Ex The inside of the castle will amaze you with its beauty The view from the cabin is sure to amaze you. Delight great pleasure. Ex You will experience delight when you taste his cooking. Her beautiful voice will delight the audience. Contribute give. Ex Workers contribute canned food to supply the food pantry. Colonel military officer of high rank. Ex A famous colonel gave a speech about the battle. The colonel is in an important meeting right now. Noble having fine personal
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Legal Alien The poem “Legal Alien” by Pat Mora is in the open poem form‚ it has no stanzas. It does have a few words that rhyme which are “English” (5) and “Spanish” (6) and also with “Mexicans” (14) and then with “Americans” (15). The poem also has rhythm‚ it is a low steady beat. It is a straightforward poem about how life is for a person with the same race/ethnicity as others and at the same time‚ different from others. The poem “Legal Alien” is about a woman of Mexican parents‚ who is born
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faces and hopefully find ways to stay. Once the airplane took off‚ words was already spread all over the office of Haiti air in Florida that the airplane left Haiti with more than 30 Haitian illegal on board. The first few 2 hours spent at the arrival office was like a discovery of a new world for every single illegal in that group. This was one of the darkest and the most memorable moment so far in all my 39 years living. Getting here at the end of the Clinton administration followed by an 8 years battle
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“Immigrants‚” by Par Mora‚ covers the actions that immigrants take in order to assimilate into the American culture. Mora’s poem touches on a variety of different ideas‚ but the idea that stands out the most as the primary theme of this poem is that immigrants feel that they need to “fit in.” However‚ though immigrants of the past would certainly follow this trend‚ the immigrants of today follow a different set of rules. The poem’s central theme is undoubtedly one of “fitting in.” This notion is
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setting of this poem takes place in Mexico. Since "La Migra" is Mexican slang for the U.S. border patrol‚ which implies the immigration theme of the poem. The poem contains some Spanish words because it brings comfort to the people who understand the language‚ and can relate to the poem. “I grew up bilingual and have no memory of not speaking both beautiful languages. Both my parents were bilingual‚ so luckily‚ English and Spanish were part of the rhythm of our home.” Coincidentally‚ Mora states that
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Humans‚ aliens & autism Daedalus‚ Summer 2009 by Hacking‚ Ian Contraries illumine what they are not. Aliens‚ typically from outer space‚ are almost by definition not human. Current portrayals of aliens may show more about who we‚ the humans‚ are than they do about our extragalactic contraries. In portrayal by opposites there is often a large dose of fear: for example‚ that we may be all too like the aliens we imagine. That leads to a paradox about autism and aliens. A persistent trope in some
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How about we begin by addressing the elephant in the room: Ridley Scott has been in a slump for the past decade or more. In 1979 he redefined the space film with Alien‚ in 1982 he crafted his gritty science fiction masterwork Blade Runner‚ and in 2000 he won the Academy Award for Best Picture with Gladiator. Obviously‚ a stunning repertoire‚ but what has he directed since then? Mediocre film after mediocre film. Whether it be Kingdom of Heaven‚ Robin Hood‚ Prometheus‚ or The Counselor‚ Scott has
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Now how many of you believe in aliens? Well if you don’t‚ here are a bunch of reasons why you should believe that aliens exist. Let’s consider galaxies first. There may be 100‚000‚000 galaxies‚ because an estimated 50 billion galaxies are visible with modern telescopes. Every galaxy must have a number of stars in it‚ as many as hundreds of billions. Now we all know that stars have planetary systems. Then it is also a well known fact that the dimming and brightening of a star is when a planet crosses
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you came about. “Legal Alien/ Extranjera Legal” by Pat Mora gives a very realistic message of how it can feel to be a mexican american and to be seen as a ‘legal alien’. To feel not wanted by either side‚ and to be judged based on the origins of your ancestors and your race. “viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic‚/ perhaps inferior‚ definitely different‚/ viewed by mexicans as alien.” This here‚ is a perfect example of the way Mora feels about being judged and seen as an alien and her interesting use
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of the most persuasive‚ argumentative and mesmerizing people to hit Hollywood since the days of film noir and Alfred Hitchcock. His use of CGI effects and dreary demeanor put him in the spotlight as a revolutionary director. With his breakout film‚ Alien 3 collapsing and bleak outlook on continuing to make movies‚ Fincher was offered the movie Se7en. Even after his original flop he was still granted a decent sum of money to produce the film. It was a hit and his career took off in flight. Two of his
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