In The Last Samurai Tom Cruise plays a character‚ named Capt. Nathan Algren‚ who gets captured as a prisoner of war by the Samurai. He is taught about them and their unorthodox culture and way of living. He ends up falling in love with their culture and fights for them in their war against the much larger and technologically advanced Japanese Empire. The scene I choose is the "sparing in the rain" scene‚ in which Capt. Nathan Algren spars with wooden swords. This scene shows the true strength
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Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud “I believe in miracles. Not just the simple wonders of creation‚ like my new son at home nursing in my wife’s arms‚ or the majesties of nature‚ like the sun setting in the sky. I’m talking about real miracles‚ like turning water into wine or bringing the living back from the dead” (Sherwood 1). Everyone wants to believe in miracles. Especially Charlie St. Cloud‚ when in a tragic accident he lost his brother. The story Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood contains the
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in the Rain” was written by E. Hemingway in the 1920s. E. Hemingway‚ the author‚ is one of the most famous American novelists‚ short-story writers and essayists‚ whose deceptively simple prose style has influenced a wide range of writers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. "Cat in the Rain" is one of his famous short stories‚ depicting an American couple that spends their holiday in an Italian hotel. The woman in the story sees a cat stranded under a table in the rain and wants
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The Cloud Analysis- Percy Bysshe Shelly “The Cloud” by Percy Bysshe Shelly is a unique and interesting poem written in the romantic genre. In one sense‚ it is the cloud’s autobiography‚ and in another‚ it is Shelly’s way of expressing his love for nature‚ by attributing divine qualities to the cloud. Shelly praises the cloud for sustaining life on earth and makes it immortal‚ following a constant cycle. The powers of the cloud are extremely diverse‚ with its different abilities being described in
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He is a sensitive man who is a very keen observer of the world around him. We see how he gets upset when the animals in the Forest are hunted for food by his companions‚ further; he also criticizes Orlando for ruining the tree barks by his poor quality of verses that he had composed for Rosalind. He represents a particular psychological temperament and desires to reform and purify the world of all evils. He is a critic‚ a commentator and an analyst who is held in high esteem by the Duke Senior himself
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build on this idea of the growth of technology‚ and how it will affect our future. Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” perfectly illustrates the devastation that technology can cause. Stephen Vincent Benet’s “By the Waters of Babylon” takes place in a future post-apocalyptic Earth after a nuclear bomb has sent the human race back the the stone age. The main character John goes on a journey to the “Place of the Gods” which is forbidden. On this journey he find that the “Gods” were actually
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Let us keep in mind the words of the English poet— ’Say not the struggle naught availeth.’ A stone that remains at place for a long time without motion gets covered with moss. But a stone that rolls constantly does not gather any moss. Similarly‚ a person who keeps changing his place‚ profession or course of study‚ does not gain any experience or knowledge. A person who constantly shifts his residence from place to place will not have a constant friends or neighbours to know and love him. Whatever
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on acid rain as well as a focus on acid rain in eastern Canada. This report contains a very helpful basic background on acid rain as well as a questionnaire. It involves an annual report on the Federal-Provincial Agreements‚ sulphur dioxide emissions in the seven most eastern provinces‚ trends in acid deposition in the Atlantic provinces from 1980-1994‚ as well as acid precipitation in Kejimkujik‚ Nova Scotia. It also includes data tables‚ graphs and interesting facts concerning acid rain. INTRODUCTION
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Jay Yang Mrs. Hill English 10 Honors-Period 7 5 October 2012 “There Will Come Soft Rains” Analysis Although technology seems to have replaced man in the opening pages of “There Will Come Soft Rains‚” in the end‚ Ray Bradbury shows that technology without man is doomed. In the beginning of the story‚ technology has rendered man totally unnecessary in the day-to-day running of a house. For example‚ the quote: “Tick-tock‚ seven o’clock‚ time to get up…”(Pg. 87)‚ shows that the house automatically
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people with adequate ICT skills‚ has limited resources‚ cloud computing can be a better alternative solution. One of the emerging solution for the consolidation of government infrastructure and services is cloud computing. Cloud computing is sharing or accessing of the resources; either hardware (infrastructure) or software (services) over the internet. Cloud computing facilitates its end users by providing virtual resources via internet. Cloud computing is an emerging technology that is gaining
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