This response letter belongs to Courtney Zampino and her story “Blue Eyes”. The story is about a seventeen year old‚ London girl name Estee who is excited for Halloween and prepares to go trick or treat with his little cousin‚ but she has a strange encounter with a blue eye‚ possible vampire guy. What the story is trying to say is the dangers of curiosity‚ as Estee had the impulse to take a picture of the blue eye guy‚ endangering her life by what she revealed in the picture. Now let’s begin talking
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The funeral is a practice that most have witnessed at some point in their life. In fact‚ every single culture throughout history and the world have some sort of funeral rite or ritualistic way of handling the disposition of the deceased. The Egyptians had some of the most elaborate funerals involving the process of mummification‚ magic spells and the building of enormous tombs. Egypt as singled out as one of the ancient civilizations that have contributed indirectly to the modern day funeral. The
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As for those in the modern world‚ a funeral is seen as something everyone deserves‚ and a transition from the different states of living and death. It was overtly important to conduct the right ceremonies‚ practices‚ and burials‚ for the people of Rome so they would avoid anything malicious in the afterlife. Ancient sources provide ideas and accounts of funerals that took place‚ which vary from rich to poor. Funerals could be very expensive‚ much like today‚ so in the event of the death of the poor
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Langston Hughes’ “The Weary Blues” details a man’s encounter with a black musician. The black man sings a blues song‚ slow but reflective of the musician’s soul. The poem follows the sad‚ lyrical tone of the song being sung‚ and tracks the singer’s struggle between searching for satisfaction but being overwhelmed by sadness. Although the tone of Hughes’ poem is sad and melancholy‚ the singer seems to find peace and acceptance of his circumstances which represents the inequality many African Americans
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The Mentoree was asked to conduct a funeral of one of the older members at Hickory Chapel Missionary Baptist Church that died on the twenty-first of this month. This was my first time conducting a funeral. I was given instructions and coached through the service. The Pastor/Mentor observed how I embraced the pulpit and followed the instructions provided by the family of the deceased. I also had to perform the graveside committal and benediction. The Mentor prayed. Afterward‚ I was led to go to the
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James Baldwin’s short story "Sonny’s Blues‚" is about more than just a man and his brother‚ Sonny. This story is about a man and his struggle overcoming the death of his daughter‚ the drug addiction of his brother‚ and the hardship he has to go through being black in Harlem. The story is about the necessity of family‚ the differences between art and practicality‚ the power of music to heal‚ and the importance of listening. Baldwin successfully discusses the wide range of issues through the use of
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PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION THUCYDIDES (c. 470–c. 400 BC) During a twenty-year exile from Athens which he incurred as the leader of a failed military campaign in 423‚ ucydides spent his time writing a history of the Peloponnesian War. In the first book of his History‚ he tells us about his method and purpose: Of the events of the war I have not ventured to speak from any chance information‚ nor according to any notion of my own; I have described nothing but what I either
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The story “A ROSE FOR EMILY” begins at the funeral for Miss Emily Grierson‚ when some of the people mostly the women are curious to see the inside of the house. It made known that only her and her servant lives in the house. The story also talks about how the house was once the best house around but it’s now old due to lack of maintenance. It also talked about the special relationship Miss Emily and the town colonel (colonel sartoris) who decided to stop billing her for taxes in 1894. The story also
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Caesar Funeral Speech In Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony pleads with his “Friends‚ Romans and countrymen” to lend him their ears in an effort to discharge Caesar from false charges laid against him. The three main conspirators in Caesar’s murder‚ Brutus‚ Casca and Cassius portrayed Caesar as a formidable tyrant to the Roman people. After Caesar was unjustly killed by the people he trusted‚ the crowd was persuaded to believe that his death was necessary for the good of the republic. Marc Antony was cleverly
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Reflections on a Dublin Funeral By Jack Connor. They both listen intently in the half-light at the foot of the stairs‚ holding their breadth and straining their ears. On the upstairs landing‚ a roar of a cry is let out from behind a bedroom door. “Oh God take me! Sweet Jesus take me now” I sit in the kitchen half afraid to move. I see their shadows through the mottled pane of glass that makes up the upper half of the kitchen door and hear their whispers. I dare not go out to them‚ though
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