An hour‚” by Kate Chopin‚ is a short story about a woman who thinks she loses her husband in a railroad accident‚ but loses her freedom instead. Louise Mallard suffers from heart troubles‚ and has to be monitored every day. When her sister Josephine‚ and a family friend Richards‚ tell her the news about her husband she has to be careful not startle Louise too much‚ as it could hurt her heart. Chopin uses setting‚ point of view‚ and language devices to enhance the central idea of confinement. The
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Why the Ponds are Important in Crow Lake Crow Lake is Canadian author Mary Lawson ’s first novel，which is narrated by Kate Morrison‚ the second child in the Morrison family. A serious car accident left seven-year-old Kate‚ her one and half year old sister‚ Bo‚ and her two older brothers‚ Luke and Matt‚ orphans. Rather than live with relatives separately‚ they chose to live together and grow up. Luke and Matt made many sacrifices to support their family and they also got many helps from their community
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slowly reached the bottom of the lake. I heard the faint cries for help and loud splashing as my sight becomes blurred. I felt someone’s hands grab mine and pull me onto the grainy dusty dirt. My vision comes back and I feel everyone’s eyes on me. They all immediately start laughing at me as I stood up and brushed the dirt off of me‚ feeling something tightly clutch my body. Two days ago I found out I was going houseboating with the rest of my large family in Lake Shasta. My mom‚ dad‚ brother‚ and
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Book Review - The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy. The Initial setting for this setting book is small backwater village in Ireland. Set in the 1950s it highlights the rules of moral decency‚ the importance of the Church and its effect on everyday life. It spans a period of approximately 10 years and follows the life of the main character Kit Mahon through her teenage years. Kit is a normal school girl with an on off friendship with her best friend Clio‚ who makes her question life. She starts to
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the serene blues and greens of Kaptai Lake at Rangamati. The prime objective of Paradise City is to create and foster the rightful respect that the nature and its splendid attractions of Bangladesh deserve. Rangamati is the biggest district in Bangladesh and Kaptai is one of its upazilas. Kaptai is situated near the Karnaphuli River. Karnaphuli Hydroelectric Power Station‚ the only Hydro-electric power plant of Bangladesh is located in Kaptai. Kaptai Lake is also the largest man made dam in Bangladesh
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to make a pretty fast and life saving decision. My childhood best friend Ethan and I thought it was the perfect day to go out for a cooling dip at Lookout Lake. We got on our Bermuda trunks and raced out of my beat down‚ old‚ white ranch house‚ all the way across our small town to the docks. The best place to hang out was at our hometown lake; the cooling freshness of the water and how the trees slightly glossed over us as we swam kept us from the blazing sun. The beautiful oranges and blues of the
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character” (Boyle 77) although driving his parent’s station wagon hardly counts as being dangerous. The narrator and two of his friends drive up to “Greasy Lake” looking for something to do. “The Indians had called it Wakan a reference to the clarity of its waters” (Boyle 77) (S2). The once clear waters refers to the current state of the boys and the lake described now as “fetid and murky” (Boyle 77) (S3) refers
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Swan Lake Act 1 After a beautiful musical introduction‚the opening scene is set in a splendid park with an enchanting fairy-tale castle in the background.prince seigfried and his friends are seated and enjoying a party to celebrate his coming of age whilst peasants come to congratulate him and are encouraged by the princes tutor to dance for his entertainment.the princes mother now enters and announces it is time for her son to marry and that he will be choosing a bride at a ball the following evening
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Finally‚ Swan Lake is a beautiful ballet that comprises elements such as composition and rhythm. The first act is set in a park surrounded by trees‚ with a castle in the background. With a gift from his mother‚ Prince Seigfried leaves the park to go to the lake to hunt swans with the crossbow he received for his birthday. Prince Seigfried is dressed in a black leotard comprised of beautiful jewels and white pants. His mother‚ the Queen‚ is dressed in a long blue dress which fades into white which
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Hypothesis Chapter 1: This chapter briefly states about the disappearance of Kathy‚ and what she could have been thinking of when in her “dreamtime” phase. It also briefly outlines possible roads she could have taken‚ let it be with another man or simply just fed up of her own life with John. This hypothesises demonstrates how profoundly hurt she was by politics and Johns selfish ways. Hypothesis Chapter 2: In this chapter the truth about John in Vietnam has come out‚ and Kathy is wondering
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