Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers The Conservatory of Flowers is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco‚ California’s Golden Gate Park‚ and the oldest municipal wood and glass Victorian greenhouse in the U.S. William Hammond Hall‚ planner of Golden Gate Park‚ included the idea of a conservatory in his original concept for the design of the park. The elaborate building is 73 meters (240 feet) long and has a central dome that rises nearly 18 meters (60 feet) high. It was partially destroyed
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Flowers for Algernon In his novel‚ Flowers for Algernon‚ Daniel Keyes‚ tells the story of Charlie Gordon‚ a mentally retarded 32 year old man. An experimental surgery takes him from the darkness of stupidity‚ into the bright light of intelligence only to force him back into the dark. Enabling him to achieve a state if higher intelligence is thought to be an improvement of Charlie’s life. If it really is for the better becomes uncertain. Before the operation‚ Charlie’s intelligence and emotions
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A contemplation upon flowers Tone The speaking voice /persona is philosophical as he follows what is initially an individual problem to a universally applicable conclusion. It moves from admiration and confusion at his his own recalcitrance ( hard to manage and understand) to one of acceptance and peace. Mood The mood of the poem is deeply reflective one as the poet contemplates his own mortality. Major themes Death and life- our lives are but a cycle that culminate ineditably in depth. If
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Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes was born August 9th‚ 1927 in Brooklyn‚ New York. He came from a small family that intended for him to become a doctor. After a traumatic experience in the U.S. Maritime Service he decided to pursue his dream to become a writer. In 1966 Mr. Keyes wrote his first novel‚ Flowers for Algernon‚ which won a HUGO (the Major award of the World Science Fiction Society). Flowers for Algernon is a multifaceted novel‚ with a consistent motif of loneliness and isolation
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Desert Flower Every country has their own cultures and traditions‚ some of the cultures and traditions control us. In Africa‚ a girl named Waris‚ she was 3 years old who forced to have a FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) as others girls who had this brutal practice. But‚ she had no choice to run away from this practice because it’s one of the traditions that the woman has to get circumcision to be a pure girl and virgin until getting married. Waris kept her pain inside of her heart‚ inside of her
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In the book‚ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan‚ there are many themes that pop up throughout the story. One of the biggest themes in the book is love. I choose love as a main theme‚ because throughout the book Lily‚ the main character‚ is reflecting on her life. She shows how much love she has for Snow Flower‚ and how she wanted her mother to notice her and love her. This theme is important because it shows how finding love within your family will carry throughout your life. Another theme that is
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Flowers for Algernon. In the short story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes‚ the main character Charlie Gordon has an IQ of 68 and desires to become intelligent. He is chosen to undergo an operation to increase his intelligence level to 204‚ however he is unaware of the consequences that may follow. His experiment is not worth the risk because he realizes that humans can be cruel‚ the experiment is not permanent‚ and he loses his friends and job. One of the reasons
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Flowers in the attic This summer I read the story Flowers in the attic by V.C Andrew. It was a story of a very happy family that was struck with disaster when their husband and father dies in a car accident and they lose everything. Momma decides to seek help from her mother and father (very rich and old) who disowned her when she married her husband. Since she was disowned she decides to hide her four children from her father. He is on his death bed and is likely to die soon so she decides to
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If you had the opportunity to have a surgery to increase your I.Q‚ would you? Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man with an I.Q of 68. Charlie Gordon is the main character of a science fiction story titled “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys. Charlie was given the opportunity to increase his I.Q from 68 to 204. Charlie Gordon should have had the A.I surgery. Charlie was able to develop new complex emotions‚ recall memories‚ and establish more adult like relationships. After the A.I surgery‚ Charlie
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This article is about the genus of flowering plants. For other uses‚ see Lavender (disambiguation). Lavender Lavender flowers Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Subfamily: Nepetoideae Tribe: Lavanduleae Genus: Lavandula L. Type species Lavandula spica L. Species 39 species‚ including some hybrids‚ see text. The lavenders (Lavandula) are a genus of 39 species of flowering
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