In a well written response (at least one paragraph of 4-5 sentences), answer the following question. You will be able to use your notes from Part 1 to enhance your answer. Use examples from the text to support your answer. Both memoirs describe men who are put in an impossible situation. In Wiesel’s case, he is imprisoned in a camp where he cannot escape and faces almost certain death daily. In Rusesabagina’s case, he watches people turn on each other due to racial hatred, butchering people they had just days earlier considered friends and neighbors. Reflect upon their stories. Both recollections show ordinary men put in extraordinary situations. What personality or character qualities (either specifically mentioned by the author, or inferred by you as the reader) do the men have that allow them to persevere despite the danger they face? Why were they able to survive when others around them may not have been so fortunate?

Samuel johnson believed that literature should appeal mainly to the scholar, to him the common man, to teach him the common man, to teach and him the king and the parliament

Brutus: but as he was ambitious, i slew him. . who is here so base that would be a bondman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so rude that would not be a roman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so vile that will not love his country? if any, speak, for him have i offended. i pause for a reply. which rhetorical device does brutus use in this excerpt?

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.