“The Apple Tree” Essay Prep Literature and Your Life Reader’s Response: Were you surprised by the ending? Why or why not? Thematic Focus: Why do you think that eagerly anticipated events so often fail to live up to people’s expectations? Written Discussion: Discuss why the children mislead their father about the taste of the apple. What would you have done in that situation? Why? Check Your Comprehension 1. What does the friend from England tell the father about the apple
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and green. Three traditions that I love at Christmas time are putting up the Christmas tree‚ waking up Christmas morning‚ and Christmas day dinner. My favorite tradition is putting up the Christmas tree. The tree is about six foot tall‚ dark green‚ and covered in artificial white snow. As you put on each layer you spread each limb out to make the tree look fuller and more real. The next step is to line the tree with red garland. After that‚ you fill every limb and free spot with ornaments. The ornaments
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The artwork by Claire Oakley is a mixed media painting of tree textures. Unique ways are applied to creating this work with tissue paper‚ watercolour‚ poster paint‚ and acrylic. The artist represents the natural texture and ochre colour of tree bark to the artwork‚ however‚ tints of vivid colour are also used to create a livelier atmosphere. The essence of this artwork is its texture and naturalness resembling real trees. The artist used watered down acrylic (brown‚ black‚ red and grey tones) and
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In “A Poison Tree‚” by William Blake is a central metaphor explains a truth of human nature. This poem teaches how anger can be extinguished by goodwill or nurtured to become a deadly poison. It is appropriate that poems with religious connotations should be expressed like this in which a spiritual struggle is expressed in a vivid story. The opening stanza sets up everything for the entire poem‚ from the ending of anger with the “friend‚” to the continuing anger with the “foe.” Blake startles the
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My contemporary song choice that I have chosen is “Apple tree” by Erykah Badu. The song illustrates on friendship. This song is about an awakening to self-discovery‚ Being true to yourself and having true friendships; however those who are not Erykah states “You don’t want to pick from my apple tree. I picks my friends like I pick my fruit. I don’t walk around trying to be what I’m not; I don’t waste my time trying to get what you got. I work at pleasin’ me cause I can’t please you and that’s why
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comes with consequences. But‚ on the contrary‚ honesty is rewarded. In “the Mermaid and the Woodcutter‚” and “Head Tree‚” the characters face a big obstacle‚ and their actions will decipher whether they will be rewarded or punished. In the story “the Mermaid and the Woodcutter‚” a man is very honest and tells the truth‚ for his good actions he is rewarded‚ In the story “Head Tree‚” the main character faces terrible consequences because of his cruel lies‚ and suffered tremendously. This shows that
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the tree house by Ronald Frame. He is a prize-winning novelist‚ short story writer and dramatist. He was educated in Glasgow‚ and at Oxford University. Unwritten Secrets[1]‚ a novel and his fifteenth book of fiction‚ was published in 2010. The title of the story speaks for itself. The tree house is the main symbol of the story which describes the development of the character’s relations. It perfectly represents the main character’s friendship. It reflects the content of the text as the tree house
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worldwide to become one of the most cultivated fruits in the tropics. While other Mangifera species (e.g. horse mango‚ M. foetida) are also grown on a more localized basis‚ Mangifera indica – the ’common mango’ or ’Indian mango’ – is the only mango tree commonly cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. It is the national fruit of India‚[1]Philippines and Pakistan. In several cultures‚ its fruit and leaves are ritually used as floral decorations at weddings‚ public celebrations and religious
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DEVELOPING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY John E. Stinson and William A. Day Competitive strategies. All companies have one (or more). Sometimes they are clear and well understood throughout the organization. Sometimes they are rather muddy. Sometimes they have been deliberately established; sometimes they have simply evolved. For our purposes here‚ we are assuming that it is better if the strategies are deliberately established‚ clear‚ and well understood. "’Customer focus’ is knowing what customers want
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The Lambeth Tree of Jesse’s theological theme of Christ’s royal lineage is graphically divided into page sections that tell the story of his family history. "The patriarch Jesse belonged to the royal family‚ that is why the root of Jesse signifies the lineage of kings. As to the rod‚ it symbolizes Mary as the flower symbolizes Jesus Christ.” Jesse lies centrally at the bottom border of the page literally and visually grounding the tree as it rises upwards through a figure of the Virgin Mary‚ who
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