The Rain Daniel Keene But how could you possibly remember me? How could the sea possibly remember the sea-shell That once it surged through Par Lagerkvist From Evening Land Hanna‚ an old woman People used to give me all kinds of things all kinds of people all kinds of things loaves of bread still warm from the oven sweet biscuits dusted with icing sugar apple cores and boxes of dead matches yellow flowers and brown paper bundles tied with string blankets and cups and kettles
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The hit musical "Singin’ in the Rain" may possibly be one of if not the greatest musicals of all time. With it’s tale of the film world of the mid 1920’s and its creative underlining love story between Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds)‚ it provokes the interest of someone who would not generally be attracted to a musical. It is a classic masterpiece that set the standards that musical films of today will be judged by. It is a classic performance by the great Gene
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Rain on the Scarecrow‚ Light on the Farmers Plight In 1900‚ 41% of the workforce were employed in agriculture‚ 100 years later this diminished to 1.9%; astonishingly‚ during this timeframe‚ the U.S. population exploded from 71 million to 273 million. In the 1980s‚ the American family farmer once the backbone of the U.S. economy now faced dire straits‚ plagued by corporate consolidation and economic hardships. The family farmer was dying. In times of hardship‚ many families gather around a table
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there – And she were housed there! – Or better‚ together… We both‚ - who would stray there’ Hardy wrote this poem as a way of expiating the way he treated his late wife while she was alive. The poet‚ Thomas Hardy initiates the poem by describing the rain spouting on the persona’s deceased wife’s grave ‘Clouds spout upon her’ and the pain she suffered from the persona whilst she was living ‘Her who but lately – Had shivered with pain’. The poet’s purpose of writing this poem was to reflect and acknowledge
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The novel‚ “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein is a tale that takes you on an unforgettable journey through another kind of mind‚ through the eyes and nose of a dog. The novel features many plot twists‚ references to natural and supernatural‚ interesting characters and is set in Whidbey Island‚ United States. This story is about a dog‚ Enzo‚ who is different from other dogs; he is a philosopher and an observer of humans. The major themes that have been discussed thoroughly in this novel
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Ihuse. Masuji. Black Rain. Trans. John Bester. London: Kodansha Europe Limited‚ 1994. 120 "Quite suddenly the boy‚ with an expression of great revulsion‚ came out with his story. He had been at home when the ball of fire had burst. There had been a sudden flash and a mighty roar‚ and he had started to run outside. On the instant‚ the house had collapsed and he had lost consciousness. When he came to‚ he found himself trapped between beams or other timbers‚ and his father trying to get them off
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(When it rains gasoline) The script that I have chosen is from the internet (http://www.dramaticwriter.com/Alysa.html) About an obnoxious and a spoiled teenage girl named Alyssa who shares her feelings about her parents‚ her friends and how she thinks she’s going to be treated at the dance. It’s prom night for her‚ the most important night of her life according to her. This monologue comes from a play called ‘When it rains gasoline’. This play was first produced
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Tropical Rain Forest 1. Biome’s place on earth Where is it (geographical distribution)? 1) Central America in the Amazon River basin. 2) Africa - Zaire basin‚ with a small area in West Africa; also eastern Madagascar. 3) Indo-Malaysia - west coast of India‚ Assam‚ Southeast Asia‚ New Guinea and Queensland‚ Australia. What are its abiotic factors? 1) Large amounts of rain during the rainy season‚ dense foliage‚ warm all year round. Also the rocks‚ soil‚ sunlight and temperature. What
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They were traveling to the hotel which was surrounding by the public garden‚ war monument and the gravel path. They stayed in their room while it was raining. The American wife looked out the window and saw a cat trying to compact itself from the rain. She wanted that cat and said to his husband she would go to get it. Her husband didn’t stop her. When she went down and met the hotel owner‚ she liked him easily. She said she liked the way he received any complaints. She liked his dignity and she
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THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS Plot Summary The story opens with a clock announcing that it is time to wake up and a hint of premonition that perhaps no one will. In the kitchen‚ the stove cooks breakfast and a voice from the ceiling announces the setting: Allendale‚ California‚ on August 4‚ 2026. The automated house prepares itself for the day‚ but its inhabitants have not responded to several wake up calls‚ breakfast‚ the weather box‚ or the waiting car. The robotic mice finish cleaning the house
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