The Dying Sun Q1. How is it that a star seldom finds another star near it? Ans. There are countless stars wandering in space. They are so big that millions of earths can be packed inside them. But the space around them is so huge that a star is like a lonely ship in an ocean. Therefore‚ a star seldom finds another star near it. Q2. What happened‚ when according to Sir James Jeans‚ a wandering star‚ wandering through space‚ came near the sun? Ans. When a wandering star came near the sun‚ it raised
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Arjuna Velayudam Period 2 February 28‚ 2014 Snow Flower Paper Snow Flower Paper In a patriarchal society‚ women have unfortunately suffered terrible limitations to personal life‚ social interactions‚ and even economic abilities. This is true of nineteenth century China‚ where physical pain was not only encouraged by the male-dominated idea of femininity but was also perpetuated by the women themselves. One glimmer of escape from this painful world was created by
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Flowers for Algernon In his novel‚ Flowers for Algernon‚ Daniel Keyes‚ tells the story of Charlie Gordon‚ a mentally retarded 32 year old man. An experimental surgery takes him from the darkness of stupidity‚ into the bright light of intelligence only to force him back into the dark. Enabling him to achieve a state if higher intelligence is thought to be an improvement of Charlie’s life. If it really is for the better becomes uncertain. Before the operation‚ Charlie’s intelligence and emotions
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A contemplation upon flowers Tone The speaking voice /persona is philosophical as he follows what is initially an individual problem to a universally applicable conclusion. It moves from admiration and confusion at his his own recalcitrance ( hard to manage and understand) to one of acceptance and peace. Mood The mood of the poem is deeply reflective one as the poet contemplates his own mortality. Major themes Death and life- our lives are but a cycle that culminate ineditably in depth. If
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Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes was born August 9th‚ 1927 in Brooklyn‚ New York. He came from a small family that intended for him to become a doctor. After a traumatic experience in the U.S. Maritime Service he decided to pursue his dream to become a writer. In 1966 Mr. Keyes wrote his first novel‚ Flowers for Algernon‚ which won a HUGO (the Major award of the World Science Fiction Society). Flowers for Algernon is a multifaceted novel‚ with a consistent motif of loneliness and isolation
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Desert Flower Every country has their own cultures and traditions‚ some of the cultures and traditions control us. In Africa‚ a girl named Waris‚ she was 3 years old who forced to have a FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) as others girls who had this brutal practice. But‚ she had no choice to run away from this practice because it’s one of the traditions that the woman has to get circumcision to be a pure girl and virgin until getting married. Waris kept her pain inside of her heart‚ inside of her
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In the book‚ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan‚ there are many themes that pop up throughout the story. One of the biggest themes in the book is love. I choose love as a main theme‚ because throughout the book Lily‚ the main character‚ is reflecting on her life. She shows how much love she has for Snow Flower‚ and how she wanted her mother to notice her and love her. This theme is important because it shows how finding love within your family will carry throughout your life. Another theme that is
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Yet in some stories‚ it is all the readers have to go off of and his extremely vital. In “The Flowers” and “Chrysanthemums” the authors so seamlessly insert one or two examples of symbolism into the text‚ so the instances were obvious enough to the readers but delicately placed therefore they were not obnoxious. The two short stories are slightly similar since both of their symbols are regarding flowers‚ yet they have completely different meanings. One a meaning of understandance and the other a
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Flowers for Algernon. In the short story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes‚ the main character Charlie Gordon has an IQ of 68 and desires to become intelligent. He is chosen to undergo an operation to increase his intelligence level to 204‚ however he is unaware of the consequences that may follow. His experiment is not worth the risk because he realizes that humans can be cruel‚ the experiment is not permanent‚ and he loses his friends and job. One of the reasons
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idea [my employer] looked annoyed.". Meursault is not personable: "But maybe that’s why one day I’ll come to hate you." Meursault is weak‚ which is part of why he comes to be condemned on trial‚ and has no resources--he killed a man "because of the sun." He has no virtue: he agreed to write Raymond’s letter knowing the purport and intent of it. He has no valor: "but I spoke too quickly and ran my words into each other. I was ... nonsensical‚ ...." In one sense‚ he fails at his task in that he is
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