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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [An Interpretive Essay ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [on Shapiro's poem ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report ["Auto Wreck" ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 06/94 # of Words:485 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Philosophers have pondered the meaning of life and death since the
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beginning of time. There are many hypotheses. From reincarnation to
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Valhalla -- then on to heaven. There have been many proposed solutions.
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Yet no one fully understands dea th. In Shapiro's poem "Auto Wreck," he
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illustrates the irrationality of life for it can be taken away at any given
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time for no rational reason.
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Shapiro uses metaphors to emphasize the fantasy-like and wild
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setting of the auto wreck. The following is an excerpt taken from "Auto
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Wreck":
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"And down the dark one ruby flare
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Pulsing out red light like an artery."
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This statement contrasts the red light emitted from an ambulance to the
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blood of an artery. The idea that a light is spurted out like blood is
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abstract and bizarre. In addition to that metaphor, Shapiro writes:
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"One hangs lanterns on the wrecks that cling
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Emptying husks of locusts, to iron poles."
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This rhythmical sentence paints a picture of locusts, grassÄ hopper like
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creatures, clinging to a luscious green jungle of grass. Yet symbolically
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this jungle is the twisted, black, and crisp auto wreck. This depiction of
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the auto wreck is extravag ant and almost unreal. Using metaphors, Shapiro
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portrays the fantasy-like auto wreck in which wildness is indispensable.
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In addition to Shapiro's use of metaphorical phrases, he emphasizes
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the lack of comprehension of the on-lookers as a result of death's
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inconsistency with logic. Shapiro directly tells the reader, "We are
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deranged." The word "we" symbolizes u s, as a whole institution or better
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yet -- society. He goes on further to say, "Our throats were tight as
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tourniquets." By this he means that the on-lookers were stopped, almost
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speechless, as they gazed upon the wreckage contemplating the reason b
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ehind death. Finally, Shapiro writes:
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"We speak through sickly smiles and warn
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With the stubborn saw of common sense."
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What the writer is getting through is that the on-lookers attempted to
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rationalize the accident with their common sense. But their "common sense,"
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or their logical reasoning ability, was being sawed upon as they continued
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to puzzle over death. Once again, the old age question of "What is the
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meaning of death?" was tackled at the scene of the auto wreck.
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Finally, Shapiro asks rhetorical questions which could never be
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answered by logical means. One question which Shapiro asks is "Who shall
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die [next]?" This question could never be answered for death strikes
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without cause but randomness. The second question Shapiro asks is "Who is
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innocent?" No one knows who is innocent. The driver might have been
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suicidal. Maybe he might not have. Who knows, for this is death that is
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being dealt with. These hard questions could not be reasoned with
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deductively. Only an irrational source such as an all-supreme and
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omniscient being could answer these questions.
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In death, there exists strictly irrational causes for the loss of
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life. Death is an eccentric jungle whose twisted, convoluted, and
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entangled vines represent the causes of death which can not be mapped out
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mathematically, but can be mapped o ut by the deranged explorer or sole
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creator of that jungle, both of whom are irrational persons in themselves.
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