"Nothing Gold can Stay" What do people think gold means? Well I think that gold is part of a sun set. So when a sun comes up the trees‚ flowers‚ and the grass‚ starts to come up as well. The sun gives the animals and the plants energy to get up and go. When the sun is up all day‚ kids will go outside and play. The sun also gives the world heat. Without the sun the world will have no light to play and no heat to stay warm. The sun plays a big role in nature‚ it gives plants and animals so many
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In the yellow wallpaper‚ the narrator is the character that the readers feel sad for the most. The narrator is a young wife and mother whose physician husband‚ john claims that she is suffering from depression. He takes her to a rest cure treatment and locks her in a nursery with ’rings and things in the walls’ to ensure a good rest for her. Yet‚ she loses her sanity under the circumstances of John’s excess suppression and the distracting yellow wallpaper in the room. John completely holds the authority
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“The Lottery” is about a village that came together on June 27th for the lottery. The lottery is a gathering of all the families that stay in a village that resulted in one individual getting stoned to death. “The Lottery” has many themes. Looking at “The Lottery” the black box and stones‚ rules and families’ bond‚ and characters in it explained how their symbolism transformed the story from a random collection of events to a story about people’s willingness to sacrifice other people to follow traditions
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ASP Kolle 37 The group Spielwagen Berlin (Game Wagon Berlin) created their own genre of folk art creation in 1979. Their members‚ who were citizens dedicated to enhancing creativity and playtime among children‚ traveled to squares and school playgrounds with toys. Structures made of wood and mud were built during the summer‚ but fell apart because no one took care of them (Kolle37). A modern version of this Hüttenbau‚ or hut-building‚ is pictured in Figure 5. The idea for a supervised Bauspielplatz
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Speaking Fun with Words It was Sunday. The sky was as clear as crystal. Haadia was sitting in the garden with a heap of books beside her. Just then her friend‚ Fatima‚ came and joined her. Fatima: Hi! Haadia! Can I pick your brains for a few minutes? Haadia: Hello! Sure. Come on‚ sit down! Fatima: Where have you been? Long time no see! Haadia: Oh‚ I’ve been really busy these days and I haven’t had time to relax. Fatima: Oh‚ so you’re as busy as a bee! Haadia: What about you? Fatima: Alhamdulillah
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“To err is human‚” indeed; nevertheless‚ it’s important not to be so utterly ignorant to not even consider the possibility of making a mistake by blindly submitting to a tradition. People are fundamentally evil and if we don’t control and suppress that side of ourselves‚ if we stop questioning and simply give in to that evilness‚ disastrous results are bound to follow. The simple fact that a certain tradition has been observed for a long time justifies neither that it should continue nor that it
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In Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" she calls attention to the dangers of pesticides. Through her use of imagery‚ rhetorical questions‚ and similes she has created a very passionate argument towards whether or not farmers should use these poisons that affect much more than they think. She asks if "Indiana still raised any boys who roam throw woods?". "If so‚ who guarded the poisoned area to make sure no one went through?" " Who kept vigilant watch to tell the innocent stroller that he was about
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Would you stay at a cozy‚ warm place with a nice old woman? It’s nice and comforting‚ with only one kink; it’s the house of a murderer. In the story “The Landlady‚” by Roald Dahl‚ the main character‚ Billy‚ stayed at a place called the Bed and Breakfast. The reader was manipulated into thinking the Bed and Breakfast was a cozy place with a nice old woman‚ but in reality it was the home of a murderer who was about to take her next victim. Authors manipulate their reader’s expectations of reality
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“You didn’t give him time enough to choose!” yells Tessie. “It wasn’t fair!” Many of the characters from the short story‚ The Lottery‚ do not agree with this tradition to throw stones a. In fact‚ many of the characters show more than one opinion on this matter once they learn of the winner. One example of a two-sided character is when Tessie starts protesting against the crowd when her husband‚ Bill‚ “wins” the lottery. She shouts “You didn’t give him time enough to choose”‚ and “everyone
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It is very important to pass down the formal rituals of the town to next generations. In order to pass down the ritual‚ the community will need a large black box to keep the folded papers together when the lottery starts‚ one folded paper with large black dot on‚ a stool to put the large black box on‚ and piles of stone. Remember the ritual might vary slightly from other communities‚ but the ritual is an important part of our society’s history and its present. In our society‚ a lottery will be held
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