The Flood I sat in class‚ the music blaring in my ears. It was very noisy in the classroom‚ the music was turned up as loud as it could be‚ there was multiple conversations going on in the background. Sophie and I were sitting on the cold floor of the health room. Burgie sat directly above me on a mat watching a video on how to make yogurt out of only a coconut. Coach Wood was sitting at her desk‚ she was telling us a story about her son Shep. Just then like a volcano erupting it began. The rain
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FLASH FLOOD By aeoncraft Now I know what a flash flood is like. I "spoke" too soon at my last status update. Shortly after that‚ I got cut off from facebook because of a power outage. Barely an hour later‚ brown muddy water started creeping across the floor from under the closed door. I pulled down the main switches even if the power was out and ran to the back to get the piece of plywood which‚ according to my cousin’s instructions (this is his house)‚ I was supposed to place against the
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EN 207 In the epics "Gilgamesh" and "The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam"‚ the two heroes‚ Gilgamesh and Rostam‚ both have to deal with a loss of the most precious person in their lives. Gilgamesh loses his friend and companion‚ Enkidu‚ and Rostam loses his son‚ Sohrab. They have different types of relationships with their loved ones and therefore react to the situations in different ways. Gilgamesh loses his best friend and companion‚ Enkidu‚ in his epic. Before Enkidu is created and the
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exposition is Enkidu’s death. A tombstone is often used as a symbol of death‚ which is the main event. Tombstones can also be used to show sorrow‚ which is a feeling Gilgamesh is shown to have as his friend lays dying. Gilgamesh is left with the memory of his fallen friend‚ just as tombstones often do. The exposition of the epic of Gilgamesh had a deeply sorrowful moment when Enkidu dies. The gods decided to kill him‚ as they were displeased with his and Gilgamesh’s actions. The punishment of an incurable
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Gilgamesh #1. The oldest book in the world is written about an all-powerful king of Uruk. His name was Gilgamesh‚ he was a harsh ruler who used his people as puppets. Gilgamesh deflowered every virgin and took sons from fathers His parents are King Lugalbanda and the goddess Ninsun‚ his blood line was 2/3 god and 1/3 human. He was designed by Aruru the mother of creation to be perfect in body but was flawed by his perfection making him to arrogant and naive to his citizens. He was the social
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The Epic of Gilgamesh dates back to as early as Bronze Age Mesopotamia‚ to the people of Sumer that told poems and legends of a great hero-king called Gilgamesh‚ the demigod ruler of Uruk (around 2500 BCE). The legends and poems were later gathered into a longer epic and written on clay tablets C. 1900 BCE. They were found in the mid nineteenth century and were later deciphered‚ and eventually published. The story is important not only to the people of the time or historians‚ but to everyday modern
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for how co-workers treat each other and the ones they are serving. This paper is being written to give you information on the nursing home that I work at and hope to show the ethics not only for the employees but also the management as well. Genesis Healthcare‚ nursing home is located in many states and has just purchased the manor that I work at this last year‚ so many changes have happened along with new code of ethics being brought to our attention. I have received their compliance program
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Tom Fletcher – OTL611 Genesis Reading and Summary Statements The Creation Event: Genesis 1.1 – 2.24 This is a narrative of the Creation account. I note the obvious theme of “blessing” in 2.3 where “God blessed the seventh day…” I also see an indirect theme of blessing throughout the creation drama as The Lord God sees what he has created as “good” (1.4‚ 10. 12‚ 18‚ 21‚ 25‚ 31). There looks to be a poetic genre where God creates woman from man (2.23). This leads into another encounter of blessing
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The Myth of Gilgamesh‚ the distinction of hero or villain is distorted. There is significant evidence that suggests that not only is Gilgamesh a villain‚ but also he is an environmental hazard. In the Myth of Gilgamesh‚ we are introduced to the so-called “hero” and leader behind the great walled city of Uruk. Gilgamesh “had seen everything…had journeyed to the edge of the world…had carved his trials on stone tablets…restored the holy Eanna Temple and the massive wall of Uruk…Gilgamesh suffered all
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Life “The Epic of Gilgamesh” is an ancient story by William Ellery Leonard that we have a written record and was recited for generation before it was inscribed on clay table in cuneiform script(6). Leonard presents challenges and experiences encountered by the powerful man Gilgamesh who ruled the city of Uruk in ancient Sumer‚ between 2700 and 2600 B.C (6). His power and strength lead the entire society to call upon the gods to make them another man who can take over form Gilgamesh (7). Engidu was
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