lying on one of the room’s three coaches‚ which were arranged in a U-shape. His eyes were glued to the TV. Aech was currently watching Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future‚ a Canadian-American television show from the late 1980’s. The TV show revolves around Captain Jonathan Power and a group of guerrilla fighter‚ called the Soldiers of the Future‚ as they work together to defeat the machine forces that dominate Earth. From his facial expression‚ I could infer that Aech was not watching this
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I am holding a gun to my head. On the verge of death I look back at how it escalated to this to convince not to make the wrong choice as I had done before. That memory among many other dark ones remained as clear as see through water. Five years ago… Sierra Dianas. Thoughts flooded my mind as I clutched the gun harder and harder. I faced an atrocious‚ inescapable decision. A war befell in my head‚ a death match between my consciousness and my fear. As one callously stabbed the other‚ the tip
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STYLISTIC VOCABULARY IN THE CREATIVE WRITING COMPOSITIONS OF 4th YEAR AB ENGLISH STUDENTS: A GALPERIN APPROACH An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Department of English Institute of Arts and Sciences Far Eastern University CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Aside from a perfect grammar‚ English majors are expected to have a wider range of vocabulary as compared with other students in the university since it is their field of study. This is manifested when a student
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English Essay ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke And ‘Asleep’ by Wilfred Owen Pg.1 These two poems show the difference of how death in the war could be written in many ways. The poets used a variety of language techniques and also the imagery being extracted by the reader. This will also help me to shape my understanding of war and hopefully lead to a change of perspective for people. Both poets have used a wide range of language techniques in both of their poems. One of the techniques used is
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Review of Richard Florida: The Rise of the Creative Class Richard Florida‚ a professor from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh‚ intended to discuss the economic downturn that struck Pittsburgh and and the effort to rebuild the economy the took place there. In the beginning‚ he and every major economist thought that to build an economy people will need jobs‚ and to get jobs for the people they need companies‚ and to have a company a place has to offer perks; something that
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The soldier IF I should die‚ think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore‚ shaped‚ made aware‚ Gave‚ once‚ her flowers to love‚ her ways to roam‚ A body of England’s‚ breathing English air‚ Washed by the rivers‚ blest by the suns of home. And think‚ this heart‚ all evil shed away‚ A pulse in the eternal mind‚ no less Gives somewhere
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The Soldier by Rupert Brooke Versus Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Thesis: There are several differences between Brooke and his poem and Owen and his poem. 1.) Owen vs. Brooke 2.) Owen’s Poem vs. Brooke’s Poem 3.) Owen’s opinion of the war vs. Brooke’s opinion of the war 4.) Conclusion Both of these poems took place during World War I. This was a very dark and gloomy time period. Though both of these poems are very different they are both true of the war
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piece of it as a cemetery for the soldiers who gave their lives defending our nation. It was wise to dedicate Cemetery Hill to the soldiers‚ and yet it really wasn’t in their to do that to set apart that section as sacred. The brave soldiers who fought in the battle had already done that more than the gathered people ever could‚ simply by fighting for freedom there. No one will remember what is being said here but rather what will be remembered is what the soldiers did there. So instead of dedicating
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identity‚ throughout her time as a soldier. However‚ malaria cases were too dangerous not to be admitted into a hospital‚ so she was determined to desert rather than have her sex found out. She later returned to female clothing and rejoined the war as a female nurse. Edmonds’s duties as a soldier ranged from that of a male nurse to the regiment’s postmaster‚ and finally a mail carrier. In addition to duties as a nurse‚ which included burying the dead soldiers‚ she picked up a gun and participated
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