What would you do if you found no one is responsible of your bad luck but you? That was what O. Henry tries to pin down to the readers in his symbolic short story‚ The Cactus. Through meaningful words and dictions‚ O. Henry tells the bad luck of the main character‚ Trysdale‚ who does not know that it is actually himself who make it possible. The delineation of a prestige man who gradually lost his amount of fake accessory of pride leads to the end that Trysdale finds himself as a foolish man who
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benefits that we can get from the cactus. One of the health benefits that we can get from it is the anti-inflammation. The ability of the cactus or cacti to fight the inflammation in the muscles‚ the arteries‚ the gastrointestinal tract and the cardiovascular system in a known fact. It also decreases or lowers the pain of the people who Have urethra and bladder‚ bladder infections as well as gallstone. The cactus contains plenty of bioflavonoids quercetin in the cactus which increases the free radicals
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The story begins around April 2013‚ right about 3 months after I passed my tests and got my bowling coaching certification. I was at the time coaching a youth league at Cactus Bowl‚ I would coach one week and bowl in the same league the next. I had very little experience at this time when it came to coaching‚ I only had experience coaching the bumper bowlers at the time‚ and no experience coaching the kids my age. There were 6 other coaches‚ another who coached bumpers‚ one who was more there to
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Questions: 6. Should the club upgrade its computer systems? Identify the areas that should be upgraded. Discuss the benefits that would be gained from upgrading the system. 7. Design a network configuration for Cactus Spine County Club. Why did you choose to include certain functions on the network? Answers: 6. Should the club upgrade its computer systems? The club needs to upgrade its computer systems. Identify the areas that should be upgraded. The areas that should be upgraded
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1302 Professor Wishard May 12‚ 2015 “The Cactus” Analysis Resubmit Benjamin Franklin once stated that “Lost time is never found again”‚ the short story “The Cactus” is about a man named Trysdale‚ who allows his “vanity and conceit” (O. Henry “The Cactus” paragraph six) get in the way of his relationship with a girl that adores him. He fails to find meaning behind a cactus that she gave him in response to his proposal. Instead of knowing the cactus’ importance‚ which she thought he did‚ he instead
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of communicating his artistic imagination‚ but also a vehicle to explore the extreme possibilities of such an endeavor. His stories are characterized by extreme unpredictability‚ transforming the genre into an active‚ pulsating living presence.”The Cactus” is no exception. The readers are ‚ for the principal part of the story‚ invited into an assurance of predictable dullness when suddenly their trance is broken and they are awakened to a revelation. The most potent device that O.Henry uses to ensure
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hundreds of problems. One problem that is very controversial is the dispute about cactoblastis or rather called cactus moths. These cactus moths are invasive and will eat Prickly Pear like its candy. Some ranchers in the east support the cactoblastis because they will prevent the invasive Prickly Pear from growing in unwanted territory; however‚ Texas is intensely proud of the Prickly pear cactus which is the state plant. These moths should be able to live and spread through Texas so the Prickly Pear
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across his brain that made no sense: strange symbols‚ weird metal moving objects in the sky‚ and finally a pair of electric blue eyes staring him down. Dust abruptly stopped howling and rolled around‚ whimpering. “Hey Dust are you alright?” called out Cactus from the opposite of the crater. Dust finally got control over his shaking body and screamed “Th-the shadows… they’re coming for us!” before conscience fled and he blacked out. ------------------- Mask grinned at her foe‚ showing her long sharp
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What black and white iguanas eat are a mixture of marine and land iguanas. The land iguana mainly feeds on cactus leaves and flowers because they cannot climb trees. Therefore‚ they have difficulty finding food‚ and they are greatly influenced by the number of surviving the cactuses. However‚ the marine iguana mainly eats not only cactus leaves and flowers but also algae. The warm waters around the Galápagos Islands provide a good environment for algae. The usual warming
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other plants so it is able to drink the rain water. They also have think skins which are a protection from the heat along with the fact that its stems grow upward instead of outward protecting it from the sun (Big Site of Amazing Facts‚ 2013). The cactus is also an expert at absorbing and storing water for long periods of time and its prickly needles protect it from animals stealing its water. Some other organisms that live in the desert are lizards‚ bobcats‚ coyotes‚ kangaroo rats‚ brittle bush‚
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