One thing that Robert Gray has mastered is leaving no detail big or small out. Flames and Dangling Wires is a poem that effectively conveys the effects of the human’s materialistic demands on the world. Robert Gray shows what life will inevitably be if our actions and attitudes do not change through the somewhat disturbing images that he renders The idea of a fog like shield is used to show that the increase production of waste is hiding us from the true reality of our actions. The smoke is seen
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but one general idea: the ideal life. It is making a lot of money‚ being respected‚ and triumphing difficult situations. The American Dream has been pursued by many‚ but only few make it all the way. One very good example of the American Dream is Andrew Carnegie‚ the founder of what is known as U.S. Steel. Carnegie was born in Scotland to a poor family. As a teen‚ he emigrated from Scotland to the United States. He was portrayed as a hard working individual who was very intelligent and disciplined
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Freddy Andrews (Polly Borland‚ 2000)‚ Contexts‚ p. 120 1.Give a summary of the text in approximately 80 words. Freddy Andrews mother‚ was taken from her family when she was a child‚ but she got away‚ and married an Aboriginal man. She got two kids with the Aboriginal man‚ but they got taken away from her. Then she married Freddy’s father‚ which was a white man‚ and she got her children back again. He didn´t like the Aboriginals‚ because all they did was to get drunk and fight. He is an Aboriginal
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Flame test: AIM: To determine which part of the salt is responsible for the characteristics in the flame. HYPOTHESIS: If we introduce a metal salt in the blue flame of the Bunsen burner‚ then the colour given off by the flame is due to the metal part of the salt. METHOD: (1) With a heat proof mat under the Bunsen burner‚ turn the gas on and light up the Bunsen burner with matches. (2) Pour enough Hydrochloric acid into a beaker. (3) Using your wire‚ dip it into the beaker containing Hydrochloric
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In this lab‚ we tested the effect of flame on different chemical solutions. In order to do this‚ we used a wooden stick soaked in a metal and nonmetal solution‚ hovered it over a bunsen burner‚ and recorded the color that the flame changed to. The seven solutions we tested were lithium chloride‚ strontium chloride‚ calcium chloride‚ sodium chloride‚ barium chloride‚ copper chloride‚ and potassium chloride. However‚ we had another four additional solutions‚ which had unknown chemical composition
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Laboratory Report: Flame Colors of Metals Abstract The experiment about flame color of metals demonstrates how electrons jump into their excitedstate from their ground state as it came in contact with heat. As it return to its lower energy state‚it emits the absorbed energy in the form of light. A platinum or nichrome wire was dipped into aconcentrated HCL and was heated to clean it. The wire was dipped into different salt solutionsand heated in order to determine the metallic ion’s color and wavelength
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decomposition and the combustion reaction. Coloured flames are seen in movies to represent something magical that is occurring such as a ritual. This is due to the vibrant colours used which communicate a sense of unusual yet visual appearance. chemistry concepts found in coloured flames are combustion reaction‚ electrons and atomic structures‚ molecules and particles. The following will pinpoint two special effects which are explosions and coloured flames and define the chemistry concepts found within
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foreign language and literature Online games Most of the parents may be curious about why their children are addicted to online games. It even has some bad influence to those teenagers’ life or schoolwork. I think the first and simplest reason is that the animations and sounds of the online games attract teenagers. Online games keep innovate and improve since it has been spread extensively‚ because it is a keen competition of the market of online games. The online games become more vivid than
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the text you have studied explored the challenges and obstacles faced by characters who change? In my supplementary text “Flames and Dangling Wire” there are no characters but the society shows change. Composers have explored the challenges and obstacles faced by characters and the society. In the film ‘The Last Samurai’‚ directed by Edward Zwick and the poem ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ by Robert Gray the composers have used techniques to make meaning‚ and have explored the challenges and obstacles
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