Extended metaphor: the swamp is a metaphor‚ described as “struggle‚ closure‚” “the center of everything.” The speaker struggles trying to grasp it in its entirety: bones knocking‚ trying “for foothold‚ fingerhold‚ mindhold [italics added]‚” the last of this list qualifying that this journey extends beyond the physical‚ it is a trial of mental conception‚ of putting one’s mind around a complicated problem. Important also to note that the relationship between the speaker and swamp seems
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In this excerpt from The Crossing‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ the subject has killed a wolf and is presently brooding over his feelings regarding the fallen creature. His thoughts are displayed in a rather convoluted manner‚ many of which offset one another‚ and can cause confusion for the reader. Fortunately‚ through the usage of diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery‚ McCarthy helps to convey the impact that the experience of the situation has on the main character. Diction plays an enormous role in expressing
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Aaron Monroe Chike Nwadiogbu World Civilization 1 ( History 101 ) 12/8/12 Africa‚ The Cradle of Human Civilization The Big Bang Theory is a strong scientific effort to explain how our universe began. Even in our generation‚ people are still asking that number one question “Where did it all begin and how was the universe created?" According to the Big Bang Theory‚ around 15 billion years ago a gigantic explosion occurred and this expanded our universe. The energy of space and all of the
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K. Dwyer The Brooklyn Dodgers (1947-1957) Brooklyn‚ one of the 5 boroughs in New York and being known as a magnet for immigrants‚ had its greatest amount of people moving into the borough during the 40s and 50s. It was the post-war era and families were sprouting all over New York. During that time the Brooklyn Dodgers were a significant part of Brooklyn and baseball history. Today the Brooklyn Dodgers remain as one of the most historical teams to ever play the game. No team could ever compare
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Emanual Leutze‚ a German-born American painter‚ is known for his popular work Washington Crossing the Delaware. The painting shows George Washington‚ along with 2‚500 soldiers‚ crossing the Delaware River in order to surprise the British’s Hessians army with an attack. This historical event took place in Trenton‚ New Jersey during the Christmas of 1776. Leutze’s work displayed the heroic actions of Washington and his army braving the icy and cold weather. Washington is at the head of the boat‚ staring
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late 1970s‚ he sat for interviews with Lanzmann‚ a few minutes of which were included in the 1985 documentary Shoah. To Lanzmann‚ Zeidel confided that after his escape‚ he was sure he stunk of death. Later Zeidel agreed to participate in the making of Out of the Forest‚ a 2004 Israeli documentary about the role of Lithuanian collaborators in the mass killings at Ponar. Once a year‚ on the anniversary of the escape‚ Zeidel would meet for dinner with Isaac Dogim and David Kantorovich‚ another member of
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“Odour of Chrysanthemums” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” In the short stories “Odour of Chrysanthemums” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner”‚ D.H. Lawrence uses significant objects such as the rocking-horse and the chrysanthemums‚ in order to illustrate the main values and priorities of the characters. In “Odour of Chrysanthemums”‚ the flowers symbolize gloom and demise‚ as Elizabeth cannot bear to smell or even look at them without having unhappy associations. The rocking-horse is used by Paul as a way
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In the ensuing months and years‚ Hancock became increasingly involved in the movement for American independence. Massachusetts was at the center of this movement‚ and Boston‚ in particular‚ was dubbed the “Cradle of Liberty.” In 1774‚ John Hancock was elected president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress‚ which declared itself an autonomous government. In December of 1774‚ Hancock was chosen as a Massachusetts delegate to the Second Continental Congress
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GLOBAL CROSSING LTD. Entity Background Global Crossing is a telecommunications company providing computer networking services worldwide. It was founded in 1997 by Gary Winnick‚ Abbot L. Brown‚ David L. Lee and Barry Porter through Pacific Capital Group. It is said that Global Crossing was the first global communications provider with IPv6 natively deployed in both its private and public backbone networks. It raised about $400 million on its initial public stock offering. Global Crossing was
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The movie Out of the Past directed by Jacques Tourneur fits within the traditions of film noir because it has some similar themes associated with it‚ such as doomed love. Robert Mitchum plays the doomed‚ double-crossed ‚ ex-private eye as Jeff Markham. The femme fatale is played by Jane Greer as Kathie Moffat‚ who is trying to escape her future. Kirk Douglas as Whit Sterling plays the ruthless gangster czar in the film. The formal cinematic elements in the movie are used to vividly describe the movie
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