Driving in the winter and summer is extremely thrilling to me. Living in Minnesota you get the luxury of experiencing both of these seasons. Now driving in these seasons is very different. You have to conform to your environment‚ which entails changing your driving style in order to be safe. Minnesota winters can be pretty harsh and dangerous. Once the snow starts to pile up‚ you have to be very careful of not slipping off the road. Slowing down five‚ even ten miles per hour‚ under the speed limit
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conclusions. One of the greatest boundaries my clients have faced in belonging is the opposing opinions or lifestyles of others. I have found that this problem has been explored in fictional settings such as Ray Lawler’s classic “Summer of the Seventeenth Doll”‚ in characters such as Pearl. Like many of us‚ Pearl initially struggles to accept the rebellious lifestyle that Olive and her friends lead.
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novel A Separate Peace ‚ used his characters to explore concepts related to youth and maturation. The four most prominent characters he utilizes are Brinker Hadley‚ Elwin “Leper” Lepellier‚ Gene Forester‚ and Phineas. Brinker and Leper are used by Knowles to contrast Gene and Finny as characters‚ highlight their relationship‚ and exemplify the different forms of friendship. Brinker is the character that is most used to contrast Gene and Finny’s individual character traits. Gene‚ the narrator‚ notes
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Abhorrent Mr. Noakes‚ an antagonist in Joan Aiken’s “Searching for Summer‚” frequently manifests repugnant and distasteful conduct towards others in order to fulfill his own selfish desires for prosperity. Inherently‚ the introductory impression of the character is one of a repulsive nature‚ having “a crop of stiff‚ greasy black hair‚” (69)‚ which would naturally deter people from wanting to associate with him. Likewise‚ Mr. Noakes displays rudimentary and discourteous behavior when the old Hatchings
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Kyle Nishimura April 21‚ 2013 IB English Period 1 In the poems Summer Day‚ by Sarah A.Kettler‚ and Parched Earth‚ by Sally Hinton‚ both poets are able to convey their purpose through their use of diction. While the purpose of Kettler’s poem seems to be to essentially describe a summers day and illuminate in it’s laziness‚ Hinton’s purpose is to evaluate the state of Earth’s ecosystem. Like how each person writes a certain way‚ both Kettler and Hinton use their own distinct diction in their poems
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One of the many tools authors can use when they write short stories is character development. One such author that creates two contrasting yet comparable characters in his stories is Robert Carver. In the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver‚ we see three main characters. The characters include the blind man‚ Robert‚ the blind man’s friend‚ the wife‚ and her husband. Throughout the story Carver sets up Robert‚ the blind man‚ and her friend’s husband to be contrasted in a variety of ways‚
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In the reading “Summer Rituals” by Bradbury talks about how important time is and how through the eyes of Douglas he relives his memories‚with very descriptive details of the daily summers he had with his family to how his neighbors would love those summer days.In “Hoppers” by Keillor has a way of being aware of his surroundings but also relating those memories with what he used to when he was young. Both writers get to express that moment and see the importance of sharing moments with family
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Description of a Character Imagine a person who is supportive as a family member and a unique friend that would be there for you at the drop of a hat. My Uncle Matt fits the description perfectly by being an adventurous kid stuck in an adult’s body‚ without this person in my life I wouldn’t be who I am today. He is a muscular middle-aged man who wore old‚ broken Harry Potter style glasses. I would always make fun of him by the way he dressed with an old t-shirt from some random event and jean shorts
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Setting in literature‚ is often used to determine a character’s perceptions and opinions in a story. In “Our Thirteenth Summer”‚ Callaghan uses setting to explore ideas about cultural and personal identity. The struggle of cultural identity is personified by the two Jewish families; the Reeds who deny their Jewish heritage and the Aschs who are openly Jewish. It is established early that this story takes place a few years after World War II. Jewish individuals were targeted by the Nazis and faced
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Pam Solis AP Literature Love The stories “No One’s a Mystery” and “The Girls in their Summer Dresses” are both short stories that raise the question; when is it time to let go of love? The obvious answer is when it begins to hurt somebody more than it makes them feel elated. ‘Love’ is not easily defined by a dictionary or an internet search; love is something that you must feel and experience for yourself‚ however some kinds of love are dysfunctional and do nothing but leave someone bitter
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