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So here is some advice on how I want my essay to be: 1. introduction starts with the introduction of Sufism (about 2 sentences) and then introduces who is Rumi, with a brief introduction of his idea in the majority of his works. Finally states the two poems and the thesis statement that will talk in the essay. (which I recommend doing the topic of merging of God and humankind) 2. each body paragraph needs 2-3 quotes. You can ignore the in-text citation. 3. Our teacher talks about the poem ″only breath″ in class, and this is his notes: ″This entire poem is a denial that any categories in life exist, differing religions, ethnicities, geographical origins, where one lives, even the classic division (which we saw in the Greek myths) between body and soul, end up being obliterated or consumed. What then does exist? In this poem, Rumi says, ″I belong to the beloved.″ In Rumi′s poetry ″Beloved″ is the word he often uses for ″God.″ So all is God or of Divine origin. Towards the end of the poem he says ″I have seen the two worlds as one.″ ″The two worlds″ could basically refer to Heaven and Earth, or perhaps to this life and the afterlife. In any case Rumi is implying that none of these things are separate from each other but are all merged in the same reality of God or the Beloved, just as deep within we are not separate from Him either. This poem embodies the quintessential mystic experience.″ 4. So I think you might write the compare/contrast essay between ″Only breath″ and any other one from the list. 5. the essay does not need to be advanced, it only needs to be clear to read. 6. The essay is in MLA formatting, but you can ignore the in-text citation and the work cited page. 7. Please please, take it seriously although there is not a lot of time…I want to pass the course please 8. Anyways i want to say thank you to you who will write my essay.
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Essay Rules: The essay must include a coherent thesis statement, topic sentences, three or four body paragraphs and supporting quotes (roughly 2-3 per body paragraph). Some students like to preview their topic sentences by including them in their introduction. Please do not do this. (I find it pointless.) Please make sure that your thesis is the last sentence in the introduction.
Helpful Commentary and Hints for the comparative essays: Focus on both texts in each body paragraph or focus on one text in each paragraph. To be frank, essays that focus on both texts in each body paragraph are usually stronger essays (but not always).
I would recommend writing an essay that deals with the similarities between two works OR the differences between two works. Dealing with both the similarities and differences is difficult to do in the same essay.
You are not required to devote the same amount of sentences/words to each story or poem. You can concentrate more on one of them if you which. Quotes from both stories/poems should be included in the essay.
An effective way to write a thesis in a comparative essay is to use the following phrasing. For an essay that deals with the differences between the texts: “Unlike Philip Roth’s ‘Defender of the Faith,’ Eileen Pollack’s ‘Rabbi in the Attic’ explains…” For an essay that deals with the similarities between the texts. “Both Philip Roth’s ‘Defender of the Faith’ and Eileen Pollak’s ‘Rabbi in the Attic’ express…”
The essay will be marked on (a) the insightfulness of the ideas, (b) the structure, (c) the quality of the writing.
The topic:
· Compare/contrast ONE of the following topics for TWO of the poems by Rumi that were discussed in class: the merging of God and Humankind (or the existence of Allah within humanity); OR the body/spirit relationship; OR the significance of one’s yearning for God, OR the use of Islamic imagery.
The TWO poems can be selected from:
· The many wines
God has given us a dark wine so potent that,
drinking it, we leave the two worlds.
God has put into the form of hashish a power
to deliver the taster from self-consciousness.
God has made sleep so
that it erases every thought.
God made Majnun love Layla so much that
just her dog would cause confusion in him.
There are thousands of wines
that can take over our minds.
Don’t think all ecstacies
are the same!
Jesus was lost in his love for God.
His donkey was drunk with barley.
Drink from the presence of saints,
not from those other jars.
Every object, every being,
is a jar full of delight.
Be a conoisseur,
and taste with caution.
Any wine will get you high.
Judge like a king, and choose the purest,
the ones unadulterated with fear,
or some urgency about “what’s needed.”
Drink the wine that moves you
as a camel moves when it’s been untied,
and is just ambling about.
· Special plates
Notice how each particle moves
Notice how everyone has just arrived here
from a journey
Notice how each wants a different food
Notice how the stars vanish as the sun comes up
and how all streams stream towards the ocean.Burnt kabob
· Only breath
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion
or cultural system. I am not from the East
or the West, not out of the ocean or up
from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all. I do not exist,
am not an entity in this world or in the next,
did not descend from Adam and Eve or any
origin story. My place is placeless, a trace
of the traceless. Neither body or soul.
I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
worlds as one and that one call to and know,
first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being.
· Love dogs
One night a man was crying Allah! Allah!
His lips grew sweet with praising,
until a cynic said, “So!
I’ve heard you calling our, but have you ever
gotten any response?”
The man had no answer to that.
He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep.
He dreamed he saw Khidr, the guide of souls,
in a thick, green foliage.
“Why did you stop praising?” “Because
I’ve never heard anything back.”
“This longing you express
is the return message.”
The grief you cry out from
draws you toward union.
Your pure sadness
that wants help
is the secret cup.
Listen to the moan of a dog for its master.
That whining is the connection.
There are love dogs
no one knows the names of.
Give your life
to be one of them.
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