country and new city so we began to go on a walk in a new part of town each morning. This one particular morning we had no time for our normal peaceful walk due to the sad loss of my father inlaw. We were running late for the funeral as we rushed across a bridge to the funeral home in a panic. As we made it about half way across the bridge we found a dog. My husband discusted by dogs instantly reminded me we had to hurry‚ but I couldnt help my self I had to help the adorable thing. After a strong gilt
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knew she had made the wrong decision last night‚ but as Gus would have said‚ “Keep the show running.” A few minutes afterward‚ Priscilla stormed back into the room carrying a bag filled with ice. She opened the shutters to reveal the robin’s egg blue sky‚ and the sunshine that made tiny rainbows on the walls. Then she spoke in a poised un-Priscilla-like tone‚ “Anne‚ I told a messenger to send word to Mr. Alexander-Buebertt that you are ill‚” Priscilla took a deep breath. “You will lie in bed all
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"The Funeral" Ten words or allusions: dissolution: the action of bringing to an end; the state of being ended humility: the quality of being humble‚ humbleness‚ meekness idolatry: excessive devotion to or veneration for a person or thing; adoration manacled: fetter or confine‚ bind‚ restrain martyr: a person who undergoes death or great suffering on behalf of any religious or other cause‚ or as a consequence of devotion to some object provinces: a principle administrative division of certain
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I can remember my father’s funeral like it was yesterday‚ I could feel the sun on my face‚ not fitting weather for a funeral in my opinion. My father was killed‚ no one knows who killed him yet‚ but I am sure that they will catch them. My mother weaped like I have never heard her cry before‚ and I knew that she would never be the same‚ she held my baby sister in her arms as we all stood there together crying‚ trying to find some comfort in one another but not receiving the embrace that we all know
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this one‚ the person must be a true patriot and believer of his country and his people. To be able to present the speech and make a positive impact on the people‚ a person must also be censored about the words said. Pericles used the speech of the Funeral Oration to promote Athens as he sees it. He wants everyone to see it from inside and outside as well. Through Pericles’ speech‚ the people are reminded that the fallen did not die in vain‚ and there is much more to stand for being Athenian. The people
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George B 11/18/11 Explication of “A Birthday Present” by Sylvia Plath For many readers‚ the draw of Sylvia Plath’s poetry is distinctly linked to her life as well as the desire to end her life. As Robert Lowell states in the forward of Ariel‚ “This poetry and life are not a career; they tell that a life‚ even when disciplined‚ is simply not worth it” (xv). “A Birthday Present”`‚ written by Plath in September of 1962 and hauntingly recorded in her own voice on audio in October of that same year
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It seems that I see a black shadow following me all day‚ every day. It seems as it is out to destroy me and all the thing I care about. There’s a darkness slowly creeping upon me‚ waiting to drag me down to my very last breaths.. Revenge‚ I have figured out its only a temporary satisfaction. People do things they arte not proud of and later regret‚ but I have done something most people would’nt think of doing. I am haunted by the sickening act i performed every day. Everything I have done leading
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After reading “Sonny Blues” by James Baldwin which is about a narrator who parents passed away while the narrator was in the army. Because of his years in the army he has not have a great bound with his little brother Sonny. After reading a newspaper; the narrator then discover that his brother have been arrested for using and selling heroin. Sonny moves in with his sister in law and after Sonny figured out he wants to be a musician‚ he made the decision to join the navy to leave the streets of Harlem
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Mowing There was never a sound beside the wood but one‚ A And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. B What was it it whispered? I knew not well myself; C Perhaps it was something about the heat of the sun‚ A extra syllable Something‚ perhaps‚ about the lack of sound— B And that was why it whispered and did not speak. D extra s. / emphasis It was no dream of the gift of idle hours‚ E emphasis Or easy gold at the hand of fay or elf: C emphasis Anything more
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Nikki Giovanni’s "Poem for Black Boys" is a poignant literary work that addresses several issues concerning the young black male in America and the conflicting views taken by members of the African-American community during the Civil Rights Movement with an inclination towards the peaceful movement perpetuated by the likes of Dr. Martin Luther king‚ Jr. and his non-violent contemporaries. Giovanni’s use of allusion‚ imagery and the sardonic humor of the speaker blend effortlessly to denounce all
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