Doris Lessing’s "Flight" is a short story revolving around an old man and his learning of accepting in life. The author‚ however‚ does not let her readers know much about the old man‚ especially in the sphere of physical appearance. Even his name is not known to the readers. Doris Lessing‚ alternatively‚ aims to steer her readers to centre on the old man’s inner feelings‚ i.e. his weird mood and his consequent eccentric behaviors. A close and careful analysis is essential for us to somehow get a
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Cutting down too many trees will result in nature being gone very soon. We will not be able to survive because we live on the oxygen that trees and plants breathe out. Because we need O2 and give off CO2‚ and because trees and plants breathe CO2 and give off O2‚ if one group is not there then the other will die. It is a bad thing if we keep cutting down trees in an unlimited way. In addition to the impact on the balance of gases (O2-CO2)‚ trees and plants provide habitat for huge numbers of creatures
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SONNET 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds‚ Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark‚ Whose worth’s unknown‚ although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool‚ though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks‚ But bears it
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of weeks I have been reading the novel Watership Down. In the beginning‚ two brothers‚ Hazel and Fiver‚ lived in a rabbit warren. Fiver saw blood in the future and decides to run away from the warren. On their adventure some rabbits join them‚ in the forest they come across a river and use a board to cross. Later on the group is invited into a strange warren‚ Bigwig gets caught in a snare and the group‚ including Bigwig‚ left. Finally they find a down (hill) to live in. The group realized they needed
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In "Cousin Kate"‚ Rossetti gives messages about an abuse of power. The "Lord" "lured" the narrator to his "palace home". The word "lured" is very ominous and enforces the idea that he is a figure with authority. He manages to seduce the narrator with his flattery‚ and then enthrals her like a predator with his prey. The Lord has a high social standing which explains how he "wore" the "cottage maiden" like a "silken knot". The narrator felt inferior to the Lord‚ therefore she allows him to abuse her
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Suicide and humor are two words not often associated with each other‚ but Nick Hornby takes the pair on in his novel A Long Way Down‚ a dark comedy about suicide and life after a failed attempt. The book is narrated by four characters taking turns telling the story in their voice. The resulting hodgepodge gang includes Martin‚ a quasi celebrity who loses everything after an affair with a fifteen-year old girl; Maureen‚ the middle-aged mother of a severely disabled son; Jess‚ an obnoxious teenager
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hands sweat and your heart is about to explode but you are still there‚ sitting‚ hoping for the ride to start. And when it does‚ all of a sudden it is over. Just like secondary school. You want to take another ride even though you had your ups and downs‚ but you are required to stand in line again. The only difference is that‚ when you get on the roller coaster again‚ it is not the same‚ it has changed and it is college now. So you are in a whole new roller coaster now and the turns‚ slides and
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The movie Upside Down is a film directed by Juan Solanas In which a guy searches for his childhood love in an alternate world. The Authors main purpose in this film is purely to amuse or regale he audience with this fictional romantic story. This is very evident since the movie doesn’t inform nor persuade the audience in a certain subject. The main theme in the movie is Romance. Even though it possess sci-fi‚ fantasy and action movie qualities‚ the movie is evidently romantic since the whole plot
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Never Back Down The film Never Back Down is directed by Jeff Wadlow. The film is about a young angry teen‚ the protagonist of the film‚ Jake Tyler who is a violent teen who is always getting in to fights at school and during sports. Jake is forced to move from Iowa his home town‚ to Orlando‚ Florida because his younger brother Charlie won a tennis scholarship. He is always angry because his family blamed him for his father’s death. Jake’s main rival is Ryan McCarthy who thinks he is the ‘top dog’
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plane to Kansas City. The airport intercom comes on‚ and I hear‚ “Attention all passengers‚ the flight to Kansas City is now boarding.” I give my mom and dad one last hug and walk slowly to the door. I find my seat and sit down. Woosh! The jet engines start up‚ and we’re off. My ears pop‚ and I can only hear the beating of my heart. As we head over the Red River‚ the clouds began to thicken. The flight attendant asks me if I want a drink. I politely say‚ “Can I please have a lemonade?” Then I
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