26. April 2012 by student.

The story, unfortunately, is not new and is repeated too often. Africa, the world’s poorest continent, has low levels of development and poor sanitation, making it fertile ground for this type of situation, magnified by natural phenomena, are primed against its inhabitants, causing a high number of dead in addition to his numerous political conflicts, religious and ethnic groups.

The timing of recurrence show this: in 1967 the war caused hunger in Biafra and a half a million victims. A year later, was the turn of the countries that comprise the “hunger belt” with about a quarter of a million deaths. Thereafter, the list is extensive, affecting especially Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan, and three of these countries are now in the eye of the hurricane. An official of Unicef, Mia Cox, shocked at the fearlessness of the international community, warned of what he calls “hunger, a silent tsunami.” You are absolutely right.

When in 2004 another natural disaster, a tsunami in the South Pacific, killed about 230 thousand people, the world expressed solidarity and economic aid rained. However, the situation in Africa may have worse consequences if no action is taken to avoid them, because as the official says, “Currently 500,000 children under 5 years in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are suffering from an imminent threat to their lives severe malnutrition, which means that if you do not receive immediate medical care and therapeutic foods have few days of life. ” That is the magnitude of the tragedy, only in the most vulnerable population, children.

But disasters do not usually come alone, the situation is getting worse: the most affected region of Somalia controlled by Islamic fundamentalist group Al Shabab, the same as the CIA directly linked to Al Qaeda. Before the announcement of the UN to warn of a humanitarian disaster, the radical group has reiterated that this is an issue arising from cyclical drought and therefore will not allow entry of organizations that will bring relief or remedy the plight of health, then, for the radical group, the aid is a veiled excuse for “bringing spies and promote political agendas.” For now, the World Food Programme United Nations has 1.5 million Somalis and expects to double its efforts, for which surely will have to compromise with the leaders of Al Shahab, failing to increase the already another chaotic situation.

It is hoped that before this alarm bell that requires a concerted and determined by the international community is given an immediate response to anguished call ten million people, including half a million children under five years. There are already several similar situations were alerted in the past and was not what it should, with consequences that are crushing the world’s conscience. It is time to act.

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26. April 2012 by student.

Whatever the definition, the growing variety of Hispanics reveals that the term ‘Hispanic’ is vague, because it tries to bring together under a blanket the diverse cultures of more than 20 nations hispohablantes Latin America, according to researchers and interviews with several persons of Latin America.

The first confusion is that the ‘Hispanic’ is linked to a race, so the general perception is that Hispanics are the skin, eyes and dark hair, though the term has nothing to do with race, but ethnicity. A Hispanic can be black, white, mixed or Asian.

The following would be the misconception that all Hispanics are illegal. When the vast majority of Hispanics in the U.S. are in the country legally. Of the 50.3 million Hispanics, about 41.3 million are authorized to be in the country, according to statistics from the Census Bureau and the Pew Hispanic Center.

A further difference would be that first generation Hispanics in the United States often do not consider themselves Hispanic. According to several interviews with Latinos, they end up assuming as such after living several years in the U.S. and be identified as such by the rest of the population. “Hispanic is just a label that America has given us,” said Guillermo Alvarez, who hails from Venezuela.

Whatever the definition of ‘Hispanic’ the reality is that in America, nearly one in three people will be Hispanic by 2050 if present trends of immigration, said the Pew Hispanic Center in 2008. Under that scenario, the Hispanic population grow from the current 50.3 million to 133 million, more than Mexico’s current population of almost 114 million

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26. April 2012 by student.

Women’s Rights

After two centuries of claims by the feminist movement today we are heading towards a world where equal rights between men and women is not an illusion. Below is a list of rights won by women after prolonged struggle.

In the West

Clothing and health:
1. Every woman has the right to waxing, makeup, wear tight clothing, wear high heels, carrying diets and prolonged graft prosthesis in various parts of the body. Any activity that causes pain and damage their health with that of being more attractive in the eyes of men is a natural and inalienable right of women.
2. It follows from the above that every woman has the right to wear his microbikini in winter. If cold women are entitled to be covered with low-cut blouse and miniskirt.
3. Every woman who exercises the above rights and is entitled also be nice to sing and act but out of tune when singing “Happy Birthday” and act worse than Arnold Schwarzenegger.
4. Any woman who meets the above is entitled to receive his doctorate in marine biology thermonuclear physics, without attending any courses.
5. Every ugly woman is entitled to participate in a reality show where two surgeons butchers with a black marker, three saws, a hammer, a chisel, a chainsaw and a lawn mower to blast them make some small adjustments.

Family:

1. Every woman has the right to have sex with other women if it is to photograph, film it and upload to the Internet. But if it is to make a home, adopt a child and raise a canary, or speak.

Politics:

1. Every woman has the right to govern Germany, Chile and Argentina. Is expected in the near future to expand this right also to countries that start with B, D and E. A century and take over the whole alphabet. Tremble Zimbabwe.
2. Every woman has the right to send her husband to the post of president in the office immediately prior to yours.

In Argentina

1. Every woman has the right to pretend to be President while her husband make the decisions.
2. Every woman has the right to be famous and unforgettable if shooting a porn video and uploads it to the Internet.

In Spain

1. Every woman has the right to be part of the Zapatero cabinet.

U.S.

1. Any woman who has been raped has a right to shoot the rapist, provided that after absconding from the law with his partner, and both end up launching his car off a cliff, preferably in the Grand Canyon.
2. Every housewife has the right to despair.

In Mexico

1. Every woman has the right to remain silent.

In the Muslim world
Clarification: in every Muslim country is different, but as we are lazy and ignorant Uncyclopedia, we will generalize so absurd and irresponsible:

1. Every woman has the right to remain silent, any word you say can be used against you in a court of religious law.
2. Every woman has the right - and even the obligation - to protect every inch of her body from the dangers of sun and air.
3. Every woman has the right to build their own stone house. Men should provide the building material if a woman commits adultery.
4. Every woman has the right to be exchanged for not less than 10 camels, even if the woman is worth less than 5.
5. Every woman has the right to maintain quarrels with the other women of her husband.

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26. April 2012 by student.

Why is it considered rude to ask women their age?

Every website I asked this question to all said “Yes”, that it is rude to ask a woman her age. Some sites its okay to ask someone under the age of 30, but my thought was how would you know unless you asked. But its been like for as long as anyone can remember, it has been rude to ask a woman her age, but its okay to ask a man how old he is with out it being rude. According to this website I found it is western etiquette to not ask the question. And that because it is as burden for a woman to look younger than her actual age, and in a social setting the woman has to look presentable to other people. Especially men, and if he were to ask he would be questioning her age and if she had to reveal her actual age it would be an embarrassment and the man would leave her because she wasn’t young enough. So, in that asking her age you are essentially telling her that she has failed in her ability to make herself look young. Also the article said that beauty companies don’t like it because they want their women to look young and to feel young too. So, if men are asking women their age all the time then it wouldn’t be good for the woman to feel bad about herself and question her beauty products. I think it has to go back into the past when women needed to look young so that they looked like they could be a good wife for their husband and bear many children for him. So, if she looked to old then she wouldn’t be a good wife because she would be past the age of bearing children. So, if a woman was questioned on how old she was it could be potentially bad, so it became rude to ask how old women are.

Kenneth McDonough

http://articles.submityourarticle.com/Jim-Terroirier-7859/etiquette-108129.php

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26. April 2012 by student.

The pursuit of perfection, low self esteem, insecurity, vanity, money, consumerism and all that you say are just the reasons why people undergo plastic surgery. They say it is “artificial”, “unnatural” and makeup? What about hair dye? What about the numerous products to enhance the body? … people turn to so many things to look better than applying the rule that you say, we are no longer natural, as is natural to stay and go into the world as we are. In my view, what happens is that surgery is now so accessible to almost everyone that ease one can have surgery, then two, three, etc.. It’s like makeup, Make up once and if you like to do it again.

Nobody is perfect in this life, and those seeking to look good, either by diet, exercise, creams, massage, surgery, etc.. that good! Because looking good and feeling good go hand in hand!

Well the point is that accessibility one can become addicted if you want to call.

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26. April 2012 by student.

The reasons as to why travel can be very personal. But that does not mean that many people are convinced about the reasons why we travel. Or at least, there have been many hypotheses on the subject. It occurred to me list some of them, and probably the return from vacation in Brazil, to develop some of the topics. Disclaimer: I make it clear that in this article I want to compile a series of common sense about the reasons for travel. Of course, these common sense seem to me very objectionable for many reasons, but that is for future entries on the blog.

People travel to meet other: that is, to “see and know” those “others” in places where they live. This hypothesis, of course, relates to the famous search for “authenticity.” If indeed many people travel to meet “other”, then do not understand why they spend cloistered in a specific area of ​​the city, or just if you know some locals, who usually are at your service, either in the hotel or restaurant.

People travel to see “more of the world” or, as some say, “to have more culture.” Of course many would not say that, while “culture” are not the “fine arts” but much more. It seems to many people “trip” equals “firsthand knowledge”, and therefore appears more reliable.

People come to know themselves, that is common sense from where the books of “self” using the theme of travel-and that one should take care in this blog. When traveling, people would have more contact with themselves, and discover the route ignoring things in their daily lives. It is worth exploring this issue, although the wave escaping from a “new age” that will quickly want to impose.

People travel to escape from everyday life: or to recharge the batteries, or rest. To some extent, that makes the holidays are an appendix to our daily lives. Something like that traveled to work more.

People travel because they are traveling spirit: from now, it is assumed that many of us love to be moving back and forth. But that spirit, far from being given, is built every day, beautiful and frustrating experiences in unknown places and stays long journeys on buses destroyed.

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26. April 2012 by student.

I do not know if it would be appropriate to list the five most serious problems that I see humanity as according to me, everything is the result of a question. This I see as the cause may take on different hues depending on the scope and capabilities of the social sector is analyzed. That is, in Christian words, all problems are the same cat but rolled.
The cause to which I refer is the unconsciousness of which all men are prey. Unconsciousness leaders and powerful men, and that of its employees and victims. The latter are responsible for doing almost nothing about it and ultimately be nothing more than tools of the system, and the first to be able, without much sign of remorse, to carry out atrocious acts, that all “subconsciously” know and allowing them to retain power in the world, since Europeans had the wonderful idea of ​​colonizing the entire planet under the false justification to Christianize.

It is human nature to subdue the weaker to steal your wealth in the last century of the millennium, and after the great World Wars, which I rather call wars of the “powers” is leading us to neoliberal globalization, which in I think only makes it more simple and efficient the ruthless exploitation of the poor. The leaders of countries like those in the G-7 (United States, Germany, England, Japan, France, Italy and Canada), especially United States, have made sure to force the weak to trade with them. All that matters is the benefit of big business and these in turn imported capital to their country. Needless to say that neoliberalism is intended only thing is that this scheme is easier to implement, under the camouflage through the mass media, that economic openness is the most wonderful thing has happened to the world since its inception and that at last we will leave prehistory (read a guy named Noam Chomsky).

Well, I do not know much about economics, but it seems that unemployment is socially necessary, as long as it remains within certain limits. It has two purposes: one, the pressure to lower wages by competition among labor, and two, that the mass of unemployed serve as the “human warehouse” to replace the workforce to be calling for hand ignorant but cheap labor, if required. If unemployment low, as dictated by the first purpose, wages rise and the economy is destabilized. In contrast, if unemployment is rising, began to have outbreaks of social unrest, as is the insecurity. From this we can conclude that neoliberalism resolved, to the powerful countries, both problems: There will always be cheap labor, and what an employer really cares if a few Indians were killed because they have to eat in a small country like Timor Eastern and El Salvador …

This is the genius of neoliberal scheme: In this atmosphere, the leaders (rulers and capitalists), shall be respected by its citizens because of good domestic economy, and will also be immune to any kind of movement from Third World countries, which are increasingly weaker … I do not know if this sounds like I’m discovering the black wire, but at least find out things how are you qualified in booklets Reds, has awakened in me a nervous worried …

Following the analysis, if you put more clearly the unfair global reality, you can imagine the entire population of the Earth as 100 humanitos on a small spherical surface with few resources. 90% of the resources of this “Tierrita” is up to eight people, six of them American, while 80 live in poor conditions and very hungry. It is thick, not, but anyway … these realities, massaged through effective strategies, about which not much to say that they are perfectly well-planned and of which I would write more some other time, we all know.

Marx says that in order to exploit someone in a capitalist system, you must alienate. That is this alienation?, As in not having another goal in life than the accumulation of wealth. There have been thinking about why we all have this false idea that “… he who is born in a crib miserable and then dies in a coffin of luxury, has succeeded in life …”? (Quino, “Mafalda”) If you do not believe me just think about what their parents expect of you … Better stop here because you do not want my comments are interpreted prejudiced.

I know that when you grow up, get married and becoming independent, the first need is to feed the family, but this does not mean you have to do it unconsciously, under this system always presents us with seductive and materialistic “wins” to achieve. It is important to have goals, yes, but do not let us impose other or the same system.

I really think that human intelligence is far beyond the “law of the jungle” in which the strongest dominates the weak, that our leaders try to hide from comic shows and other entertainment techniques. Furthermore, this Darwinian struggle is going to be not of the fittest on the atrophied, but the richest of the poor. Representative democracy in which we live is full of fallacies, starting with its definition. Grab an encyclopedia, look up the word “democracy” and atáquense laughing all day, as did Mafalda: means the power exercised by the people. Do you think this is the case?, If more than 80% of our country has a lot of hungry … I think this representative democracy rather say “I shut the poor!” As they know that are good for them and others, in any country. It takes a lot of education, of course, and I agree with who said he should give more importance to social sciences, but other than those changes that I believe we have to do is break this system of accumulation of private property, which obviously this bitch … The socialism of egg does not work as demonstrated Eastern Europe and others, and unfortunately has not been anyone who has come up with some other system that works economically in this century characterized by technological development hysterical. Although this is known, it is important to highlight for me. Do not believe it would be better a system in which people were aware of their participation in society, in which values ​​such as equality and respect, not materialism, were the base? I think something to remedy environmental disasters, as a conscious society may not only be worried about their own enrichment, but for every person and thing that shape the world. You see, I became more delusional and even Communist … Communist as were the pre-Hispanic Indians before being colonized, and who lived in far greater harmony with the world that the Europeans and the Western world today.

Now, not to conclude marearlos more … I think intelligence makes us men, and the rest of the world, why not, a lot of potential. I feel a little conjoined with goodness, this intelligence could make men be able to break this cycle of blind competition, and that we develop in some other way a little more virtuous society. We are rational animals, and although this does not make us angels or beings in areas different from the rest of nature, if it is up to us to decide the course of the world, which we fully exploiting disproportionately subjected. As animals we are, appetites control us, but also passion. If by intelligence we are able to separate the bad from the good passions, then I think we could make a difference for good.

He says there are three alternatives: First, technological development makes possible a nuclear holocaust, if some maniac takes the initiative to send the first missile. This possibility does not have us so paranoid since the Cold War ended, just more than a real threat, the Cold War was a distraction technique in capitalist countries and to discredit the socialist countries. Second, to continue this global capitalist system until it destabilizes enough to start a revolution also global, which is difficult to know, first sprout from the underdeveloped countries can not stand the hunger, or from first world countries themselves due to accelerated loss of spiritual and moral values. Third, that man conscientice before alarms start ringing in different areas, social and ecological, which suggest that the growth curve of the human population is reaching its peak, and that unless we use the intelligence efficiently, after the peak will come the inevitable and drastic decline that whole organic population occurs within an environment of limited resources.

I propose a third option: I think that our role in this awareness is to learn and communicate lessons learned. Let us use our privileged position as this in which we have access to any information and assistance to the international ask for the working of which we are falling prey by the major capitalist countries in partnership with our apathetic and corrupt governments. I propose to learn because in my case, read these topics, other than show me that I know almost nothing, has sparked a passionate need to talk about with people to try to somehow start to move towards some other direction. I therefore propose that we talk to people, especially without access to these means, to learn from each other and exchange views. Perhaps with the help of good leaders, if God takes pity and gives us some, we can give concrete shape to this impulse that opposes the current direction of the world. You think?

The other day I heard on TV to an astronomer who fascinated by some new discoveries, said no one can understand the whole universe. The more we know, we become larger, but the vast vision to which we have access is becoming more complex. I think this can be generalized: we can not understand the purpose or the reason for each of the elements of our society, the world and all our “intellectual spectrum”, but at least being larger helps us understand a little better our place and role, here and now.

I hope that more of a find my ideas a bit reactionary and if they want to criticize them under the premise that, as my mom, I’m pissing off the potty …

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26. April 2012 by student.

Animal hoarding is defined as:

This definition comes from the Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium, an independent group of academic researchers based in Massachusetts. The full definition and more info can be found at vet.tufts.edu/hoarding.

Animal hoarding is considered a mental impairment and usually happens after a person experiences a loss or some tragic event in their lives. Therapy can help, but it usually comes after the large number of aniamals have been discovered. In most cases thes animals are living in horrid conditions and malnutritioned.

It is likely that up to a quarter million animals—250,000 per year—are victims of hoarders. What’s more, records kept by ALDF indicate that in the last four years, the number of reported hoarding cases has more than doubled. In terms of the number of animals affected and the degree and duration of their suffering, hoarding is the number one animal cruelty crisis facing companion animals in communities throughout the country.

Local Humane Society’s can go bankrupt from one individual case of animal hoarding. The homes in which these animals live often have to be condemmed. The nusiance and cost to local authorities is ongoing in severe cases.

Hoarding is very difficult to prevent, but it can be stopped. There is a need for public education and for communities to know how to recognize the basic signs of hoarding: the keeping of abnormally large numbers of animals, the failure to provide proper nutrition and care, and serious neglect. In the short term, neglected and abused animals need to be removed from a hoarder’s property, but only long term changes to animal law can prevent hoarding.

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25. April 2012 by student.

Many people have broken free from political oppression and bondage. However, there is another kind of bondage that can be worse than political is the bondage that comes from being an addict.  Alcohol, tobacco, and other substances have enslaved millions.  All addictions create dependence and a certain degree of tolerance.  Thus, it becomes extremely difficult for addicted people to break away from the cycle that has captured them.  For this reason, those trapped need support from professional care, family, church, and friends.  When people hear the word “addiction,” they usually think of an illegal substance such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or any other drugs that can be found on the street or over the counter.  Majority of people do not consider that uncontrollable alcohol can be just as harmful as illegal drugs, not only on the body, but also on the mind and spirit as well.  Substance abuse such as alcohol can be even worse than taking illegal drugs.  Reckless drinking can destroy a person’s life as well as the lives of those around them.  When people become both physically and psychologically addicted to alcohol, they become an alcoholic and suffer from a disease called alcoholism (Becker & Semrow2006).  Alcoholism somehow affects us all, parents, siblings, friends, or even personal encounters with strangers.  In fact, alcoholics may become angry and argumentative, quiet, withdrawn, or depressed.  They may also feel more anxious, sad, tense, and confused (Buljan, 2010).

In order for society to have a better understanding of the impact of alcohol, society must know what is an addiction and some of the factors that attribute to addiction.  Alcohol has both short and long-term effects, which might increase ones risk of addiction.  Some of the short-term effects consist of hangovers or binge drinking.  Long term-effects of alcohol abuse can result in relationship issues, financial difficulties, and legal problems.  One of the most common and severe mental disorder is alcohol dependence.  Drug dependence is a persuasive need to continue taking a drug to bring pleasure or to relieve anxiety.  Drug dependence can be very powerful and difficult to overcome.  The body adapts to the continuous use of a drug that produces dependence, leading to tolerance and to withdrawal symptoms when use stops.

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25. April 2012 by student.

Pierrot Michel “Effort over Love”            “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Maslow and “Oranges” written by Gary Soto have similar components that play the role of control and resistance. Acknowledging the control and resistance of a piece of work shift’s one’s mind on how to interpret the true message behind the writing. Each poem has its own way of using control and resistance to makes it story come alive, with the use of literary devices.             “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” written by Christopher Marlow is a pastoral poem that contains six four line stanza that is telling a story about a shepherd’s pursuit of his love. “Oranges” written by Gary Soto is about a young boy’s first date, and first love. Gary Soto’s poem “Oranges” and in Marlow’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” the use of the literary devices makes the story come alive. Both Marlow and Soto use symbolism and imagery throughout their poems to give it life. Marlow uses the senses of sight, sound, smell, and touch. For example “Seeing the shepherd freed their flocks” (ln. 6) uses the sense of sight. “Melodious birds sing madrigals.”(ln. uses the sense of sound. “And a thousand fragrant posies” (ln. 10) uses the sense of smell. “And we will sit upon the rocks” (ln. 5) uses the sense of touch. Robinson states that “There is the visual feast of the pastoral landscape and of the belt with coral clasps and amber studs, the soft touch of the gown made from wool pulled from lambs, the sounds of the birds singing melodious madrigals and of the shepherds’ songs, the smell of the beds of roses and of the thousand fragrant posies”. With the use of imagery one feels as if they are really there. Marlow also uses symbolism in the first stanza and throughout the poem. In the second line of the first stanza the shepherd invites his love to come with him in “pleasures prove”. The shepherd’s love is symbolized by all of the “lavish” items he is offering to give his love.             Soto uses contrasting imagery to portray the feeling of love. For example within the first seven lines he tells you that it is a cold and gray day in December. Then he introduces the oranges, “Cold, and weighted down/ with two oranges in my jacket” (ll. 3-4). When one thinks of an orange the color and brightness of the fruit comes to mind. It infuses light, happiness, and love in a way into the scene, by contrasting with the cold, December day. The imagery of the cold December day reflects to the “coldness” between the girl and boy. The brightness of the oranges is a never ending occurrence throughout this piece. Everything always refers back to the brightness and color of the oranges.             For example the narrator notices that the girl’s porch light is always on despite the weather or the time of day, in lines 8-11 “As I walk toward/ Her house, the one whose/ Porch light burned yellow/ Night and day, in any weather.”  This image brings up light which reflects back to the brightness of the oranges. Soto uses symbolism to show the strength of the youthful love. Referring back to lines 3-4 when the young boy states that he is weighted down by the oranges, the oranges symbolize the way his love for the girl is weighed upon him. The weight is created from the strong feelings he has for the girl and his hopes that she likes him too. As they walk down the street they notice a line of new planted trees, the new planted trees symbolize something new and young that will grow in the future, much like the love between the girl and boy. With the hope of their love grows and last refers back to the light and brightness of the oranges. With hope there is always light.  The use of these key literary devices enables the ready to really feel and image what the author has put on paper.             Marlow combined alliteration and rhyme to create a song like lyric. For example the “l” sound is repeated throughout the first two stanzas “live”, “love”, “all”, “hills”, “shallow”, “flocks”, and  “falls”. Another example of alliteration is the “m” sound it occurs in “mountain”, “madrigals”, “myrtle”, “lambs”, and “amber”.  The use of alliteration in Marlow’s poem helps the sentences flow easier together and also helps the shepherd get his point across that he wants to be with this young woman and that he would give her the world. Each stanza that Marlow produced is short and sweet he knows exactly what he wants to say. In Gary Soto’s “Oranges” the stanza’s start off very long and then decrease as the poem goes on. One device Soto’s uses to illustrate the resistance in the poem is caesura. Throughout the poem the speaker who is the young boy is very hesitant towards the girl and this is displayed by the breaks in every other line. The breaks in each stanza in every other line displays hesitation which shows a sign of resistance.              The control and the resistance of the two poems are similar in some ways but different in others. For example the control in “Oranges” is the girl. She has the most control over the boy. Him not knowing whether she like him or not controls his actions towards her. The role of resistance is displayed by the boy’s confidence and insecurities. It is a form of resistance because if the young boy knew how the girl felt about him he can proceed with his actions. Without knowing for a fact how the girl feels about him he is holding back how he really feels to not give it all or way or give in too much. For example the length of each stanza and the shows the hesitation the young boy has. In the beginning of the poem the stanza is very long, but as the poem goes on it decrease in size as his confidence increase. In the last stanza there are no breaks within the lines which displays that his confidence has increased and shows no hesitation. The last bit of hesitation was when they got to the counter of the corner store and he didn’t have enough money to pay for her candy bar, but instead paid it with his orange. Julianne White infers that either way, he proves himself and impresses the girl, which was the goal in the first place, or he is rewarded for his bravery by being allowed to hold her hand on the walk home. At the end of the poem “I took my girl’s hand” (ln. 47) one can say that the boy has won over the girl. The control and resistance has been extinguished when the boy and girl becomes a couple.             In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” the shepherd has the most control because he is offering the girl all of these things but only if she becomes his love. The girl has little control because she controls the destiny of their relationship by denying or accepting his offer. But she is resisting the shepherd because he has to shower her with all of these materialistic things just to get her attention.             Both poems used literary devices to help the reader have a better understanding of the meaning behind the work. The knowledge of control and resistance also helps the reader know the main objective of the author or speaker. The main idea of “Oranges” was to prove that even at a young age there can be love. In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” main focus was on how someone has to put their self on the line just to get another person’s attention.             In “Oranges” love was defined at the simplest thing. The speakers choice of words and raw simplicity in the way he tells the story illustrates that youth and honesty that comes with it. For example in line 1 “The first time I walked with a girl, I was twelve” is straightforward and simple, much like childhood love. In “The Passionate Shepherd with His Love” love was more complicated. The symbolism and imagery the author used to explain his story had a lot of elements to transform the words into meanings. The use of control and resistance and literary devices has transformed the words in this work to a whole new meaning.            “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Maslow and “Oranges” written by Gary Soto both have similar components that play the role of control and resistance. Both authors have captured the definitions of control and resistance to the use of their advantage.

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