The Kenyon Review Essays

  • Analysis Of Jamaal May: Detroit's Machine God

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    multivalent language, as a place where many senses can be made of the world. If this is true, and I’ve built a life around the notion that it is, poetry can get us closer to reality in all its fluidity and complexity.” –Jamaal May (qtd. in “May,” Kenyon) Detroit. A city haunted by corrupt, broken souls. An unforgiving wasteland littered with violence, crime, and homelessness. A city that once stood proud and strong is now fighting for every breath. Few people enjoy the scenery here anymore; its

  • Benefits Of From Andragogy To Heutagogy

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    Introduction This paper will review Hase, S., & Kenyon, C. journal “From andragogy to heutagogy.” They discussed Knowles (1970) suggestion an important change in the way in which educational experiences for adults should be designed. They demonstrated the difference between the notion of andragogy and heutagogy. Furthermore the transformation from the theory of pedagogy to andragogy and now towards truly self-determined learning called heutagogy. This paper will exemplify the many benefits of both

  • The Importance Of Inclusion In Special Education

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    It aims to involve all students with disabilities, including severe disabilities, in academic and non-academic activities (Alquraini & Gut, 2012). According to Kenyon (2004), quality inclusion “must fit the details of day-to-day classroom instruction, it must be perceived by teachers, as being effective for all students and it must enhance the teacher’s current repertoire of instructional methods” (p. 10-11).

  • An Archetypal Analysis Of Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats

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    with another woman. She’s no longer the “witch” because, she isn’t the one that made the mistake of cheating, therefore, his actions reflect from the multiple mistakes that he made coming up to this point. “The Archetypes of Literature” in The Kenyon Review, “In the tragic vision of the human world is a despotism, or anarchy… [and] the deserted or betrayed hero (105).” The emotions in the lyrics throughout the song are static as she is singing with anger and never reaches forgiveness. In addition

  • The Human Service Field

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    The Human Service field can be challenging to people at times and rewarding as well in other moments of one’s career. What is the Human Services field exactly? According to the National Organization for Human Services they report that “the field of Human Services is broadly defined, uniquely approaching the goal of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base, focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems, and maintaining a commitment to improving the overall quality

  • An Archetypal Analysis Of Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats

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    Anger Can Be Consuming: An Archetypal Analysis of Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” (Introduction) (Thesis statement) Background with glass shattered, flames in the air, walls collapsing, carved her name in his leather seats, Louisville slugger to both headlights and slashed a hole in all four tires . She thinks that going thru with her actions will help the next girl so he knows. We can imagine going thru with certain actions but we can’t in reality vandalize someone’s property we would

  • Bacterial Vaginosis

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    Introduction Bacterial vaginosis is known to be the most common cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in women of childbearing age (Hay, 2010). Bacterial vaginosis is the result of the substitution of normal vaginal lactobacilli with anaerobic bacteria Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella, Peptostreptococcus and Bacteroides spp., which will result loss of the normal vaginal acidity (Turovskiy, Sutyak Noll, & Chikindas, 2010). Bacterial vaginosis is the main trigger of vaginal discharge or malodor in

  • Divorce Relationship

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    increased pressures and responsibilities (Wright & Maxwell, 1991). It is important to examine the impact of divorce and its relational outcomes to further understand and prevent additional complications within the family unit. Therefor the purpose in this review of literature is to illuminate the underlying factors of divorce that strain the relations between the separated parents and their adolescent children. Feeling Caught as a Mediator As satisfaction within a marriage deteriorates, complications between

  • The Life You Save May Be Your Own

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    chance to start over and do things differently? To make up for your mistakes, right your wrongs? This idea is featured as a theme in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, published in the 1953 Spring issue of The Kenyon Review (Kenyon College). The story is about a homeless man by the name of “Shiftlet” who approaches an isolated, run-down farm where “Mrs.Crater” and her mentally retarded daughter “Lucynell” lives. Crater offers Shiftlet a home to stay in if he’d do some

  • Sexual Assault And Rape Essay

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    Literature Review: The Unmet Needs of Male Victims of Sexual Assault Jacqueline Wild Florida State University Introduction The issue of sexual assault affects a vast number of people in the U.S. There is plenty of research on the psychological effects of sexual assault as well as what resources and treatments work best and are available, but almost all of it is about the sexual victimization of women. While it is known that men can experience traumatic effects when assaulted or victimized

  • Analysis Of Sarah Kane

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    discusses how critics describe Kane’s work as shocking and unpleasant. For example, he states in his article, “Others simply called it ‘vile’ and compared it to ‘having your whole head held down in a bucket of offal” ( 2008). In other words, critics who review Sarah Kane’s work describe it as having their heads in a pile of meat, simply put it was disgusting and unagreeable.

  • A Blessing by James Arlington Wright

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    work. In 1946 graduated from high school as a Valedictorian and joined the U.S. Army. He trained in engineering school at Fort Lewis, Washington. He served 18 months in occupational forces in Japan. When he returned from the army he got enrolled at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He received M.A. degree and began to work on his Ph.D. at the same time he started teaching at University of Minnesota and later at MacAlester College. He received Ph.D. from University of Washington for study on Charles

  • Masculinity and Evolutionary Psychology

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    Charles and Dennis L. Krebs. Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology: Ideas, Issues, and Applications. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998. Daly, Martin and Margo Wilson. “Darwinism and the Roots of Machismo.” Scientific American (2002). Kenyon, Paul. “Overview of Evolutionary Psychology and Mating Strategies.” Human Behavior and Evolution Society. 2000. University of Plymouth. 4 Apr. 2000 . Peterson, Dale, and Richard Wrangham. Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence. Mariner

  • Analysis of My Papa's Waltz

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    Analysis of "My Papa's Waltz" This poem has a kept form. Even at a glance, it has a set form. It consists of four quatrains, each line being an iambic tritameter. The poem is about a young boy waltzing with his father. One can assume that the speaker is a young boy, or perhaps the poet reminiscing his youth. The father dances around in a haphazard manner, knocking over pans in the kitchen. Upon first glance, the tone is humorous. The picture one immediately forms is rather comical with the

  • Medical Checklists Waste Time And Money Summary

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    that employees cover every aspect of their job. This ensures quality results and minimal mistakes. Greg Kenyon, MD, has found checklists to be very valuable within his family medicine practice. Checklists allow his business to keep mistakes to a

  • Erin Belieu Biography

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    other well known magazines. Belieu has had a remarkable education, regarding poetry and earning several degrees from three universities, as well. Belieu has also exceeded in teaching. She has taught at Washington University, Boston University, Kenyon College, and Ohio University. In addition to that, Belieu is one of the directors of the creative writing program at Florida State University, and an artistic director of the Port Townsend Writers' Conference. She also co founded and co directs

  • Homelessness: A Community Problem

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    forth (Kenyon 1991). As per the State Housing Authority, the issue and trend of homelessness has changed particularly throughout the most recent three decades. Public homelessness first turned into an issue in the 1970's and now it is normal to see individuals congregating before sanctuaries and thinking about park seats. Soup kitchens are generally stuffed to limit. Safe houses have multiplied their ability since 1993 and they dismiss individuals consistently because of absence of cots (Kenyon 1991)

  • Good Bones By Maggie Smith: Poem Analysis

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    other works were The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Press, 2015), and, “Lamp the Body (Red Hen Press, 2005). She has accumulated many writing awards and has work as a freelance writer and editor as well as servicing as a consulting editor to the Kenyon Review. She resides in Bexley, a suburb in Columbus, Ohio. Good Bones, by Maggie Smith, is poem that she wrote in 2015, originally published in Waxwing, Issue 10, in June 2016 and is being distribute by Tupelo Press (Tupelo, Press, 2017). The poem begins

  • Emily Dickinson and Charles Wright

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    Faith and spirituality can be explored in the poetry of the New England poet Emily Dickinson and the Southern poet Charles Wright. Dickinson seeks for inspiration in the Bible, while Charles Wright looks to Dickinson as a source of information, guidance and inspiration. Wright suggest that “[Dickinson’s] poetry [is] an electron microscope trained on the infinite and the idea of God…. Her poems are immense voyages into the unknowable.”(Quarter) Charles Wright whose poetry captures a compilation of

  • Four Page Essay On Unbroken

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    Forty-seven Days Louie Zamperini was a young boy, who encountered a painful, yet fascinating journey in his life surviving things many people could not through his will to live. Not only was he was one of America’s greatest heroes but also, an Olympic runner, WWII bombardier, plane crash survivor, POW, and survivor or post-war turmoil. Laura Hillenbrand was able to tell Louie’s incredible story through her award winning book, Unbroken. She wrote the book Unbroken to tell Louie’s unforgettable story