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    Lights and Sounds Museum

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    When I first heard of the Lights and Sounds Museum‚ I thought I was just going to watch an ordinary show about the making of Intramuros. But when I entered a big room‚ standing‚ and with lights all turned off‚ I felt I was up for something more exciting that day. The Lights and Sounds Museum wasn’t just a museum‚ it was an experience center! A diorama of one of the battles fought between the Filipinos and the Spaniards. The museum was divided into different rooms. Each one of them is depicting

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    Joseph Paz Dr. Scanlon Ap English Lit 27 January 2013 The Sound of Waves: Personal Reflection In Yukio Mishima’s The Sound of Waves the reader is immersed in a rich‚ traditional‚ spiritual form of Japanese culture. The island is not only an accurate portrayal of the traditional Japanese culture but also that of the western world which is making its way to the small Japanese island in which the books plot unfolds. Mishima manages to show the reader of the importance of keeping with tradition

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    Irony in Jekyll and Hyde

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    Verbal irony presents itself well in Stevenson’s story (Stevenson 1-78). "I am quite sure of him‚" replied Jekyll‚ "I have grounds for certainty that I cannot share with anyone." (Stevenson 30). Jekyll is speaking about his good friend Mr. Hyde‚ whom no one knows is his divided "other" personality (Stevenson 30). Literally‚ Jekyll knows Hyde very well‚ but cannot disclose certain personal information about Hyde’s life that he does not wish to share; yet the reader finds out later‚ that Jekyll is

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    Analyzing Longfellow The Sound of the Sea By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow In the poem‚ The Sound of the Sea‚ by Longfellow‚ the speaker uses an allusion of the sea to show a comparison between the "rushing of the sea-tides" and the process of the human soul being inspired. The speaker is enchanted by the ways that occasions and situations are revealed to the soul through "inspirations" in a method of almost "foreshadowing" what is to come in the future. These "inspirations" come as sporadically

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    Sound And Fury Analysis

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    I watched the documentary‚ Sound and Fury. This movie was about a two bother’s named Peter who was born Deaf‚ and the other named Chris who was hearing. Peter’s wife and three children are all Deaf. Chris’s and his wife had two kids that were hearing and one that was Deaf. Peter’s five-year-old daughter‚ Heather wanted to get a cochlear implant‚ but he and his wife weren’t really sure if they wanted their daughter to have one. Chris and his wife‚ Mari were getting their Deaf son‚ Peter‚ an implant

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    Speed of Sound in Air

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    Sadie Broadway Speed of Sound In Air We are studying the speed of sound in air currently in our physics class. The speed of sound is the distance traveled by a sound wave through an elastic medium during a period of time. The speed of sound is extremely interesting‚ as it’s actually the speed of transmission of a small disturbance through a medium. The speed of sound occurs constantly‚ whenever a sound is heard. It’s everywhere‚ and in air we are discovering certain factors like altitude and air

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    Symbols in The Sound and The Fury The Sound and the Fury‚ a novel written by William Faulkner in 1929‚ is the story of a large‚ well-established family in the South and their downfall. The family is comprised of many disorganized and very complicated characters‚ all with their own flaws that all lead up collectively to the deterioration of the Compson name. One of the major aspects of the novel that Faulkner really emphasizes on is the use of symbols and motifs. Through the use of these two literary

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    Irony in Huck Finn

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    4 August 2012 The Humorous Irony of Huckleberry Finn In literature often time in order to enhance a writing style or spice up a plot line authors will use literary devices. Literary devices such as irony‚ alliteration‚ foreshadowing‚ allusion‚ personification and more‚ each give a piece of literature a unique flare. An author that takes full advantage of literary devices and understands their value is Mark Twain. Twain’s novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck Finn a young

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    Nat Sound Analysis

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    Nat Sound: Mid Heavy Breathing A deep howl of a wolf echo’s through the woods A fade in POV shot presents a knee level perspective‚ of the misty forest. The Old shrugged trees gloom over the perspective‚ leaf less and lifeless‚ as their roots fight their way through the floor. The fog covers the upper crust of the forest floor‚ littered with sticks‚ rocks and leaves. The POV rushes in a panning motion from the left to right causing a deeper sight of the rich forest parklands Heavy breathing

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    Lights and Sound Museum

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    Reaction Paper Lights and Sound Museum Klyde O. Lencioco RZL10 – B6 I personally enjoy the presentation in Lights and Sound Museum‚ it’s because of my love in history. I love history since I was in elementary‚ some people history is boring but for me history is one of the exciting subjects in school because we’re studying past events for us to know and understand more why some historical events happen. The museum was great it showed many events in the history of our country‚ the presentation

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