The literary device that Whitman uses to address the sea in this excerpt from "Song of Myself" is apostrophe.
According to the dictionary, apostrophe, aside from being a punctuation mark, is a literary device that consists of "the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically" (Merriam-Webster.)
In this excerpt, Whitmant is clearly personifying the sea by adressing directly to it as a person ("You sea!") and as if it could understand what he is saying to it ("I resign myself to you...")
Answer:
He wants to contribute all he can to research about his condition.
Explanation:
In Daniel Keyes' "Flowers of Algernon," Charlie is an intellectually disabled man who undergoes surgery in order to develop his mental ability. As a result, he reports everything that he experiences daily and, as his intellectual capacity declines again, he feels more and more motivated to complete his research paper called "The Algernon-Gordon Effect." Actually, his work on artificial intelligence arrives at the conclusion that artificial intelligence decreases as much as it was increased in the procedure.
The Black Ball, by Ralph Ellison, is most likely to belong to the Contemporary Period of American Literature.
Ellison began to publish his works in the 1950s and his themes revolved around the struggles African-Americans had to face while trying to not only survive but to be seen and heard by a racist society. He was certainly influenced by the movement known as the Harlem Renaissance, when black art flourished full of creativity and pride.
The Black Ball speaks of struggle and hope. John, the main character, has to deal with discrimination while he tries to teach his own son that being American is better and more important than being black, brown, or white.
Stienbecks attitude toward the banks were with a sort of hatred/evil intent, he thought the banks were a "monster evil" taking away the farmers money, and making people greedy
I would, but there's a high possibility what I write will be used. I wish you luck on the theme though :>
