Debbie Lim English 105 Ms Cree Writing Assignment #2 March 20‚ 2011 Drunk and Distracted Drivers are Top Causes of Accidents Drunk and distracted drivers cause more accidents on America’s roads and highways than any other reason. In August 2009 Diane Schuler‚ made national news when she caused an accident that killed eight people on the Taconic State Parkway in New York. She had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 percent and was also under the Influence of marijuana at the time she drove
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ground" surrounded securely by walls that are "girdled" around. Its gardens are bright‚ and "blossoming with many an incense bearing tree" and are watered by wandering streams. The river‚ the thing that gives life to Khan’s creation runs "through caverns measureless to man/down to a sunless sea". The destination of the sacred river of the pleasure dome is "measureless" to man. The river metaphorically represents nature as the source of life of al creation. In the second stanza the poem shifts
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Beowulf demonstrates numerous qualities that aid in his classification as an epic hero‚ such as his high position in society‚ the courage and superhuman strength he displays‚ and the leadership he provides to others. Beowulf displays all of the qualities that are expected from a hero and in all honesty‚ he is the epitome of an epic hero. First‚ Beowulf is of high social status in society. He is Prince of the Geats and is the nephew of the king. Beowulf was born to the high class and during the time
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Subterranean Homesick Blues Again Play Review In the suspenseful play Subterranean Homesick Blues Again‚ by Dennis Reardon‚ four tourists end up in an situation none of them were expecting. In the play the unsuspecting group of friends go on a tour to the caverns‚ led by their young and mysterious guide‚ Charon. As the group travels deeper into the abyss‚ the characters begin to take notice the slight shift of their tour guides mood; the arrival to the Underworld leaves the group in a state of disbelief and
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Dickinson fears that it will encompass her whole being and swallow her completely. She talks about how immense loneliness is by saying lines like: “As its Grave go plumbing / To ascertain the size” (3-4) and “Its Caverns and its Corridors” (15). Showing the reader that loneliness has “Caverns and Corridors” confirmations just how vast it can be. Dickinson says: “The Loneliness whose worst alarm / Is lest itself should see –” (5-6). Meaning that the first showings of loneliness will not be seen in the
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In the kingdom of Abrium‚ there was a rare magical stone capable of doing almost anything‚ which included destroying the world. One moonless and cloudy night the notorious red furred‚ Felinae or werecat‚ Red Fur the Thief rode on his grey dragon named Chompy the Dragon to the colossal castle where the stone was being held. After he arrived‚ he dropped down onto the cold‚ grey castle wall‚ crept past the guards‚ and found the crimson red stone displayed in the center of a magnificent room‚ all while
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shades were drawn. It was Saturday and there were no classes. Borden was looking at the pictures the drone had taken of the gorge. Most of them were too cloudy to see anything‚ but the color pervaded in various hues on the newly widened and deepened cavern that once was a normal gorge with trees and brush and birds. None of that remained. He was getting disenchanted with the images when the last few revealed activity at the seemingly fathomless bottom. There were figures that looked like the one they
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human race as a whole. These mistakes are abstractions in mistake arising from common desires to distortion‚ disproportion‚ and exaggeration. The second idol‚ the idol of the cave‚ was based on your upbringing and is naturally "within you". A cavern or den was the symbol of the idol of the cave‚ representing the mind of every individual. The idol of the cave meant that everyone has their own individual perspective on life. Since all men are different‚ views on nature vary greatly amongst all
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Gandalf possesses powerful abilities that make him as near as invincible. When Gandalf uses undefeatable powers to rescue Bilbo and the dwarves from a goblin stronghold‚ the narrator of the story describes‚ “Just at that moment all the lights in the cavern went out‚ and the great fire went off poof! into a tower of blue glowing smoke‚ right up to the roof‚ that scattered piercing white sparks all among the goblins.” In fact‚ Gandalf proves to be so powerful that he even has the capacity to electrocute
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figurative language can promote and Better‚ characterization in a story. For example.... in the short poem Odessey it states " his heart set on his wife and his return —Calypso‚the bewitching nymph‚ the lustrous goddess‚ held him back‚ deep in her arching caverns‚ craving him for a
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