‘His general approach toward his neighbors was this: “The better I know you, the more I will dislike you, and the more you will dislike me. So let us keep ourselves” tells us that the relationship with his neighbors is not really loyal, it could just be that Abdul has no respect for the people around him, I think that its because of the environment that he is in that it might have changed him and made him that way. For him to be acting that way in Annawadi, he must have lived a more durable area that he actually enjoyed living in instead of the horrible slums.

The quote ‘She had by now seen past the obvious truth – that Mumbai was a hive of hope and ambition – to a profitable corollary’, tells me that she had true feelings for Mumbai and really liked it there, however Asha saying that ‘She had by now seen past the obvious truth’ tells me that her thoughts about Mumbai now is no longer as good and as her thoughts about Mumbai before. It could do with the fact that she has to deal with the slums which is not what she might be into but at least she has power over it.

‘Wealthy citizens accused the slum-dwellers of making the city filthy and unlivable, even as an oversupply of human capital kept the wages of their maids and chauffeurs low.’ From this quote, I can see that the rich people of Mumbai are not agreeing with the fact that the slum-dwellers are almost taking over the city with their disgusting habits. I think that in Asha’s perspective, she is not caring whether the people of Mumbai are hating Annawadi, because I believe that if she starts to take notice of it, then she could end up losing her role in being slum lord.

‘He knew why he and the other children received ice cream only when newspaper photographers came to visit, and why food and clothing donated for the children got furtively resold outside the orphanage gate.’ In Sunil’s perspective, it could show him that the sisters in the orphanage are acting nice and respectful to all the orphans only because people are visiting them. Also, in the quote ‘and why food and clothing donated for the children got furtively resold outside the orphanage gate’ could make him think that this orphanage is a bit twisted and dark hearted that they will actually have the thought of selling the orphans clothing and food which is something that they need.

The quote ‘In the old days, Sunil and Sunita had stood silently outside the huts of their neighbors at dinnertime’ tells us that some people in Mumbai have no respect for little children who don’t have a house or any food to eat. It tells us that they will actually have the audacity to not pay any attention to Sunil and Sunita when they are actually suffering outside in the streets of Mumbai and the dirty lanes of Annawadi. That also just goes to show us that the people of Mumbai are really selfish with their food and money, that they feel that they shouldn’t have to be generous to two little children.

In my conclusion, Mumbai is presented through the perspectives of Abdul as a nice day in the morning when his on his way to school and not so friendly with his neighbors in the morning. Mumbai is presented through the perspectives of Asha as a good city that she has managed to own, also she don’t care about the doubts about Annawadi with people hating it so much. Lastly, Mumbai is presented through the perspectives of Sunil as a fake linking to the orphanage where they are only acting nice because people are there, also, Mumbai is seen as a city that don’t care for little children, only themselves.

Nemare Taylor-Duffus

The last night summary:

1st page

• Mr Utterson was sitting by the fire then was surprised by Poole’s visit
• quote – Mr Utterson was sitting by his fireside one evening after dinner, when he was surprised to receive a visit from Poole.

2nd page

• ‘Poole and utterson went to see Jekyll’

3rd page

• Poole and Utterson went to go check on Jekyll
• ‘Mr Utterson, sir,’ said Poole, with a note of something like a triumph in his voice’.

4th page

• Poole assumes that someone has murdered Dr Jekyll
• ‘Well, murdered, what could induce the murderer to stay’?

5th page

• poole is speaking about Mr Hyde to mr Utterson
• ‘at the far end of the room digging among the crates’.

6th page

• Mr Utterson recommends that someone breaks into the cabinet door.
• ‘I shall consider it my duty to break in that door’.

7th page

• poole had broken into the door
• ‘poole swung his axe over his shoulder; the blow shook the building, and the red baize door leaped against the lock and hinges’.

8th page

• They couldn’t find any trace of Henry Jekyll
• ‘Nowhere was there any trace of Henry Jekyll, dead or alive’.

9th page

• the envelope had a will inside it with mr Utterson’s name on it
• ‘a large envelope was uppermost, and bore, in the doctor’s hand, the name of Mr Utterson’.

Dear Mr Fields,

From the clip that I have just watched, I believe that you, as a trained policeman in South Carolina, America, had every right to act the way you did in that situation.

From what I have heard about the video, the female teen was asked during lesson to pass over her phone as she was using it, she refused to do so, afterwards I believe you were asked to arrive at the classroom to involve yourself in the situation. After you arrived, I’m assuming that you asked her to step outside since she was sent out for her cruel behaviour that she has just inflicted on the teacher.

Now, if I remember correctly, she ended up hitting you because she was grabbed by you I’m guessing. Now at this point I can imagine what must have been going through both of you twos head at that moment of time and place. Let me start with the teenage girl, now when you grabbed her, whether it was with force or not, she must have been thinking, “Wait a minute, I don’t like the way this man is manhandling me like this, I know for a fact that he is being extremely rude to a student like me and I will not tolerate this, I should react aggressive”. Now I don’t know if she actually hits you or not but if she did and I’m sure it wasn’t more than once, that you would react furiously to the student as you are to act like that in America since it’s your job.

On the other hand, other teachers and students might not have the same impression as us. For example, when people see this tape with you with this female teen, they might get the thought of racism and they becoming stereotypical of having the thought of a black young girl getting practically manhandled by a white man in a police man suit. But there is no need to feel let down by everyone holding grudge on you, it happens to everyone.

In conclusion, I can say that I support you for what you did and that I hold no repercussions on you what so ever, so lets just hope you do not get penalised for what you did and hopefully I get to  speak to you in person one day.

Yours Sincerely,

Nemare Taylor-Duffus

Taylor woke up one morning to find himself in an unusual location. The surface he was laying on which was filled with dust and stones and rubbish, had a very dirty environment. He felt an extremely annoying feeling, almost as if there was something inside his stomach. As he stood up, his legs felt wobbly as if he was standing on an exercise ball. Taylor started to open his eyes and ends up seeing slight blurs. After about a minute, he is fully capable of his vision, as he looks in the mirror, he ‘gasps’. His face has many scars and scales and his arms feel extremely wrinkly and bumpy. It was not until this moment that he realised he had changed.

If you have seen Titus Andronicus, you will know that he is the emperor of Rome and has a lot of power. You will also know that his daughter, Lavinia gets raped by his fioncé’s sons, Demetrius and Chiron and gets her arms chopped off and her tongue cut out. Afterwards, Titus Andronicus finds out what happened to his daughter, ends up going crazy and chops off his own arms. I think that Titus Andronicus is too violent to be taught in school as his actions relate to rape and mutilation. I think that school children are unable to handle this sort of content. I believe that teachers will find this sort of content unsuitable and offensive for their students.

I understand you may believe that Titus Andronicus is a bit crazy in his plays, so i think that he is a bit too violent to be taught in schools. His character might refer to some people as being a mad man or a psychopath. The children in primary school are more likely to be learning about rhymes and poems, not killing and rape.

I believe that he might be a bit gory or cruel, especially when he goes out to war with his many sons and returns back to Rome with only five of them, that’s a bit too violent. He is also mental and crazy as when he gets his two sons heads in a bag, he starts laughing, however when Marcus Andronicus, Titus’s brother squishes a fly at a buffet, he goes absolutely crazy and starts cursing Marcus and shouting at him.

Furthermore, we should consider banning Titus Andronicus from most primary schools as he will be a bit too violent and gory and disrespectful to most students at school.

I think that we must not teach Titus Andronicus to students in primary school as he has prevented a lot of violence during the plays.

Setting:

Capital

Characters:

Saturninus, Titus Andronicus, Lavinia, Bassianus, Marcus Andronicus, Lucius, Mutius, Tamora

Events:

Saturninus agrees to marry Lavinia but then his eyes the beauty that was Tamora and fall in love.

Themes:

Anger, murder, guilt and revenge

Quotation:

These words are razors to my wounded heart

Explanation:

Titus Andronicus describes Saturninus words as razors towards his broken heart.

Setting:

Temple of the recently deceased emperor.

Characters:

Titus Andronicus, Marcus Andronicus, Lavinia, Saturninus, Lucius, Bassianus, Tribunes.

Events:

Lavinia greets her noble Lord father.

Themes:

The core theme of this extract is based around decision making for Titus Andronicus.

Quotation:

To appease their arguing shadows that are gone.

Explanation:

This is taken from when Tamora is begging for her eldest so to be spared. And so Titus Andronicus decides that he will die. Titus continues with this, meaning that it would be a justified sacrifice, for when he is killed it will put all the souls of the dead soldiers to rest.

Setting:

Temple of the recently deceased emperor.

Characters:

Captain, Titus Andronicus, Lucius, Tamora, Chiron, Demetrius

Events:

Titus Andronicus has become the new emperor (the new emperor).

Themes:

Revenge, torture

Quotation:

‘O cruel, irreligious piety’

‘Whose smoke, like incense, doth perfume’

Explanation:

the first quote was said by Tamora as she said to give the goth people a responsible death for the sake of respect and religion.

The second quote was said by Lucius and he said the deaths and sacrifices of which they burnt smelt good to indicate that the deaths were done.

Setting:

Rome, The Tomb of the ANDRONICI.

Characters:

Titus Andronicus, Saturninus, Bassianus

Events:

Titus Andronicus is going to be elected to be the emperor of Rome, however, Saturninus and Bassianus (Titus Andronicus friends) are arguing about who should become emperor of Rome between them both.

Themes:

Acceptance – the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered.

Quotation:

‘Marcus Andronicus, so I do ally’

‘In thy uprightness and integrity,’

‘And so I love and honour thee and thine,’

Explanations:

This is Saturninus and Bassianus explaining why they should become emperor, but instead they are arguing over who should become emperor. They don’t think that Titus Andronicus should be emperor, they don’t think his worthy.