In William Yeats’ The Second Coming‚ the speaker shows his recognition of the degeneration of the world and turns the traditional biblical allusion of the Second Coming upside-down to incarnate his fear of what that degeneration might cause. The speaker imagines that the frightening state of current affairs will lead to a second coming of the messiah which will be far more gruesome than the first. The speaker uses figurative language and paradox in the first stanza to describe the injustice in the
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of her way of living. In the chapter “The Hearth and the Salamander‚” several unexpected situations occur. Clarisse dies in a car accident and Mildred tries to commit suicide because of her depression. Guy Montag calls in sick to work so Beatty‚ Guy’s superior‚ goes to Montag house and talks about a stage which all firefighters go through hiding books and tells him why they got banned and that he has 1 to 2 day to turn in the books. Guy gets overwhelmed because he has one day to read them so he asked
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conflict as he states: “ You’ll find this game worth playing…Outdoor chess! And the stake is not without value‚ eh?”(Connell 21). This quote is when Zaroff first decides to inform Rainsford that they will be playing the game. Another twist of the unexpected is when Zaroff was so engrossed in the thrill of the game that he forgot about its danger. Zaroff left himself vulnerable to attack‚ forgetting that in “outdoor chess”‚ there were two possible victors. The roles of the hunter and the hunted were
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dependencies. In which empires were building militarism which was especially important of how a country was run. Also‚ the Industrialism which involved the ability of production of cheap goods‚ weapons and other helpful supplies for war and this in turn lead to increased labor. In other words‚ this was the aggressive preparation for war also known as Militarism. Thus‚ the countries were divided up in two
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an intangible‚ yet effeminate‚ threat; ** Nature’s Indifference to Man the idea that nature is indifferent to man by showing that it is as randomly helpful as it is hurtful. For every malevolent whim that the men suffer‚ they experience an unexpected good turn in the form of a favorable wind or calm night. The fact that the men almost seem to get assistance from nature destroys the notion of nature as an entirely hostile force. Nothing highlights this point so much as the
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The article‚ College Pressures by William Zinnser‚ was relatable. Zinnser explains how college students experience economic pressure‚ parental pressure‚ peer pressure‚ and self-induced pressure. In my case the pressure that I have felt the most was self-induced. Throughout this whole semestester there was a sense that I was not doing my best. Assignments felt like an anxiety attack because I was paranoid over the quality of my work. There were times where I felt that my classmates were doing better
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eliminate the noise in the circuit. Considerable amount of noise still existed when the motor started running‚ which was probably from Arduino board and from the batteries themselves. Without proper treatment the noise would still be able to cause an unexpected cut out of the motors‚ as they exceeded the threshold that turned the car on and off. Further filtration of the noise in the circuit was completed by the program that made decisions. The first step we took was to increase the voltage of the threshold
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Twilight Zone The series Twilight Zone is a show that combines science fiction with society. Every episode ends with a shocking‚ unexpected twist. “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” is an episode that informs society about the fear of prejudice and hysteria. In this episode‚ a loud shadow in the sky passes through Maple Street. The shadow is actually a meteor. Unexpected and strange things start to happen like the electricity and cars turning off. The people who live on Maple become very curious
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The story “The Lottery”‚ is famous because it is an unexpected macabre ironic story written by Shirley Jackson‚ who suffered from mental and physical illness. The lottery is famous activity of the town. Like a normal lottery‚ the community gets together and participate once a year. Although it sounds nice‚ the winner of that lottery is murdered. With the use of irony‚ Jackson gives a fine and happy story‚ a horrific twisted end. Irony begins before we begin to read‚ because we associate lottery
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is raided by rebels. The gruesome storytelling in A Long Way Gone is striking for many reasons on several levels. At one point Ishmael writes‚ “We are not like the rebels‚ those riffraff who kill people for no reason.” The narrative takes an unexpected turn by closing with Beah recalling a philosophical moment from his early childhood. In the final pages of the novel‚ Beah explains a story told to him and other children in his village once a year: you are a hunter prepared to kill a monkey with a
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