How is the story told in this extract of ‘The Great Gatsby’? Harpreet Basra This extract is all about Gatsby giving the tour of his house to Daisy and Nick and it seems that the reoccurring theme in this extract is all about the superficiality and materialism of society at the time. Fitzgerald uses a number of different narrative techniques to show this. One of the main techniques used is the use of motifs. In the extract there is a whole narrative paragraph that just describes the shirts
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A Birds Nest of Opportunities As a kid and an adult‚ I have encountered numerous occasions in which I’ve stumbled upon a neglected baby bird. Instinctually‚ I would think picking up the baby bird‚ bringing it into my home‚ and consoling it would be the most beneficial to the animal. After reading an article on South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers (SPWRC) website‚ I was surprised to learn doing the exact opposite would be better for the birds’ ultimate well-being. There are many issues that
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valley. Q2)Why did the poet compare the song of the solitary reaper with those of the nightingales and cuckoo bird? The poet was deeply moved by the sweet melancholic song of the Highland lass .It was so profound that it was sweeter than a nightingale or a cuckoo bird .The nightingale sings to welcome the weary travelers in the Arabian desert . the thrilling voice of the cuckoo bird announce the onset of spring and it is pleasant that it breaks the silence of the seas for till the islands of Hebrides
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Chapter three of Animal Wise centers mostly around the well-known African gray parrot named Alex. Virginia Morell went to Pepperberg’s lab at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and observed Alex’s daily routines. Morell got to experience the model/rival technique‚ which Pepperberg used to teach labels to Alex. The technique in its simplest form would go as such: Alex would be perched between two people. The first person would hold up an item like wood and would ask the second person what it is
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relaxing under the shady trees. We entered the zoological gardens and ca me across a beautiful lake‚ where some water-birds‚ like ducks‚ were swimming. Seeing the white ducks on the smooth surface of water is a charming sight. As we moved further‚ we came to the enclosure where birds were kept. They ranged from sparrows‚ eagles and parrots to pigeons of various colours. The birds were chirping. It was enchanting music. We enjoyed it very much. In the next enclosure were kept lions and leopards‚
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I’m an penguin and I live in the polar ice biome. We are birds with black and white feathers. Unlike most birds we don’t fly. We spend about 75% of our time underwater‚ searching for food in the ocean. We are one of about 40 species of flightless birds. We are known for their white bellies and dark-colored backs and wings. Our body is designed for swimming‚ and includes tapering at both ends of the body for hydrodynamics‚ paddle-like wings
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this large palm trees with their big branches that almost reach the ground and this beautiful colorful background with all kind of vegetation and colorful flowers along with some beautiful birds flying from one side to another showing off their attractive plumage and filling the place with their chirp. Some birds are loud and others just sweet to the ear. Some of them can fly so high that I can barely see them; they just disappear in the amazingly azure sky above me‚ the sky without a single cloud
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MEMORIES IN THE FIELDS. January 3‚ 2011 at 6:23am Turning back the hands of time is the most splendid thing that has bestowed on us. It is a special ability that encompasses one’s heart and mind. In the field in my hometown where you can see farmers are busy plowing and digging the soil‚ planting seeds and harvesting crops filled up my childhood memories which I could always reminisce. It has been ten years have passed the last time I spend my daily hours in playing with my cousins and neighbors
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lazy bird. He was very different from other birds though‚ and he was always treated unfairly just because of his appearance. He had a beak that curved in towards the bottom‚ a very wide body shape‚ big eyes‚ and a large rounded head. The only thing that made owl and the other birds alike was the way they lived. He ate just like them‚ bathed just like them‚ and slept just like them‚ but one day something strange happened. Millions of years ago‚ there was no darkness‚ only daylight. The birds still
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The tawny owl‚ otherwise known by its scientific name‚ Strix Aluco‚ or simply the brown owl‚ is a bird native to much of Eurasia. The tawny owl is known for it’s small‚ compact body‚ as well as its brown colorations as it is named for. This specific breed of owl is known in folklore to have an uncanny sense of sight during the night time‚ however this has been disproven through the work of Selig Hecht and Maurice Pirenne (Hecht and Pirenne‚ 1940). It was actually proven through their work that the
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