To borrow means ’to take and use something that belongs to somebody else‚ and return it to them at a later time.’But is this as clear as it’s presented in the dictionary? Does this action lead to unpleasurable consequences? Borrowing is a doomed cause. It ends with its beginning‚ like a closed circle and never lets you go away. It grabs you with its tentacles‚ until it completely tears you to pieces‚ like a fierce beast‚ and then leaves you to the vultures and jackals. People borrow things‚ and
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[pic] I am a provider‚ to those living and to those not: My abundant leaves for the paper you waste‚ My towering trunk for what furniture’s based‚ Air breathed and fruits consumed‚ I bestow upon you. I am a tree; please acknowledge me. 5 I am like a child‚ defenseless‚ desperate‚ and delicate. High and mighty I stand without bothering your people‚ Yet you ravenously wreck the grounds of the feeble. What was once plenty is now
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Ben Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706‚ in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father‚ Josiah Franklin‚ a soap and candle maker had 17 children. Benjamin was his very last child. Ben was removed at 10 from the Boston Latin School to work with his father at candle making‚ but dipping wax and cutting wicks didn’t spark with him. Later on‚ Josiah apprenticed Ben at 12 to his brother James at his print shop. Ben loved it‚ despite his brother’s hard treatment. When James
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The Young Genius: Ezra Pound’s influenced poetry on Benito Mussolini and the Fascist movement‚ time of his stay in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and the concept of Imagism. “If a nation’s literature declines‚ the nation atrophies and decays.” (Ezra Pound Quotes) Ezra Pound was not a man of many words‚ but he certainly did have a knack for turning simple words into something beautiful. Pounds’ poetry was influenced by his fascination with Benito Mussolini and the Fascist movement‚ the time of his stay
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The two documents “Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution‚” and “A Positive American View‚” are both written by American public figures‚ who are both in support of the revolutionary cause in France. In these documents they both express their views on the progress and steps taken by the people of France in general during this time. They raise interest in the reign of terror and what the monarch’s role should be in the future France. Thomas Jefferson first saw the French Revolutionaries‚ the
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Ezra Pound is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry. In the early teens of the twentieth century‚ he opened a seminal exchange of work and ideas between British and American writers‚ and was famous for the generosity with which he advanced the work of such major contemporaries as W. B. Yeats‚ Robert Frost‚ William Carlos Williams‚ Marianne Moore‚ H. D.‚ James Joyce‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ and especially T. S. Eliot. His own significant
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2013 Benjamin Franklin’s Philosophies Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest men to walk this earth. His accomplishments range from being a wonderful politician and statesman‚ to a scientist and an author. He also conquered many personal goals that made him a person that people sought to be around and to be like. In his early 20’s‚ Franklin decided that he wanted to become a “perfect” being. Following a list of 13 virtues‚ and other philosophies that we will look into‚ Franklin was able
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Ezra Klein for Vox‚ proposes an article titled 5 Maps and Charts That Will Surprise You. Each map or chart is provided with a description and explanation of them. The majority of these charts apply with foreign countries. Therefore‚ the five maps contain content regarding America‚ Africa‚ Switzerland‚ Britain‚ and a specific area in the eastern part of the world. In addition‚ these charts and maps will compel you with the fascinating data and statistics behind them. “The wealthiest American in
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Abigail Bauer AP English 02/17/15 While reading the poems “Richard Cory” and “Ezra Farmer”‚ it is almost immediately evident which poem is an original and which is a parody. Both poems are clearly about men that are popular among those he meets‚ but once the reader looks beneath the surface‚ they notice how the diction plays an important role in relaying the theme to the audience it is presented to. In the poem “Richard Cory” written by Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ the theme being portrayed is that
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In Benjamin Banneker’s letter to Thomas Jefferson‚ he uses several rhetorical devices to get his message across that the institution of slavery is also a one of hypocrisy. He criticizes Thomas Jefferson for endorsing slavery but does so in a very respectful and formal manner. “Sir” This is was starts every paragraph in the letter he writes. He does this to come across in a respectful manner while also giving the reader of the letter‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ a sense that the issue at hand is urgent. In
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