accident- a student has been found drowned in hydro pool. What is the procedure? When a person is drowning‚ the air passages close to prevent water from entering the lungs. This also prevents air from entering the lungs‚ and therefore depriving the victim of oxygen and eventually leading to unconsciousness and death. As in all first aid‚ the key rule is to protect yourself. The student who is drowning can strike out and pull down even the most competent swimmer; dirty water can hide dangers such as
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Patricia M. Barragán June 17‚ 2012 Philo. 154B; C. Normore Final Paper; Harding on Compatibilism Compatibilism is the idea that freedom of the will and determinism are harmonious. Susan Wolf an advocate for compatibilism in support of her own personal theory argues‚ “agent freedom cannot enhance freedom of choice or responsibility” (338 Harding). Instead claims that‚ ‘“an individual is responsible if and only is she able to form her actions on the basis of her values and she is able to form
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poet capitalize the word “GAS” when he repeats it? 6. When the Five-Nines hit‚ why does the world become filled with thick green light” “as under a green sea” Why does the poet say the man next to him is “drowning” How can you be drowning when there is no water nearby? How can he be drowning in fire or lime? 7. What does the poet see each night in his dreams? 8. In the description‚ the dying man “plunges” at the speaker. Why would he be reaching out for the speaker‚ and why is that particularly
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Children" is a poem written by Australian poet Bruce Dawe in the 1960’s. An elegy is a sad poem or song that laments the death of a person. This poem implies that the persona had a close relationship with someone who had drowned or loss their child to drowning. This poem has five four-lined stanzas. The first and last lines rhyme with each other while the middle two lines rhyme with each other. This creates a song like quality to the poem. The first three stanzas of the poem end with questions. This structures
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and whatever happens to them is meant to be. In contrast‚ Kenny believes that if one needs assistance‚ they should ask for it rather than suffer through their problems. To convey this idea to Rukmani‚ Kenny uses the metaphor “Who will succour the drowning man if he does not
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Rachel Kluge Term Paper- Spring Assume that on your way to work you see a child drowning in a near by pond. You are his only option for safety seeing that you are the only one around. If you don’t act to save the child‚ he will probably drown. However‚ saving him means ruining your new shoes‚ your clothes‚ and making yourself late for work. “What should you do?” Most everyone that I know would respond that you should save the child‚ I mean why not? Compared to the value of his life‚ ruining your
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The rich imagery in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’‚ is a major reason why the poem is so powerful. In the first line‚ "Bent double‚ like old beggars under sacks‚" readers can see the weariness of the soldiers‚ trudging tiredly on the war ground. Also‚ by comparing them to beggars‚ the soldiers were probably very dirty after fighting for so long. Think of a soldier staying in a battlefield‚ their uniforms‚ their faces will most likely be covered with dust‚ grime‚ or even blood. In the second line
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Through diction and repetition‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen presents a harsh reality of war that challenges the ideal of militarism by mocking the assumed glory in the military. In this piece‚ the poet scorns militarism-created perceptions of war. In the midst of a bombing‚ he describes preparing for the gas as “… [a]n ecstasy of fumbling / Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time” (9-10). The words ecstasy and fumbling contradict each other in their connotations as ecstasy is related to
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In Swallow the Air‚ persona May Gibson shows a lack of understanding in herself and therefore feels she does not belong. As soon as her mum commits suicide at the beginning of the novel May has trouble belonging‚ “When mum left I stopped being Aboriginal I stopped feeling like I belonged. Anywhere”. May has lost her security in her culture and identity. Costa the curry will tell u too link this back to understanding nourishes belongingTara uses Mungi the turtle as a strong symbolic feature in the
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every one of us would make donations regularly. Peter Singer uses the drowning child example to make people rethink about this current scenario. He believes that it is our obligation to help the people in poor developing countries. There are objections to his stance‚ but before considering and discussing from both sides‚ I am now going to describe and explain the Singer ’s drowning child example first. Imagine a child is drowning in a shallow pond and saving the child’s life means jumping into the
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