Some stories don’t want to be told. They walk away‚ carrying their suitcases held together with grey string. Look at their disappearing curved spines. Hunchbacks. Harmed ones. Hold-alls. Some stories refuse to be danced or mimed‚ drop their scuffed canes and clattering tap-shoes‚ erase their traces in nursery rhymes or ancient games like blindman’s buff. And at
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the supply of tourist attractions quite well‚ the only ones of real interest being the local pool‚ which was unpleasantly crowded all through summer and frozen solid in the winter months‚ and a small‚ rickety house in the forest called the Mystery Shack. It was an old and dusty haunted house type museum‚ with strange exhibits decorating the walls and glass cases containing improbable specimen scattering
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from back in the great depression. I built my Hooverville on a big piece of cardboard. I partly spray painted the big cardboard for a mud look. My Hooverville has five shacks and a lean to. The shacks are made out of cardboard that I also spray painted to look like mud. The shacks are held together with hot glue. On the shacks I used some material to make roofs and door coverings. I made some trees and bushes on my Hooverville too‚ using Spanish moss. I got some sticks out of my front yard
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THE SHACK The irony of an inspirational book Over the years I have read my inspiring books. Some books that inspired me through high school were‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ The Diary of Anne Frank‚ The Outsiders‚ and some of the Chicken Soup series. However‚ the most inspirational book that I have ever read was The Shack by William P. Young which I just recently read. The Shack is a theological fiction book which tells the story of a man‚ Mack‚ whose daughter was brutally murdered. Young covers
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came from a small wooden shack; the shack appeared newer than the rest of the weather worn buildings‚ it also looked better cared for than the other buildings. Next to the shack was a small garden and in it were gravestones. Two were lined side by side‚ but another sat lonely in the corner of the garden. The lonely gravestone was simple it was made from wood unlike the other two that had been carefully crafted out of stone. Then a creak echoed around the garden and the shack‚ it was no louder than
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Ernest Barnes: The Spirit of Movement Ernest “Ernie” Eugene Barnes Jr. was considered to be one of the leading artists in the world. He is popularly known for his portrait titled “Sugar Shack” which was featured in the 1970s sitcom‚ Good Times. His artistic expressions create uniqueness and imaginative experiences in African American culture. His interest in painting was sparked while browsing through art books when he accompanied his mother to work. He began painting while he attended North
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Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times The film Modern Times done by Chaplin can be described as a satire of the machine age and has a theme of the dehumanizing effects of different aspects such as modernity‚ industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and even law enforcement. Modern Times was filmed in the 1930s during the era of the Great Depression. The film’s main concerns were directed towards unemployment‚ poverty‚ and hunger; however‚ Chaplin was able to film this in a way where everyone would still be
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Nellie Day is a freelance writer of California who possesses a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California and from UC Irvine‚ Day earned Bachelor’s degrees in English and Sociology. Day specialties include weddings‚ real estate‚ business‚ pets‚ food and beverage industries‚ architecture and design‚ travel and tourism‚ etc. Day’s work can be found online which are often seen on Livestrong.com‚ Trails.com. USAToday.com‚ Travels.com‚ Hotels.com and a number of
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mother was a very modest person‚ and this was going to be agony for her‚ sitting down in public‚ among strangers.” (pg.32). What some of the other women did was drag in a big cardboard carton and put up as walls so no one could see. The reservoir shack was just outside of camp. “My brother-in-law Kaz was foreman of a reservoir
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Abrupt Climate Changes Prove to Be of Concern "Warming World Presents Challenges" is an opinion piece written by Richard Alley published in the Harrisburg Patriot News on September 21‚ 2003. In his article‚ Alley shared his concerns regarding abrupt climate change due to human actions. Not only did Alley express his worries‚ but he also tried to inform his audience of the environmental problems that we may face in the future. He attempted to persuade people to take action and help to end the
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