To me‚ banana bread is the ultimate comfort food. It’s substantial‚ nutritious‚ could even be considered a valid excuse for a meal at the same time being equally as good a desert option. To me‚ banana bread is the ultimate comfort food‚ because to me it means that I can have it all. I can eat cake for breakfast without feeling guilty. Much like with banana bread‚ in my life I want to have it all; I don’t want to sacrifice an ounce of my personal ambition and yet I want to do something that entirely
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Stephan Crane’s "The Open Boat‚" is based upon Crane’s own experience of being in a dinghy after the ship he was on sank. This story was largely about hope‚ working together‚ and not giving up despite the hardships you face. One of the expressed ideas in this story is the feeling of community and working together for a common good‚ survival! He communicates the importance of each individual’s role within the group. Crane uses a frightening situation indicating that the lives of these individual men
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The story The Open Boat was written by Stephen Crane. This short story was based in a real story that he had when he was traveling to Cube. He was to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent‚ during this trip the ship sank off the coast of Florida‚ and he and three other guys saved their life. In the story he put the same characters‚ the correspondent‚ which is himself‚ that is why everything turns around him‚ the captain of the ship‚ the cook and the oiler‚ everyone has a different personality
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Lopez March 12‚ 2013 Professor Sarvay Short Story Response Paper 3: Open Boat By: Stephen Crane Setting plays a big role in stories‚ suggesting the mood and also the time and place of the story. Writers must create a picture with their words to establish visuals for their readers. To further help understand the purpose of setting we have the short story‚ “Open Boat”‚ by Stephen Crane. The story follows four men and their experience on the sunk steamer Commodore
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Dinghy vs. Nature In his short story‚ "The Open Boat‚" Stephen Crane shows how an inanimate object can be very unconcerned with whether you live or die. In this case‚ it is an ocean‚ which man has to struggle to survive. The characters in the story come face to face with this natural disaster and nearly overcome by Nature’s lack of concern. They survive only through persistence and cooperation. Crane shows the reader how not to give up when something so uncontrollable is present. Crane shows how
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Humans tend to rationalize the meaning of life as having prolific and grand scheme‚ in concern to the workings of the universe. The “Open Boat”‚ a short story‚ written by Stephen Crane recounts a riveting tale of four men stranded at sea‚ who come to the realization that they are at the mercy of nature. The four men experience numerous internal and external conflicts with natural world. The use of naturalism throughout the short story not only creates a captivating plot‚ but also supports the theme
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Officially on falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month‚ the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day. While many stories regarding its origin abound‚ the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan‚ a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC) Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival’s Origin At the end of the Zhou Dynasty‚ the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several
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Tahari Gordon October 3‚ 2014 Fundamentals of Musical Theatre Show Boat Response Paper The timeless Kern and Hammerstein classic Show Boat is a musical far beyond its time. Rich with beautiful music and characters but also a plot that surpassed anything of the time period. This show was a preface for Hammerstein’s intricate styling of compiling a show’s plot and lyric. His trend‚ portrayed in Show Boat and many of his other productions‚ pairs a lighthearted sound and classic love stories with
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Stephen Cran’s the Open Boat displays the Archetypal theme of light and darkness. The story chronicles the journey of five men as they are stranded at sea in a small boat. The men experience both physical and mental anguish as they drift aimlessly in a vast body of water. The vast expanse of the ocean helps the reader relate to the characters and their effort to rectify their situation. Their efforts at time seem futile at times. The harsh reality of their situation is evident. In the beginning
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non-organic bananas‚ to see which one lasts the longest over a period of time. The study was separated into 5 groups that were each labeled to a location in a standard family home that would‚ over time‚ begin to affect the overall form and characteristics of the bananas. Throughout the experiment‚ it was found that “Group 2 – Impact of Air Exposure‚” lasted longer than any other group. Following the investigation‚ it is evident that the Ziploc bags used in the experiment preserved the bananas for a longer
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