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    Transformer Metaphor

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    For many decades‚ the US military has‚ engaged with Hollywood’s movies by giving permission to their production crews to use their military machines and techniques. Black Hawk Down was about the US military‚ Top Gun was about the Navy‚ and Iron Man was about the Air Force (McMillen). These kinds of movies are regarded as joint-military force movies‚ and one of the largest joint-military movies is Transformers‚ which was released in 2007. The third series was recently released‚ which is now being

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    Metaphor for Yourself

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    Create a metaphor for yourself using something you would find in your kitchen or your garage. List as many similarities or relationships between yourself and this object as you can think of‚ then elaborate on this comparison in an essay. Why is this object a good representation of you? If I took a quick look around my kitchen‚ I would probably find my reflection in a wooden spoon. Not literally‚ as it is not a metallic spoon‚ but figuratively. Because like me‚ a wooden spoon is a well-rounded

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    Mother Metaphor

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    It feels great‚ helping out little children in their day to day activities. Anything from teaching them numbers and colors to taking them outside to play feels wonderful. It fills me with joy to interact with the little balls of joy. That is why I look forward to every Wednesday when I get to help out at COTS. I love walking through those doors and encountering no response. Then Mrs. B tells them to say hello and a smile graces my face. I would rather not equate my work to that of a mother‚ but

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    The Metaphor Of The Ocean

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    We live in a materialistic world. We can’t go anywhere without a car‚ and the unimaginable tragedy of going camping with no cell reception. That’s not to say our materialistic view doesn’t have it’s merits. It leads to a constant flow of inventions and technology that makes society run more efficiently. However‚ efficiency and technology have started to overshadow the natural world‚ which has nurtured the human race for thousands of years providing it with food‚ shelter‚ peace‚ and beauty. Despite

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    Maids Metaphors

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    3 this changed the way she was thinking about writing how it was living like a maid. She thinks about her sons death and gets the courage to write because she wants to get revenge on whites for killing her son. Also another metaphor was when Minny gave hilly her pie and watched her eat it because she was done with the way she was treated by hilly and wanted to get revenge for telling the community that Minny was a thief. One of the reason Minny couldn’t get a job.

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    Gannon Metaphor

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    divide responsibilities to subordinates throughout the government. This works just like a conductor letting the symphony have its each individual section‚ but they work together and make a strong and great end product. The symphony also is a great example for the German’s communication style. During meetings there is a steady progress through easily recognizable stages during which timing‚ speech‚ and emotions are critical. In business as in music sound‚ tone‚ and timing are key to a quality performance

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    the unconscious‚ but it is far more powerful then its active conscious counterpart. Understanding these two elements of the mind is key to gaining the knowledge of how it they work‚ and an easy way to learn about them is through a simple metaphor. A simple metaphor that can be used to understand the unconscious mind‚ its relationship to the conscious mind and how the two parts of our mind can better work together is that of an iceberg. There are two parts to the iceberg‚ the visible part and the massive

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    Metaphors In The Crucible

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    When you tell something that is not the truth‚ something happens inside of that person‚ They may tell the same lie over and over again. It hurts everyone beginning with the person who lies. It is a sin to lie. Thou shall not bear false witness. Emotional Bondage. One kind of lie – a sin. Falsehood is fasehoold. When that takes place in someones life? What is a little lie? There are no little lies. All lies are the same. If you don’t live with the truth‚ you will have conflice. You cannot lie and

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    metaphor poem

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    Jordan Baker‚ a catalyst‚ helped to convince Nick to have Daisy and Jay Gatsby over for tea to reunite the lovers. The static character of Jordan Baker is not just immoral and dishonest‚ she has some good characteristics such as beauty‚ and has a boyish charm. Another positive trait of Jordan Baker is that she represents the “new woman” of the 1920s. In the 1920s‚ women felt more free (because they now had a right to vote) and found that there was more to life than being a housewife; Jordan Baker

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    Metaphors In Beloved

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    I was talking about time. It’s so hard for me to believe in it. Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay. I used to think it was my rememory. You know. Some things you forget. Other things you never do. But it’s not. Places‚ places are still there. If a house burns down‚ it’s gone‚ but the place - the picture of it - stays‚ and not just in my rememory‚ but out there‚ in the world. What I remember is a picture floating around out there outside my head. I mean‚ even if I don’t think it‚ even

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