through a speech I gave in school. I once was given the task of choosing a history topic and giving a speech to the whole class. In the speech‚ I used information I found from books‚ the internet‚ and news articles to teach the class about The Black Plague in great detail. I even created a Prezi presentation to use as a visual aid to help clarify points in my speech. At the end‚ I was given the chance to talk one-on-one with my teacher for their feedback on how I did and receive my grade. Though I was
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something of it in your own make-up. Abstraction sometimes proves itself stronger than happiness; and then if only then‚ it has to be taken into account (89). However‚ where some saw abstraction others saw the truth. Rambert’s perspective on the plague is that‚ the plague is everyone else’s problem but his own. Rambert left his wife in Paris and the moment that they were put into quarantine he had sent her a wire (82). Rambert was under the impression that things in the town were quite temporary and that
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technological advancement are two reasons why humanity has come so far from its origins. However‚ could one of mankind’s breakthroughs lead to its downfall? Sickness has its place in history as one of the most prolific killers of people. The Black Plague in the Middle Ages wiped out significant human populations. In the present‚ research in medicine has brought forth antibiotics – a way of stopping harmful bacteria from infecting a person. Growing concern is centered on the fear that the overuse of
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temporary. Having that extremely high fever‚ with the worst headache imaginable‚ and struggling to fall asleep was terrible‚ but it eventually went away. Everything would go back to normal like going back to school and playing with friends. The book Plague by Michael Grant is the exact opposite. The kids that got a really bad sickness never got better. It has been eight months since all the adults and teenagers at least the age of fifteen have disappeared like flying in the Bermuda Triangle (☺ Simile)
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hyper-realistic imagery seems to be the surface of The Plague’s allegorical and metaphysical narrative. Like most human observations‚ we notice the the obvious first‚ before we pull and prod at the exterior to reveal something more ambiguous and at the same time‚ something rather apparent. In the novel‚ Camus‚ “[juxtaposes] […] the symbolical and the realistic‚” creating a polygonal register where the connotative qualities can be discovered when taking into consideration Camus’s style of narration and metaphorical
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When they were inside the plane should have the Stephen and Dad done what they have done or should they have done something else? (pg. 28-29) Personally I believe that they should have done something else. In the story they let free the slaves. Not only that‚ they also took the car keys from the slavers and gave it to them and used 3 rifle shots to make the slavers not shot them. Stephen and Dad could have killed the slavers and taken all their stuff. Considering the slavers have a car‚ slaves
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Sophocles begins the drama of Oedipus the King by having the people of Thebes report on the plague that has stricken the land’s crops and women. They called upon their ruler Oedipus‚ who once defeated the Sphinx who tormented their land‚ to aid them once more. Oedipus acknowledged his citizens suffering and waited for the return of his brother–in-law‚ Creon‚ who after traveling to the Oracle of Apollo informed Oedipus that to rescue Thebes‚ they must punish the killers of the previous king‚ Laius
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The Pumpkin Plague By: Siddhant Yambem. It all started on Thursday‚ October 12th‚ the day before Friday the 13th. I bought 100 pillows since my last Friday the 13th experience. Last time‚ I had fifteen broken toys‚ a broken window‚ and I was late for school because the bus broke down! Now that it was October‚ we also needed to go pumpkin shopping. Halloween is coming soon! I’m only 11‚ so I couldn’t go alone. I brought my parents with me‚ which meant I was bringing my
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The Plague of Sexual Harassment in Egypt Sexual harassment is a common occurrence here in Egypt whether it’s verbal or physical harassment. As sad as it may seem I was never affected by this problem until it happened to me a couple of months ago. I was walking one afternoon with my mother and young sister on Baghdad Street we were window shopping and having fun‚ but suddenly out of the blue a guy passing by with a bicycle touched me in an inappropriate way. At first I was too shocked to do anything
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“ Ugh!” Wes exclaimed. “ What?” Matthew asked. “ This poster will take forever! Too bad there was no school yesterday.” Wes said. Matthew and Wes were partnered to do a poster on the “ Black Plague” . For the poster colors they decided to use all black and when they do their speech they would were all black. “ Class! Please Listen. Thank you. I see most of you are done with your posters. But‚ since not everyone is done with them. I am giving you the weekend and expect to see them on Monday otherwise
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