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    House On Mango Street

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    In the book The House on Mango Street‚ author Sandra Cisneros presents a series of vignettes that involve a young girl‚ named Esperanza‚ growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Esperanza Cordero is searching for a release from the low expectations and restrictions that Latino society often imposes on its young women. Cisneros draws on her own background to supply the reader with accurate views of Latino society today. In particular‚ Cisneros provides the chapters "Boys and Girls" and "Beautiful

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    “The Fall of the House of Usher” is‚ quite literally‚ a story about the fall of the House of Usher. The “House of Usher” can be interpreted to mean either the literal‚ the House the Usher’s lives in‚ or it can refer to the bloodline‚ the House of the Usher’s (insert joke about personally belonging to the House of Godric Gryffindor here). Not only that‚ but to take it even more literally‚ when Roderick is attacked at the end of the story‚ he falls to the ground‚ which is yet another tie into the title

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    Morning in the Burned House Margaret Atwood “Bare child’s feet on the scorched floorboards (I can almost see) In my burning clothes‚ the thin green shorts And grubby yellow T-shirt Holding my cindery‚ non-existent‚ Radiant flesh. Incandescent.” Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood is a poem describing the mind of a burned house and of how it is tormented by pain and evil; and yet‚ in the midst of this darkness‚ there is light to guide the soul of the house to safety and into

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    My Dream House

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    Dream House House is a place where we can shelter and it gives us a protection from rain‚ heat‚ storm etc. Everyone has their own choice on what type of house they feel comfortable to live in‚ so do I. I enjoy living in a calm and open environment‚ so house built on small land (I’m not sure what you mean by ’small land’ here) won’t be my choice. I want a large open space surrounded by compound‚ where I can stroll‚ especially when I feel bored on at my job. I want a garden in front of my house‚ which

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    The house of sand and fog

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    hatreds‚ but between two hopes”. Correspondingly‚ Andre Dubus III introduces two hopes in the novel House of Sand and Fog written in 1999. Behrani and Kathy‚ two determined yet fragile individuals‚ come from different backgrounds that meet in the California hills struggles to gain social stability. The competing desires for the house leads to Behrani’s ultimate downfall. His obsession with the house comes from the ambition to procure a large sum of money to ameliorate the family’s social status in

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    History of The White House: An American Treasure For almost 200 years‚ the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency‚ the United States government‚ and the American people. Its history and the history of the nation’s capital began when President George Washington signed an Act of Congress in December of 1790 declaring that the federal government would reside in a district "not exceeding ten miles square . . . on the river Potomac." President Washington‚ together with city planner Pierre

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    Abandoned House Ebook

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    is there to Challenge your Claim. The clerk of the Court issues the writ of possession and execution. You pay the Sheriff $100 and he executes the writ. Congratulations you just acquired a house! After reading this book‚ you will know how to acquire vacant and/or abandoned homes‚ (including “Bank Owned” houses) using a relatively quick and efficient

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    Philip Johnson’s Glass House: Beyond Mies and the Modern Movement Philip Johnson (b. 1906) began his career in the 1930s as a critic and curator. In 1932‚ during his time at The Museum of Modern Art‚ he oversaw an exhibition he titled The International Style‚ which featured the work of the avant-garde architects‚ designers and theorists of Europe led by Le Corbusier‚ Walter Gropius and his mentor‚ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was Johnson and this exhibition that helped to define and articulate

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    The Eames House Analysis

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    alleyway‚ past all the gated post-modern mansions that seem to each exist in their own worlds behind lines of lush green foliage and stark white concrete walls. At the end of the road is The Eames House‚ Case Study House #8—the archetypal symbol of post-modernism. The moment you walk onto the grounds of the house‚ the world changes—removed from the bustling traffic of Pacific Coast Highway‚ away from the beachgoers indulging in the California summer in the middle of winter. The birds chirp‚ sing‚ and flutter

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    Korean Traditional House

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    Korean Traditional House: Grass Roofed House In Korea there was a traditional house called ‘Choga house’ which ‘Choga’ means grass roof and it had a lot of benefits for poor people. It is made of red clay so it was cool in summer and warm in winter. Also it was really easy and cheap to get those materials so many poor people used to make Choga house. The roof was made of grass so it was easy to get it‚ and it was good in both summer and winter because it protected hotness in summer and

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