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    safe operation C. ESCAPE ROUTES 1. Establish escape routes prior to deployment of ground forces 2. Always have at least two escape routes 3. Continually update escape routes as the fire dynamics and crew location changes a. This is probably the most elusive component of LCES. The effectiveness changes continuously b. As a firefighter works along the fire perimeter‚ fatigue and spatial separation increases the time required to reach the safety zone 4. The most common escape route is the fireline

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    of the Night”‚ Margaret Laurence suggests that attempts to live unconstrained by an uncontrollable circumstance using imagination as an escape can prove insufficient and detrimental. Chris‚ the protagonist‚ is born into the Great Depression‚ has a dream that cannot come true. Chris attempts to escape this circumstance to realize his dreams. These attempts at escape leave Chris in a broken psychological state. Chris has a dream of becoming an engineer but his environment prohibits him. He is

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    the complex lives of his characters and show the reader the differences in the way each character handles escape in his life. Characters change their current situations because they want to change something about their lives. In The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay‚ Michael Chabon uses figurative language‚ irony‚ and symbols of escape to explore the ways in which people try to escape from their ordinary lives. Michael Chabon deliberately uses figurative language to show how homosexual men

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    dogs.  In his original experiment‚ he exposed the dogs to electrical shocks that they could not control nor escape from.  It was demonstrated later on that when there is an escape easily accessed they still failed to escape the shock.  This test consisted of a shuttle box which was split in half by a divider.  The electricity was only run through one side of the box forcing the dog to escape the shock by jumping over the divider.  This behavior is normally learned quickly because it would help

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    Beloved, By Toni Morrison

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    Railroad. Sethe‚ the main character is able to use it to escape Sweet

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    argument says that the people were "simply cooked‚ instantly" by the heat. They died very suddenly‚ and had no chance to escape. However‚ the problem with this argument is that a great many people DO appear to have escaped. As a result‚ it is highly possible that this was not what happened‚ and that instead the people were killed by the poisonous sulphur cloud as they attempted to escape. "Pompeii‚ which was on the other side of Vesuvius‚ did not suffer from pyroclastic flows ( avalanches of hot ash‚ pumice

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    the present. All of the characters retreat into their separate worlds to escape the brutalities of life." (Ross). There are some very noticeable symbols that have been analyzed many times since study has begun on "The Glass Menagerie." The first is the actual glass menagerie that represents the fragility of the Wingfield’s dreamlike existence. The second is the fire escape‚ which reflects each character’s tendency to escape from reality in their own ways. The third is the yellow dress‚ which represents

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    Thesis Statement Emily Dickinson’s poem “There is no Frigate like a Book” is a great example of the use of metaphor in poetry. The poem utilizes the theme of escape in describing how a book can carry a person away from reality. In using these metaphors‚ Dickinson is able to describe in only eight lines the power of literature and poetry on a person’s life. Outline 1. Introduction a. Thesis Statement 2. Theme a. Theme of the poem b. Poem’s setting c. Significance of the title to

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    The Book Night Analysis

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    fear‚ music‚ public executions‚ and separation from family‚ but they were ineffective. The nazis wanted to have complete control over the Jewish. The novel Night‚ gives us a visual on how the jews were treated during that time period. Also‚ the movie Escape from Sobibor shows how the jews still had hope

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    Underground Railroad Through the development of the Underground Railroad slave escape in the mid 1800s‚ there was much leading into this great historical occurrence. Two key things that factored into this were the many dangers involved in the travel and journey and also the abolitionists that helped the slaves through their rigorous escape. In analysis of the excursion with the dangers faced and the perseverant abolitionists‚ through the many struggles their rough journey ended in success for

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